‘Karen’ Coworker Reports A Woman For Eating “Sexy Potatoes” At Work, Office Drama Ensues
The chances are you’ll be hearing about “sexy potatoes” for the first time. But as soon as you learn it, it’s hard to unlearn. So bring your chair closer, we’re about to dive deep into the office dynamics where things are overly complicated and chronically misinterpreted.
It all started with the woman who has been “eating potatoes by microwaving them, then biting into them, eating them hot dog style” her whole life. According to her, this is the most delicious and convenient way, and who am I to judge before trying it out?
But her new coworker was less than impressed with the whole sight. Not only did she pull the author aside to ask her to eat the potatoes the regular way, she then reported the potato eater to HR for “eating potatoes too suggestively” and “sexual harassment.”
The weird office drama escalated up to a boiling point, so tune in for the whole story below that will raise a brow or two. And don’t forget to tell us what you think of the whole incident in the comment section!
A woman who has been eating potatoes “hot dog style” for lunch got reported to HR for eating them “too suggestively” by an irritated coworker
Image credits: Lars Blankers (not the actual photo)
Here is the whole story of a weird office drama sparked by the internet-famous “sexy potatoes”
In the update, the author wrote how she got reported for sexual harassment, and how confused HR was
The famous “potato eater” and author of the r/AITA post which went viral, amassing 18.2k upvotes, later wrote another update about the office drama. According to the author, she was not the only one who had enraged coworker ‘Karen’ with their lunch choices.
“Karen lost it the other day when Surya brought a lovely tikka masala to share,” the author wrote and added that “She said it was really rude of him to keep bringing curries to the office and that no one confronted him because they were trying to be polite.”
The drama didn’t end there. On another occasion, Karen again confronted the author after she filed a complaint for “cultural insensitivity and sexual harassment (I was really uncomfortable with her watching me eat and sexualizing it).” Karen said that this harassment complaint “was discriminating against her for being Christian and I was making her deliberately uncomfortable by throwing my sexuality in her face, but she knew she couldn’t say that because she’d be called homophobic.”
Turns out, the author was gay and she “honestly had no idea Karen was uncomfortable with gay people (and tbh, that’s not my problem), but she said that my putting a pride sticker on my laptop a few days after she started working here was the start of my escalation.”
The author felt tired and told Karen that “if my existence was bothering her, that’s not my problem and she should just work from home. I also subtly mentioned that maybe this was why she was laid off from her last job.” It all got to the point where this weird office drama “turned into a whole religious and racial war,” the author wrote. Finally, the boss stepped in to apologize to the author of the post, and since, Karen has been working remotely.
“If she ever brings up anything about my innocuous eating, my sexual orientation, or my race again, I’ll definitely file another complaint with HR, but for now, I think I’m content with eating sexy potatoes and eggs in peace,” the author concluded.
And this is what people had to comment on the office drama
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You forgot 'Spud U Like It Hot". The tag line is "I suppose a fork is out of the question". I'll leave now.
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Well, there is 2 words I'd never thought I'd see together. "Sexy" and "potato"
Neither have I and I'm Irish! :-D The coworker is a loon!
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I can't imagine how sexually frustrated she must be if even somebody eating potatoes makes her think of sex.
I’m thinking it was more like a racist latching onto a false stereotype and using it to harass someone of a race she doesn’t like. Since she evidently couldn’t find anything having to do with job performance to complain about, she decided to use the lunchroom, where I assume everyone eats together, to look for excuses to complain. To her I say well, you know Karen, you could just eat somewhere else. Your car. A restaurant. Home if you’re close enough. But, unless you have a doctor’s note explaining that you’re deathly allergic to certain scents, you’re just going to have to suck it up and adjust yourself, instead of forcing everyone else to give up their favorite lunches, just to accommodate your sorry racist ass. I would’ve loved to have been a fly in the wall for all these conversations with HR.
