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Who is BU about the chip?

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Kartoffelschmerz · 14/02/2024 10:24

Person A has been making lunch, including air fryer chips. They dish up, then realise they’ve given themself too many, so redistribute a bit and put the plates on the table.

Person B comes down for lunch. They turn their back for a second and when they turn round again they spot Person A removing a chip from their plate.

Person B is furious that A has been “sneaky” and stolen one of their rightful chips.

Person A argues that they’d overcorrected when dishing up and gave B a lot more, hence the chip removal.

Person B carries on seething for nearly 24 hours. They argue that they always give A the bigger portion, so why wouldn’t A do the same for them?

Person A says they do give B the bigger portion, that this was a minor rebalancing and until everyone’s actually sitting at the table, the food is still under the cook’s control.

Who is BU in this incredibly petty dispute?

OP posts:
UtterlyUnimaginativeUsername · 14/02/2024 16:58

Everyone is unreasonable because no-one gave me any chips.

pizzaHeart · 14/02/2024 17:29

Obviously B is unreasonable. I can’t see how A can be guilty in even a tiny thing?
A cooked lunch, dished it up and redistributed. All comments from A were actually in response of B’s reaction. What A could say to B - that B is being ridiculous ? I don’t think it would go down better then the comment about food being under cook’s control which basically means that cook dishes food out as she/ he prefers.
I often put chips/ sausages/ fish fingers etc on one plate (it’s just simpler) and then distribute further.
I suspect that OP is A ( female) and B - her partner ( male) . C is their child who sensibly stayed out of it.

Kartoffelschmerz · 14/02/2024 20:29

Got it in one, @pizzaHeart .

OP posts:
QueenBean22 · 14/02/2024 20:31

I’ve just dealt with a similar argument. It was my 10 and 7 year olds.

Cherrysoup · 14/02/2024 20:34

Why did he whinge if there were seconds? Bizarre.

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