In trouble at work- over a quiche

[Coffeandtoast]

Good morning

So on Friday we had a little gathering in the office at work. We all agreed to take in various food items and my contribution was quiches and sausage rolls.

so I took four quiches. At the end of the gathering there was one whole quiche left unopened.we agreed that we’d just share out the untouched food

I said that I’d just take the unopened quiche as we would eat it at home. In then comes Patricia, an older woman who I generally find quite difficult to work with. She’s self opinionated and knows everything. I generally try hard to get on with her but she’s a massive PITA. So she said something along the lines of “ you can’t just take the quiche until we’ve discussed who’s taking what” . I explained that I wasn’t to fussed about any of it and that she could just take the quiche, she carried on with her chuntering and huffing and puffing at me. So this is where it went pear shaped, I just snapped and shouted- “ just take the cunting quiche, Patricia”

it’s all kicked off and I have a HR meeting tomorrow regarding my foul language!!!!

Hahah just deny the use of the expletive - it’s easier to believe you didn’t say cutting lol

What? It was the colleague that inserted herself and made a fuss

Good for you in calling out a complete cunt

Id take a union rep with you

Hopefully you get away with a warning

I’m pretty sure HR will be laughing about this. Just apologise, grovel if necessary, and know that you are a legend on MN.

My question would be, what accent was ‘just take the cunting quiche Patricia’ said in? If someone said that here in NI, it might sound a bit jarring. We are fairly keen on using ‘bastard’ as an adjective, as in ‘just take the bastarding quiche Patricia’ which could come across as quite sinister in my Belfast accent. But cunt is usually just cunt - and pretty popular I might add. I would like to know the accent so that I can decide whether or not it’s funny😂 Glasgow would be excellent. Liverpool. Cockney. Brummie maybe. Love a Brummie accent.

Oh you'd love my colleague Amy, she whipped out a carrier bag at the end of our festive buffet last year and swept up whatever she fancied.

HR probably want to know you're okay mentally as well as checking your language.

It's a really extreme and aggressive reaction.

The whole office was discussing what to do with left-over food. Why was "Patricia" not supposed top offer her opinion, along with everyone else?

The OP finds her annoying; maybe Patricia finds the OP annoying?

No excuse for being so aggressive towards a colleague, who was merely joining in a discussion.

Everyone judging the OP... have you never got to the point where you've been badgered to the point of cracking? I once had a colleague (sorry but an older woman) who was fussing and huffing around me and I cracked and shouted "I've fucking done it Sarah!" Obviously she acted all hurt and wounded which was as irritating as the fussing.

I work in HR and would love this as my case, I’d officially have to say no sweating blah blah blah….but with a wink 😉…. there’s always one at work and yours is called Patricia 😆

Patricia has entered the chat! Hope you enjoyed the cunting quiche

yes, we all have limits. Can’t believe posters are sticking up for Patricia! #teamOP

It really isn’t, there’s 8 billion people on this planet and we all have the ability to be pushed and react to that.

Yeah, you're of the 'its just a bit of banter' crowd' right?

But op had already agreed for the discussion about who takes what and Patricia just kept on and on and on and wouldn’t let anything go.

Come across people like this. There are more of them than you think.

I question their hearing and cognition levels as to why they keep on and on about things.

I also walk away telling them all they can keep my share because I know the time and my mental capacity won’t cope with the BS arguments that are going to ensue.

These type of discussions are not quick or decisive

SWEARING…. You can sweat 😂

Won't someone think of the quiche's feelings? It must be awful for it being referred to as a cunt.

I can only see this on Amazon.com but if you can find out if it ships to the uk it would be lovely in next years Secret Santa for Patricia!

Oh don't be juvenile.

Yes, a colleague may be irritating. But you don't talk to colleagues as the OP did.

So it’s ok for Patricia to dictate to op that she can’t take home food she paid for? Don’t be so utterly ridiculous. If Patricia wasn’t sure she could have asked what the plan was instead of coming in hot. You get what you give out and she didn’t come in friendly

I prefer key-chay

I've a feeling the OP was hoping for Classics with the whole "Just take the cunting quiche, Patricia” line.

I don't think the thread has gone the way she'd hoped.

No, we really don't all resort to casual cunting because someone annoyed us.

Especially not AT WORK.

Standards have slipped and this needs to be addressed. You bought a quiche? If you didn’t make the quiche yourself what are you even doing?

You're probably right.