Woman Treats Her Colleagues With Home-Baked Goods, Two Of Them Threaten To Report Her To HR
There are a bunch of talented bakers out there. People who can whip up the tastiest desserts from just a few simple ingredients. Their talent and skill fill each treat with extra goodness. Luckily for us, the best bakers aren’t shy and love to share their goodies with the world.
One such baker was doing just that and making tasty treats for her coworkers every couple of weeks. Unfortunately, two of her colleagues confronted her about it and tried to get her to stop for a weird reason.
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Woman who generously bakes cakes for coworkers is randomly confronted by health-conscious women, they forbid her from bringing her homemade baked goods to work
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Lady who loves baking brings in tasty traybake cakes for her team of 10 every few weeks, predictably all the yummy goodies are swiped within days
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2 of the woman’s colleagues, who are always dieting, confronted her one day, saying it’s unfair and unhealthy to tempt people who are trying to be ‘good’
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The women also threatened to report her to HR for not having a hygiene rating certificate, because someone could get sick after eating the cakes
Baking is a wonderful hobby that requires a lot of skill, time, effort, and love. The poster mentioned that she enjoys baking and is very good at it. She has tried her hand at various traditional and unique cakes. Because of her interest, she also whips up many cakes for her coworkers. Even though there’s a team of 10 people at her office, her traybake cakes disappear by Wednesday.
The woman then mentioned that she was suddenly approached by 2 of her colleagues one day. They always seem to be dieting or talking about fitness, and they told the poster that it’s inappropriate and unhealthy for her to bring in homemade cakes to work. They also stated that it’s unfair to bring the treats, especially when people around are trying to diet or be ‘good.’
Another shocking part of the interaction was that the coworkers said she could be reported to Human Resources (HR) for not having a hygiene rating certificate. A hygiene certification is needed for food businesses to ensure all safety policies are met and to help customers make informed decisions. Since the poster hasn’t been selling her cakes at work, there’s no need for her to even get the certification.
Unfortunately, the woman was shaken by the harsh words of her coworkers and the fact that they assumed people could get sick after eating her baked goods. She clarified that her kitchen at home is spotless and that she was more upset about being confronted by the 2 women.
It’s interesting to note that a person’s proximity to food or snacks can increase their likelihood of snacking. An experiment conducted at Google found that people overeat because they get tempted, especially if snacks are kept closer to them. It’s possible that the two women on a diet kept experiencing cravings after seeing the poster’s delicious snacks and finally couldn’t bear to look at the treats anymore.
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Many people think that cravings are a result of not having enough self-control. The reality is that many factors play a role in reinforcing the craving cycle, such as the wiring in our brains, as well as easy access to pleasurable foods.
The Economic Times states, “it turns out many people are dealing with cravings the wrong way by trying to restrict, avoid, and distract themselves from tempting foods. They skip dessert when everyone else is eating it, walk away if a colleague brings doughnuts to the office and try to ignore their craving for the ice cream in the freezer.”
Research states that it’s better to acknowledge the urge for food rather than trying to run away from it. The two women in the office probably could not resist the temptation of the cake, and their only plan was to forbid the poster from bringing in her baked goods. Dr. Suzanne Higgs of the University of Birmingham says that people who are dieting are often more responsive to the presence of food in their environment because food might always be on their minds.
Making food for someone else is a form of love. That’s exactly what the woman was trying to do by bringing delicious food for her coworkers. People in the comments told her not to be discouraged and said she should continue bringing her homemade goods to work. Others wondered how the fitness freaks even thought it was okay to tell the poster not to bring her cakes into the office.
Commenters sided with the woman, saying that self-control is a personal problem and that the other women should have minded their own business
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One can't sell food without appropriate hygiene and food handling training (at least not in the UK), but if it's a freebie, it's entirely your own choice. Also, from Gary Delaney: "Doctor, how can I lose weight?" "Don't eat anything fatty." "You mean things like cake and chips?" "No, I mean don't eat anything, fatty."
"Nearly every month, someone brings cake and I fall off the cake wagon and have to go to rehab. You know how much it costs to replace brownies with methadone?" Seriously, you'd think the occasional dessert is a serious threat and pastry shops are d**g dens.
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I'm allergic to a lot of stuff so I can't partake in a lot of cakes and pies. But I would never try to stop others from a sharing and enjoying them.
