Not-so-passive-aggressive office note

[irrelephant]

on our microwave:

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Haha!

[gretchenindisguise]

My old co-worker ate a microwaved piece of salmon every.single.day. Without fail.

[glassofsyrah]

At least it's pretty.

[snickers]

Fish smells soooo bad!

[irrelephant]

May 1, 2013 11:52:12 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

My old co-worker ate a microwaved piece of salmon every.single.day. Without fail.

There is a special, smelly place in hell for her.

[wannabe]

May 1, 2013 11:52:12 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

My old co-worker ate a microwaved piece of salmon every.single.day. Without fail.

i'm gagging at the thought of this.  both taste and smell.

[Tacocat]

I totally agree with that note

[Deleted]

I'm glad someone did this in your office. Fish stinks. Eat it at home

[hbear]

For the record, I don't microwave fish.

But I never understood how many people get up in arms when someone in an office does. Let them eat their lunch!

Also, I'm not usually bothered by smells, so there's that.

[cheeseandcrackers]

yeah.. i dunno.. i've done this once or twice in the past.. BUT I don't anymore.. because it's embarrassing and fish for lunch isnt that great. If i ever bring in fish, I don't microwave it, ha.

[sunshineray]

There is no reason that anyone should ever eat fish at work. And definitely no reason to ever microwave it. Gross.

[midnightmare81]

I like fish but I totally agree with this. It can STINK, and some people are really sensitive. If you want fish, eat it at home.

I also agree that there should be one about popcorn as well...

[karmasabiotch]

Hard boiled eggs gross me out too.

[notsocreepylurker]

We need that at my office. A coworker not only cooks fish in the microwave but cooks it from raw/frozen so it's not just a simple reheat of last night's dinner. The whole place REEKS so bad - I actually gag as if I am going to vomit it is so bad. We've talked to the person and they just don't care about anyone but themself.

[papie]

I did once like 8 years ago. I microwaved my fish and went downstairs to meet my friend (instead of eating in the lunch room right there). The next day, at the lunch table, everyone was talking about the microwaved fish and how stinky it was and whothefuck does this. I was like "oh, interesting. I wasn't here yesterday, I had lunch with a friend".

[speckledfrog]

If microwave fish doesn't make you want to throw open every window while clamping your nostrils shut with a clothespin then your nose is broken.  ywia

[irrelephant]

May 1, 2013 12:31:28 GMT -5 karmasabiotch said:

Hard boiled eggs gross me out too.

YES.

[wambam]

What bothers me more is that someone actually spent time typing this up and printing it on pretty paper.

[madringal]

May 1, 2013 12:33:03 GMT -5 @buster said:

Fish stinks just as much as those Lean Cuisine/microwave lunches do, to me.

This. I have more issue with someone needing to heat their stinky lasagna for 6 minutes then somone that needs to reheat fish for 1.

[zitiqueen]

Years ago, somebody where I work burned popcorn in the microwave to the point of the fire alarms going off and fire trucks showing up. Microwave popcorn is forbidden now. Fish should be.

[speckledfrog]

May 1, 2013 13:37:18 GMT -5 zitiqueen said:

Years ago, somebody where I work burned popcorn in the microwave to the point of the fire alarms going off and fire trucks showing up. Microwave popcorn is forbidden now. Fish should be.

It was banned at my work for the same reason, no fire department but the microwave was ruined.

[JayhawkGirl]

We had a girl put a potato in to bake. She set the timer for 70:00 instead of 7:00, and walked away. Said microwave caught fire,

And my rules for workplace living: you should never cook fish, sing/whistle or trim your nails* at work.

*random broken nail? Fine. Clipping all ten, or worse, your toenails, at your desk? Not okay!

[moolarkey]

We had a break room on the 3rd floor of our 4 story building. We had a group of contract workers that took their lunch break at 2 PM everyday. Rather than eating in our cheap (company subsidizes the prices) and good, cafeteria that includes microwaves, etc. They would microwave in this small break room. If I remember right they were cooking fish in seaweed. It permeated everything. Right outside the break room is a stair well that everyone uses rather than the elevators. Even though the stairwell doors are closed all the time, if you stepped in to the stairwell when they were cooking you'd about throw up. A few people did. This went on for about 2 months and finally HR told them to stop cooking whatever it was in the microwave. It may have been just about the worst thing I've ever smelled and I can take a lot.

There is some pizza, I don't know which local company, that people bring in and it just makes me want to vomit. They don't do it often, in fact it's been a very long time. I think it was the cheese on it but I'm not sure, other pizzas don't affect me.

[Deleted]

I like this note and it's aesthetically pleasing, which is more than I can say for fish.

And I have threatened death to those who burn their popcorn.

Also, save your broccoli/cauliflower/brussel sprouts nastiness for your own home.

Ain't nobody wanna smell that.

[flex]

Most of my co-workers fish for sport so we have salmon and halibut all over the place. Plain or smoked.

I agree with the PP. What people eat is their own business. It's not like they're smoking cigarettes or their food is emitting toxic fumes FFS. The smell goes away eventually.

What bugs me is when my co-workers apply perfume at work. Not if they're wearing it already--just when they apply it to themselves at work. It kills my nose!

[sangria]

Interesting. No lasagna, no fish, no lean cuisines, no popcorn, no chicken.

What else would one microwave at work? Water? lol

[CheshireGrin]

Our microwave at work has a sign on it that says "Microwave is for food products only."

Guess I can't cook meth in it anymore.

[bluetopaz]

The last attorney I worked for would heat up really nasty fish leftovers about every other day, but repeatedly brought up this story about the secretary who ate "really stinky cheese". The poor woman was eating her lunch at her desk, on the opposite side of our office, and he only came in contact with the smell because he went the long way to go to the reception area to get the newspaper. And this 1 time incident occurred 8 years ago. I do not miss him.