OMG!!! Some people....

[sam_gordon]

That's fine if it's in your budget however not everyone has the same budget to buy more doughnuts and more pizzas.

IMO, if buying one more pizza or some extra donuts is going to break your budget, you shouldn't buy some in the first place.

Yes, I would buy a 12 pack of soda for 10 people. Absolutely. No one I know of would drink more than one.

As I mentioned, it's not necessarily for people to have more than one... it's because I don't want to tell people "no you can't have any" if I'm just leaving it out. If I buy donuts for my department, I leave them in our department common area so I don't have to regulate it. People from other departments will wonder through. So I can either directly offer everyone (and only my department) a donut, or I buy some extra "just in case".

As someone previously stated: No good deed goes unpunished.

Please explain how the OP was "punished".

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

IMO, if buying one more pizza or some extra donuts is going to break your budget, you shouldn't buy some in the first place.

WOW.

 

[Uncle Coaster]

Was it nice of the OP to get pizza? Absolutely. I don't think it's right to put limits on gifts though. If you were buying sodas for 10 people, would you get a single 12 pack?

If it were an unplanned nice gesture yes I would.

Perhaps as I think a previous poster mentioned it could be the idea that some people see pizza as only a meal and some see it as a potential snack. But I just compare it to my own office. Its not unusual for someone to buy too big a lunch and share a portion with one or two others without the others thinking they are going to get a full meal out of it.

 

[soccerdad72]

I occasionally bring in donuts for my staff. I generally plan on 1 1/2 donuts/person.

You plan for having people break donuts in half?

As it works out, I actually bought donuts this morning - I bought a dozen, but have no idea how many people took one, two or 1 1/2. I just told people there are donuts and to help yourself and whoever took whatever, I didn't care.

 

[Chocolate Cake]

IMO, if buying one more pizza or some extra donuts is going to break your budget, you shouldn't buy some in the first place.

"If you can't afford to buy enough pizza in order for ME to have TWO slices, don't even bother. One slice is not enough for ME. Buy ME more than one slice, or forget it all together"

I have said this before, basic manners seem to be a thing of the past and more and more people shrug like it's no big deal.

 

[Hikergirl]

First, I wouldn't order pizza and set it out if I were going to that stringent on a one-slice rule. Don't put food out on offer to people and then say 'no'.
That is were the rudeness began.
Second... Pizza.... and DIET pepsi.... now THAT sounds really healthy.... Not.

Wait, you think the OP was being rude by buying pizza and trying to make sure everyone got a slice? I don't think the other woman was rude, presumptuous yes but in the end she only took one slice. The OP was being "stringent" because she wanted to make sure all her co-workers got to have some, that is quite generous and far from rude.
And why the need to shame her over her food choices, she never claimed that this was a healthy meal. Do you only eat healthy meals every meal of every day, if not then maybe you shouldn't throw stones.

 

[NYCgrrl]

See?
This is what happens when ya buy chain pizza; the slices are too small.

 

[sam_gordon]

You plan for having people break donuts in half?

No. Did you read the rest of my statement or just decided to edit it down?

As it works out, I actually bought donuts this morning - I bought a dozen, but have no idea how many people took one, two or 1 1/2. I just told people there are donuts and to help yourself and whoever took whatever, I didn't care.

Agreed. I'd do the same with pizza.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I have grown to learn there are more and more crazy people in this world. And sometimes they are the people that you would not expect it from.

I once went to a bridal shower (I did not host. I was a guest) where someone brought Tupperware to load up food to take home.

I have gone out to eat with people that upon learning that I would pick up the tab, changed their order to something more expensive.

I also once had a co-worker sit and pick their teeth at a dinner meeting. For a very long time. As if they were sitting on their living room couch at home. Digging and digging at their teeth. It was so gross.

A person I know went camping with us and all she brought was Tupperware and a toothbrush.
When dinner was served the first night she protested because I had said lobster was part of the appetizer and she thought it was wrong that it also included scallops and shrimp. She further wondered why she didn't have a steak of her own instead of the 4" thick Porterhouse that was shared. And thennnn there was the disapproving face when wine was served with dinner (wine drinking is "ungodly" in her world) and only iced tea was offered as a substitute.The final insult was that there was nothing to put in her Tupperware.

We were vewwy vewwy sowwy when she choose to leave the next day.....