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100% buying into the homophobic angle as well. Since the article part mentions that the "sexy potatoes" escalation happened *after* OP put a Pride sticker on her laptop. My guess is that Karen was looking for something to complain about racially, couldnt find it (they're potatoes! Apart from stereotypes relating to Idaho and Ireland, I'm unfamiliar with a racial aspect to root veggies) and went down the sexual harassment route instead.
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The only problem I have with other people eating is when they chew too loud and with their mouth open. I really can't stand it :/ But this... this is just ridiculous!
Me too, but I don’t go filing complaints about them with HR about it. I just eat where I can’t see or hear them, and am well out of range for any food that comes flying out of their mouths as they speak.
Load More Replies... She thinks that she is entitled because she is the boss' family. And tbh, she is racist af. I mean she only has problem with two asians about their food.
All the more reason nepotism is never a good idea.
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As an American transplant in Korea, I've seen a lot of people eat potatoes and have never, not once, thought it was the least bit sexy. What a weird person!
Don't yuck their yum --- everything (and everybody) "works" for somebody (and not for others); doesn't make them weird from the outset...
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That's what OP should do. Show up to work on Halloween, dressed in a burlap sack with a sign that says "sexy potato"
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Came to read the comments and I am definitely not disappointed 🤣🤣🤣 I suggest your entire office should coordinate to each bring a banana for lunch for an entire week, that should get rid of the Karen problem... Wtf is wrong with that woman, seriously
This will become a band name, probably, like punk or Indie rock.
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Glad they did accuse the Karen of harassing people for being Asian. It sounds very clearly a case of an anti-Asian racist looking for any possible reason to harrass them.
Don't you wish to high five this "Karen" with a chair on her face? WTF crazy people...I never though that eating potatos could be sexy but there we are...someone crazy enough to point it as an harresment! Sometimes I get so tired of people(not you but in general if you know what I mean)...
Brings back memories of living in Japan and running out to the sweet potato truck when it drove by the house. Like an ice cream truck, complete with musical jingle, but sold sweet potatoes from the oven in the back. Nothing like peeling back the foil and biting into a fresh, slow-roasted sweet potato. Now I'm hungry.
I have never seen anyone cook and eat a potato like that and I would be equally amazed and put off, but complaining about it? No, why the f*ck would you? Look away if you don't like it. And suggesting it was sexual in any way? Did she never eat a banana, icecream cone or popsicle?
I hate it when people act like this and then claim it should change because they are Christian. Guess what lady... Most "Christians" are aware that Jesus taught us to love each other. You don't have to approve of someone's lifestyle to be kind, caring and considerate to them.
now i need to see what's eating potatoe in a sexy way is! i can't figure it out! how could you eating potatoes and make it look sexy???????
Sounds like the only sexual harassment is coming from Karen, who not only eroticized the simple act of eating, but tries to project her feelings of eroticism on others. If someone finds, say, elbows to be erotic and exciting, they can't make others wear long sleeve shirts, nor should they force others to stop eating food no matter how sexy and erotic they think that act of eating is.
My only question is: is she just eating plain ol' potatoes with nothing on them at all??
You don't need to decorate everything you eat. Pure flavor can be delishous.
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Oh my god I love this story from her. Sexy potato eating😂. Am going to try this way of eating them tho because it sounds yummy.
No one in this story comes off as looking good. The woman complaining, or the potato woman feeding into the drama and escalating it, and accusing the potato hater of racism. That word get thrown around far too easily these days, and basically means nothing anymore. That is a word that should only be used to describe incidents of actual racism. Curry and other pungent spices, as well as fish or microwave popcorn, should not be reheated in a community kitchen. It's inconsiderate of others. Complaining about the smell of curry does not make anyone racist, any more than complaining about the smell of re-heated fish.
