OMG!!! Some people....

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

I believe you were one who went back and edited your first post which basically said you would take 2 slices of pizza and if told to take one would laugh and still take two.

Well I didn't say it. But now that you mention it, If I knew before hand that me merely touching two slices of pizza would get said co worker to post a thread like this on the internet, I'd certainly have been very tempted to not only touch two, but flat out take them

 

[Sparkly]

Speaking of pizza ettiquette though, I've got a story. Last year, DD's 1st grade class went on a field trip to Chuck E Cheese and I was a chaperone. The kids normally have 2 snacks at school (as well as lunch of course). We were told that snacks and lunch would be provided for the students, so not to bring anything. Their provided snack was a single nickel size taste of cotton candy. Their lunch was this:
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It was seriously about 3 bites of food. One slice per kid, nothing else. Meanwhile, the teachers are all sitting in their own booth with huge pizzas with normal size slices, salads, and breadsticks.

I watched as one kid went up and told a teacher he was still hungry. The teacher replied, "Oh, didn't you get your pizza over there?" He told her that yes, he did, but the kids were only given one really small slice and everyone was still hungry. The teacher told him, "Well, that's all there is then." I then spoke up and said I was going to buy a pizza because the kids in my group were still hungry too and he could have a slice, only to be told by the teachers that I can't buy a pizza for some kids without buying for all. I was a little frustrated by this point, but replied, "Fine, I'll spend $100 buying pizza for everyone. I'd rather do that than let kids go hungry." A couple other parents overheard and immediately offered up some money. Then we were told by the teachers, "Well, it's too late. The kids' lunch break is about over and the pizza won't be ready in time so the kids won't be able to eat anything you order." I ended up stopping at McDonalds to get DD some food on the way home. I felt terrible for all the other kids whose parents didn't drive them and would have to wait until they got home to eat. It blew my mind that teachers would continue stuffing their faces while essentially telling 75 hungry kids that they couldn't have anything else. Also the fact that they considered a 2.5" wide slice of pizza and a taste of cotton candy an adequate school day worth of food for kids.

If I were a teacher stuffing my face with pizza whilst the kids went hungry, I'd probably give the rest of my food to them. I don't think I could still sit and eat in that situation.

 

[luvsJack]

If I were a teacher stuffing my face with pizza whilst the kids went hungry, I'd probably give the rest of my food to them. I don't think I could still sit and eat in that situation.

I agree! And as a parent someone would have gotten a piece of my mind!!

Nothing breaks my heart more than a kid saying “I am hungry” while an adult sits and stuffs their face.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I agree! And as a parent someone would have gotten a piece of my mind!!

Nothing breaks my heart more than a kid saying “I am hungry” while an adult sits and stuffs their face.

Unless you are a passive aggressive three year old who just ate a massive meal and yet feels like they just HAVE to have what you're eating, "I like cereal too..." Or an 11 year old who just told you eight times that they aren't hungry until you've sat down to eat My kids were the WORST about that.

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I agree with you about the situation described.

 

[luvsJack]

Unless you are a passive aggressive three year old who just ate a massive meal and yet feels like they just HAVE to have what you're eating, "I like cereal too..." Or an 11 year old who just told you eight times that they aren't hungry until you've sat down to eat My kids were the WORST about that.

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I agree with you about the situation described.

Lol. Oh yes! I have 3 granddaughters that are the worst at that! I will ask them do you want xxxx. They say no. And then they see me eating it! Suddenly it’s their favorite food and they are starving! Their moms and I have a running joke that they NEVER feed their girls since they are always falling down from starvation at my house. .

 

[Ariel Wanna-be]

As a teacher, I would be *mortified* and embarrassed to sit there eating while my students went hungry. But I can tell you, I am the exception, rather than the rule, lol. The teachers at my current school would put Miss Two-Slice to shame....they are like a pack of hyenas, both in their appetites and manners. Your pizza would have been ripped from your hands and devoured like an antelope carcass, right before your unbelieving and horrified eyes.

At my last school (small), when there was "group food", everyone would police themselves and make sure there was enough for everyone. Example: if lunch had been provided for that day, no one took seconds until all the lunch-duty shifts had had a chance to come through.

At my current school (huge), it really is every glutton for themselves. If food is put out in the lounge, whatever group of teachers is currently on their planning period will fall upon it like swarm of locusts on a corn field. Nothing is left but crumbs. I have come to dread the "PTA brought snacks to the lounge!" emails. This will mean the sound of doors slamming in the hall as teachers abandon their classes to race down the hall (following prison rules).

This past Teacher Appreciation Day, the PTA provided lunch, and we received 5 (FIVE) emails from the school secretary, pleading, demanding, and cajoling everyone to only take one portion so that everyone had a chance to eat. It was embarrassing. But, I knew better than to even try, and I was right - by the end of the first lunch shift, everything was gone, and 1/2 of the teachers did not get anything.

