I know crying would be an overreaction

[motzie]

so I'm sitting at my desk pouting instead. We had a catered lunch scheduled with a product rep today. They brought Panera and there is not one damn veggie sandwich or salad. There are 30 of us. Anyone who has ever booked one of these lunches has to assume there might be one veggie in a group that size, just in case, right?

Wtf.

[melindafelinda]

I would be like "your product sucks. we make fun of it"

[bab]

OK, crying would indeed be an overreaction but I'm surprised they didn't consider people who might not eat meat. How weird.
Can you pick the meat off, or do you not eat things that have been touched by meat.

You could passive aggressively "excuse" yourself to go get food since you are STARVING and there are no options for vegetarians today.

::sad trombone::

[iamgrace]

I would think. I'd be pissed.

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Aug 15, 2012 11:15:02 GMT -5 bab said:

OK, crying would indeed be an overreaction but I'm surprised they didn't consider people who might not eat meat. How weird.
Can you pick the meat off, or do you not eat things that have been touched by meat.

You could passive aggressively "excuse" yourself to go get food since you are STARVING and there are no options for vegetarians today.

::sad trombone::

Do this. If I were organizing an event for potential clients I would never ever ever take that risk.

[janegold]

This happens at my firm from time to time. It annoys me too. This was very typical when I stopped eating meat 16 years ago but nowadays TONS of people don't eat meat.

Also, I went to a luncheon over the weekend with 300 people. Food was some gross creamy chicken, potatoes and green beans. I asked for a vegetarian meal and got...a plate of potatoes and green beans. I'm sure I was not the only vegetarian present!

[motzie]

Aug 15, 2012 11:15:02 GMT -5 bab said:

OK, crying would indeed be an overreaction but I'm surprised they didn't consider people who might not eat meat. How weird.
Can you pick the meat off, or do you not eat things that have been touched by meat.

You could passive aggressively "excuse" yourself to go get food since you are STARVING and there are no options for vegetarians today.

::sad trombone::

I don't like picking meat off things. I took a vitamin water and left. I have some leftover pasta from yesterday in the fridge still. I'm hoping one of the guys takes pity and brings me their cookie.

[nahoku]

You should grab a lunch just so you can eat the cookie! Are there chips with it? You could eat those, too.

[bab]

Aug 15, 2012 11:21:54 GMT -5 motzie said:

Aug 15, 2012 11:15:02 GMT -5 bab said:

OK, crying would indeed be an overreaction but I'm surprised they didn't consider people who might not eat meat. How weird.
Can you pick the meat off, or do you not eat things that have been touched by meat.

You could passive aggressively "excuse" yourself to go get food since you are STARVING and there are no options for vegetarians today.

::sad trombone::

I don't like picking meat off things. I took a vitamin water and left. I have some leftover pasta from yesterday in the fridge still. I'm hoping one of the guys takes pity and brings me their cookie.

Oh see now this is ridiculous! You should bust in there like you OWN the joint, take THREE cookies because you are "SO HUNGRY" and no one brought lunch for the vegetarians!!! Why are you waiting in the wings for a pity cookie?

smh

[ECB]

Aug 15, 2012 11:23:58 GMT -5 nahoku said:

You should grab a lunch just so you can eat the cookie! Are there chips with it? You could eat those, too.

This! If a lunch was purchased for you, I'd eat whatever I could. Then loudly say "Does anyone want my sandwhich? I don't eat meat.".

[iamgrace]

Aug 15, 2012 11:26:25 GMT -5 Que? said:

You're pg right? Go ahead and cry girl, sometimes a sandwich is just the last straw. I second the suggestion to take yourself out for lunch though.

Yeah. I was going to say I would feel teary on a good day. Being pregnant would send me over the damn edge.

[mamasaurus]

I worked at a law firm once with about 150 employees who all had to attend a meeting about new rules after a merger. There were 9 or 10 vegetarians, and they ordered 8 tuna sandwiches for us. I seriously did go cry in the bathroom after because the meeting ran late, so I had nothing to eat between 6 AM (breakfast) and 3:30 PM (when I finally got back to my desk and scarfed a bag of peanuts from the vending machine).

I was PMSing so hard that day and was all, "NOOO! If I don't eat, I'll pass out, and then I will pee myself in front of the whole office, and then the attorneys will remember me as that chick who peed herself and they won't want me to be on their cases, and then I will be let go because I will have nothing to do, and then I will have to go back to bartending, and some drunk creep will grab my ass again and I'll punch him and go to jail for assault. I have no upper body strength! I am not cut out for prison! I am going to end up a low-rung-on-the-ladder prison bitch!"