Fifteen years ago, I was finishing my graduate degree in counseling. One semester, I was enrolled in a class titled “Human Sexuality.” The professor divided us into four groups: six of us in each group. Each group had to select a study topic and make a major presentation to the class in four weeks. After much discussion, my group chose aphrodisiacs. Our focus was on food. During the next month, we must have researched every food that was rumored to be an aphrodisiac. It was easily the most extensive research project I have ever seen. On the night of our presentation, we arrived with a huge aphrodisiac banquet. We had found recipes for all the dishes we researched, made the dishes so everyone could taste them, and handed out copies of the recipes. We not only fed our class, but we also had enough food for all the classes that met that evening. It was a wonderful evening! The result was we all were totally full and pretty mellow, but nobody was horny. (or so they said)
Dear Karen, were not discriminating against you because you're a Christian, we're doing it because you're a f**king idiot who's labouring under the misapprehension that other people's business is any of yours.
Honestly, the only "issue" I have is with people eating cooked food at their workstation since if it's an open office everyone else can smell it too and that's not always pleasant. Also, people should be given a decent lunch break, not have to eat mindlessly while still working. However, if you can't have a proper lunch break or there's no office kitchen or other space, then jesus let people enjoy their meal. How sexually repressed are you that you find eating a potato sexy.
The privilege of this woman, knowing she's somewhat related to one of the founders and immediately starts complaining about everybody at a job she just started. Dont get me wrong, real harassment is still harassments. But if something like someone's curry lunch bothered me (which it wouldnt anyways cause I love curries) and I just started I'd keep my mouth shut. I would never feel I had to right dictate anyways work life, especially those who have been there longer.
As i was reading this i got a spam call with IDAHO area code :) :) (I am in Florida)
The Karen co-worker needs to get her mind out of the gutter. I like to eat Greek potatoes. I have only ever had them as wedges. I pitch my fork into a wedge and plow it into my mouth. Is there another way to eat them?
Hahahaha now when I cook potatoes they will always be referred to as sexy potatoes! Buttery, crispy, fluffy, cheesy, bacon y sexy potatoes.
lmao, this is great. Can I have some sexy potatoes too? I want to see how many karens i can piss off
this is the way i eat potatoes too... im 11 and have never once thought about the way i eat potatoes as sexy
Oh yeah, baby, that's so hot *makes moaning noises while staring at potato*
Be really scandlous and eat it raw.
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I had a (totally creepy) male co-worker comment when I was eating a banana at my desk - in my office! My doctor suggested eating them for the potassium. For the next few weeks there would be a banana on my desk when I arrived in the morning. He was apparently really getting off on watching me eat bananas, so I just started closing my door. The free bananas soon disappeared.
Lol that is one self-entitled racist c*nt of a woman. It has nothing to do with food, judging from the two scenarios. Both targets were Asian. Plain old racism. What next? Rice is too provocative?
I've eaten tomatoes like an apple all my life. It was just what we did in summer when we had a lot of them. I got majorly strange looks when I did this at school.
You can't learn if you don't try. I love tomattoes off the vine uncut. That is when the flavor peaks.
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It a matter of taste. They come in all sizes, shapes and colors. Enjoy.
Load More Replies... I gotta do this. OP knows good and well that the way she eats potatoes is super weird. Maybe some people do it that way in Japan and maybe she's been living under a rock for however many years, but if you are conscious and breathing in a western country you know it's weird to take out a long skinny potato, microwave it, and eat it with your hands like a Neanderthal while sitting at your desk. At work, you are essentially in public. You don't let your boobs hang out, you don't prop your smelly feet on the desk, and you don't eat a goddamned potato with your hands. And, just a post script, the coworker is completely overreacting, but truly, just use flat wear like you weren't raised in a barn.
The way she said they were creating a hostile work environment...was she actually hedging her bets in case she got fired. Maybe the girl is hoping that if she does get fired, she can file a wrongful termination lawsuit against the employer and co-worker. Then again..she may just be off her meds.
LMFAOOOOO that co-worker is a bit strange.. 'Sexy potatoes?!?!' Haha.