I would tell the dieting coworkers it is great that they want to be healthy and I think it would be great for them to bring in some healthy options to share every month
I'd be telling them that, on the days there's cake, they can go for a run at lunchtime. Burn those calories!
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She should preemptively report that woman to HR for harassing her and threatening her. Lol. I would have straight up told her to stop projecting her eating disorder/food beliefs on others. After all it's her personal opinion that a cake is a "bad" food.
It’s not rocket science. If you don’t want to eat the cake, don’t eat the cake! I love to cook and I often take an extra portion of whatever I’ve made to work for someone else to eat. The only complaints I ever get is that I didn’t take enough. Nobody else is responsible for your self control. These women are in their 50’s. They are grown ups so they need to grow up.
WOW!!! A woman is so sweet that she brings homemade goodies for her coworkers, and THIS is the thanks she gets??? There's always someone out there who just HAS to find an excuse to whine, isn't there?
There are some people who aren't happy unless they make everyone around them unhappy.
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Time to get those two a sponsor they can call at a moment's notice: "Brownies in the break room... I can't hold on much longer..." "It's okay, I'll be right over. In the meantime, can you suck on a grape or nibble a vitamin pill?"
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People should stop catering to those with no spine. Think cake is unhealthy? DONT EAT ANY.
Lmao, they have issues, said by someone with issues. They need to take responsibility for their issues instead of threatening to report you (lmao, that's hilarious 😂). Once every six weeks and they're threatening to report you? Issues.
People have become so entitled it depresses me. Even one of the people on her side said the only thing you "owe" is a note on allergens. What?? NO. That would still be a courtesy. You owe exactly nothing to any of them. You are in charge of your weight, choices, intake AND ALLERGENS. Wtf happened to us that we think everyone is in charge of making sure everyone else is ok and getting their needs met? It is not possible. And , I, for one, refuse to try anymore. Eat the cake. Don't eat the cake. But leave me alone either way. Wtf..
No one is forced feeding you their treats. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot do they think they are the good police controlling everyone to confirm to their lifestyle. I say go to your Supervisor/Manager & request an HR meeting yourself to report harrasment.. also the other coworker who agreed with the controlling person did not gang up on you did she? I think there is a difference of opinion that can be shared but no one has the right to order you not to share your talented baking skills. I hope things are resolved without additional conflict. 🎂🍰🧁🥧🍮🍪🥠
I hate people like that. Had the one who would see something home made/store bought desserts and let everyone know she’s on a diet and throw it away. Another was vegan had to let us know what’s in it, why we shouldn’t eat it makes comments while we ate. I had the person who said she was going off sugar. I kept peanut m&m’s on my desk. She would come in grab a handful, bite each one to crack it take the candy coating off drop it back in the dish eat the peanut. I bought another dish told her to put it in that. She did then when it was full of the candy part I dumped it on her desk. That stop her.
I don't bake as often since I stopped working in offices. It was my stress release.
Ignore the food witches. Chances are if you asked around, you'd find everyone else likes them. On a side note, you could bring them some veggies.
Deep-fried carrots, dipped in cream cheese frosting
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Just send an email to all ten employees, explaining that unfortunately there will be no more baked goods going forward as 2 people who shall remain unnamed are unhappy with the temptation, and also strongly believed the someone in the office would likely sue me if they become ill for whatever reason and decide to blame it on my cooking. Trust me everyone will know who the unnamed people are.
I would bake a cake for HR, watch them dig in, then see what they say when the idiot complains about the cake. The hr people will wipe the frosting off their upper lip and say go away.
Good heavens. It reminds me of the school system telling parents birthday treats had to be store bought. Well that cuts out the low income kids bringing anything in. I would much rather see a confection that is homemade come through the door, you know a little extra was put into it.
Some people are just naturally Karens. I feel like this is the case here. Just let people have their fun, their snacks, their little pleasures. If you don't like it, don't participate. Simple as that.
That these women expecting the OP not bring treats, is one thing, but the nerve to decide for the other team members not to eat the home made cake they enjoy, is another thing. If I was one of the other team members, I would go to the HR to complain about these two Karen's!
You can eat cake if you are on a diet, just eat a moderate portion and adjust what you eat the rest of the day.
This would involve self-control and personal responsibility. Much easier for the entitled Food Gestapo to bully the nice baker into catering to their demands.
