Do you eat canned seafood at work?

ClubSilencio wrote: »

Lately I've been really into trying the more exotic items in the canned seafood aisle such as mackerel and smoked oysters.

Do you think it would be rude to open a tin of those bad boys in the breakroom?

I would hate to be that guy but I sure would love the convenience of having something nutritious and protein-rich to eat given the time constraints.

Do you eat canned seafood at work? I could use the inspiration.

You'd probably be just as hated as the people who microwave fish in break room.

Heck yes I do. It's less offensive than some of the stuff my work mates eat.

I eat canned tuna all the time in the breakroom. But our breakroom is only used for two things: eating, and brewing coffee. So it is meant to smell like food anyways. If its a non smelly food, I usually just bring it to my work desk. I'm all about that mercury poison diet

I eat tuna but I don't know if mackerel or oysters smell more than tuna. I wouldn't worry about it. You're not heating it up and that really spreads the smell around.

burned popcorn on the other hand...

Yes. It's OK in our office, plenty of people eat tuna and stuff. It's a health conscious office. I open the can of tuna, throw it in a salad and stir, it (the salad with tuna, once it's stirred up) doesn't stink, people say "that looks great!" The can does stink, I just tie it up in a plastic bag and throw it out.

Now one time I had sardines. Those I ate on the balcony, that's going too far I think.

It's nice to be thoughtful, but it can be taken too far. I am very happy I've never worked someplace that restrictive. I hate, hate the way broccoli in the microwave smells, eggs too but so what? It's not my lunch, I am not about to complain, and the smell goes away pretty fast.

Don't concern yourself too much with what others think. Just go for it dude! (I eat two cans of fish per day at work, colleagues have gotten used to it)

Eat it!!!! I would o well

Smoked oysters have a pretty aggressive smell to them (similar to sardines/herring) and they are a bit messy like sardines. When I was still in an office, my cubicle neighbor detested all fish and would pitch a "snide comment fit" if any of us opened anything fish related at our desks. Like we couldn't even eat homemade tuna salad in a tupperware container, sushi, or have leftover, cold, grilled salmon on a salad type of fit. Those of us who liked fish ended up eating it outside our desk area. Our breakroom had no tables so we had to either eat at our desks or find an unused conference room. Our cubicles were right down the hall from the open concept breakroom so god forbid if somebody actually microwaved a dish with fish in! This person wasn't one of my favorite co-workers and it got to the point before I left that when we'd have working lunches where we could order off the deli menu, I'd pick something with fish at least a third of the time just to annoy her because she couldn't leave the room.

Basically it boils down to how comfortable your office mates are with strong food smells. If you are lucky enough to have your own office instead of being packed in a cubicle farm, then you should be good (as long as you take the smelly stuff to an outside trashcan). If you're in a cubicle farm, then you should probably consult with your nearest cubemates.

Now that I telecommute fulltime, I can eat whatever smelly thing I want to for lunch!