Also the OP should have brought in legal representation. Once HR and bosses who are owners see lawyer, tones shift and Karen would have been fired right away
The boss really needs to let her go and tell his wife to stay out of his work and mind her own business. This is why I never hire family or do employment favors for family.
So I looked this up and found some videos. I never thought potatoes could be so sexy.
"Hashafasha-ing" is a verb/adverb/descriptor I never knew was needed! It's perfect!
Just sayin if a guy told HR he got a boner over a woman eating a hot dog and called it sexual harassment this would’ve turned out way different.
* Breathy/seductive phone voice: "How do you like your potatoooesss???" Do you like them H(dragged out)OT?"
This Karen should have been fired, not allowed to work remotely. They need to learn the consequences for their unharmonious attitude in a work setting where people need to get along. Just because she knows the boss does not give her power to cause chaos in the workforce. Also, she's embarrassing the boss by her behavior because it reflects badly on him and his wife for associating with this toxic person.
That's why she got this job, nobody else would hire her after she got fired from all her other jobs. She has PTSD Potatoes Too Sexy Distoration.
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TBH, unless OP was being deliberately suggestive, which by her account was not the case, the problem is coworker's dirty mind. I would be very uncomfortable having a coworker watch me eat and sexualizing it. I would have recommend OP report sexual harassment and hostile work environment.
Power move, next time make eye contact for the entire time while you eat. I asked my boss to look me in the eye while he ate a banana once, he couldn't do it.
I'm not asian but I recall eating a baked potato as a snack when I was a kid. Same with cucumber. Delicious with a dash of salt.
I can't even with people now. This world is out of control. This is a thing because we have allowed it, everyone gets offended about everything now and needs a safe space. Sometimes I want to hunt these people down and find their parents and asked why they raised such pussies.
I think the biggest problem here is that Karen thinks potatoes are sexy. She needs help.
Chicka chikka waaa waaa....just going to eat some of these sexy potatoes 🥔
wow......some people are nuts....just let them eat their food in peace ya crazy lady
Not that it's the OP's problem, but I suspect this woman has some deeply buried trauma in her life somewhere that leads her to see innocent actions as sexual. She desperately needs therapy.
I have a feeling that someone is going to start marketing 'sexy potatoes.' Watch the price of potatoes go up.
I was one of very few women in a small graphic design/advertising/marketing company where being male and heterosexual was celebrated. I was so concerned about being harassed that I censored my lunch. Carrots? Better chop them up. Celery? Nope. I did accidentally bring a banana once - I offered it to biggest homophobe in the place; turned out he didn't like bananas, for some reason...
speaking as an a*****e i would have ripped the p**s oot of her. start by using those little plastic corn on the cob holders to eat potatoes then switch it up by getting a small pizza and rolling it up and eating it like a burrito, and just to take it that extra step i'd use chopsticks to eat french fries and a knife & fork to eat a burger. in short i'd be as violently passive aggressive as possible.
This had nothing to do with the food and everything to do with Asian hate. Pandemic time and she is only complaining about the Asians. Probably a Trumpanzee thinking about his "Kung Flu".
As an Irish person, I’ve seen all kinds of potato dishes, whether it’s traditional or otherwise. You might think it would offend me, but quite the opposite ... I think everyone has their own preference when it comes to potatoes (much like how you like your eggs served, I suppose) & if you have a wild, unique taste; I say go with it! 😄❤️👌
It's like the people who get up tight about breast feeding in public, says more about their perverted minds than anything, although given the rest about curries, yeah, it's more likely a racist thing
So let's see: 1. The harassment about the "sexy potato eating" actually started once 'Karen' saw the pride sticker, which triggered her homophobic vein. Huh. Figures! And 2. She just thought she would rule the place only because she was cousins with the boss' wife. Entitlement, entitlement...
NTA, your coworker Karen, needs to get her mind out of the gutter! It’s her issue not yours, you are fine. People like Karen are just unhappy, sad people who feel it is their “God given right “ to judge people based on their religious beliefs which they know deep down are not right but they go with religious flow anyway. Just be happy you are the person you are. The world’s opinions are changing to reflect better understanding of our differences and acceptance of it as a normal thing.