So, yeah. If you cry over this, you won't be the first, and you can take pride in knowing you probably aren't as ridiculous as me over it.

[eightangryreindeer]

A CMP would NEVER omit a vegetarian option.

A really good one would also find out any other dietary needs or restrictions in advance.

Just sayin'. lol.

And yeah, I'd be bitching up a storm while I ate everyone's cookies.

[revolution]

Go get a cookie or 10! Pregnant or not, my ass would be in there taking a cookie/chips/soda - whatever I wanted that I could have so they realized they messed up and I got a good snack.

And if they brought the chocolate brownie things, take the whole plate, because, well, they are delicious.

[flex]

Aug 15, 2012 11:28:33 GMT -5 eightangryreindeer said:

A CMP would NEVER omit a vegetarian option.

A really good one would also find out any other dietary needs or restrictions in advance.

Just sayin'. lol.

And yeah, I'd be bitching up a storm while I ate everyone's cookies.

That would be me in the meeting: "You want that cookie? You do? Too bad!! NOM NOM NOM!!"

[SKP82]

This shit pisses me off, and I'm not even a vegetarian.

At my last job, we had vendor meetings about once a month and they always brought unhealthy crap. And we couldn't take a lunch break those days.

There are so many people who have dietary restrictions and it is soooo inconsiderate when someone who provides lunch doesn't even think about that.

[pittsmcgee]

I would cry. I need to EAT

[emjacobs]

This is why we either just take everyone out to a restaurant or get everyones requests from the Panera catering menu and have it delivered. You don't have to order 10 hours in advance.

[SKP82]

Aug 15, 2012 11:51:12 GMT -5 emjacobs said:

This is why we either just take everyone out to a restaurant or get everyones requests from the Panera catering menu and have it delivered. You don't have to order 10 hours in advance.

This is what people should do.

[kellbell191]

I cry when I'm hungry. Especially if I'm all excited about a Panera lunch and then there is no lunch for me.

That rep BLOWS

[partiallysunny]

Team steal everyones cookies!

[eb777888]

I would cry over a sandwich.

[mrssavy42112]

This doesn’t happen at my job anymore, now that there are about 10 veggies here out of the 30 employees. So they’ve gotten the drift. But the first time it happened, I was the loner. They asked me what my dietary restrictions were & I said vegan, so no meat or dairy products...blah blah. They got me cheese pizza. :-|

I knew it would happen, so I brought food from home & ate it right in front of everyone. When they asked why, I said there was nothing there for me to eat. Yeah, it never happened again. I'd probably cry too if I had absolutely nothing.

[motzie]

I'm happy to report I have a stack of cookies, a bag of chips and a stash of vitamin waters under my desk. Fuck that guy.

I don't feel so crazy for tearing up over this for a minute. Thank you.

[scotty]

I think that there should always two options, when possible. People can go with out OMGMEAT! for one meal of the day.

[scotty]

Er. Um. Can you carry a baggie of sausage?

[scotty]

Aug 15, 2012 13:10:34 GMT -5 toledo said:

Aug 15, 2012 13:04:33 GMT -5 scotty said:

Er. Um. Can you carry a baggie of sausage?

Are you talking to me?
Can you carry around a head of lettuce? wtf.

Jerky? No?

[Deleted]

I'm sorry to be the asshole in this thread but if you're on a restrictive diet and pregnant to boot, I'm not sure why you aren't traveling with a back up lunch/food stash just in case you encounter douchery.

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Aug 15, 2012 13:17:28 GMT -5 toledo said:

Aug 15, 2012 13:16:49 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

I'm sorry to be the asshole in this thread but if you're on a restrictive diet and pregnant to boot, I'm not sure why you aren't traveling with a back up lunch/food stash just in case you encounter douchery.

Hence her leftovers in the fridge.

And yet she's crying real tears and hoarding cookies, chips, and vitamin water under her desk instead of bitching for a minute and eating her damned food.

Interesting.

[penelope]

I'm not a vegetarian, but I am gluten free. I have learned to avoid office lunches, or bring my own lunch and just not do the "everyone bring a dish" thing, for this very reason. And I know I can't expect anyone to make something around my funky diet. I get that. But it still sucks, and makes you want to cry when you are the only one not enjoying.

I don't even think its the lack of food that I find bothersome, it's just a feeling of being leftout. Society revolves social functions around food, and to not be able to partake just leaves you with a feeling of empitness. And I know not to expect special food. But as a vegetarian, that just shouldn't have to happen. There are enough vegetarians out there, as well as people that would take a veggie sandwich even if they do eat meat.