Free Lunch!

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  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    damn. now i want pizza.
  • jgal86
    jgal86 Posts: 77
    This happens at my office all the time. They don't just order pizza for special celebrations. This is like a 2-3 times a week thing where they will order greasy take out... GAWD WHY MUST THE CO WORKERS DO THIS TO ME.

    I stare at them with my leafy green salad while they gnaw on chicken fingers and fries. YAY ME
  • jgal86
    jgal86 Posts: 77
    This is what I've been bombarded with today - A coworkers last day is tomorrow so hooray, they are bringing in pizza..

    Not that I won't make room for pizza in my diet, I do - often. I own a pizzeria, it happens. I just don't like things being forced on me.. what would you do? Fit the pizza into your day or bring your own lunch?

    Ungracious rules of Ettiquette # 101:

    Owns pizzeria does not offer to bring in pizza.

    Bad business practices # 39:

    Owns pizzeria let's other's bring competitor pizza to her establishment.
    OR
    benefit of the doubt, lets OTHER pizza be brought to a place of business NOT her own, calling into question her need to work, the quality of her pizza and her marketing skills.

    Social Derp move #1231
    actually considering rejecting the brought in pizza.

    Solution: Serve your Pizzeria's pizza. All the problems solved. Especially because you can then choose the ingredients and even bring one or one half topped with any number of vegetables you deem healthy. May I suggest Cauliflower and Kale?

    K this made me laugh out loud.. literally :)
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    Not that I won't make room for pizza in my diet, I do - often. I own a pizzeria, it happens. I just don't like things being forced on me..

    Is this like a hazing or do they actually put you at gunpoint over the pizza? That's so weird.

    Where I work, if you walk into the breakroom, three guys jump you from behind. They duct tape you to a chair, and one of the ladies clamps your testicles so tightly you scream out in pain. As soon as your mouth is open, they stuff food you don't want in your throat, and duct tape your mouth shut until you have to swallow it or you drownin your own saliva.

    I don't go in the breakroom anymore.
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    Ok, ham, pineapple and jalapenos please.


    I'll take a large and expect my free pizza to be delivered with a smile.

    And it better be hot or I'm sending it back.

    Pineapples don't belong on a pizza. :wink:
  • Krista916
    Krista916 Posts: 258
    I work in a doctors office and we get rep lunches ALL THE TIME (even today :noway: ). We usually try to get something a little more healthy like soup and salad. Those days, I work it into my calories, on the pizza or pasta days, I just eat my own lunch.
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    This is what I've been bombarded with today - A coworkers last day is tomorrow so hooray, they are bringing in pizza..

    Not that I won't make room for pizza in my diet, I do - often. I own a pizzeria, it happens. I just don't like things being forced on me.. what would you do? Fit the pizza into your day or bring your own lunch?

    Ungracious rules of Ettiquette # 101:

    Owns pizzeria does not offer to bring in pizza.

    Bad business practices # 39:

    Owns pizzeria let's other's bring competitor pizza to her establishment.
    OR
    benefit of the doubt, lets OTHER pizza be brought to a place of business NOT her own, calling into question her need to work, the quality of her pizza and her marketing skills.

    Social Derp move #1231
    actually considering rejecting the brought in pizza.

    Solution: Serve your Pizzeria's pizza. All the problems solved. Especially because you can then choose the ingredients and even bring one or one half topped with any number of vegetables you deem healthy. May I suggest Cauliflower and Kale?

    I'm glad I am not the only one who thought... "Why is she having pizza delivered to a pizzeria?" It just looks bad for the outside observer.
  • SJVZEE
    SJVZEE Posts: 451 Member
    It it's cheese or a veggie pizza, I'd be all over it :laugh: No one is forcing you to eat it and if for some reason you don't feel like pizza-then just bring your own lunch in. Really not that big of a deal.
  • kayemmgee5
    kayemmgee5 Posts: 86 Member
    Is it a pizza place you would order from and take food home to eat? Is it something you really like?

    If the answer to either of these is NO then don't eat it. I have 1 or 2 favorite pizza places in my city that I find worth it enough to make room for the food. Otherwise Domino's/Pizza Hut pizzas aren't my favorite and I'll save my cals.

    So basically, are you doing it to be nice and go with the flow? Doing it because you feel like it's the right thing to do? Or doing it because you want to?
  • garber6th
    garber6th Posts: 1,890 Member
    Ok, ham, pineapple and jalapenos please.


    I'll take a large and expect my free pizza to be delivered with a smile.

    And it better be hot or I'm sending it back.

    Pineapples don't belong on a pizza. :wink:

    They do. Oh yes, they do.
  • nleighp
    nleighp Posts: 117 Member
    I bring my lunch everyday. So I would just politely turn it down.

