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To think colleague has bitched about pot noodle

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Psyberbaby · 29/04/2024 13:59

Last week a colleague said to me "I would never have thought of a pot noodle for lunch!" which I thought was a bit random.

This morning we have all received an email from comms about keeping fridge clean and "avoiding overly smelly and slurpy foods" in lunch room.

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WhamBamThankU · 29/04/2024 18:53

Everyone knows that aldi curry pot noodles are the GOAT

valensiwalensi · 29/04/2024 18:49

I’m now going to have a pot noodle for lunch tomorrow!

PostItInABook · 29/04/2024 18:41

Londonrach1 · 29/04/2024 17:58

I agree it's very antisocial. I never see anyone have a pot noddle at work due to the smell. You can make very nice jacket potatoes in microwave with butter and melted cheese...in case you like hot food at lunchtime x

I get a thirty minute lunch break. By the time I’ve done a jacket potato in the microwave my break is practically over, so, no thanks.

Charlize43 · 29/04/2024 18:32

...They've said nothing about bringing in a desktop BBQ and a rotisserie chicken rack...

Go for it!

AlanBrendaCelia · 29/04/2024 18:29

maudelovesharold · 29/04/2024 14:48

Nothing smells as foul as a freshly opened John West tuna light lunch!

I see your John West tuna and I raise you tinned squid…..eaten straight of the tin….AT HIS DESK😱

Riapia · 29/04/2024 18:27

A pot noodle is an offence against the senses.
😉😁😁

MzHz · 29/04/2024 18:25

Another one for ignore

its not smelly, wouldn’t ever ‘clutter up the fridge’ and it’s up to you what you eat

AgnesX · 29/04/2024 18:12

So many things that people eat are smelly especially when microwaved. Maybe the answer is to stay in the break room or kitchen and not waft it through the office and at your desk.

Bax765 · 29/04/2024 18:09

I don't think a Pot Noodle is particularly smelly! And I don't think they can ban you from "slurpy" foods, if you're eating them in the kitchen rather than at your desk.

Hopefully the timing of the email is just a coincidence. I'd carry on as you are - Pot Noodle is a perfectly normal lunch!

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 29/04/2024 18:09

I'm partial to a beef and tomato one but it's fair to say smelly food is a no no in communal work spaces.

mrsdineen2 · 29/04/2024 18:08

Londonrach1 · 29/04/2024 17:58

I agree it's very antisocial. I never see anyone have a pot noddle at work due to the smell. You can make very nice jacket potatoes in microwave with butter and melted cheese...in case you like hot food at lunchtime x

Stay tuned for tomorrow's post on someone monopolising the microwave during lunchtime.

FrivolousKitchenRollUse · 29/04/2024 18:07

Psyberbaby · 29/04/2024 14:22

Yeah I was originally only bringing in sandwiches but then I saw people were heating up all sorts of random shit in the microwave so thought it would be fair game?!

I think if there's a microwave any warm food is fair game. Plenty of stronger smelling stuff than a pot noodle.

Newpancake92 · 29/04/2024 18:05

frankentall · 29/04/2024 14:40

Because a lot of people are miserable bastards.

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Couldn't have said it better 😂🌷

Newpancake92 · 29/04/2024 18:04

I honestly can't believe people say it's inappropriate for someone to eat a pot noddle during their lunch break at work 😂 I'd never bat an eyelid.

I once heard of someone (not a colleague, just someone I know) being surprised that people take in their 'proper meal' leftovers into work and reheat it as she thought the smell would be too much. It seemed so odd but I thought it's just her who could be annoyed by something like that - apparently not 😲😳

ChurchOfSeitan · 29/04/2024 18:03

catgirl1976 · 29/04/2024 17:42

I don’t think it’s appropriate to eat a pot noodle on the office. They stink and they ARE slurpy. Very antisocial

I think this is one of these posts which make me realise how different MN is from the real world. I have worked in numerous different places and a Pot Noodle was never seen as an inappropriate thing to eat. It was always a perfectly normal lunch option.

Canwegetanothercat · 29/04/2024 18:01

A girl that I work with brings leftovers for her lunch and she eats it at her desk and it smells really bad. It smells like a mix of dog food and airplane food. But not once has it ever occurred to me to complain about it. Food has a smell… people can eat what they want, it’s tough

Londonrach1 · 29/04/2024 17:58

I agree it's very antisocial. I never see anyone have a pot noddle at work due to the smell. You can make very nice jacket potatoes in microwave with butter and melted cheese...in case you like hot food at lunchtime x

oakleaffy · 29/04/2024 17:56

SabreIsMyFave · 29/04/2024 17:42

This you @Psyberbaby ???

Pot noodle was very hard to eat after my dog passed a thrashing roundworm.

🤢

( Dog is routinely wormed as well! )
She must have picked one up from the environment- she’s now wormed monthly rather than every three months)

oakleaffy · 29/04/2024 17:50

Nellieinthebarn · 29/04/2024 14:20

I think pot noodles smell better than tuna or egg sandwiches or warmed up last nights shepherds pie or curry. And a cup a soup can be a lot slurpier depending on who is eating it.

Absolutely!
Pot noodles are messy things to eat- ooh that monosodium glutamate smells so lovely- they remind me of the stables in winter when we used to eat them to try to stay warm-

I find the sound and sight of people eating on trains and coaches really irritating ( Don’t d coaches these days )

Some people stuff their faces the whole journey-
Smelly food is 🤢.

Egg is particularly antisocial.

mrsdineen2 · 29/04/2024 17:47

SirenSays · 29/04/2024 17:45

Lol no simply pointing out there are ways to eat noodles that don't involve slurping loud enough for the office to hear.
I'm not sure how you eat large crisps without crunching but if you want to give it a try I'll happily watch you try to python swallow them down 🤷🏼‍♀️

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I don't care how you ear your crisps. Go wild. Just don't be a massive hypocrite.

outsidethemug · 29/04/2024 17:47

Within reason, no one should be policing what anyone eats. A pot noodle is a perfectly reasonable lunch time choice.

It also strikes me that your company could get themselves into a complicated/culturally insensitive situation by doing this - curry can be considered smelly, ramen is meant to be slurped.

Just seems like if you start pulling the thread of foods people are intolerant about it could get quite nasty

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 29/04/2024 17:46

Gruffallowhydidntyouknow · 29/04/2024 14:05

I'm sorry but they are disgustingly antisocial things with the smell and thr slurry eating sounds.

Think of it as a favour to your health.

That's so funny because I went through a phase of having one every day for a month and I swear everyone commented on how amazing they smelled and how they were buying them. And they did!!

But then I sickened myself of them

SirenSays · 29/04/2024 17:45

mrsdineen2 · 29/04/2024 17:41

You're free to police OP's food but how dare someone else police you?

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Lol no simply pointing out there are ways to eat noodles that don't involve slurping loud enough for the office to hear.
I'm not sure how you eat large crisps without crunching but if you want to give it a try I'll happily watch you try to python swallow them down 🤷🏼‍♀️

SabreIsMyFave · 29/04/2024 17:42

This you @Psyberbaby ???

To think colleague has bitched about pot noodle
catgirl1976 · 29/04/2024 17:42

I don’t think it’s appropriate to eat a pot noodle on the office. They stink and they ARE slurpy. Very antisocial