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TRLTAMPA
TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
edited September 2024 in Chit-Chat
I was just in the break room nuking my stuff. One of my coworkers started messing with me because I don't like my food to touch.
Made me wonder if I was the only one. I thought it was perfectly normal.

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  • TRLTAMPA
    TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
    I was just in the break room nuking my stuff. One of my coworkers started messing with me because I don't like my food to touch.
    Made me wonder if I was the only one. I thought it was perfectly normal.
  • WillPillageYourVillageForFood
    WillPillageYourVillageForFood Posts: 777 Member
    I worked with a guy who not only could not have his food touching but he would eat one thing at a time, there was no way that he would mix his food up. :laugh:
  • TRLTAMPA
    TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
    that's exactly what i do!!!!
    i work my way around the plate.
    i guess im just used to it.
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    I used to be really bad. Not really any more. My brother is PHOBIC (sp?) about it. He flips if his corn touches his gravy. It's a hoot!
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    I used to be that way,not so much now.

    Parents always said not to worry about it,everything got mixed at the bottom.:tongue:
  • amymeenieminymo
    amymeenieminymo Posts: 2,394 Member
    I do that too....I don't really like any of my food to touch, but somethings are ok. Like if the beans touch the chicken it might not be too bad, but I hate when the corn runs into the beans or something.

    I also tend to eat one food at a time on my plate. I'll be eating with my family and I'll eat the sides and my dad is always like, is there something wrong with your chicken? No, I just haven't gotten to it yet. My whole family thinks I'm bizarre.
  • Jackie_W
    Jackie_W Posts: 1,676 Member
    Yeah I've heard of it, I knew someone that would keep his lunch in one of those containers with separate compartments and would go ape if any foods touched each other.
    You're not alone :flowerforyou:
  • sweetandstormy
    sweetandstormy Posts: 98
    I always eat my potatoes first. Can't stand cold potatoes.
  • AllenMom4
    AllenMom4 Posts: 294 Member
    Cant say Im that way! I actually love to mix my food up together! I know strange but I am a strange girl! :smile:
  • Mireille
    Mireille Posts: 5,134 Member
    My only issue is someone puts their fingers in my plate to sneak something out.
    I get so grossed out I can't finish my food.

    I remember being at work once and I was having carrots sticks and this girl grabbed one. I was so grossed out, I tossed them out.
    What if she didn't wash her hands after peeing? :sick:
  • Mireille
    Mireille Posts: 5,134 Member
    Cant say Im that way! I actually love to mix my food up together! I know strange but I am a strange girl! :smile:

    A strange naked kind of girl. :wink:
  • TRLTAMPA
    TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
    My brother was always phobic about germs too. We used to mess with him at the table. My other brother would say that I touched something (but I really didn't) and we wouldn't tell him what I touched. It was so fun to watch him get in trouble cuz he wouldn't eat.
  • Mireille
    Mireille Posts: 5,134 Member
    My brother was always phobic about germs too. We used to mess with him at the table. My other brother would say that I touched something (but I really didn't) and we wouldn't tell him what I touched. It was so fun to watch him get in trouble cuz he wouldn't eat.

    Sibblings are the best. :laugh:

    <<Thanks Gawd nobody did that to me!>>
  • wilted6orchid
    wilted6orchid Posts: 423 Member
    That's not bad at all!! My dad used to gross me out because he would mix everything on the plate. I mean if it was turkey, mashed potatos, gravy, and corn...it all turned into a vomitous soup on the plate:sick:
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    That's not bad at all!! My dad used to gross me out because he would mix everything on the plate. I mean if it was turkey, mashed potatos, gravy, and corn...it all turned into a vomitous soup on the plate:sick:

    Now THERE'S a visual! :laugh:
  • amymeenieminymo
    amymeenieminymo Posts: 2,394 Member
    That's not bad at all!! My dad used to gross me out because he would mix everything on the plate. I mean if it was turkey, mashed potatos, gravy, and corn...it all turned into a vomitous soup on the plate:sick:

    Sounds like my grandpa. He would mix it all up, and if it was something that couldn't be mixed, he would make sure that each fork full had a stab of each food on his plate. He said it all ended up in the same place, to which I would argue that we don't have taste buds in our stomachs.
  • TRLTAMPA
    TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
    my dad put ketchup on everything.....ugh....just squirted it over his entire plate
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    my dad put ketchup on everything.....ugh....just squirted it over his entire plate

    th_yuk.gif
  • stylistchik
    stylistchik Posts: 1,436 Member
    LOL I used to be a BIG food-can't-touch person. I also eat one thing at a time. I'm much better now I think. I have this big thing where my food has to be clean.I won't let food sit on the counter even if the counter is clean. I can't eat food if it's been sitting out or i I don't know where it has been. Everyone at work makes fun of me cuz I don't eat at work. we have this gross little back room with a gross fridge and agross microwave and I won't do it! I bring a protein bar and a water and thats what I eat at work. or shifts are only 5 or 6 hours so its not a huge deal if I just eat before and after. lol
  • Mireille
    Mireille Posts: 5,134 Member
    LOL I used to be a BIG food-can't-touch person. I also eat one thing at a time. I'm much better now I think. I have this big thing where my food has to be clean.I won't let food sit on the counter even if the counter is clean. I can't eat food if it's been sitting out or i I don't know where it has been. Everyone at work makes fun of me cuz I don't eat at work. we have this gross little back room with a gross fridge and agross microwave and I won't do it! I bring a protein bar and a water and thats what I eat at work. or shifts are only 5 or 6 hours so its not a huge deal if I just eat before and after. lol

    Yeah, potlucks gross me out too.
  • kellch
    kellch Posts: 7,849 Member
    I love food :embarassed: I like to mix my food too :smokin: Of course that's depending on what it is. I like my corn mixed with my mashed potatoes and gravy. And mexican food, well most of it tastes the same anyway...so mix away. :drinker: But certain foods just don't mix. So then I don't mix. But if they touch by mistake? Oh well. :wink: But I will say that we had a breakfast potluck here and someone brought french toast with banana topping (it had a really sweet runny sauce) and the sauce ran all over my plate and ruined my potatoes:grumble: bananas and potatoes do not mix :angry: :laugh: And I like potlucks as long as its not food you pick up with your hands....won't do it. Must use utensils or I won't eat it tantrum.gif

    That is all.....wait.gif
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    If we're gonna stay in a condo, I'll bring plastic plates/silverware/cups. I don't trust that people wash the utensils/cup very thoroughly. :sick:
  • Mireille
    Mireille Posts: 5,134 Member
    If we're gonna stay in a condo, I'll bring plastic plates/silverware/cups. I don't trust that people wash the utensils/cup very thoroughly. :sick:

    You just gave me a nasty thought about the towels I just used in Los Cabos. :sick:
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    If we're gonna stay in a condo, I'll bring plastic plates/silverware/cups. I don't trust that people wash the utensils/cup very thoroughly. :sick:

    You just gave me a nasty thought about the towels I just used in Los Cabos. :sick:

    Hotel sheets too.
  • Mireille
    Mireille Posts: 5,134 Member
    If we're gonna stay in a condo, I'll bring plastic plates/silverware/cups. I don't trust that people wash the utensils/cup very thoroughly. :sick:

    You just gave me a nasty thought about the towels I just used in Los Cabos. :sick:

    Hotel sheets too.

    When I was in the Sea, all I could imagine was how many people pee'd in it.
    Didn't stop me tho, just made sure my mouth was closed. lol
  • Hannah_Banana
    Hannah_Banana Posts: 1,242 Member
    Oh I have endured years of taunting for this. It comes up at least twice during Thanksgiving/Christmas dinners. :explode:

    Yes, my food doesn't touch. I believe in separating flavors. If a pea rolls into my mashed potatoes, I put the pea (and contaminated bits of potato) aside and continue eating. I have gotten a little better over the years, but people still think I'm weird. :sad:
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