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About colleague and their ridiculous diet

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lastqueenofscotland · 12/07/2019 07:43

I don’t usually get involved with what other people eat but the lady I sit next to at work is doing a VLCD. Fair play to her I’d not have lasted 5 minutes. HOWEVER, she now just helps herself to other people’s food ad lib. I rarely snack at work but bought a bag of crisps yesterday and while I was on the phone she kept leaning over and helping herself to them when I got off the phone and said “do you mind” her response was “I wish I could eat crisps and stay skinny.”
I got to eat hardly any of my fucking crisps!!!!
She’s done it to a lot of colleagues, will just walk past and pick up whatever they’ve got and break off a bit, and most strangely when I was getting my lunch ready and had a bowl on the side and was washing some cutlery came and swiped the most enormous tablespoon full of it.

Aibu to say if you’re that fucking hungry on your ridiculous diet just get something else to fucking eat. Angry
Queeny doesn’t share food.

OP posts:
Chovihano · 13/07/2019 19:09

I thought you were on a diet, Porky That really isn't good for a low calorie diet you know, you've just consumed x calories.
Shame the cf.

missnevermind · 13/07/2019 19:10

when I was getting my lunch ready and had a bowl on the side and was washing some cutlery came and swiped the most enormous tablespoon full of it.

You place the bowl in front of her at her desk and announce
you might as well finish it now. I want the bowl washed and returned to me and I need £3 to replace my lunch. Wink

Chovihano · 13/07/2019 19:13

Leave an open packet on your desk laced with lots of laxative s.
She'd lose weight then.

Cherrysoup · 13/07/2019 19:24

All of you who would call this out are obviously the “popular girls” where you work. Anywhere I’ve worked, if I’d snapped at someone not to eat my food, I’d have been a “miserable bitch” or a “tight arse who can’t share”.

No, my colleagues wouldn’t because a) they’re adults and b) they have manners and would apologise for overstepping.

pink - VLCD can reverse type 2 diabetes

As can most changes of diets. VLCD is not a long term sustainable lifestyle.

manicmij · 13/07/2019 19:26

Wouldn't matter what diet she was on,she shouldn't take other peoples' food. Get your heaviest cutlery and whack her with it when you spot a hand coming your way.

Heatherjayne1972 · 13/07/2019 19:28

she used your spoon to help herself to your soup ? Did she then put the dirty spoon back in your soup.?? Gross

Horrid Henry dealt with this by putting chilli powder on biscuits and leaving them out to be ‘stolen’
Or laxatives - that could be fun Lace some chocolate with those

DeRigueurMortis · 13/07/2019 19:32

I'd have emptied the rest of the crisps over her head quite frankly and as for lunch I'd have probably handed the bowl to her and asked for £5 so I could buy my own food given she'd decided to help herself to mine.

I don't give a damn what diet she's on.

Start taking sips (or pretending to) of her tea/coffee/water - see how she likes it.

She's bloody rude.

TitsInAbsentia · 13/07/2019 20:39

Sadly a lot of people are immune to humour/pass.ag type stuff....just keep a fork handy to stab her with.

I was also going to suggest you open your crisps, take one out and like it, put it back, and do that with another one or two - so she sees. Mind...she sounds like a bit of a scuz so it probably wouldn't put her off!

happygiraffey · 13/07/2019 20:47

I'd just look at her as though she's an alien and say "errr...[name] what on earth are you doing?" as she reaches into your food and if she says "oh you don't mind do you," then reply "yes I do and I find it rather strange."

VenusTiger · 13/07/2019 21:26

VLCD very large cranky dickhead

AtleastitsnotMonday · 13/07/2019 22:21

“You don’t mind do you?”
“Well of course I do, it’s the height of rudeness’

As a kid my brother used to try and steal crisps or sweets from my packet. I soon learnt to close my grasp trapping his hand in there.

