Bringing baked goods into work

Try taking in some crack cocaine instead

What a pair of numpties!
ignore the haters. You are not selling the cakes - that are just greedy.

I work in a hospital and the turnover of cakes and chocolate is extremely high. As soon as its placed of the reception, they vanish in seconds, but luckily they are quickly replaced.

I love this publication in the the usually very serious British Medical Journal 😀

https://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f7198

Tell the silly cow to sod off and go get some self control. I think it’s a great thing to do for the team and I’m sure they really appreciate it. If people don’t want cake, they don’t have to have it.

Tell them to shut up and deal with it. It's not your fault if they're fat, weak willed individuals. And tell them they are not welcome to share the cakes you bring in. End of!

Meh, I'd he tempted to bring them in more often just to piss them off! Miserable moo's. I'd be over the moon if someone at work bought in baked goods!

I’m a woman in my late fifties. I’m a bit portly and losing weight is very difficult at this age. We have a woman in our office who occasionally brings in a lovely homemade cakes. When she does, I either stay away from the area where the cake is until it’s gone, or have a little bit. What I don’t do is whine at the thoughtful colleague who brings in her lovely bakes and make my inability to resist cake everyone else’s problem.

TL;DR: they are being dicks. Pay them no mind!

Not your fault they have no willpower.

Why would they?

Because cake/calories/body size, shape/dieting/ weight control/self control/judgement/food as treats… is all a huge issue for many women. Shouldn’t be, but it is.

I hate it when people bake cakes to bring to work. Makes me feel sick I always imagine I'll find their hair in it or something. I've never ate any. Yet I love cake.

carry on bringing in cakes. They have no business asking you not to.

Don't dream of doing this, op.

This is the sort of person who'd pick a fight with the Tesco duty manager over the Krispy Kreme display right by the tills. The world revolves around her and her diet. What miserable colleagues.

Come and work with us! We are always looking for lovely people and baking skills definitely help

she is being OTT with you. If u wanted to stay on the right side of them you could bake a low/lower calorie option for them.

I would just speak your manager. And if they say its OK then just say they said it was fine. Just because someone has cake doesn't mean you have to eat it.

Omg - what a complete joy thief - bet her colleagues love her!! She does realise it’s not compulsory to eat them? I’d love you to be at my work !! Carry on being kind and ignore this misery guts. Let her take it higher if she wants - until then be your sweet self!!

I'm sure nobody gives a shit if you choose not to partake. Why would they?
More for everybody else.

What a lovely kind person you are. I’m just retired now, but when I was teaching, a colleague did exactly this. We all absolutely loved it!! Those folk on a ‘diet’ just picked up their coffee and disappeared!!! You’re bringing a bit of joy into a workplace - good on you 😊!!

Oh my goodness. You have to be joking! Keep baking. If they don’t have enough self control not to eat your baked treats then that’s their problem. How absolutely ridiculous!

I'd ask your manager and if they agree with her then I'd make sure to tell the rest of your team why there's no more cakes

Good grief!! What a pair of miseries. Maybe they could show some generosity themselves and bring in some fruit or something to share as an alternative.

BYW I’m a 50plus year old in a low carb and gluten free way of eating so I’d be passing but there is no way I’d complain and I would appreciate the kindness.

DH is the baker here. He bakes because he enjoys baking and cooking. Even when the girls were at home there was surplus for family and friends. With the girls gone he was a bit down at not really having a need to bake but these days he bakes and we both take cake, quiche, sausage rolls etc into where we volunteer. He's also started dog biscuits for some neighbours with dogs.

If you enjoy it keep doing it. Your colleagues will enjoy the produce of your oven.

My thoughts are - can I join your team??

Maybe bring it up in a meeting and see if everyone wants you to stop. See how popular that idea is… and what utter bollocks about reporting you to HR and pretending to have concerns over your hygiene 🙄

In the office I clean they regularly have bake sales, bake offs and sales of samosas etc, everything gets marked by cake making. I think it gives people quite a lift!

Slightly off topic but I CANNOT STAND foods being labelled as ‘good’ or ‘being good’ in reference to being on a diet. Just say you’re on a diet??? It can be extremely toxic to those with disordered eating, so I’d actually say those asking you to not bring in cakes are more of a HR issue than you