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I would go to HR and just ask. If its oked by HR just smile and walk away.
Keep bringing cakes, add a sign that says "Nutritional Information for Dieters" and list that, and add a picture of your kitchen labelled "Kitchen where this cake was made - Decide for yourself if it's clean enough." When people ask why you did that, name and shame both Karens saying, "They had concerns about the healthiness of the cakes and the cleanliness of my kitchen - I think this should solve that." Then let your co-workers commence laughing at them.
My old company would order pizza and salad about once a month and people would complain about it. Sure, it got a little old ordering the same pizzas (like 5 different kinds) from the same place everytime. But it's still free food and the pizza was good. It always seemed so entitled to expect to be able to choose where food was ordered from if the workers weren't actually in charge of doing so. It was a perk not an expectation, something promised when you were hired. Whats funny is people still ate it. And the company always catered every major holiday and people still complained that it was pizza once a month.
Late 50s? I'm just on the precipice of 50 and so glad that I no longer obsess about diet and food. I exercise regularly, eat healthy, eat a lot of vegetables, and never say no to a piece of cake. But I don't make diet and exercise my entire identity. Let's be honest, if I haven't gotten my 18 year old body back by now, it ain't happening. Life is short, live a little. Eat a damn piece of cake every six weeks. Also, stop making your lack of self-control everyone else's problem. Society really has gone all in on lack of ownership. There is no introspection. Everything is everyone else's fault.
Hi, I'm Karen, I'm new here, where do i put my celery? I'm on a diet and have no self control over my eating. I'm just awful. Yeah I'm a Karen too! Yeah, I'm dieting also, look at these thighs and my a**e. Let me tell ya, you'll really hate those free cakes that that nicee nice girl sitting over there brings in every once and awhile. I bet her kitchen is dirty and she doubles up on her sugar and vanilla in the recipe. I think I have a plan to stop her niceness once you're thoroughly hungry..... nice meeting you Karen! Let me know, I've got a plan...
I am hoping these whiny-(REDACTED) coworkers are in the minority and everyone else would tell them to grow up if they found out how they were treating this coworker.
Her best response to the woman would be along the lines of, "if you continue to harass me over free gifts to the office I'm going to HR to report you for bullying and harassment."
NTA but it's not worth the potential trouble. So keep your baked goods to yourself or share with family and friends and neighbors who appreciate them. And if someone in the office asks what happened, name and shame the two coworkers who threatened to report you to HR for bringing baked goods to the office. Or, instead of a tray in a break room, wrap individual sized pieces in cling wrap and quietly offer them to the other coworkers without the troublemakers knowing.
I use to bring in a batch of chocolate chip cookies frequently to the hotel I used to work at. Never heard a complaint.
I would go to HR & ask if it really is a problem. & then mention to those folks who do appreciate your baking that some people are trying to stop it. I might even mention names.
I would simply stop bringing in baked goods, and when someone inevitably asked me why I stopped, I would blink innocently and say "Oh, X was worried about me potentially getting in trouble because my home isn't a certified bakery. If someone got sick or reported me to HR I could get in serious trouble! Obviously she doesn't want that to happen so she kindly warned me of the potential and I decided she was right."
the only way op would be in the wrong is if she was pressuring people to eat it or if she didnt leave a note telling them if it had real/fake dairy or if there were any allergins in the cakes
I miss the school I was at least year, one teacher loved to bake, and she’d often bring treats in for the staff, usually a new recipe, or maybe an ooops, some might be a bit burned, but they were still good!
1. She can bake them keto cakes. 2. HR should probably fire them for suggesting she should get a hygiene certificate. People who come up with s**t like that are f*****g nuts.
Do they complain at restaurants that sell desserts? Or b***h at their friends/family that order desserts while out? Have selfcontrol! My mom has dietary restrictions. She doesn't demand ppl server gluten/dairy free food she just doesnt eat something if she cant have it or is unsure its safe
It's definitely a THEM problem! They need to STOP making it everyone else's issue bcuz it's not a problem to anyone except them. I would have taken one of those lovely desserts 🍰🥧and nicely rubbed it into her face and told her she just had some guilt free calorie free totally free dessert. Kidding not kidding lol 😂 In all seriousness they must be unhappy women in order to be petty, complain & make everyone else as miserable as they are. Also, to crack open the universe because they're NOT the center of it 😜
They basically, blaming OP, because they have zero self control. These are the people who eat like birds in public and gorge on candy in private.
