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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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LauderSyme · 29/04/2024 14:56

How strange your colleague is. Pot noodles are literally designed to be a quick and easy hot lunch and are ideal for when you don't have full kitchen facilities, eg. at work!

I wish the comms team in my last job had sent emails to Mr Fish Lover Extraordinaire. His microwaved lunch stunk out the whole floor every day.

And bah humbug to the corporate food techs who thought a lunch pot of boiled egg and spinach was a good idea.

ScubaDivingSpiderMonkey · 29/04/2024 14:54

Megifer · 29/04/2024 14:49

It's in our handbook at work that microwaving fish will result in the immediate removal of the facility 🤣

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Quite right too! The smell of microwaved fish is worse than the smell of the fartiest farts.

GalileoHumpkins · 29/04/2024 14:49

I think I might change my username to AntisocialPotNoodle.

Megifer · 29/04/2024 14:49

ScubaDivingSpiderMonkey · 29/04/2024 14:47

microwaving kippers and herring?

actual crimes against humanity.

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It's in our handbook at work that microwaving fish will result in the immediate removal of the facility 🤣

ilovesooty · 29/04/2024 14:48

I don't see what pot noodles have to do with keeping the fridge clean.

maudelovesharold · 29/04/2024 14:48

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

ScubaDivingSpiderMonkey · 29/04/2024 14:47

Ticktapticktap · 29/04/2024 14:44

People in my office microwave herring and kippers. I wouldn't give a shit about a pot noodle!

microwaving kippers and herring?

actual crimes against humanity.

Roja7 · 29/04/2024 14:46

It's a lunch room. We're all different. I take my leftovers and heat them in the microwave and I no longer give any f*kcs what other people think.

It's my food, I'm eating it, no one else is. Don't like it, suck it up.

As an ethnic minority, I grew up with constant taunts from other children about my different food / lunches etc - this seems to only happen in the U.K. as my kids attended international school abroad and didn't encounter the same issues until they returned to U.K. schools.

vodkaredbullgirl · 29/04/2024 14:45

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

I was thinking of the advent too lol

Citrusandginger · 29/04/2024 14:45

It's a bit mad. I mean I don't love the things and wouldn't recommend them as a healthy meal, but I used to keep one in my desk for busy days when lunch didn't happen.

Complainers care lucky they don't have worse to moan about.

Ticktapticktap · 29/04/2024 14:44

People in my office microwave herring and kippers. I wouldn't give a shit about a pot noodle!

ScubaDivingSpiderMonkey · 29/04/2024 14:43

I notice that the new Pot Noodle ad had to remove the slurpiness after many complaints.

frankentall · 29/04/2024 14:40

FelicityBeedle · 29/04/2024 14:22

A pot noodle is a perfectly normal work lunch, I can’t believe these responses. I work shifts and we all have something hot as a rule, often soup (slurpy), leftovers (smelly?), pot noodle or mug shot (slurpy and smelly??). Why has eating perfectly normal foods been demonised

Because a lot of people are miserable bastards.

MrsTerryPratchett · 29/04/2024 14:38

Don't slurp. Seems easy.

Megifer · 29/04/2024 14:36

If I was you I'd assume that email was directed at someone else tbh (unless you do slurp, just dial that down if so), PNs are fine and no more smelly than soups, pasties etc.

Just ignore and carry on!!

Snugglemonkey · 29/04/2024 14:34

I think it is anti social to be slurping anything in a communal space.

mrsbyers · 29/04/2024 14:31

Another benefit of working at home - love a pot noodle for lunch once a week

mitogoshi · 29/04/2024 14:31

Ignore, it's fine. Dp takes leftovers and the only complaint is i don't send in enough for them too!

Nellieinthebarn · 29/04/2024 14:29

We all know they are just starch and e-numbers, but sometimes a filthy pot noodle really hits the spot. And to be fair they are not marketed as health food.

Washingtonmachine · 29/04/2024 14:28

Man, I want a Pot Noodle now.

Haydenn · 29/04/2024 14:27

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.

I didn’t think wet cardboard had any calories 🤷🏻‍♀️

BogRollBOGOF · 29/04/2024 14:26

I had horrendous nausea when pregnant and was losing weight rapidly despite gaining bump and didn't have much to spare in the first place.
A colleague guessed I was pregnant from the daily lunch of Pot Noodle and pot of jelly/custard which was far more nutrious than starvation and dry gagging at attempts to eat "real food". I was at a point of indulging any kind of calorie whim that could make it past a gag reflex.

MrsClatterbuck · 29/04/2024 14:26

A lunch room is for I don't know maybe eating lunch. Haven't had a pot noodle in years but didn't think they were that smelly. Now if you had had kippers or a strong curry maybe they would have a point. It's not like. You were eating at your desk. Maybe go for a less smelly pot noodle or maybe they just need to get over themselves.

Greengumby · 29/04/2024 14:25

Personally I’m not a fan of them (taste not smell) but I would just carry on if I were you. There is no allergy risk or health risk to others. Unless work is going to provide you with a ‘suitable’ lunch, they don’t get a say on what you choose to eat.
Plus, it doesn’t specifically mention pot noodles so I’d just play dumb if it is ever raised with you directly.

FelicityBeedle · 29/04/2024 14:22

A pot noodle is a perfectly normal work lunch, I can’t believe these responses. I work shifts and we all have something hot as a rule, often soup (slurpy), leftovers (smelly?), pot noodle or mug shot (slurpy and smelly??). Why has eating perfectly normal foods been demonised