I could barely get through this one without laughing. The lady came in there with issues and she should have left them outside of the work place. She has what you would you would call hidden biases or triggers. I deal with people with different psychological viewpoints all the time and I have never come across anything like this before, lol and I hope I never do. But at least it's not really personal because another person was also affected by it so it might even be considered cultural, I'm not certain, whatever it is, it's not so called normal by any means.
What the hell? Bet she thinks eating noodles looks too suggestive too
SHE is sexually harassing you calling into question what your eating a potato reminds her of. AND racially challenging. F**K HER! Damn I hate when people use their thoughts to accuse others of perversion. You kiss your kid and you are acting like a pedophile. WHY do you SEE a PEDOPHILE when a person kisses their kid??? Projection like no tomorrow.
I think she is looking for a lawsuit so she can make money, hence why she's so hell bent on taking this up with HR
Baked potatoes come out of the microwave incredibly hot. How does the OP pick them up?
You... wait for them to finish cooking and cool down. Maybe five minutes in the microwave and five minutes out of it.
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Where do you live, and can I please live there too? You live somewhere without these crazy people
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There is literally no reason for her to change her potato habits so that a creeper coworker can stare at her while she eats.
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You forgot 'Spud U Like It Hot". The tag line is "I suppose a fork is out of the question". I'll leave now.
Load More Replies... Well, there is 2 words I'd never thought I'd see together. "Sexy" and "potato"
Neither have I and I'm Irish! :-D The coworker is a loon!
Load More Replies... I can't imagine how sexually frustrated she must be if even somebody eating potatoes makes her think of sex.
I’m thinking it was more like a racist latching onto a false stereotype and using it to harass someone of a race she doesn’t like. Since she evidently couldn’t find anything having to do with job performance to complain about, she decided to use the lunchroom, where I assume everyone eats together, to look for excuses to complain. To her I say well, you know Karen, you could just eat somewhere else. Your car. A restaurant. Home if you’re close enough. But, unless you have a doctor’s note explaining that you’re deathly allergic to certain scents, you’re just going to have to suck it up and adjust yourself, instead of forcing everyone else to give up their favorite lunches, just to accommodate your sorry racist ass. I would’ve loved to have been a fly in the wall for all these conversations with HR.
Load More Replies... 100% buying into the homophobic angle as well. Since the article part mentions that the "sexy potatoes" escalation happened *after* OP put a Pride sticker on her laptop. My guess is that Karen was looking for something to complain about racially, couldnt find it (they're potatoes! Apart from stereotypes relating to Idaho and Ireland, I'm unfamiliar with a racial aspect to root veggies) and went down the sexual harassment route instead.
Load More Replies... The only problem I have with other people eating is when they chew too loud and with their mouth open. I really can't stand it :/ But this... this is just ridiculous!
Me too, but I don’t go filing complaints about them with HR about it. I just eat where I can’t see or hear them, and am well out of range for any food that comes flying out of their mouths as they speak.
Load More Replies... She thinks that she is entitled because she is the boss' family. And tbh, she is racist af. I mean she only has problem with two asians about their food.
All the more reason nepotism is never a good idea.
Load More Replies... As an American transplant in Korea, I've seen a lot of people eat potatoes and have never, not once, thought it was the least bit sexy. What a weird person!
Don't yuck their yum --- everything (and everybody) "works" for somebody (and not for others); doesn't make them weird from the outset...
Load More Replies... That's what OP should do. Show up to work on Halloween, dressed in a burlap sack with a sign that says "sexy potato"
Load More Replies... Came to read the comments and I am definitely not disappointed 🤣🤣🤣 I suggest your entire office should coordinate to each bring a banana for lunch for an entire week, that should get rid of the Karen problem... Wtf is wrong with that woman, seriously
This will become a band name, probably, like punk or Indie rock.
