Tight for bringing my lunch and coffee to work?

[Skaife]

Just wondering how other people feed themselves at work?

I eat breakfast at home but have a stash of porridge pots to take with an apple, if I’m running late. I also make my own coffee and take it in a flask cup.

I take either leftovers or make a salad/sandwich at home, to take in for lunch. Always nice food. The girl that sits next to me said this is tight! She spends just under £10 a day on breakfast lunch and coffee, as she buys breakfast and coffee at Costa then gets a chain sandwich at lunch - I think this is nuts.

What do other people do? Am I tight?

Are @BlueLines and @MittsMajuna the same person?

I’m not the OP but I have a couple of porridge pots in my boot in case I’m running late. Usually have breakfast at home though. I buy the Aldi/Asda own brand ones and they are 60p. Even a £1 pot (I’m assuming you mean the Quaker ones?) is cheaper than a Pret breakfast and coffee which must be more like £4-5.

Packed lunch all the way. I really don't want to spend £3+ on a factory made sandwich when I can bring in a fresh one with quality ingredients.

You are not tight, she is lazy and wasting money.

I take mine, have done for years, I don't care if I am tight - I do it for financial but also health and environmental reasons. The days I can't be bothered the plastic waste makes me feel queasy!

Look after the pennies and the pounds look after themselves, defo take stuff from home, she has too much money on her hands

I have a delicious 3-course lunch and also fresh coffee, cakes, fruit, sandwiches and snacks at break times, all provided free of charge! Lucky me!

I must admit in the past when I went from the floor to the desk so to speak , the job was high stress I used to go out and buy lunch. Looking back its eye watering how much money I wasted, and those periods also coincided unsurprisingly with packing huge amounts of weight on (but in fairness by nature of the stress i was massively overeating as well).

Now , I've had a bit of education on the absolute crap there is in shop bought food , I'm in social care and to be honest most of the managers dont bother to stop to eat most days and pretty much all of us are in the habit of eating when the day is done (yes we know its unhealthy but after decades it sort of has become a habit)

Drives our owner nuts , he often offers to take us out for lunch and cannot comprehend we would rather not.

However no way these days would I buy food out , but that is also with two DC and waxing and waning fortunes I hate the money waste as well as the above.

Its definitely not tight , very sensible , nothing to do with age but for me at 22 just off the floor and not recognising the affect of stress I probably would have thought it a bit boring.

But then I was an idiot at 22 so I cant compare to others at that point.

I never buy my lunch except maybe twice a month as a treat . I'm trying to save money though but if that makes me tight then so be it . I'd rather spend money on getting my hair done or a night out with dh .

I used to always buy lunch. Then I realised I could just make it fresh myself in the office kitchen. Most people in my office do this, or they have a cheap soup or something.

There’s no judgement.

I’ve worked in many offices. It’s normal to bring your lunch in. I was often the unusual one who used to buy it every day.

Tell her you're saving and she's spending £2000 pa by having the habits you have. You can afford a gorgeous holiday or some home improvements every year, just because you can be bothered to make your own lunch.

It's not your colleague's business. How rude of her to pass comment at all. Also breakfast and coffee from Costa every day? Yuk. I wouldn't have that stuff for free. Has she no taste?

@Shinyletsbebadguys

Yes, the supermarket / takeaway lunches all have so much fat in them. I mostly take my own in, not just for cost but so that I control what is in what I eat - I can take in a much more healthy and filling chilli than any sandwich I can buy.

Skaife, it's a long time since I was at work but sometimes I would take food and eat it earlier and then go to lunch in canteen or buy something to eat at desk so it didn't work for me :-). Tea and coffee we made at work, all provided.

I certainly don't think you're tight, it makes sense if you're sufficiently disciplined not to eat it all early.

I work at home now, yay, unlimited coffee and prepared food without having to go out and spend £10 a day!

However, when I worked in a workplace, I always brought my own lunch in. Usually a sandwich, a little snack and a piece of fruit. I also used to buy a jar of coffee once a month to make coffee there!

It's just totally nuts to spend £10 a day on coffees and lunch. I give myself £50 a week pocket money and I wouldn't be wasting it on paying £3 on a sandwich and ££'s on coffee's!

Where I work is the middle of nowhere so nowhere to buy lunch except the work canteen which is like school dinners. The baked potatoes are ok.

I usually take my lunch in either soup or leftovers. I sit in the canteen with my friends though as there's no other break out spaces.

I work in retail and we have a huge canteen....they supply tea and coffee...breakfast cereals and toast and every topping you could possibly want all free....there are still some staff who go to the customer cafe and spend £2.50 on a coffee in a cardboard cup..i just dont get it !!!

My colleague spends huge sums on his working day. He drives to work and pays 12 quid a day to park, despite the fact the bus goes past the end of his street. Then there's the endless parade of bought food, coffees and snacks.

None of my beeswax, but sometimes I wonder if he breaks even, and how much he has left over for family commitments

No you’re not being tight you’re being sensible!

I bring lunch 4 days a week , same as dp. Treat lunch once a week max (sometimes I miss out on this if have extra leftovers!)