People cooking crap at work...

[Gunslinger08]

It's not about smells, your coworker talking too loud or making noises or, poor behavior in the public bathrooms at work. It's about the limited number of "safe" topics to vent about when you're a cube monkey. It's stress relief. I'm sure hamsters really hate a wheel that squeaks.

I think people care way too much about dumb shit.

 

[John Connor]

This is so true. LOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-3w2ZA2gG8

 

[NikolaeVarius]

But microwave popcorn generally smells good.

No it doesn't. Are you kidding?

And even if it did, would you like it 2 hours later after smelling it nonstop?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

No it doesn't. Are you kidding?

And even if it did, would you like it 2 hours later after smelling it nonstop?

Back to your cubicle,we ain't paying you to smell and, I'm going to need you to come in this weekend.

 

[Paladin3]

The first newspaper I worked at had a full kitchen. On a swing shift I cooked a beef roast with potatoes, carrots and onions in the oven and ate it around 9pm. People were wondering what smelled so good.

Another time I went fishing in the morning then came in for an evening shift with some fresh caught trout that I baked in the work kitchen with butter and garlic.

We'd also grill just outside the backdoor of the newsroom when we had to work any summer holiday.

That said, anyone who burns any food (popcorn!) in the building should be forced to go hungry for a week.

 

[destrekor]

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.

Meat in the morning is actually best for someone who, say, hits the gym in the morning.

That said, it's rarely my thing - too much prep time, and you can just try and take my cereal and other cherished and classic breakfast goods from my cold, dead hands. I'm sure I'll have a kung-fu grip on them even in death. 😀

 

[GobBluth]

We always say, you aren't getting paid to eat, so our office has a no eating on the clock policy. Eat on your 15 minute break, or lunch. Aside from that, its a no-go. Kind of fascist if you ask me, but hey...

 

[dawp]

had a veitnamese co-worker leave some dried fried squid in his locked desk over the weekend one time. stunk up the whole area and broke into his desk to get rid of it.

 

[etrigan420]

I think people care way too much about dumb shit.

Yup. We have a contract employee here who "can't stand the smell of onions", and makes it known at every opportunity (think feminist/vegan/atheist level of socially awkward voluntary disclosure).

So yeah...extra onions for me. To go, I'll eat at my desk, thanks. (no, not really, but I certainly don't go out of my way to avoid them.)

I can't stand the smell of cooked mushrooms, but don't get my panties all bunched up when some one brings them in and reheats them in the microwave.

The first newspaper I worked at had a full kitchen. On a swing shift I cooked a beef roast with potatoes, carrots and onions in the oven and ate it around 9pm. People were wondering what smelled so good.

Another time I went fishing in the morning then came in for an evening shift with some fresh caught trout that I baked in the work kitchen with butter and garlic.

We'd also grill just outside the backdoor of the newsroom when we had to work any summer holiday.

Oh god, I used to have a co-worker whose husband was an avid fisherman. She used to bring in buckets of fresh Dungeness crab and cook them out in the atrium.

Two words: Dee Lish.

 

[Belegost]

I think people care way too much about dumb shit.

/signed

Our offices have popcorn machines in the break rooms that are popped daily before lunch. Plus it's a diverse office so various seafood, curry, and other strong food smells are a regular thing. To date I can't think of anyone complaining, and I've certainly never cared (except when someone has something really good smelling and it makes me hungry =)

But I suppose people need to get their panties in a twist about something...

 

[CraKaJaX]

Meat in the morning is actually best for someone who, say, hits the gym in the morning.

That said, it's rarely my thing - too much prep time, and you can just try and take my cereal and other cherished and classic breakfast goods from my cold, dead hands. I'm sure I'll have a kung-fu grip on them even in death. 😀

I'll agree to that. One guy is the "beefy" type who has been eating chicken and rice with franks red hot for literally months now. His "snack" is raw broccoli. Of course he shits like a goose because of this, but he's definitely put pounds on - which is his ultimate goal. The one person in particular I was posting about is just a yoda-like thing that hounds disgusting microwavable chicken wings ~3 times a week in the AM. You can hear her getting fatter. It's terrifying.

 

[Captante]

But microwave popcorn generally smells good.

A lot of Microwave popcorn just stinks when cooked even if it does taste pretty good.

Also the fumes it generates are unhealthy.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

This happened with microwave popcorn where I work. Which led to a policy stating that you can not pop microwave popcorn in the microwave.

 

[Linux23]

It's not real butter your eating or smelling.