Society holds itself to the lowest possible morals so this is ok for them not to allow you. You can blame only the idiots on here who mess it up for everyone.
Perhaps she needs to go to HR and bring up that they are shaming Her.
That’s terrible, I think you are a sweetheart for doing that. People need to take responsibility for their own self-control and choices. If you like baking so much, and can no longer bring it to work, bring it to your local fire station… Those heroes would be so grateful for your sweets!
And this is why people stop doing nice things, the "it's ALL about ME" types who cannot abide the idea of not being completely catered to at all times.
Had a workmate like this, seriously psycho biarch. She would go full WW mode if you dared to eat 'unhealthy' in her presence.
"How do you feel about bringing home-baked goods to the workplace?" D. Who would want to work in a place that restricted free food because it makes austerity look bad?
Keep bringing the cakes with a sign that states not for Karen I or Karen II!
In the states, I'm in New England, our town over 100,000 people the health department does NOT mess around. They had a town wide dept meeting one day and some people brought a pot luck, foods from home kitchens. The health dept was present and when it was realized that the food was from home kitchens, not inspected, not certified, every morsel of food was discarded. Why? Many people die of food poisoning each year. Just because YOU think your kitchen is spotless!!! Really? I have had food sanitation training and have been certified. Most home kitchens WOULD NOT PASS inspection. For reasons the average person wouldn't consider. In this state you cannot have a food processing facility (food preparation for others free or for sale) attached to a living facility. So no, HOME KITCHENS do not qualify. As far as the food at work? You are there to do your job. Unless you're the cafeteria cook? Get back to work, leave the food home.
One can't sell food without appropriate hygiene and food handling training (at least not in the UK), but if it's a freebie, it's entirely your own choice. Also, from Gary Delaney: "Doctor, how can I lose weight?" "Don't eat anything fatty." "You mean things like cake and chips?" "No, I mean don't eat anything, fatty."
"Nearly every month, someone brings cake and I fall off the cake wagon and have to go to rehab. You know how much it costs to replace brownies with methadone?" Seriously, you'd think the occasional dessert is a serious threat and pastry shops are d**g dens.
Load More Replies... I'm allergic to a lot of stuff so I can't partake in a lot of cakes and pies. But I would never try to stop others from a sharing and enjoying them.
I would tell the dieting coworkers it is great that they want to be healthy and I think it would be great for them to bring in some healthy options to share every month
I'd be telling them that, on the days there's cake, they can go for a run at lunchtime. Burn those calories!
Load More Replies... She should preemptively report that woman to HR for harassing her and threatening her. Lol. I would have straight up told her to stop projecting her eating disorder/food beliefs on others. After all it's her personal opinion that a cake is a "bad" food.
It’s not rocket science. If you don’t want to eat the cake, don’t eat the cake! I love to cook and I often take an extra portion of whatever I’ve made to work for someone else to eat. The only complaints I ever get is that I didn’t take enough. Nobody else is responsible for your self control. These women are in their 50’s. They are grown ups so they need to grow up.
WOW!!! A woman is so sweet that she brings homemade goodies for her coworkers, and THIS is the thanks she gets??? There's always someone out there who just HAS to find an excuse to whine, isn't there?
There are some people who aren't happy unless they make everyone around them unhappy.
Load More Replies... Time to get those two a sponsor they can call at a moment's notice: "Brownies in the break room... I can't hold on much longer..." "It's okay, I'll be right over. In the meantime, can you suck on a grape or nibble a vitamin pill?"
Load More Replies... People should stop catering to those with no spine. Think cake is unhealthy? DONT EAT ANY.
Lmao, they have issues, said by someone with issues. They need to take responsibility for their issues instead of threatening to report you (lmao, that's hilarious 😂). Once every six weeks and they're threatening to report you? Issues.
People have become so entitled it depresses me. Even one of the people on her side said the only thing you "owe" is a note on allergens. What?? NO. That would still be a courtesy. You owe exactly nothing to any of them. You are in charge of your weight, choices, intake AND ALLERGENS. Wtf happened to us that we think everyone is in charge of making sure everyone else is ok and getting their needs met? It is not possible. And , I, for one, refuse to try anymore. Eat the cake. Don't eat the cake. But leave me alone either way. Wtf..