Load More Replies... Glad they did accuse the Karen of harassing people for being Asian. It sounds very clearly a case of an anti-Asian racist looking for any possible reason to harrass them.
Don't you wish to high five this "Karen" with a chair on her face? WTF crazy people...I never though that eating potatos could be sexy but there we are...someone crazy enough to point it as an harresment! Sometimes I get so tired of people(not you but in general if you know what I mean)...
Brings back memories of living in Japan and running out to the sweet potato truck when it drove by the house. Like an ice cream truck, complete with musical jingle, but sold sweet potatoes from the oven in the back. Nothing like peeling back the foil and biting into a fresh, slow-roasted sweet potato. Now I'm hungry.
I have never seen anyone cook and eat a potato like that and I would be equally amazed and put off, but complaining about it? No, why the f*ck would you? Look away if you don't like it. And suggesting it was sexual in any way? Did she never eat a banana, icecream cone or popsicle?
I hate it when people act like this and then claim it should change because they are Christian. Guess what lady... Most "Christians" are aware that Jesus taught us to love each other. You don't have to approve of someone's lifestyle to be kind, caring and considerate to them.
now i need to see what's eating potatoe in a sexy way is! i can't figure it out! how could you eating potatoes and make it look sexy???????
Sounds like the only sexual harassment is coming from Karen, who not only eroticized the simple act of eating, but tries to project her feelings of eroticism on others. If someone finds, say, elbows to be erotic and exciting, they can't make others wear long sleeve shirts, nor should they force others to stop eating food no matter how sexy and erotic they think that act of eating is.
My only question is: is she just eating plain ol' potatoes with nothing on them at all??
You don't need to decorate everything you eat. Pure flavor can be delishous.
Load More Replies... Oh my god I love this story from her. Sexy potato eating😂. Am going to try this way of eating them tho because it sounds yummy.
No one in this story comes off as looking good. The woman complaining, or the potato woman feeding into the drama and escalating it, and accusing the potato hater of racism. That word get thrown around far too easily these days, and basically means nothing anymore. That is a word that should only be used to describe incidents of actual racism. Curry and other pungent spices, as well as fish or microwave popcorn, should not be reheated in a community kitchen. It's inconsiderate of others. Complaining about the smell of curry does not make anyone racist, any more than complaining about the smell of re-heated fish.
Fifteen years ago, I was finishing my graduate degree in counseling. One semester, I was enrolled in a class titled “Human Sexuality.” The professor divided us into four groups: six of us in each group. Each group had to select a study topic and make a major presentation to the class in four weeks. After much discussion, my group chose aphrodisiacs. Our focus was on food. During the next month, we must have researched every food that was rumored to be an aphrodisiac. It was easily the most extensive research project I have ever seen. On the night of our presentation, we arrived with a huge aphrodisiac banquet. We had found recipes for all the dishes we researched, made the dishes so everyone could taste them, and handed out copies of the recipes. We not only fed our class, but we also had enough food for all the classes that met that evening. It was a wonderful evening! The result was we all were totally full and pretty mellow, but nobody was horny. (or so they said)
Dear Karen, were not discriminating against you because you're a Christian, we're doing it because you're a f**king idiot who's labouring under the misapprehension that other people's business is any of yours.
Honestly, the only "issue" I have is with people eating cooked food at their workstation since if it's an open office everyone else can smell it too and that's not always pleasant. Also, people should be given a decent lunch break, not have to eat mindlessly while still working. However, if you can't have a proper lunch break or there's no office kitchen or other space, then jesus let people enjoy their meal. How sexually repressed are you that you find eating a potato sexy.
The privilege of this woman, knowing she's somewhat related to one of the founders and immediately starts complaining about everybody at a job she just started. Dont get me wrong, real harassment is still harassments. But if something like someone's curry lunch bothered me (which it wouldnt anyways cause I love curries) and I just started I'd keep my mouth shut. I would never feel I had to right dictate anyways work life, especially those who have been there longer.
