Bringing baked goods into work

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I really enjoy baking - I’m quite good - only thing I’m really any good at!
I like baking traditional cakes like Victoria sponge, lemon drizzle, carrot.

I normally bake on the weekend and sometimes bake a tray bake cake and take it to work.
I work in a team of about 10 people. So there’s plenty for everyone to help themselves- it’s normally demolished by Wednesday.

2 woman I work with are always on a diet or talking about fitness - both in there late 50s.
One of them asked to have a word with me today and said her and this other woman both agree it’s not appropriate to bring in homemade cakes to work because it’s unhealthy and not fair when people are trying to be ‘good’.
She also said that if I could be reported to HR as I haven’t had a hygiene rating certificate at home. She said she’s worried if someone got sick from my homemade food I could get in trouble.

AIBU to feel a bit upset about this. My home is spotless my kitchen is clean.

I think these woman have just got food issues but I am worried they could report me.

I don’t bake cakes every week. Maybe once every 6 weeks.

Whats your opinion on people being in baked goods from home into work?

@Fizbosshoes spoken like someone who has never struggled with controlling their weight!

If you are fasting for Ramadan then it really isn't an issue resisting the temptation of a bit of cake! 😂😂😂

Tons of cake around the place 😂😂😂

You really do make it up as you go along!

Not sure about it being primary school and OP isn't doing a bake sale? She's giving it away from what I can gather 🤷‍♀️.

Didn’t she state the cake is there for three working days after she brings it in?

Definitely a lot of projection going on here.
As said up thread I'm gluten free and have to avoid refined carbs/have low carbs for a medical condition. I also had gestational diabetes so very aware of sugars etc.

Im never against cake brought to my office for others and I just wouldn't take any as I knew it would make me unwell because of medical conditions. Just like I have zero issue with my office biscuit tin! I know where it is I simply just don't go to it as I know the outcome! The majority of people who have dietary restrictions for medical purposes are very used avoiding foods in all situations tbh it becomes part of managing your condition.

Another pp put it well there is too many people who absolve themselves from any responsibility or negative outcome and its an individuals responsibility (I'm paraphrasing here slightly).

You're still being extremely patronising. You're projecting your own issues.

Out of interest have you ever worked in an office? My office, a large private client law firm has regular charity bakes. There's no pressure on anyone to be involved. At the last one as it was for our official charity the bakers received a small contribution to the costs.

Despite your cast iron willpower - people with the best of intentions are more likely to eat cake if it’s there.
When sugary food is there people eat it - often whether it tastes good or not - they are bored at work so they eat the shit biscuits or the homemade cake even if they really didn’t want to. Everyone does not have cast iron willpower - the supermarkets know this - hence their product placement strategies. It’s the way people are and shouting about it all you want won’t change it. As a country we need to figure out way to remove sugar and crap from easy reach and employers need to be part of this - s healthy work force is more productive- bottom line!

@Waitingforgeorge if you're bored at work then get a new job and the occasional cakes won't cause you an issue.

Tell them to get stuffed! It’s a lovely treat.

@IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle yes, I work in an office and we don’t have time to waste on baking. But it’s good to know the clients being charged hundreds of pounds an hour are getting good value for money from your law firm. Or maybe all those billable hours give you plenty of other time to waste?

Thank you @Waitingforgeorge - having sweet sugary food around means people are more likely to eat it. I think instead of seeing this whole issue as “willpower” we should realise we are all creatures driven by hormones and having cake around means our hunger hormones are more likely to drive us to eat it.

I’ve spent a lifetime trying to kick a heroin-style craving for sweet foods. I don’t want the stuff around!

@TorringtonDean I don't think the previous poster was suggesting that people should bake during office time, just that charity bakes are held from time to time, which presumably people would attend in their own time or would just buy a cake in passing, which wouldn't be a significant waste of working time or impact on their clients 😆😆. I expect the vast majority of people find time to make a quick cup of coffee no matter how busy they are.

I can't bake and I don't like cakes anyway, but good on the OP for this gesture!!

Ok so everyone leaves exactly at knock-off time, never has to do unpaid overtime, isn’t run ragged between working hours and school runs, doesn’t have to stress about World Book Day costumes or whatever? How luxurious.

It’s still no reason to foist cake on others.

Foist

No is a complete sentence!

@Noyesnoyes good to know you have bucketloads of understanding about addiction and temptation.

I hope your workplace also offers free fags, booze and cocaine to the smokers, alcoholics and druggies.

I used to have an ED. For a long time I found all food stressful, my own and other peoples. ...but I couldn't ask them not to eat at all!

Just the booze! Alcoholics have to deal with that temptation daily to be honest

In the supermarket
In the pub when socialising
In restaurants
In cafes (ours served those little bottles of wine)
At Christmas parties
Weddings
Birthday parties
Dinner with friends

Much the same got smokers?

Not sure about cocaine, as that's actual illegal I think? So I don't think that's as prevalent in everyday life.

But you can't manage a no, every six weeks because it's in the office? But can shop and avoid buying it? 🤔! Not sure it's an addiction, more a want?

@Fizbosshoes I’m sorry to hear about your eating disorder, must have been very hard.

Binge eating is also a disorder and is only starting to be understood. Cake is triggering. Overeaters Anonymous is a real group.

@Noyesnoyes maybe think how hard it is for those who have quit to resist drink or booze. Then imagine your problem is with food. You can’t give it up as you need nourishment - that makes it a lot harder. You have to cut down and yet temptation is everywhere. You really don’t need it in the workplace too.

Fortunately I work with a load of blokes who don’t bake. But there was a time when the M&S buckets were a habit and that was a problem for me as someone who had lost a lot of weight and didn’t want to regain it. It was the start of the slippery slope.

As for the drugs. Yes, they are illegal and I’ve never touched them. But pushers always start with free samples, don’t they?

You're being completely ridiculous.

Your posts are getting more and more bizarre. Where on earth did you get the idea employees were baking in the office in work hours.

I don't know about drugs, I've never been offered them and if I was I'd say no!

Your problems are yours not mine, people who have no self control are not anyone else's issue.

You need to deal with it, not "foist" your problems on everyone else!

@Waitingforgeorge and its for individuals to take responsibility of that! I mean gone are the days of a tea trolly and cake that came to your desk.

Yes I get marketing and clever advertising but it is possible to walk past and not pick things up. Addiction (and recovering from addiction) is about taking personal responsibility for your actions and examining causation. Someone bringing cake into an office is not going to be the root cause.

What about a dog shaped cake laced with heroin?

Op, I wanted to ask your size. Thank you for including it here.

May I suggest you also take in some fruits next to your cake? It's what I have observed many others do.

I now recall my ex colleague who baked each year on his birthday: yummy. And also appreciated because it was a special day and not just any day and everyday (every couple of weeks).

I'm surprised they have the time,what with all the cake they're snorting.