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To find "food talk" the most boring, irritating conversational topic in the world??

61 replies

Schizophonic · 05/02/2012 20:54

Kind of inspired by another thread but CHRIST does this piss me off. Why are women so OBSESSED with food? I've recently changed jobs but at my last job a woman I used to work closely with used to bang on and on and on about food daily.
"hmm what to have for lunch?" / "what's everyone having for dinner?" / "I'm wondering what to make for dinner tomorrow" / "what did everyone have for breakfast?" / "where shall we go for lunch?" / "has anyone tried those things from asda?"
She was supposedly on a diet so would bring little boxes of shit bird food which she would nibble on all day and bottles of water with some kind of seed floating around but would then eat a mars bar on the way home and devour a massive curry in the evening. But the topics remained the same - food - diets - dinner - lunch - breakfast - chocolate - bird food - atkins - weightwatchers - gone up 2lbs - gone down half a pound ......

Anyway I recently changed jobs and in the staff room I again find myself surrounded with this ridiculous food obsession! "oo what are you eating Mags? how many points is that? how much have you lost this week? ooo look only 200 calories in this, oooo I LOVE fruit I could shag the fuck out of an apple right now, oooo you shouldn't be eating cereal bars, oooo did you know bread is actually REALLY bad for you? even the brown bread?"

ffs sad bastards. Why are people so obsessed??? I can't escape it? wanna lose weight? burn off more calories than you eat. It really is that simple.

OP posts:
LadySybilPussPolham · 06/02/2012 09:54

Just take a big fat cream cake in to work every day and guzzle it noisily. Any negative comments should be met with enthusiastic lip-smacking/licking of cream from the wrapper. Then wink and saunter off

SHThread · 06/02/2012 09:55

YABU because talking about food and diets is completely different.

I love food. I love eating and I love talking about it to get new ideas and have something more exciting at home. I am thin. I have no desire to lose any weight. I talk about food differently to how you describe.

TheParanoidAndroid · 06/02/2012 09:55

All women are boring and all women are obsessed with food?

You're a bit of a cock, OP, aren't you? Hmm

tardisjumper · 06/02/2012 09:56

I have successfully followed diets in the past and contiue to monitor my weight. So I actually find all the 'diets don't work' 'ww are just making money oout of you' talk tedious too.

I also can't stand the know it alls who are the best dieters EVER, after 2 days of weight watchers. And they obviously haven't understood it...

LadySybilPussPolham · 06/02/2012 09:56

Just take a big fat cream cake in to work every day and guzzle it noisily. Any negative comments should be met with enthusiastic lip-smacking/licking of cream from the wrapper. Then wink and saunter off

bejeezus · 06/02/2012 10:00

HA...I inspired this thread

Im sooooooo dull

tardisjumper · 06/02/2012 10:00

Oh and I bloody hate people talking about food being 'healthy'. They are normally completely scientifically or nutritionally illiterate.

MsF1t · 06/02/2012 10:06

Food small talk makes me want to scoop my eyeballs out with a spoon. It isn't just you. Especially when people have to start a running commentary about what you are attempting to eat. (I also get the 'oooo, that looks HEALTHY!' thing.) And this is why I dislike working in offices and work as a freelancer as much as possible.

Is it so bloody hard to talk about something that actually matters, rather than gormless crap like what you're having for tea?

Thank you, OP- I feel much better now.

lashingsofbingeinghere · 06/02/2012 10:10

My absolute pet food-related hate is people who act as if you have almost forced them to have a second helping.

Me: "Would anyone like any more?"

Guest: "Oh well, go on then, if I must. You shouldn't tempt me like this. Blah, blah."

I was brought up to just say yes please if someone offered more food, and you wanted it, and no thank, if you didn't. Plus a compliment about the food obviously - I am not a complete cavewoman Grin.

All this pussy-footing "Ooh, no, I shouldn't..." sets my teeth on edge.

Ditto hosts who press you with seconds/thirds after you have politely declined.
I am not a Perigord goose to be stuff until I can't walk anymore!

Koop · 06/02/2012 10:11

YANBU. I have to sit through all that points talk every lunchtime, with colleagues who wear those trainers that have a curved sole to supposedly exercise and shape the legs and arse, but then park in the disabled bays so they don't have to walk more than 10m from the carpark to the building.
Sigh.

vezzie · 06/02/2012 10:14

oh sorry, mixed the op of this thread up with the op of the other thread - apologies op, not your ishoos (you have different ones!) (don't we all)

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