DanceItOut · 13/07/2019 23:22

I’ve done very low carb diets before and they will NOT work properly if you are sneaking other people’s food. The whole point is you keep your calories below a certain level and your carbohydrates below a certain level and your body then starts burning its fat as fuel instead of the sugar it gets from sweets food and carbs. And they do work if you can be strict and stick to them just like most other diets. However they won’t work and you won’t get into a proper ketosis state of you’re eating other people’s crisps etc. Personally I would just move my food away the second she makes a grab for it and say yes I do mind.

YouTheCat · 13/07/2019 23:38

At secondary a girl in my class tried to steal my chips at lunchtime. So I gave her a shove and told her she was a rude twat. She never did it again.

Trickyteens · 14/07/2019 00:09

Tell her you are on a calorie controlled diet too-and she is messing it up.

TheNestedIf · 14/07/2019 01:31

Bite a huge chunk out of her and tell her you're having those calories back.

If she objects,, offset her concerns with a "RAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" and go in for another chunk.

It's what I would do.*

*Not entirely joking

itscallednickingbentcoppers · 14/07/2019 01:42

'I thought you were on a diet, porky!'

'Are you having money difficulties? Because you keep stealing food'

Jesus Christ what is wrong with the posters on this thread. Just be normal and say do you mind not doing that please, I don't really like sharing food.

BitOfFun · 14/07/2019 01:47

I think most people have said much the same as your suggestion, haven't they? Confused

BackBoiler · 14/07/2019 05:01

"GERROFF!" would work. You don't need to present a case as to why you shouldn't share your food!

GPatz · 14/07/2019 05:11

Apply stabbity fork technique. Vigorously.

KatherineJaneway · 14/07/2019 07:23

All of you who would call this out are obviously the “popular girls” where you work. Anywhere I’ve worked, if I’d snapped at someone not to eat my food, I’d have been a “miserable bitch” or a “tight arse who can’t share”.

Nope, not 'popular' but like PP, I work with adults who have manners.

My bullies at school used to resort to name calling like you have described when I wouldn't do something they needed as they treated me so badly. Sounds like some of them now work with you.

“tight arse who can’t share”

I'd reply: "Tight arse? Look who's talking! Go and buy a bag of crisps yourself you tight git and leave my food alone."

noodlenosefraggle · 14/07/2019 08:04

I can't see a VLCD helping Type 2 diabetes as you could risk burning fat and developing ketoacidosis which is deadly.
Diabetes UK did a trial of a low carb diet (under120g). I was on it. They encouraged people to drop to a vlcd and go into ketosis. I didn't do that, but it can't be dangerous. I think it is for type 1 but that's a different condition that cannot be reversed by diet.

Underconstruction · 14/07/2019 08:24

We dealt with this in sixth form with a couple of squares of Ex-lax chocolate nestled among the others. Looking back it was utterly irresponsible, but we identified and “cured” the thief without a word being said.

4legsandawaggytail · 14/07/2019 08:37

YANBU

OJZJ · 14/07/2019 08:51

Wonder if she has started a thread withAIBU but my colleague is trying to sabotage my VLCD by constantly eating crisps etc in front of me Grin
I am surprised you're allowed to trough food at your work desk tbh as pretty sure there was a similar thread about someone eating their breakfast at work desk and refusing to be disturbed(managerial issues on that thread)
I agree it's rude to take food that's not offered (a whole other level of rude granted esp whilst you were preparing food in the staff room )
But simply if I were your manager I would say don't eat crisps whilst you're working at your desk....
Office workers amaze me... do you see shop assistant, police officers, doctors etc scoffing crisps whilst on duty?

Dyrne · 14/07/2019 09:20

do you see shop assistant, police officers, doctors etc scoffing crisps whilst on duty?

Completely off topic, but yes, actually. Since the poor buggars usually don’t get a proper break they’re often scoffing food while on the go (and every so often there will be a Sun headline of “shock! Police officers spotted EATING while in UNIFORM - THE AUDACITY”. Likewise i’ve seen many a doctor coming over to the nurses station for an “update” but really angling for a Celebration from the tin that’s inevitably there...

Many office workers dine “Al desko” because they’re not taking a proper lunch break.