    ^^^ This is also what I do.
    No one at work every seems to have a problem with it.
  • yaseyuku
    yaseyuku Posts: 871 Member
    If I wanted it, I'd fit it in. If not, I'd bring something else.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Why for you hate pizza?

    I :heart: pizza.
  • Greenlola
    Greenlola Posts: 30 Member
    This is what I've been bombarded with today - A coworkers last day is tomorrow so hooray, they are bringing in pizza..

    Not that I won't make room for pizza in my diet, I do - often. I own a pizzeria, it happens. I just don't like things being forced on me.. what would you do? Fit the pizza into your day or bring your own lunch?

    Ungracious rules of Ettiquette # 101:

    Owns pizzeria does not offer to bring in pizza.

    Bad business practices # 39:

    Owns pizzeria let's other's bring competitor pizza to her establishment.
    OR
    benefit of the doubt, lets OTHER pizza be brought to a place of business NOT her own, calling into question her need to work, the quality of her pizza and her marketing skills.

    Social Derp move #1231
    actually considering rejecting the brought in pizza.

    Solution: Serve your Pizzeria's pizza. All the problems solved. Especially because you can then choose the ingredients and even bring one or one half topped with any number of vegetables you deem healthy. May I suggest Cauliflower and Kale?

    Ok laughed out loud, Just love love this response, totally agree :)
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    The answer is turtles. It's always turtles (at least for questions like this one).
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    The answer is turtles. It's always turtles (at least for questions like this one).

    Well, obviously.

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  • suziepoo1984
    suziepoo1984 Posts: 915 Member
    Ok, ham, pineapple and jalapenos please.


    I'll take a large and expect my free pizza to be delivered with a smile.

    And it better be hot or I'm sending it back.

    Pineapples don't belong on a pizza. :wink:

    They do. Oh yes, they do.

    QFT..Love the pineapple and jalapeno combo..yummy..my mouth is watering now
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    This is a breakroom stick up. Give me all your pizza.

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  • JenSD6
    JenSD6 Posts: 454 Member
    Ok, ham, pineapple and jalapenos please.


    I'll take a large and expect my free pizza to be delivered with a smile.

    And it better be hot or I'm sending it back.

    Pineapples don't belong on a pizza. :wink:

    They do. Oh yes, they do.

    QFT..Love the pineapple and jalapeno combo..yummy..my mouth is watering now

    Pineapple and banana peppers is also a splendid duo.
  • melindafritz1976
    melindafritz1976 Posts: 329 Member
    bring your own lunch
    that way you know what you a re eating and you know the exact calories to log them
  • hzliiz
    hzliiz Posts: 166 Member
    No such thing as free. There's always a cost, in this case it's in calories rather than dollars. Just like if you're talking money, 1) do you have the calories to spend 2) if so do you wish to spend them on that particular food? Easy breezy.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    I had home made pizza yesterday for lunch and dinner so I'd probably bring my lunch with me or, as someone else suggested, bring a veggie tray to enjoy and share. If I found myself wanting pizza I'd fit it in, but I wouldn't eat it just because everyone else was if I didn't want it.
  • RivenV
    RivenV Posts: 1,667 Member
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  • HKSJS
    HKSJS Posts: 23 Member
    I'd fit it into my calories, I wouldn't turn down a free lunch! :D
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    This is what I've been bombarded with today - A coworkers last day is tomorrow so hooray, they are bringing in pizza..

    Not that I won't make room for pizza in my diet, I do - often. I own a pizzeria, it happens. I just don't like things being forced on me.. what would you do? Fit the pizza into your day or bring your own lunch?

    Ungracious rules of Ettiquette # 101:

    Owns pizzeria does not offer to bring in pizza.

    Bad business practices # 39:

    Owns pizzeria let's other's bring competitor pizza to her establishment.
    OR
    benefit of the doubt, lets OTHER pizza be brought to a place of business NOT her own, calling into question her need to work, the quality of her pizza and her marketing skills.

    Social Derp move #1231
    actually considering rejecting the brought in pizza.

    Solution: Serve your Pizzeria's pizza. All the problems solved. Especially because you can then choose the ingredients and even bring one or one half topped with any number of vegetables you deem healthy. May I suggest Cauliflower and Kale?

    Actually...more to the point...if she works in a pizzeria...aren't her co-workers...

    ...ALWAYS bringing/making pizza?
  • MrsFowler1069
    MrsFowler1069 Posts: 657 Member
    I think you need to look up the definition of "being forced"

    Yeah, huh. Eat it and make it fit. Or don't, and be satisfied with whatever other choice you make. Then move on.

    Ta-dah!!