No one is forced feeding you their treats. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot do they think they are the good police controlling everyone to confirm to their lifestyle. I say go to your Supervisor/Manager & request an HR meeting yourself to report harrasment.. also the other coworker who agreed with the controlling person did not gang up on you did she? I think there is a difference of opinion that can be shared but no one has the right to order you not to share your talented baking skills. I hope things are resolved without additional conflict. 🎂🍰🧁🥧🍮🍪🥠
I hate people like that. Had the one who would see something home made/store bought desserts and let everyone know she’s on a diet and throw it away. Another was vegan had to let us know what’s in it, why we shouldn’t eat it makes comments while we ate. I had the person who said she was going off sugar. I kept peanut m&m’s on my desk. She would come in grab a handful, bite each one to crack it take the candy coating off drop it back in the dish eat the peanut. I bought another dish told her to put it in that. She did then when it was full of the candy part I dumped it on her desk. That stop her.
I don't bake as often since I stopped working in offices. It was my stress release.
Ignore the food witches. Chances are if you asked around, you'd find everyone else likes them. On a side note, you could bring them some veggies.
Deep-fried carrots, dipped in cream cheese frosting
Load More Replies... Just send an email to all ten employees, explaining that unfortunately there will be no more baked goods going forward as 2 people who shall remain unnamed are unhappy with the temptation, and also strongly believed the someone in the office would likely sue me if they become ill for whatever reason and decide to blame it on my cooking. Trust me everyone will know who the unnamed people are.
I would bake a cake for HR, watch them dig in, then see what they say when the idiot complains about the cake. The hr people will wipe the frosting off their upper lip and say go away.
Good heavens. It reminds me of the school system telling parents birthday treats had to be store bought. Well that cuts out the low income kids bringing anything in. I would much rather see a confection that is homemade come through the door, you know a little extra was put into it.
Some people are just naturally Karens. I feel like this is the case here. Just let people have their fun, their snacks, their little pleasures. If you don't like it, don't participate. Simple as that.
That these women expecting the OP not bring treats, is one thing, but the nerve to decide for the other team members not to eat the home made cake they enjoy, is another thing. If I was one of the other team members, I would go to the HR to complain about these two Karen's!
You can eat cake if you are on a diet, just eat a moderate portion and adjust what you eat the rest of the day.
This would involve self-control and personal responsibility. Much easier for the entitled Food Gestapo to bully the nice baker into catering to their demands.
Load More Replies... I would go to HR and just ask. If its oked by HR just smile and walk away.
Keep bringing cakes, add a sign that says "Nutritional Information for Dieters" and list that, and add a picture of your kitchen labelled "Kitchen where this cake was made - Decide for yourself if it's clean enough." When people ask why you did that, name and shame both Karens saying, "They had concerns about the healthiness of the cakes and the cleanliness of my kitchen - I think this should solve that." Then let your co-workers commence laughing at them.
My old company would order pizza and salad about once a month and people would complain about it. Sure, it got a little old ordering the same pizzas (like 5 different kinds) from the same place everytime. But it's still free food and the pizza was good. It always seemed so entitled to expect to be able to choose where food was ordered from if the workers weren't actually in charge of doing so. It was a perk not an expectation, something promised when you were hired. Whats funny is people still ate it. And the company always catered every major holiday and people still complained that it was pizza once a month.
Late 50s? I'm just on the precipice of 50 and so glad that I no longer obsess about diet and food. I exercise regularly, eat healthy, eat a lot of vegetables, and never say no to a piece of cake. But I don't make diet and exercise my entire identity. Let's be honest, if I haven't gotten my 18 year old body back by now, it ain't happening. Life is short, live a little. Eat a damn piece of cake every six weeks. Also, stop making your lack of self-control everyone else's problem. Society really has gone all in on lack of ownership. There is no introspection. Everything is everyone else's fault.
Hi, I'm Karen, I'm new here, where do i put my celery? I'm on a diet and have no self control over my eating. I'm just awful. Yeah I'm a Karen too! Yeah, I'm dieting also, look at these thighs and my a**e. Let me tell ya, you'll really hate those free cakes that that nicee nice girl sitting over there brings in every once and awhile. I bet her kitchen is dirty and she doubles up on her sugar and vanilla in the recipe. I think I have a plan to stop her niceness once you're thoroughly hungry..... nice meeting you Karen! Let me know, I've got a plan...