As i was reading this i got a spam call with IDAHO area code :) :) (I am in Florida)
The Karen co-worker needs to get her mind out of the gutter. I like to eat Greek potatoes. I have only ever had them as wedges. I pitch my fork into a wedge and plow it into my mouth. Is there another way to eat them?
Hahahaha now when I cook potatoes they will always be referred to as sexy potatoes! Buttery, crispy, fluffy, cheesy, bacon y sexy potatoes.
lmao, this is great. Can I have some sexy potatoes too? I want to see how many karens i can piss off
this is the way i eat potatoes too... im 11 and have never once thought about the way i eat potatoes as sexy
Oh yeah, baby, that's so hot *makes moaning noises while staring at potato*
Be really scandlous and eat it raw.
Load More Replies... I had a (totally creepy) male co-worker comment when I was eating a banana at my desk - in my office! My doctor suggested eating them for the potassium. For the next few weeks there would be a banana on my desk when I arrived in the morning. He was apparently really getting off on watching me eat bananas, so I just started closing my door. The free bananas soon disappeared.
Lol that is one self-entitled racist c*nt of a woman. It has nothing to do with food, judging from the two scenarios. Both targets were Asian. Plain old racism. What next? Rice is too provocative?
I've eaten tomatoes like an apple all my life. It was just what we did in summer when we had a lot of them. I got majorly strange looks when I did this at school.
You can't learn if you don't try. I love tomattoes off the vine uncut. That is when the flavor peaks.
Load More Replies... It a matter of taste. They come in all sizes, shapes and colors. Enjoy.
Load More Replies... I gotta do this. OP knows good and well that the way she eats potatoes is super weird. Maybe some people do it that way in Japan and maybe she's been living under a rock for however many years, but if you are conscious and breathing in a western country you know it's weird to take out a long skinny potato, microwave it, and eat it with your hands like a Neanderthal while sitting at your desk. At work, you are essentially in public. You don't let your boobs hang out, you don't prop your smelly feet on the desk, and you don't eat a goddamned potato with your hands. And, just a post script, the coworker is completely overreacting, but truly, just use flat wear like you weren't raised in a barn.
The way she said they were creating a hostile work environment...was she actually hedging her bets in case she got fired. Maybe the girl is hoping that if she does get fired, she can file a wrongful termination lawsuit against the employer and co-worker. Then again..she may just be off her meds.
LMFAOOOOO that co-worker is a bit strange.. 'Sexy potatoes?!?!' Haha.
Also the OP should have brought in legal representation. Once HR and bosses who are owners see lawyer, tones shift and Karen would have been fired right away
The boss really needs to let her go and tell his wife to stay out of his work and mind her own business. This is why I never hire family or do employment favors for family.
So I looked this up and found some videos. I never thought potatoes could be so sexy.
"Hashafasha-ing" is a verb/adverb/descriptor I never knew was needed! It's perfect!
Just sayin if a guy told HR he got a boner over a woman eating a hot dog and called it sexual harassment this would’ve turned out way different.
* Breathy/seductive phone voice: "How do you like your potatoooesss???" Do you like them H(dragged out)OT?"
This Karen should have been fired, not allowed to work remotely. They need to learn the consequences for their unharmonious attitude in a work setting where people need to get along. Just because she knows the boss does not give her power to cause chaos in the workforce. Also, she's embarrassing the boss by her behavior because it reflects badly on him and his wife for associating with this toxic person.
That's why she got this job, nobody else would hire her after she got fired from all her other jobs. She has PTSD Potatoes Too Sexy Distoration.
Load More Replies... TBH, unless OP was being deliberately suggestive, which by her account was not the case, the problem is coworker's dirty mind. I would be very uncomfortable having a coworker watch me eat and sexualizing it. I would have recommend OP report sexual harassment and hostile work environment.
Power move, next time make eye contact for the entire time while you eat. I asked my boss to look me in the eye while he ate a banana once, he couldn't do it.