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

For those who say the OP was "policing" the servings, she was walking with the pizza and asked one of her workers if she'd like a slice. She wasn't hovering over the pizza like a lord.

 

[sam_gordon]

"If you can't afford to buy enough pizza in order for ME to have TWO slices, don't even bother. One slice is not enough for ME. Buy ME more than one slice, or forget it all together"

I have said this before, basic manners seem to be a thing of the past and more and more people shrug like it's no big deal.

No.
1) I buy enough for everyone to have some AND a little more. As I've mentioned repeatedly, there could be other people I didn't count on "partaking". I would feel bad telling them "no, this is only for my department".
2) If I can't afford the "more", I don't get any.

If you want to buy food and then stand there and police how many portions people take or who takes a portion, more power to you.

If I order food and somehow end up with an extra sandwich, I'll either offer it to the first person I see or leave it out "first come, first served". I wouldn't stress out over someone taking the entire sandwich instead of just taking a half (sub sandwiches are normally cut in half).

If someone brings in food and it's gone before I can partake, oh well, such is life.
If I bring in food and I want a specific person(s) to have some, I make sure I put some on a plate and hand deliver it.
I don't understand all the stress.

The only thing I think the OP did "wrong" was get so upset about what happened. Then again, I don't think the coworker was "wrong" either.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I am thinking this thread is already on its way to becoming a Dis classic!

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

No.
1) I buy enough for everyone to have some AND a little more. As I've mentioned repeatedly, there could be other people I didn't count on "partaking". I would feel bad telling them "no, this is only for my department".
2) If I can't afford the "more", I don't get any.

If you want to buy food and then stand there and police how many portions people take or who takes a portion, more power to you.

If I order food and somehow end up with an extra sandwich, I'll either offer it to the first person I see or leave it out "first come, first served". I wouldn't stress out over someone taking the entire sandwich instead of just taking a half (sub sandwiches are normally cut in half).

If someone brings in food and it's gone before I can partake, oh well, such is life.
If I bring in food and I want a specific person(s) to have some, I make sure I put some on a plate and hand deliver it.
I don't understand all the stress.

The only thing I think the OP did "wrong" was get so upset about what happened. Then again, I don't think the coworker was "wrong" either.

That's great that you are like that. So now to each his own? What about : "IMO, if buying one more pizza or some extra donuts is going to break your budget, you shouldn't buy some in the first place."

 

[Pea-n-Me]

You plan for having people break donuts in half?

As it works out, I actually bought donuts this morning - I bought a dozen, but have no idea how many people took one, two or 1 1/2. I just told people there are donuts and to help yourself and whoever took whatever, I didn't care.

When I read that I was thinking he was figuring that "this should be enough" (meaning some won't eat any and some might have more than one), not literally that the donuts were to be broken in half. But I could be wrong!

(I worked in a deli in college and sometimes the figuring on how many sandwiches per person went something like that.)

 

[Hikergirl]

A person I know went camping with us and all she brought was Tupperware and a toothbrush.
When dinner was served the first night she protested because I had said lobster was part of the appetizer and she thought it was wrong that it also included scallops and shrimp. She further wondered why she didn't have a steak of her own instead of the 4" thick Porterhouse that was shared. And thennnn there was the disapproving face when wine was served with dinner (wine drinking is "ungodly" in her world) and only iced tea was offered as a substitute.The final insult was that there was nothing to put in her Tupperware.

We were vewwy vewwy sowwy when she choose to leave the next day.....

Can I go camping with you? I promise I'll be grateful for the surf and turf and wine. I'll do all the clean-up!

 

[jrmasm]

I am thinking this thread is already on its way to becoming a Dis classic!

It's cray in here.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

For those who say the OP was "policing" the servings, she was walking with the pizza and asked one of her workers if she'd like a slice. She wasn't hovering over the pizza like a lord.

If I'm taking 2 slices of pizza and someone tells me to put one back, I'd call that policing.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

Can I go camping with you? I promise I'll be grateful for the surf and turf and wine. I'll do all the clean-up!

Me too. I don't eat fish but I'm sure to drink more wine than my allotted amount. Don't hover!

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

If I'm taking 2 slices of pizza and someone tells me to put one back, I'd call that policing.

I call it being called out. LOL

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

I call it being called out. LOL

That too! LOL