I am hoping these whiny-(REDACTED) coworkers are in the minority and everyone else would tell them to grow up if they found out how they were treating this coworker.
Her best response to the woman would be along the lines of, "if you continue to harass me over free gifts to the office I'm going to HR to report you for bullying and harassment."
NTA but it's not worth the potential trouble. So keep your baked goods to yourself or share with family and friends and neighbors who appreciate them. And if someone in the office asks what happened, name and shame the two coworkers who threatened to report you to HR for bringing baked goods to the office. Or, instead of a tray in a break room, wrap individual sized pieces in cling wrap and quietly offer them to the other coworkers without the troublemakers knowing.
I use to bring in a batch of chocolate chip cookies frequently to the hotel I used to work at. Never heard a complaint.
I would go to HR & ask if it really is a problem. & then mention to those folks who do appreciate your baking that some people are trying to stop it. I might even mention names.
I would simply stop bringing in baked goods, and when someone inevitably asked me why I stopped, I would blink innocently and say "Oh, X was worried about me potentially getting in trouble because my home isn't a certified bakery. If someone got sick or reported me to HR I could get in serious trouble! Obviously she doesn't want that to happen so she kindly warned me of the potential and I decided she was right."
the only way op would be in the wrong is if she was pressuring people to eat it or if she didnt leave a note telling them if it had real/fake dairy or if there were any allergins in the cakes
I miss the school I was at least year, one teacher loved to bake, and she’d often bring treats in for the staff, usually a new recipe, or maybe an ooops, some might be a bit burned, but they were still good!
1. She can bake them keto cakes. 2. HR should probably fire them for suggesting she should get a hygiene certificate. People who come up with s**t like that are f*****g nuts.
Do they complain at restaurants that sell desserts? Or b***h at their friends/family that order desserts while out? Have selfcontrol! My mom has dietary restrictions. She doesn't demand ppl server gluten/dairy free food she just doesnt eat something if she cant have it or is unsure its safe
It's definitely a THEM problem! They need to STOP making it everyone else's issue bcuz it's not a problem to anyone except them. I would have taken one of those lovely desserts 🍰🥧and nicely rubbed it into her face and told her she just had some guilt free calorie free totally free dessert. Kidding not kidding lol 😂 In all seriousness they must be unhappy women in order to be petty, complain & make everyone else as miserable as they are. Also, to crack open the universe because they're NOT the center of it 😜
They basically, blaming OP, because they have zero self control. These are the people who eat like birds in public and gorge on candy in private.
Society holds itself to the lowest possible morals so this is ok for them not to allow you. You can blame only the idiots on here who mess it up for everyone.
Perhaps she needs to go to HR and bring up that they are shaming Her.
That’s terrible, I think you are a sweetheart for doing that. People need to take responsibility for their own self-control and choices. If you like baking so much, and can no longer bring it to work, bring it to your local fire station… Those heroes would be so grateful for your sweets!
And this is why people stop doing nice things, the "it's ALL about ME" types who cannot abide the idea of not being completely catered to at all times.
Had a workmate like this, seriously psycho biarch. She would go full WW mode if you dared to eat 'unhealthy' in her presence.
"How do you feel about bringing home-baked goods to the workplace?" D. Who would want to work in a place that restricted free food because it makes austerity look bad?
Keep bringing the cakes with a sign that states not for Karen I or Karen II!
In the states, I'm in New England, our town over 100,000 people the health department does NOT mess around. They had a town wide dept meeting one day and some people brought a pot luck, foods from home kitchens. The health dept was present and when it was realized that the food was from home kitchens, not inspected, not certified, every morsel of food was discarded. Why? Many people die of food poisoning each year. Just because YOU think your kitchen is spotless!!! Really? I have had food sanitation training and have been certified. Most home kitchens WOULD NOT PASS inspection. For reasons the average person wouldn't consider. In this state you cannot have a food processing facility (food preparation for others free or for sale) attached to a living facility. So no, HOME KITCHENS do not qualify. As far as the food at work? You are there to do your job. Unless you're the cafeteria cook? Get back to work, leave the food home.
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