I'm not asian but I recall eating a baked potato as a snack when I was a kid. Same with cucumber. Delicious with a dash of salt.
I can't even with people now. This world is out of control. This is a thing because we have allowed it, everyone gets offended about everything now and needs a safe space. Sometimes I want to hunt these people down and find their parents and asked why they raised such pussies.
I think the biggest problem here is that Karen thinks potatoes are sexy. She needs help.
Chicka chikka waaa waaa....just going to eat some of these sexy potatoes 🥔
wow......some people are nuts....just let them eat their food in peace ya crazy lady
Not that it's the OP's problem, but I suspect this woman has some deeply buried trauma in her life somewhere that leads her to see innocent actions as sexual. She desperately needs therapy.
I have a feeling that someone is going to start marketing 'sexy potatoes.' Watch the price of potatoes go up.
I was one of very few women in a small graphic design/advertising/marketing company where being male and heterosexual was celebrated. I was so concerned about being harassed that I censored my lunch. Carrots? Better chop them up. Celery? Nope. I did accidentally bring a banana once - I offered it to biggest homophobe in the place; turned out he didn't like bananas, for some reason...
speaking as an a*****e i would have ripped the p**s oot of her. start by using those little plastic corn on the cob holders to eat potatoes then switch it up by getting a small pizza and rolling it up and eating it like a burrito, and just to take it that extra step i'd use chopsticks to eat french fries and a knife & fork to eat a burger. in short i'd be as violently passive aggressive as possible.
This had nothing to do with the food and everything to do with Asian hate. Pandemic time and she is only complaining about the Asians. Probably a Trumpanzee thinking about his "Kung Flu".
As an Irish person, I’ve seen all kinds of potato dishes, whether it’s traditional or otherwise. You might think it would offend me, but quite the opposite ... I think everyone has their own preference when it comes to potatoes (much like how you like your eggs served, I suppose) & if you have a wild, unique taste; I say go with it! 😄❤️👌
It's like the people who get up tight about breast feeding in public, says more about their perverted minds than anything, although given the rest about curries, yeah, it's more likely a racist thing
So let's see: 1. The harassment about the "sexy potato eating" actually started once 'Karen' saw the pride sticker, which triggered her homophobic vein. Huh. Figures! And 2. She just thought she would rule the place only because she was cousins with the boss' wife. Entitlement, entitlement...
NTA, your coworker Karen, needs to get her mind out of the gutter! It’s her issue not yours, you are fine. People like Karen are just unhappy, sad people who feel it is their “God given right “ to judge people based on their religious beliefs which they know deep down are not right but they go with religious flow anyway. Just be happy you are the person you are. The world’s opinions are changing to reflect better understanding of our differences and acceptance of it as a normal thing.
I could barely get through this one without laughing. The lady came in there with issues and she should have left them outside of the work place. She has what you would you would call hidden biases or triggers. I deal with people with different psychological viewpoints all the time and I have never come across anything like this before, lol and I hope I never do. But at least it's not really personal because another person was also affected by it so it might even be considered cultural, I'm not certain, whatever it is, it's not so called normal by any means.
What the hell? Bet she thinks eating noodles looks too suggestive too
SHE is sexually harassing you calling into question what your eating a potato reminds her of. AND racially challenging. F**K HER! Damn I hate when people use their thoughts to accuse others of perversion. You kiss your kid and you are acting like a pedophile. WHY do you SEE a PEDOPHILE when a person kisses their kid??? Projection like no tomorrow.
I think she is looking for a lawsuit so she can make money, hence why she's so hell bent on taking this up with HR
Baked potatoes come out of the microwave incredibly hot. How does the OP pick them up?
You... wait for them to finish cooking and cool down. Maybe five minutes in the microwave and five minutes out of it.
Load More Replies... Where do you live, and can I please live there too? You live somewhere without these crazy people
Load More Replies... There is literally no reason for her to change her potato habits so that a creeper coworker can stare at her while she eats.
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