Some salad bar bullshit!

[lilafowler]

Burn it down?

[wambam]

WTF? You aren't allowed to choose to eat more calories? WTF?

And they're limiting your vegetable intake? WTAF?

[underwaterrhymes]

WTF?

Where do you work that they get to monitor what the fuck you eat?

[shostakovich]

I don't get it - they are restricting people's caloric intake? Shouldn't that be up to the consumer of the salad?

ETA: I see the calorie outrage has been covered   But for real - the reason I love salad bars is because I can load it up with like sunflower seeds or the bacon bits that are actually soy, and NO ONE JUDGES BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS.  It's between me and the gallons of Greek dressing I'm pouring on there.

[Deleted]

That is crazy.

[lilafowler]

Thanks Michelle Obama!


KIDDING

[daisycat]

This sounds ridiculous.

[bania]

They're rationing your vegetables? That's some garbage right there.

[slimshamy]

Mar 26, 2014 12:06:30 GMT -5 mofongo said:

 they told me the salad has to be 550 calories or less

[thebreakfastclub]

Screw that 550 calories crap. Not to brag, but the salad bar where I work has homemade tortilla chips and buffalo chicken dip as options.

I did see a guy get an $18 salad once, but I think it had a lb of chicken on it and 6 hardboiled eggs.

Mine is usually $5.50 with generous toppings.

[Deleted]

That's weird. Why the 550 calories?

Although I'm a big fan of full service salad bars. Those old school salad bars with the tongs and sneezing masses were nasty. And I am like the antigermophobe

[angelaa73]

How in the fuck can a cafeteria limit your calories?!

Are you wearing your deal a meal sweater or something? Is Richard Simmons himself portioning out the salads

[Marle]

They're doing it wrong!
Where I work they are raising the prices of unhealthy stuff and adding variety. But they're not going to the extreme of dictating calories ffs!

[sergey]

Um...a 550 calorie lunch isn't necessarily healthy, especially when the calories you're limiting someone from is vegetables. Weird all around.

[MWOS]

Just get a burger next time. Problem solved.

[pantsparty]

[wambam]

Low-calorie =/= healthy.

Vegetables = healthy.

Fuck.

I'm angry.

[Kit]

Um, no.

[firedancer49]

My office does this sort of now, although the salad bar is still a free for all and it so much cheaper than it used to be. If you want to order one of the cheap healthy meals they make you can only get a certain amount. So if they do a salad there and offer 4 different types of toppings, if you only like one of the 4 offerings you only get say 4 pieces of it.

[gozf]

This is a nightmare.

I had a salad for lunch today. A cobb salad, the Big Mac of salads. I'm pretty sure it was WAY over 550 calories.

[Deleted]

What if you didn't want chicken or tofu or whatever and just wanted more vegetables? Wouldn't that put you under 550 calories again? I'm a vegetarian and the thought of tofu on a salad seriously grosses me out. I don't like this fake salad bar.

[kadams767]

What if you just wanted an order of veggies in non-salad form? Like you couldn't just get a cup of veggies for a snack?

[firedancer49]

Mar 26, 2014 12:19:42 GMT -5 sergey said:

Um...a 550 calorie lunch isn't necessarily healthy, especially when the calories you're limiting someone from is vegetables. Weird all around.

YES!  Like I just mentioned we have specific healthy meals that you can order and they are $2.99 and the rest is paid by the company.  But half of the time that meal consists of something with rice or noodles and they LOAD up on the rice/noodles and only do a certain amount of veggies and protein.  I get so mad.

[ilovelamp]

Do you happen to work at the world famous hospital in the state of Ohio? Because they are the worst about controlling peoples lives.

[wambam]

Mar 26, 2014 12:25:50 GMT -5 ilovelamp said:

Do you happen to work at the world famous hospital in the state of Ohio? Because they are the worst about controlling peoples lives.

Oooh, tell me what CC is up to with regards to this! Curious.

[cuddlyevil]

Mar 26, 2014 12:14:00 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Mar 26, 2014 12:09:26 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

WTF?

Where do you work that they get to monitor what the fuck you eat?

A hospital. It's been downhill for some time now. They took away white bread, fried chicken, french fries, regular cokes (soda), ice cream, full fat anything and now THIS HORSESHIT. The portions have gotten smaller and prices have gone up.

There would be full on riots if they took away our pizza and ice cream here.

But they have increased prices and decreased portions. Bastards.

[Deleted]

Yup, the only limiting my vegetable calories would do is make me find a vending machine and inhale all the snickers.

[berbles]

[camelblossom]

I would raise some serious hell. I like my salads hefty.

[berbles]