Called “greedy” at work

Since she is not returning I think you are right. I am glad someone else remembered the other thread. 😂

I think this is the kind of thing that people get angry about when they are already angry and are looking for a reason to express it.

Me too. I thought it was a zombie thread at first. Bizarre. OP must enjoy watching all the wound up responses about food.

Surely its just as greedy people taking loads home for their kids. I do wonder if you have a bit of form when the person says "you won't have will you" are they implying you often eat a lot of the buffet...?
I wouldn't take it to heart, it sounds like a misunderstanding and you just missed the bit where people wanted the food left, instead you fairly thought it needed eating up. I'd have assumed the same as you tbh, I've not heard of people taking this type of stuff home unless it's prepackaged or something like haribo. Not sure my kids would want leftover lunch sandwiches tbh.

The story so far is eat, I’m not sure that included sandwiches, then a few more sandwiches … & another few sandwiches. This is a buffet & the food can be tempting, so we’d usually eat more than we would if it was a set meal. The food was there to be eat & you gobbled it up. 2 people mentioned this, are they usually bitches?

Ready. 🕵️‍♀️

Surely the definition of greedy in this instance are the people insisting on taking other people’s food contributions home to feed their OWN KIDS!

The leftovers clearly belong to the people that brought in the food. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I haven't read all the replies, but to those saying going back 4 times is a lot - you haven't seen the plate sizes the OP had. When I was in the office with buffets out, sometimes I'll go for a wander whilst on a screen break (five minutes every hour) and just take one or two items depending on their size. That can easily be done 4 times and nobody batted an eyelid.

Going back 3 times is a solid effort OP

I'd just say I'm taking it home for my nieces/nephews/cousins/elderly parents/dog/guinea pig then.
If they're so desperate for free food for their children paid for by their colleagues, why not just set up a crowdfunder for their 'starving' offspring?

Yes, but you need to have a better strategy for feeding your family than hoping there will be an over-catered work lunch.

I wondered this. Maybe the people with children brought in nice things in big quantities and the poster brought a pack of cheap biscuits. Usually at a work buffet someone brings little and eats lots.

Take this excellent advice @HamOnBeth

I think your response is a tarring lots with the same brush.

The OP openly says she went back as it was the end of the day. If people were precious about it then surely they would have had chance to go collect their slab of cake for hubby.

I personally hate waste and if I thought it was going in the bin, I would eat more than my average.

I don't think shaming people is the appropriate response. If I wanted to save something, I would bring a tub to take home a porrtion for my loved ones. But I wouldn't shame someone for taking extras. Poor OP.

At buffets I never pile my plate, I just put one or two small items on at a time so I can easily go up five times.

I’ve not read the thread (but op yanbu) but please tell me I’m not too late for the “oh I’m stuffed after one cocktail sausage” brigade. Or the “I can’t believe you ate so much UPF brigade”?

God, how bloody rude of that person.
Even if I'd thought someone was being 'greedy', I wouldn't say so, as the connotations of that word are just horrid.

YANBU OP, but I would have said - okay, I’ll leave it- and then put it back. I’m not saying you shouldn’t have taken it.

This^ Also , at work, I'd never eat leftovers just to stop food from going to waste. I'm not the food bin. I think in workplaces , colleagues are always judging you, so even if I was hungry I wouldn't be going several times to get more food. You're just giving people something to bitch about. But I think those people who are taking food home for their children are equally greedy.

I wouldn’t think twice about it because why would I care and I wouldn’t be counting how many times you went back. It’s not like you were taking a huge uncut cake back with you. Those sandwiches were probably going to start curling anyway.

I hate people making snidey little digs while smiling or laughing.

I have kids but I don’t see why parents should take precedence over non parents.

They sound very rude. Everyone should be consulted on a decision rather than you being informed later what has been decided. Even if you were stuffing your face with every single thing available it was for the work colleagues to begin with.

We used to do a similar thing at my old workplace and what was left over was offered to people to take home. If they wanted to. If people didn't want Anything themselves ,there was usually a suggestion perhaps we could take some for children /partners but this was usually things that were in a wrapper rather than having been out on the side for hours.

I would not have gone up four times, especially not if nobody else was.

How big were the sandwiches? If they were those dainty little triangles then fine, if they were NY deli doorstops then your colleagues have a point!

I have kids and probably wouldn’t be feeding them curdled sandwiches that had been left out all day, but that’s just me.

I don’t concern myself with other people’s eating habits either, if you’re hungry go up 10 times for all I care. It doesn’t seem like you actually ate that much, you just went up several times. I would have definitely eaten more than you, but I’d have got it in two rounds, probably would have gone for a third out of spite if someone called me greedy.

Absolutely this. I would have acted dumb and made their dumbass have to explain how rude they actually are.

For all they know, you might go home to very little food. Or could have previous issues with food.

I would absolutely log this somewhere in case any more snide comments are made.

I always go up for more than 1 plate at a buffet because let's face it buffet food just hits differently. Next time make sure you sachay your way there and back makibg it clear that you are not affected by mean girl comments.