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AIBU?

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To be upset with a co-worker?

10 replies

Supermagicsmile · 06/05/2017 10:16

There's a woman who works in the canteen at work who is very judgmental about my size. She is slim and I am not.

There has been something going round at work and when we were talking she said that if I ate 'a healthy diet' like her, I wouldn't catch anything and a glass or orange juice stops her ever catching anything. Hmm

FWIW I do eat a healthy diet and am following a weight loss plan not that I'm telling her that.

AIBU to be a bit upset with her comment?

It's not a stand alone thing, she has a history for serving me noticeably less food than other slim staff at lunch time. Have taken a few pics here and there sometimes but not done anything with them as there's nothing to compare it to.
A colleague suggested I should take a picture of someone's bigger lunch next to mine but I'd feel stupid asking!

I may just be hormonal and overreacting so feel free to tell me to be quiet! Blush

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TaliDiNozzo · 06/05/2017 10:21

Did you respond to her comment?

Honestly I would've reacted to the smaller portions and said something then tbh.

TaliDiNozzo · 06/05/2017 10:22

Btw yanbu and she is not the food police. Her behaviour is not okay.

Supermagicsmile · 06/05/2017 10:24

I named a colleague who had it who is a health and fitness fanatic and she then said about that she drinks a glass of orange juice so she never catches anything.

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ScrumpyBetty · 06/05/2017 10:25

This is bullying and it's not okay.
Can you speak to her manager to complain about her?

mumonashoestring · 06/05/2017 10:28

Ugh. Quiz her on where she qualified as a nutritionalist/dietician, then point out that, since your serving size seems to be different, you expect you'll be charged less? Unless she'd prefer to explain to her manager that she's taken it upon herself to introduce a children's menu?

TestingTestingWonTooFree · 06/05/2017 10:30

She's a fucking idiot. We can dismantle the NHS if a glass of orange juice is the answer to good health.

blackcatlover · 06/05/2017 10:35

It is bullying. Speak to her manager or ask your manager to speak to hers. It is not 'advice' just nasty disparaging comments.

Trb17 · 06/05/2017 10:45

I once had this with an older lady at work when I was only 17. I wasn't big then but I wasn't skinny either and she was extremely thin.

I commented one day that the uniform I had been asked to wear that day as part of a shop promotion made me look fat (as a self conscious teen may do from time to time) and she told me I was fat!

I was in floods of tears and when other colleagues came to my defense her apology to me was, "I'm sorry I upset you but if it bothers you that much do something about it!" Shock

I learned that day to always immediately call someone out when they say something so PA to you. Turn round and say, "keep your comments on my diet to yourself in future" and if she' tries to justify it tell her you don't like it and won't put up with it if it happens again.

People like this woman piss me right off - judging others when they should look at their own spiteful ways.

viques · 06/05/2017 10:51

Orange juice is not healthy, full of sugar. It ruins your teeth and spikes your blood sugars up. All those waxed cartons that can't be recycled easily are not doing much for the environment either.

Supermagicsmile · 06/05/2017 12:12

Thanks for your kind comments :)

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