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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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mrsdineen2 · 29/04/2024 17:41

SirenSays · 29/04/2024 17:39

I'd hope you weren't slurping it. That's gross and unnecessary, but yes people do like to complain. I once had a man try to tell me my Crisps were too crunchy.

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

Allshallbewell2021 · 29/04/2024 17:41

My ds loves a Thai mug shot.

The SMELL 🤢. The clinketty clink of someone eating noodles.

Stinky food really makes me barf at lunchtime

SirenSays · 29/04/2024 17:39

I'd hope you weren't slurping it. That's gross and unnecessary, but yes people do like to complain. I once had a man try to tell me my Crisps were too crunchy.

CammyChameleon · 29/04/2024 17:37

Slurpyness and food smells in the lunch room - what a shock.

I remember at an old job a coworker once got out nail clippers and started cutting his nails with the trimmings flying round his table and the floor, now that was a bit grim!🤣

mrsdineen2 · 29/04/2024 17:34

What's a pot noodle? I don't believe I've seen those in the organic farm shop I buy everything from.

ChurchOfSeitan · 29/04/2024 17:26

NoahVale · 29/04/2024 17:14

when i was younger i hate beef pot noodle, because they were vegetarian.

All pot noodles are vegetarian.

In fact the vast majority of them are in fact - trigger warning ahead — vegan 😮.

ChurchOfSeitan · 29/04/2024 17:24

Wendysfriend · 29/04/2024 14:22

Oh dear you eating a pot noodle isn't going too go down well here, they are the food of the devil and someone is going to give you the science part of how much sugar, salt, calories is in it.

Yummy though.

My last meal would be a pot noodle sandwich.

WhoppingBigBackside · 29/04/2024 17:14

@C8H10N4O2 , non-crunchy mahoosive MN salad then.
@Windintrees , bombay bad boy

NoahVale · 29/04/2024 17:14

when i was younger i hate beef pot noodle, because they were vegetarian.

DemBonesDemBones · 29/04/2024 17:11

If you must eat one you should do it in your own house. They absolutely stink!

Oblomov24 · 29/04/2024 17:10

Curry pot noodle.
Chicken super noodles.

@Windintrees

FionnulaTheCooler · 29/04/2024 17:08

heathspeedwell · 29/04/2024 15:43

The message specifically mentions slurpy so I wonder if you are a noisy eater OP?

I mention this because lots of people have misophonia which is a genetic neurological condition that can make sufferers feel homicidal when they hear noisy eating like slurping sounds or lip smacking.

It really is no fun at all for sufferers to be stuck in a room with someone who is totally oblivious to how much distress they are causing.

I don't have a lot of sympathy for this. If you're that precious about the sound of other people eating in a shared space like a staffroom then wear earplugs or listen to music on headphones while you eat, don't try to dictate what everyone else can and can't eat.

Windintrees · 29/04/2024 17:05

Never have I ever had a pot noodle. I need to try one so that I can comment fairly. Which brand and which flavour.

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 29/04/2024 17:05

Slurpiness is next to satanliness.

For shame.

BigFatPuddingMonster · 29/04/2024 17:04

heathspeedwell · 29/04/2024 15:43

The message specifically mentions slurpy so I wonder if you are a noisy eater OP?

I mention this because lots of people have misophonia which is a genetic neurological condition that can make sufferers feel homicidal when they hear noisy eating like slurping sounds or lip smacking.

It really is no fun at all for sufferers to be stuck in a room with someone who is totally oblivious to how much distress they are causing.

I don't think lots of people actually do have misophonia. It's a fashionable affliction to have currently so lots of people claim to have it, when in actual fact they just dislike certain noises.

KreedKafer · 29/04/2024 17:02

Literally nobody in any office I've ever worked in would think it was 'antisocial' to eat a Pot Noodle at work. It's not different to eating any other hot food. It's not like microwaving kippers, ffs.

Boomer55 · 29/04/2024 17:00

They stink. 😑

tigger1001 · 29/04/2024 16:59

Food was being eaten in the lunch room! Who would have thought!!

Not like it was at their desk. Surley that's the point of a lunch room?

Pot noodles/rice type things are common lunch foods at my place of work

Akamai · 29/04/2024 16:59

Booksoverbros · 29/04/2024 16:55

Which is why I only eat Doritos when alone, not in communal spaces.

As I quite clearly stated.

You're just trying to hammer home a point that doesn't exist now.

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The Doritos was a side point. Even if you ate them alone, they stink out a room for the next person.

The point stands. Everyone's eating habits can be annoying, hence a more tolerant approach is needed, within reason.

MillenialAvocado · 29/04/2024 16:58

It's fine as long as you weren't slurping. Noises like that make me want to tear my ears off.

ScottBakula · 29/04/2024 16:58

Pot noodles are very low on the offensive food list imo.

As pp have said eggs , fish, curry, are all more smelly but still perfectly normal lunch food.
Be grateful you don't work with a subcontractor that I did last year , he tried to microwave eggs for his lunch . They were still in their shells , all 4 of them !
They threw the microwave away !

Booksoverbros · 29/04/2024 16:55

Akamai · 29/04/2024 16:42

Well, 'we' are saying that your eating is likely annoying someone.

And Doritos stink out a room.

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Which is why I only eat Doritos when alone, not in communal spaces.

As I quite clearly stated.

You're just trying to hammer home a point that doesn't exist now.

NoahVale · 29/04/2024 16:54

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rubbish,
curry is very popular with masses of people, myself included.

hopscotcher · 29/04/2024 16:54

Tbf, good for them if they've reminded staff to keep a shared fridge clean and not stink out a communal space. I wouldn't care if it was my Pot Noodle that had precipitated the message.

Maddy70 · 29/04/2024 16:51

Unless work provides you with meals then you can bring wtf you want to eat for your lunch

They can do one