Stinky lunch foods

[jgln]

I was just minding my own business in both cases. While I could see the Barbie Doll's point (yes, sardines do smell), if she didn't even realize that I was eating them until she sat down and looked at me, they couldn't have smelled THAT bad! As for the women in the bar...they were the ones being obnoxious, IMO. To complain about my cigar (A Macanudo, keep in mind, not some cheap dog-turd stogie) when all of them were smoking cigs....no one that was around the dart boards, right behind the women, even knew I was smoking.

You do understand I was being sarcastic, right?

 

[kjung]

You do understand I was being sarcastic, right?

Of course. I was just adding on, for clarification.

 

[Hammy71]

Agreed...any seafood in the lunch room microwave. NO!!

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Not even clam chowder on Fridays?

 

[Ashz]

I once worked with a guy that went to HR over a woman cooking popcorn in the microwave. Mind you she didn't burn it, he just hated the smell and ultimately took it to HR and she had to stop. I don't eat popcorn and I don't particularly cherish the smell of it, but I thought that was a bit shady and down right wrong to make her stop.

Also used to work with a Filipino guy, he loved him some balut never tried it but he always raved that the best ones were where you could actually see the duck feathers. I'll take his word for it.

Also have a really good buddy/co-worker who is Chinese. If you want to be in awe over a person's ability to cram as much crap in his mouth and then proceed to try to communicate still he's the man. There are times where I just say, "Man close your mouth, I don't want to be a part of that." This is definitely a cultural thing. And it seems to increase as the group gets larger that is eating and are native to china.

How about watching a whole group of people devouring whole fish with chopsticks and hands and talking the entire time spitting bones on the table, and sometimes my plate. Good times.

 

[scrambledegg81]

That was also around the same time that I was in a bar one night for my dart league, sitting under a Smoke-Eater, enjoying a Macanudo, and a group of female softball players, who were sitting about 20 feet away and ALL smoking cigarettes, complained about my cigar.

One of my pet peeves there. Since I can't smoke at my brother's house, I go a block over to a relatively busy convenience store. There's an ashtray outside by the front door, but I usually position myself around the side to keep the smoke from blowing into the store. Several times now, an elderly woman and her dog come walking up and I get the third degree for "stinking up the place".

 

[CoalCracker]

I had a slap myself in the forehead moment today. The girlfriend and I made Cajun shrimp over rice last night for dinner. Nice and spicy. Brought some to work today not thinking about it. Then I proceeded to microwave it. Got halfway through the cycle and it hit me. I have now become that guy. I hurried up and stopped the microwave and covered it. No smell left the microwave. Felt like such a hypocrit (SP?)..

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Sorry to bump an ancient thread, but a few years ago I made a funny regarding this. While I generally agree that nuking fish is a bad idea in the workplace, we had a particularly prissy little yutz who used to get herself all in a bunch when someone would nuke anything. She had gotten on my last nerve for unrelated stupidity when one day she confronted me about the tempora noodle soup I was reheating. "Seriously, if your nose is that sensitive, you should do the patriotic thing. Volunteer at your local police precinct to sniff out drugs and bombs."

I dont work there anymore...

 

[jgln]

Sorry to bump an ancient thread, but a few years ago I made a funny regarding this. While I generally agree that nuking fish is a bad idea in the workplace, we had a particularly prissy little yutz who used to get herself all in a bunch when someone would nuke anything. She had gotten on my last nerve for unrelated stupidity when one day she confronted me about the tempora noodle soup I was reheating. "Seriously, if your nose is that sensitive, you should do the patriotic thing. Volunteer at your local police precinct to sniff out drugs and bombs."

I dont work there anymore...

You quit? Got fired?

 

[jgln]

This thread is so old I probably already mentioned this but forgot I did but....

One guy read somewhere that if you microwave grapes for 10 minutes or so the smell will be unbearable and last forever...so guess what he did? It was true.

 

[CoalCracker]

I just watched a youtube video on that. Pretty sick!

 

[slomo]

rant on/Why do people insist on bringing the smelliest food items into a cafeteria and then microwaving it for all to smell!! Have some courtesy and leave them at home. DON'T COOK FISH AT WORK!! /Rant off.

What do people at your workplace make that stinks?

I have the same issue. I work with a woman who brings two day old salmon into work. She nukes it and then brings it into the office and eats it right next to me.

 

[paulster2626]

Whenever this happens here I announce very loudly that the lunch room now "smells like a women's sauna". Everyone laughs, except for the guilty fish-cooker.

Also when I come across something in the microwave unattended, I remove it and stick my own dish inside. Person will come back and say "this is cold", and I'll say "I dunno man, microwave was done when I got here". Suckers...

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Some guy in the UK almost lost his apartment trying to dry out his socks and underwear in the microwave. I'm hoping both were clean at the time.

 

[schmoe]

There is a guy here in the office that will bring in smoked fish and let it sit out on the table all day.

 

[Subsailor]

We are fortunate that our microwave is in a small closed door room away from work spaces and the break room but occasionally, when some folks come out with their heated leftovers or forget their popcorn and that door opens you get a brief wall of stench of burned popcorn or nuked fish - nasty!

 

[Rubes]

I don't care if people like the smell of what I'm microwaving or not. I'm not eating sandwiches or fast food for lunch for the rest of my life, if I have leftovers I'm going to bring it. Seriously, if people are that offended by the smell then they can leave. It's their problem, not mine. That being said, I don't bring fish heads or anything like that to work. I have heated up curry on multiple occasions though. Usually no one says anything, if they do I don't really care. The great thing about having legs is that if someone heats up something particularly revolting then I can get up and leave.

I like seeing what some of the Asian fellows bring in, it's usually interesting.

 

[passedpawn]

I used to eat smoked oysters every day for lunch. I'd eat them in my office and discard the can outside to avoid the angry mobs.

I recently made fermented kimchi with some very authentic chunky fish sauce. Now that is a treat that will lose you some friends in the work cafe.

 

[CoalCracker]

It usually doesn't bother me but this was everyday. Not a one off occurrence nor was I the only one to complain.

 

[paulster2626]

I don't care if people like the smell of what I'm microwaving or not. I'm not eating sandwiches or fast food for lunch for the rest of my life, if I have leftovers I'm going to bring it. Seriously, if people are that offended by the smell then they can leave. It's their problem, not mine. That being said, I don't bring fish heads or anything like that to work. I have heated up curry on multiple occasions though. Usually no one says anything, if they do I don't really care. The great thing about having legs is that if someone heats up something particularly revolting then I can get up and leave.

I like seeing what some of the Asian fellows bring in, it's usually interesting.

But that's what he's talking about. Microwaving nasty-ass crap. You can bring in whatever you want and not care because you don't eat hot garbage like the lady behind me. At EIGHT THIRTY IN THE MORNING. Seriously. A tupperware container of hot garbage. Smelled just like when you get stuck behind a garbage truck on the highway. Who eats that???

Yeah, I'm going to act like a total boss and say "SCREW YOU" to whoever finds offensive my warmed up steak, chicken, potatoes, ribs, pork chops, teriyaki stir fry or whatever other delicious dish I reheat at lunch. The thing is I'm never going to nuke some stank-ass fish or fish heads or cow dung or whatever because that is some nasty ass "food" that I'm never gonna eat in the first place.

Yeah, other cultures are interesting, but really why the hell are you eating something so ******* disgusting?