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Lunchbreak at the office can be quite a miserable thing - noisy colleagues ruining your appetite, a long waiting line to re-heat your meal and the awful smells if someone decides to bring fish. All of that and a bit more can happen instead of a peaceful snack. However, there are also a few tricks to avoid this horror show - you either can go out to eat (but who has the money to dine out everyday, right?), or you can eat your lunch in the solace of your desk. And that's precisely what the people in this list had chosen, sadly though not entirely by their own free will. Introducing - the most depressing desk lunches ever eaten and never enjoyed.
Some of these lunches were concocted as a result of a sleepless night partying and ditching meal prep responsibilities; others were thrown together in haste due to pressing work affairs. No matter how they were created, they're all equally tragic, unsatisfying, and utterly unpalatable. None of these meals should've seen the light of day and yet, they did. And you know what the saddest part is? We've all been there once or twice, hunched over our desks, gobbling up our messy meals, trying to sate our gurgling bellies and feeling as though there's no more joy left in the world.
Now scroll down below to check out the many friends of misery, vote for the most cheerless plate of grub and tell us what you think about these miserable stomach fillers.
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#1
Someone Did It. Someone Really Did It
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#2
Sugar Free? I’ll Show You Sugar Free
#3
It’s Wednesday - Treat Yourself
#4
This Might Be The Saddest Plate Of Pasta I've Ever Seen, And Yes, That Is Ketchup
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
If i showed this picture to my Italian gran she would slap ME.
#5
The Bun Fell On The Floor, So You Were Left With This, A Cold Turkey Hot Dog Wrapped In Velveeta Cheese, A Portrait Of America’s Food Industrial Complex
#6
Depressing Lunch
#7
Just Enough Time To Throw Some Peanut Butter Into A Zip Loc Bag And Jump Out The Door!
#8
I Forgot To Pack A Fork Today, So I Used A Tube Of Lipgloss To Shovel My Cottage Cheese Into My Mouth
#9
Wife Doesn’t Trust Me With Our Tupperware Anymore. Spaghetti Lunch In Ziploc
Ashley Rae 6 years ago
... You know that plastic tupperware is never the same after storing something with tomato sauce in it!
#10
Came Across This At The Office Today… A Magnificently Sad Lunch Consisting Of Someone’s Leftover Hot Dog Bun And Some Chips/Munchies Topped With Some Hot Sauce
#11
I Accidentally Got This Instead Of A Burrito
#12
Sad Desk Lunch Is Sad
#13
In Fairness, This Was Actually Pretty Good
#14
I Work In A Middle School, That’s Why There Is A Wiener Drawn On The Chair
#15
It’s Already Been A Rough Week
Kimberly Young 6 years ago
This is what I had for breakfast this morning, except my soda had caffeine.
#16
No Stinky Fish Guys No Stinky Fish In The Office
#17
Who Needs Bread When You Have Your Mouth
#18
I Think I Was Drunk When I Made Lunch This Morning
#19
When Your Office's Satanic Can Opener Decides To Quit But Dammit You're Hungry
#20
The Goldfish Give It That Extra Fancy Vibe
#21
Big Ole Carrot And Shifty Looking Kombucha...
#22
It’s A Cheese Platter But On A Napkin And Just One Piece Of Cheese And No Wine
#23
Life
#24
Power Snacking 24/7
#25
You Could Have Used The Kettle, But That Wouldn’t Have Made For A Good Picture, Would It?
#26
Congrats!! You’ve Graduated To Adult Lunchables Now!
#27
Something Went Fundamentally Wrong In This Food Prep
#28
Expectations / Reality
Petra Christovová 6 years ago
This may be actually quite good, it looks like a bean soup .. I love these.
#29
Not Even Instagram Filter And Border Can Make This Appealing
#30
Look At My Actual Desk Mates Gross Lunch. It’s Week Old Cold Salmon He Ate Straight Out Of The Packet
#31
The Kind Of Sad Desk Lunch Where You Add Slightly Too Much Water To Your Instant Oatmeal
#32
Office Gastronomy, 2013 - Slice Of Bread, Post-It
#33
Soggy, Cold Blueberry Eggo Waffles… Out Of The Plastic Sleeve
#34
Please Call Animal Protection Services - This Office Is Making A Cat Do Excel Spreadsheets
#35
If Pizza Sits On Top Of A Bed Of Wilted Lettuce, It’s Pretty Much A Salad
#36
A Portrait Explaining Why You Should Pay Your Interns
Martha Meyer 6 years ago
I imagine a peanut butter sandwich would have been cheaper than this.
#37
Vegan Gluten Free Burrito With Paper Towel Stuck To It
#38
Lonely Mushroom For A Lonely Lunch
#39
Yeah… Let’s Just… Throw Some Cheetos On This
#40
What It’s Like To Be Hungover In The Office On A Friday - Use A Letter Knife To Eat All The Nutella Then To Stab Your Eyes Out
#41
Sweet Dream Or Beautiful Nightmare?
#44
Today Is “Bring Your Own Summer Memorial Day BBQ Leftovers To Work Day”
#45
Three Days Before Christmas, More Than Half The Office Is On Vacation Already, And The Microwave In Our Kitchenette Is Broken. I Get To Enjoy Cold, Leftover Cheese Pizza At My Desk For Lunch Today
#46
Soup Looks Weird Rectangular
#47
Burnt Loaf Heels With Generic Brand Peanut Butter, Spread With A Plastic Fork. Prepared In The Kitchen, Eaten, While Frowning, At The Desk
#48
“Maybe If I Buy Hello Kitty Stationary Items For My Office Cubicle I’ll Be Happy,” Says Someone Who Just Eats Peanut Butter At Of The Jar
#49
Summer BBQ! (At Your Desk)
#50
One Word: Foodles
hashwadoobies 6 years ago
pathetic waste of money and plastic. OP should be ashamed. Probably paid the same for that one box as they would have for a brick of cheese, a few apples and a bunch of grapes.
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Martha Meyer 6 years ago
Are all of these people unable to just pack a sandwhich and an apple or something?
I aM dA sQuIdDy SqUiD sQuId 2 years ago
Or. Ay e people run late that is also. Thing and some people haven’t gone grocery shopping either
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John L 6 years ago
Most of those foods I couldn't eat. I make my own meals and bring them in. My parents had me late so my mom would cook meals taking into account my pop's high blood pressure, so I never developed a tolerance for salt. Every time i eat at a sit down restaurant, I would never finish my meal because the salt became so overwhelming. I eventually just had to start cooking on my own. Most of those "lunches" would make me physically ill. Made the mistake of joining my fellow hikers in roasting hot dogs...regretted it the next morning, when we had to hike out.
Martha Meyer 6 years ago
Are all of these people unable to just pack a sandwhich and an apple or something?
I aM dA sQuIdDy SqUiD sQuId 2 years ago
Or. Ay e people run late that is also. Thing and some people haven’t gone grocery shopping either
Load More Replies... John L 6 years ago
Most of those foods I couldn't eat. I make my own meals and bring them in. My parents had me late so my mom would cook meals taking into account my pop's high blood pressure, so I never developed a tolerance for salt. Every time i eat at a sit down restaurant, I would never finish my meal because the salt became so overwhelming. I eventually just had to start cooking on my own. Most of those "lunches" would make me physically ill. Made the mistake of joining my fellow hikers in roasting hot dogs...regretted it the next morning, when we had to hike out.
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