We all got a meeting invite for our respective calendars.
Met at the elevators downstairs to determine who would ride in which car.
And drove away.
The one invitee was stupid when she didn't just tell LOU, "I have plans" or something else vague.
Oh I agree. The way this was handled wasn't rude. I can see it being rude if someone walks by uninvited person's desk on the way to lunch and goes "neener neener we're eating lunch without you and it's going to be fabulous."
Well, that's just fucked up. We don't do that.
I'd just like to say that we did have a much better time without LOU than we would've had she been there because she would've complained the entire time about the food, the cost, and the way the curtains hung. LOL.
Post by RoxMonster on Aug 27, 2014 17:41:20 GMT -5
I have witnessed people purposely flaunting/bragging about going somewhere in front of someone who wasn't invited and doing so in a really cruel way. In fact, it has happened in a department meeting of mine. Obviously, they didn't say it the way I wrote it, but it unfortunately does happen, and I've gotten to the point that I never put anything past people anymore lol. So I have seen this situation happen badly. What you described is not that.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
This happened in my office this summer. One coworker held a personal open house and invited a handful of the office. The crazy coworker overheard the plans a few days beforehand and showed up. Ballsy and classless.
apalettepassion.wordpress.com/ WHO IS BONQUIQUI!?!?!?!??!
"I was thinking about getting off on demand, but it sounds like I should be glad that I didn't"
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I just read all 7 pages of this post. Here are my thoughts:
1. There's only one answer to the original question. Of course you don't invite yourself.
2. All that fuss about LOU and she didn't even show up. She managed to turn the focus toward herself without even attending! She's breaking new ground at being an annoying coworker.
3. The seemingly unending questions about every last detail of this lunch - most of which had nothing to do with the core issue - were amusing, and led me to believe....
4. ...that some people here seem to have reached adulthood without becoming familiar with how lunch breaks work, or the idea going out to lunch with a group. That was not only amusing but also baffling.
5. Celiac coworker is a good person for saving the party.