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!

This is also my DM. Something about their generation - every time Pam in Gavin and Stacey was weird about food (pretending to be vegetarian, etc.) it reminded us all of our DM.

My DM does this. I think she has an eating disorder. We can't go out to dinner because she makes a fuss and eats a children's meal. She eats chocolate and biscuits in secret. She's diabetic and is not on insulin, probably as a result.

God it’s just so tedious.

Careful now, apparently the civil service are saying eye rolling is discriminatory/aggressive!

I've told my DH that I'm not eye rolling, I'm merely visualising what claptrap he's said.

Its true. I found it on the internet. 😈

Eyes move up and to your left
NLP term: Visual Construct
NLP notation: Vc
The brain is creating a visual image,something it hasn’t seen before.

I would not share a dessert. I have a cows milk allergy and if I find a milk free dessert it’s all mine.

You could vibe with it depending on the contents of her lunch. ‘NOT A WHOLE CUP OF SOUP- YOU’LL BE FIT TO BURST?’.

@lookwhatyoudidthere

YOU'RE ADDING CROUTONS?!!

I volunteer to be the cake tester who will give the final decision as to its richness. I will, however, need at least three cakes to make an informed, unbiased opinion.

Please let me know when they will be ready to be overnighted to me and I will send along my info. 😉

Well, maybe four cakes would give me more goodies of a diverse sampling, since one could be richer than another one.

In fact, let's just make it six. It's the perfect number.......

Oh crap--I just want cake! Luckily, it's my DGD's BD so I should be able to eat cake tomorrow. 🍰🎂

Went to work today and found the now rock hard half still there!

It needs a little sign with the date of the occurrence and ‘She Didn’t Manage It All’ neatly inscribed. Maybe in small italics below ‘it was just so rich’

I am heartbroken!

I think we need a banana for scale.

Just so we can properly assess the 'fillingness' of the cake.

Urgh I don't understand these people!

Just don't have it if you know it's going to be too much!

On the other side of this though, I once sat next to someone at work who would constantly tell me I was eating too much 😂

Every time I had my lunch or a snack she'd suck air in and say ooooh do you know how many calories that is?! What yourself with that!

I was a size 6 at the time 🤣

I’d offer it to her and ask if she wants to polish it off.

It's these threads about people who can only eat half a cupcake that make me think this is why I'm fat while thinking I don't eat that much!

Oh I'd have to draw attention to that..

SUSAN? ARE YOU FINISHING THIS HALF A CAKE YOU LEFT, OR ARE YOU WASTING IT?....

I'd be inclined to glare til she ate it or binned it. Ugh. Such disrespect towards perfectly good cake!

I make cupcakes and definitely wouldn’t enjoy a whole one.
They’re quite large and there’s a lot of sickly buttercream.
The best cupcakes are lemon or raspberry because it takes the edge off the sweetness.
I usually pick half the buttercream off and throw it in the bin.
I’m not performative though and it’s actually my friends who draw attention to my small portions.