People cooking crap at work...

[Scarpozzi]

So we had a nice fire drill on Monday. Some jerk 2 floors down burned a bagel and the whole building had to be evacuated. Fire department showed up, cleared the offending bagel from the toaster and gave the all clear.

I was in a meeting down the hall and I started smelling smoke again today. This time it was coming through the HVAC vents. It smells like another bagel or something that burned. I wish these people would just eat at home or eat on the way to work. They should get their pay docked for doing this crap. I know fire calls aren't free. I hope whoever was responsible Monday gets the bill for being stupid.

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[Vdubchaos]

Break from work on Monday due to fire sounds good to me.

Why are you so bitter. People make mistakes, it was an accident.

 

[manimal]

I instituted a rule at my shops is all cooking must be attented 100 percent of the time including popcorn. Smell of burnt popcorn or fish made the shop caustic. Had a guy who was dominican who brought and reheated fish twice a week. Jesus Hume....

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I instituted a rule at my shops is all cooking must be attented 100 percent of the time including popcorn. Smell of burnt popcorn or fish made the shop caustic. Had a guy who was dominican who brought and reheated fish twice a week. Jesus Hume....

Heating up popcorn or fish in a workplace needs to be punishable by a flogging.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Heating up popcorn or fish in a workplace needs to be punishable by a flogging.

What about popcorn shrimp?

 

[brainhulk]

Same thing happened at my work, coworker put a burger patty in the toaster oven. Automatically the fire department comes when the alarm goes off

 

[KeithTalent]

Heating up popcorn or fish in a workplace needs to be punishable by a flogging.

Agreed. Thankfully where I work now it seems everyone grabs their lunch from the food court or somewhere like that. Back in my old office it was a nightmare since I was right by the kitchen. Hated it.

KT

 

[zokudu]

I sit next to one of the two microwaves in my office and at least 3 times a week someone makes popcorn in it and about 4 times a week people reheat gross stuff in it.

I hate microwaves.

 

[Fritzo]

Eh, it happens. If it's a weekly occurrence, THEN I can see instituting some rules, but if someone messes up once a year, big deal.

 

[pete6032]

I sit next to one of the two microwaves in my office

You're probably going to get testy cancer.

 

[Blackjack200]

It happens in our kitchenette occasionally, but it's not that bad considering there's about a hundred people using it.

Once I brought in chicken curry for lunch, and decided I would just eat it cold rather than heat it up and make myself the star of an office legend. I opened the tupperware at my cube and the smell was so powerful I decided to eat it in my car. About five minutes after I returned, my co-worker goes "Holy cow, are you eating something with curry?"

 

[CraKaJaX]

I more-so hate the (usually obese) people who decide to microwave something a normal person would consider lunch or dinner at 8:30AM (ie, FUCKING CHICKEN WINGS). Why god? WHY? I would welcome the smell of a burnt bagel around here.

Just another day in the office I suppose.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

You're probably going to get testy cancer.

Radiation does not work that way

 

[Anubis]

just put a sign on it that says no popcorn and no fish

 

[Anubis]

Radiation does not work that way

Randy Marsh disagrees with you

 

[KeithTalent]

just put a sign on it that says no popcorn and no fish

In my experience that does not work. People are selfish assholes.

KT

 

[NetWareHead]

Some guy microwaved a half pound of bacon to make BLTs. The delicious smell of bacon hung around the office for over an hour.

Personally I feel that if it is in the cafeteria (aka a designated food prep and eating area), it is fair game.

If your office does not have a cafeteria, and food smell will make it into the work area, then show some courtesy.

 

[Scarpozzi]

What's bad is that most vending machines are maintained by vending machine companies, instead of the office they are in. I've seen quite a few that have microwave popcorn as a cheap snack... (volume vs price)

On my floor, we have a break room that my group uses. A few people eat freezer meals at lunch. I can usually smell whatever they cook...be it the asian cuisine or the brocoli alfredo sauce... It goes in the vents as well... *(which makes me think it may be someone in my group or at least on my floor responsible for this incident)

Luckily, I have enough money or time to eat at home or in a restaurant every day. I don't have to resort to brown bagging it or eating that freezer crap.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Some guy microwaved a half pound of bacon to make BLTs. The delicious smell of bacon hung around the office for over an hour.

It makes my wife angry when I fry bacon at home... I don't think I'd mind if it were a bacon smell going around the office as much....just as long as it's not bacon smoke.

 

[KeithTalent]

Some guy microwaved a half pound of bacon to make BLTs. The delicious smell of bacon hung around the office for over an hour.

Personally I feel that if it is in the cafeteria (aka a designated food prep and eating area), it is fair game.

If your office does not have a cafeteria, and food smell will make it into the work area, then show some courtesy.

Yeah, but you're that guy.

KT

 

[NetWareHead]

Yeah, but you're that guy.

KT

Proud of it and I continue the tradition

I remember that thread

 

[Scarpozzi]

Proud of it and I continue the tradition

I remember that thread

Do you still run Netware though? I'm certified in 5 and 6! Sad to see how that company has been split apart. I always though Jack Messman was a great CEO....especially because he looked a little like Rip Torn:

 

[purbeast0]

so now toasting == cooking?

you learn something new every day!

 

[NikolaeVarius]

so now toasting == cooking?

you learn something new every day!

Well yes. Toasting uses heat to cause the malliard reaction in bread.

I guess searing a steak isn't cooking if you don't think that toasting is a type of cooking.

 

[brainhulk]

Just burn incense. That stuff will cover up anything