To roll my eyes over cake drama

[VeterinaryCareAssistant]

I took some cakes into work today because I had some good news to share (new granddaughter).

They were individual cakes and there weren't enough for every single employee, so I was hoping anyone who took one would enjoy it.

Anyway, a colleague picked one up and took a bite, then immediately declared it was "too rich and filling", asked for a knife and cut it in half so thar someone else could have it.

She then watched other people eat the cakes whilst asking with faux shock "how can you manage a whole one?"

My eyes were rolled so far back I was looking behind me!

I'm the same with
Cupcakes. I like them but they are too rich for me to eat a whole one, normally I would just cut it in half and leave half. I wouldn't make a performance of jt

No, it's the performance these people make out of it that is annoying.

At every meal we share with my ILs, my FIL will loudly declare ‘I don’t know how anyone can possibly have room for dessert, I can’t believe you’re having dessert, how can you possibly eat another thing…. etc’ and honestly I want to fork him in the leg.

Pipe down and stop being a fun sponge.

Gosh, you seem to have got very riled up over a non-issue?

I'll often cut a cake in half and share it at work, especially if I've just eaten lunch so I'm full up, but still fancy something sweet.

I often think the only people making a big deal are those who want a whole one, and can't stand the thought that someone else might have a different appetite to them.

Thank your lucky stars you've never met a competitive performance under eater! Honestly it's ridiculous the act they put on!

No one in the history of the world wishes to share a fucking cupcake, if you are unable to eat said cupcake that is on offer without the melodramatic show then just fucking leave it on the plate for someone else!!!!

It's so bleeding tedious and OP YADNBU!!!

There weren't enough to go round she probably thought it would be rude and wasteful to toss the remainder in the bin so thought best to offer it out. If I bought some I would prefer to see them eaten than in the bin. I think people are making a mountain out of a mole hill here. Not everyone wants to eat a whole cupcake, and many very tasty ones from bakery have a very generous amount of frosting which is filling and too much for many people.

Ridiculous! And impossible in most offices I've worked in due to the amount of people. Bringing in a tray of cakes for others in the office is normal and not something the OP should worry about.

OP I would just ignore her. She was quite rude to state it at others. If it was an issue of purely having a small appetite she could have just cut it in half and that is that.

Such an attention seeker 🙄 I'd have eaten the whole thing!

I know what you're trying to say (that some people are annoying), but it's statements like.... No one in the history of the world wishes to share a fucking cupcake, that makes it all sound so silly and exaggerated.

You often see things like that on these threads, or like the PP posting IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

It's hyperbolic posts like these that make me think not all these people are performative, and a lot of it is just wild exaggeration.

She’s a pap.

I work with a bunch of competitive under eaters. It's incredibly tiring.

One woman - who is capable of packing away a whole pizza and fries or a massive five guys burger and fries - queried me being able to eat a whole salad.

"Oh, that'll do you for lunch and dinner won't it?"

I'm talking a standard sized, 450 calorie lunch salad from Pret or similar. Not even a pasta one. It was mozzarella and leaves, mostly

I don't know why people are so weird about other people's eating.

I did indeed eat the whole salad, and I had another one for dinner. The same day 🤯😱

Another one earlier was making quips about "going back to bulimia".

It's mostly attention seeking shite and I've no time for it. The other side of the coin is being questioned by people as to why I'm not eating lunch.

I never question people about what or why they are or aren't eating.

I've worked with people like that - performative under-eaters. They generally get called out on it very firmly. It's just rude and attention-seeking.

I took some chocolate truffles in once
Old colleague "they're very rich aren't they? I wasn't expecting that, I couldn't eat a whole one"
Manager "it's a chocolate truffle, WTF were you expecting?"

Don't cut a cupcake in half and leave it for someone else - it's just going to dry out, and it's not really all that appetising for others to get your leavings left on a plate.

Just save it for later or bin it (unless there's someone like me around who'll happily take it off you).

I’ve got a friend who I meet with our toddlers sometimes, and last time we met up in a garden centre cafe where it was kids eat free if the adult buys a main, so I had a tuna baked potato for my lunch and she looked at me in horror and said ‘are you eating lunch? Oh I can never manage lunch myself’ 🙄

Too much food? I don't understand your question 😂 Fat people don't get fat just from eating cake

You might have a point. I do know that she doesn't have children herself.

She took a bite, then put it down and cut it in half, leaving the unbitten half for someone else.

If it's in a workplace why not just not take a cake in the first place?

Because often there is pressure to have one from whomever brought them in. I do enjoy them just can't eat a full one as the frosting can be too much

Ewww, I would not be eating that. At least cut it in half first before it’s been up against your face.

I thoroughly enjoy having a couple of people like this at a job. Gives you something to chuckle about.

This is one of the cakes in question.

Oh i see what she means, it does look rather rich 😉.

@VeterinaryCareAssistant that looks absolutely delish
Like other posters, I just don't feel the need to comment on how much/how little someone eats, have I noticed folk who make a big deal out of eating so little aye and the comments about 'how can you eat so much', I find the office chat about food don't want to say triggering but upsetting at times I'm in ED recovery (never leaves you), they've all seen me ill if someone brings cakes in I will literally hide one (the baker knows I do this I've said haha) so I can eat it without all the comments