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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.

OP posts:
TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 29/04/2024 16:16

I like pot noodles but to avoid any slurping sounds (which are unnecessary for eating any food, e.g. spaghetti, oysters etc.) having cooked the pot noodle I empty it into a large-mouthed funnel, those normally used for filling the dishwasher salt are ideal, and then pop it in my mouth which I open whenever I want a portion.
It has the added benefit of preventing one talking whilst with one's mouth is full, so is really good when in polite company.

Booksoverbros · 29/04/2024 16:16

Akamai · 29/04/2024 15:32

Rest assured your eating habits will make others feel similarly.

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Haha this makes no sense?

I'm not quite sure how you can be so confident about that, without knowing how or what I eat...

FarmGirl78 · 29/04/2024 16:01

C1N1C · 29/04/2024 15:46

I'd be tempted to work my way through a list of smelly foods just to make a point.

Tuna
Kimchi
Asparagus
Garlic
Popcorn
Durian

...by the end of it, they'll beg you for pot noodle! :)

Yep. I'd be doing this. I'd spend the next couple of weeks hunting out very stinky but non-slurpy foods and make my point without saying a word. Even just a few seconds in the microwave to warm up last night's fish curry.

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 29/04/2024 15:58

Baileyqueen · 29/04/2024 14:15

Sounds to me like something has been said about the pot noodle. Personally I’d rather smell a pot noodle than someone’s leftovers from their tea the night before, that can be grim.

Yes especially with broccoli or fish

C1N1C · 29/04/2024 15:46

I'd be tempted to work my way through a list of smelly foods just to make a point.

Tuna
Kimchi
Asparagus
Garlic
Popcorn
Durian

...by the end of it, they'll beg you for pot noodle! :)

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.

DNAwrangler · 29/04/2024 15:43

Oh fgs are people really so precious that they can’t handle someone having a pot noodle?!

I mean, I wouldn’t be a fan of hearing slurping noises, but tough luck tbh. I would fully expect to be laughed out of the room if I complained about someone eating noodles in <shock horror> the lunch room.

RandomButtons · 29/04/2024 15:41

That’s really overstepping. I’d ignore. What are they goi g to do? Drag you to HR for eating a pot noodle?

C1N1C · 29/04/2024 15:41

Are they sanctioning lunch now?

It's a lunch room... you eat lunch there! In some cultures, slurping is normal and some food is practically impossible to eat without slurping!

Yes, it might be annoying, but who's to say what is acceptable and not? Unless they give you free lunch, or a subsidy, I'm pretty sure they have no say around what you can actually eat!

Your vegan sh!t offends me, I have a sandwich phobia, coffee is against my religion... you could use any of these and get everything banned!

FrenchandSaunders · 29/04/2024 15:38

You mention lunch room, so you're not eating at your desk, so what's the problem. That's surely what a lunch room is for!

I had leftover biriani at my desk last week, nobody complained. Not to my face anyway.

Sandysandwich · 29/04/2024 15:37

'I would never have thought of a pot noodle for lunch!' Doesn't sound negative to me? More like someone who had not thought of bringing one but was now considering it. Unless her tone of voice was arsey I wouldn't assume this colleague was the person who bitched.

Overly smelly and slurpy, does sound like it is targeted at pot noodles though so I might assume a complaint was made about that but not necessarily from that colleague.

Longma · 29/04/2024 15:37

I don't think a pot noodle is particularly smelly at all.
And most people can manage to eat food without making too much excess noise. It's no more 'slurpy' than things like soup, which is also standard lunch food.

WhoppingBigBackside · 29/04/2024 15:35

Why couldn't you have a mahoosive salad like a normal Mner?

Negangirlxx · 29/04/2024 15:34

Pot Noodles barely have a smell.

I think heating up fish and eggs, is much more antisocial than eating a Pot Noodle.

Carry on eating your Pot Noodles! Not gonna lie, you’ve made me rather fancy one! 😂

Akamai · 29/04/2024 15:32

Booksoverbros · 29/04/2024 14:06

The sound of someone eating a pot noodle makes me want to slam my head into the table.

Noisy and smelly foods aren't appropriate for small, communal work spaces.

Rest assured your eating habits will make others feel similarly.

Akamai · 29/04/2024 15:32

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.

I have never eaten a Pot Noodle but I am more grossed out from your language about people eating rather than people actually eating.

tuvamoodyson · 29/04/2024 15:28

Booksoverbros · 29/04/2024 14:06

The sound of someone eating a pot noodle makes me want to slam my head into the table.

Noisy and smelly foods aren't appropriate for small, communal work spaces.

It makes me want to slam THEIR head into the table!

StMarieforme · 29/04/2024 15:12

I think policing what people eat at lunchtime is rude and abhorrent.

What next? You can only have sandwiches from Marks & Spencer?!

Ridiculous.

Oblomov24 · 29/04/2024 15:11

Last nights leftovers are worse?

Oblomov24 · 29/04/2024 15:10

I love them, but they are quite slurpy. I prefer chicken super noodles.

Oblomov24 · 29/04/2024 15:10

Smelly and slurpy? Grin

DaftFlerken · 29/04/2024 15:10

It is possible to eat a pot noodle without slurping. I hate slurping & can manage it so why can't others?

PostItInABook · 29/04/2024 15:06

Pheasantsmate · 29/04/2024 14:04

Are you part of the advertising team trying to drum up interest about their new TV campaign?

TBH I wouldn’t have thought of a pot noodle for lunch as I doubt it is really classed as food

Not everyone can afford avocado, quails egg and smoked salmon on rye bread for lunch everyday.

NoahVale · 29/04/2024 15:04

i have taken boiled egg and mackeral salad to work, delicious,
tuna salad/egg salad, dhal, anything goes and i care not!

meganorks · 29/04/2024 15:02

I once took left over kedgeree in for lunch. Realised the error of my ways about a minute into the microwaving....
Fish ✔
Egg ✔
Curry ✔
I'd crack on with the pot noodle!