Co-workers bringing smelly food to work
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Yep, so true. There are tons of foods that can be offensive to people such as curries, cheeses, durian, etc.
trust me... you haven't smelled stinky until you've smelled salted stinky fish. Exactly why I will not date a filipino or vietnamese who eat stinky fish. Don't want to have to deal with kissing her after. I remember having a vietnamese classmate in uni who used to bring stinky fish to class... phewwww. Was a really pretty chick but us guys could never fathom how she could eat that. Would probably have no trouble giving a guy a rimming.. stinky fish smells worse than my unshowered for a week asshole xD
They eat it because they're brought up eating that. Fish is big part of their cuisine as is the fish sauce. Now that fish sauce they use is just vile! It's the same with Jewish cuisine. Making gefilte fish stinks up the house for 3 days and it's bad but the fish is eaten cold and it's delicious. When you're brought up with it, it's all about what you're used to eating. Gefilte fish is healthy because it's just boiled fish, not fried.
i hear ya... Fish sauce is actually pretty tasty.. i think they serve it at Vietnamese restaurants to eat with springrolls. But hey... many people are brought up eating snakes, rats, fried scorpions, dogs etc. You don't see them bringing that to work you know. Its just being courteous to others. Like some are asked to not wear strong perfume at work etc. I guess its just out culture these days, to not give a fuck about others. Gotta learn from the Japanese men of the past, who didn't even wear clothes of color as they consider it offensive and agitative to others
Yes, this is what I am talking about! I didn't want to bring race into this to sound racist but this is it.
Yea I agree with the smell of popcorn as well. Stinks up the whole place! Smell ain't as bad as the stinky fish though!
I had to deal with this during the 90's tech balloon. Explain to your boss's boss that with strong smelling food in the office makes me want to vomit. How can I be productive in this environment?
If Ling Chow wants to have cod and black bean sauce for lunch I will be happy to either bugger off for 3 hours until the smell dissipates or heave in Ling's cube or tell Ling to stop bringing in his vile crap for lunch. Squeaky wheel gets the grease.
I saw how the fish sauce is made.... Once you see that it is a mystery why it isn't more stinky. Fermented fish that drips into a collecting bowl seems gross but it adds a flavour that foodies like myself can appreciate.
Also my crazy hot Thai girl first introduced me to it and that was all the motivation I needed.
I used to toast garlic bread in our lunchroom's toaster before my shift started. A pre-work meal. Then a few times one of my co-workers complained out loud nicely about the smell. It bothered her, so I don't have it at work anymore. I love garlic bread.
She also complains loudly about aftershave and perfume too. She's sensitive. It's all good though, otherwise we get along fine.
I do popcorn too, but no fish.
She also complains loudly about aftershave and perfume too. She's sensitive. It's all good though, otherwise we get along fine.
I do popcorn too, but no fish.
One of my collegue use to bring almost once in a week a dish made of Lotus Stem. It smelled awful and make everyone bit sick.
Everybody thought that its fish, but one day i asked him and he told me its a Vegetable not fish. I asked him that why it smells this bad and he replie "Its a smell from fish droppings", he says more fish dropping around that stem better it tastes. I didn't wanted to debate and just requested him not open that container in the office area rather he should just head to cafeteria and eat there. He denied it, but once i started spraying Febreze when he opens the container, he eventually stopped bringing that food.
Everybody thought that its fish, but one day i asked him and he told me its a Vegetable not fish. I asked him that why it smells this bad and he replie "Its a smell from fish droppings", he says more fish dropping around that stem better it tastes. I didn't wanted to debate and just requested him not open that container in the office area rather he should just head to cafeteria and eat there. He denied it, but once i started spraying Febreze when he opens the container, he eventually stopped bringing that food.
Agreed on this one. This "King of Fruit" tastes good but smells like "turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock" according to food writer Richard Sterling. You also need a hardhat to cultivate these heavy thorney suckers from their trees.
Microwaves in the workplace should be banned. They serve no useful purpose other than alienating everyone who has to smell whatever concoction you found in your fridge this morning. Why not eat sandwiches at your desk like the rest of us - if you want a hot meal then go out and buy one. If not sandwiches, then salad or a veggie plate.
I was raised to be considerate of others - seems to be a lost concept the last few years.
I was raised to be considerate of others - seems to be a lost concept the last few years.
At the very least, anyone using a communal microwave should use a brown paper bag when nuking food. To stop the food odors as well as the food spatters.