So at my school, if you are polite/courteous/thoughtful, it is not even worth it to try and get a snack....I haven't been to the lounge in four years, except for the time the copier near my classroom broke.

 

[Wishing on a star]

OMG!!!!!! Ariel, sad but maybe true!!!!! (which is why somebody wanting a second slice of pizza wouldn't even be on my radar)

And, I just have to say, I am just so incredibly impressed with your colorful and descriptive writing skills!!!
Wow!
Maybe you have missed your calling!

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

As a teacher, I would be *mortified* and embarrassed to sit there eating while my students went hungry. But I can tell you, I am the exception, rather than the rule, lol. The teachers at my current school would put Miss Two-Slice to shame....they are like a pack of hyenas, both in their appetites and manners. Your pizza would have been ripped from your hands and devoured like an antelope carcass, right before your unbelieving and horrified eyes.

At my last school (small), when there was "group food", everyone would police themselves and make sure there was enough for everyone. Example: if lunch had been provided for that day, no one took seconds until all the lunch-duty shifts had had a chance to come through.

At my current school (huge), it really is every glutton for themselves. If food is put out in the lounge, whatever group of teachers is currently on their planning period will fall upon it like swarm of locusts on a corn field. Nothing is left but crumbs. I have come to dread the "PTA brought snacks to the lounge!" emails. This will mean the sound of doors slamming in the hall as teachers abandon their classes to race down the hall (following prison rules).

This past Teacher Appreciation Day, the PTA provided lunch, and we received 5 (FIVE) emails from the school secretary, pleading, demanding, and cajoling everyone to only take one portion so that everyone had a chance to eat. It was embarrassing. But, I knew better than to even try, and I was right - by the end of the first lunch shift, everything was gone, and 1/2 of the teachers did not get anything.

So at my school, if you are polite/courteous/thoughtful, it is not even worth it to try and get a snack....I haven't been to the lounge in four years, except for the time the copier near my classroom broke.

Yup. I used to work in a firm with the same type of people. You described them perfectly. These gluttons, if called out, would accused the secretary of trying to police the food.

 

[Hrhpd]

I work overnights at a hospital. I am currently at work. My hospital only sells Pepsi, so if I was not able to stop and pick up Diet Coke on my way into work, I usually order Dominos so I can get a couple of 20 oz bottles for the night. (I cannot leave the premises, I am the only respiratory therapist, if a code happens, I have to be there).

Tonight, I decided I would order two large Brooklyn pizzas to share with the nurses I work with. They are cut into 6 slices. Just about enough for everyone to have 1 slice. The monitor tech was the 1st person I saw, so I invited her to take a slice before I walked the pizza back to the nurses. She was excited, and started to take two slices. As she is pulling the 2 slices out of the box, she asked if she could have two slices. I told her just one, because I needed to make sure everyone got at least one slice before it was all gone. She is still pulling the two slices towards her as she says " I can't have two slices?" NO....now, that slice is set aside because she had her hands on it, so she will more than likely end up with 2 slices, if no one wants it after it has been touched.

Why would someone do that? The nerve.

This has probably been covered since I did not read all 9 pages, but I am still wrapping my head around why a pizza place would cut a pizza into 6 pieces. That means no straight lines across the pizza with the pizza wheel. They would have to section it off in 6ths and cut to the center. Lots of extra time rather than making 4 straight cuts across the pizza (8 slices.)

If I am asked "Would you like a slice of pizza?" I would immediately know that one slice is expected. If I was asked "Do you want some pizza?" I may ask if I can have a couple of slices or just take the standard two. The way the person with the pizza asks the question would give me the hint of how much is allowed to take.

However, 99.99% of the time, I would take 1 because that is just how much I can eat. And I prefer to police myself.

 

[PollyannaMom]

This has probably been covered since I did not read all 9 pages, but I am still wrapping my head around why a pizza place would cut a pizza into 6 pieces. That means no straight lines across the pizza with the pizza wheel. They would have to section it off in 6ths and cut to the center. Lots of extra time rather than making 4 straight cuts across the pizza (8 slices.)

Since six is an even number, it could definitely be done in three straight cuts - but I do agree that eight are more likely to be even, since "halfway between the last cut" is easier to eyeball.

 

[luvsJack]

As a teacher, I would be *mortified* and embarrassed to sit there eating while my students went hungry. But I can tell you, I am the exception, rather than the rule, lol. The teachers at my current school would put Miss Two-Slice to shame....they are like a pack of hyenas, both in their appetites and manners. Your pizza would have been ripped from your hands and devoured like an antelope carcass, right before your unbelieving and horrified eyes.

At my last school (small), when there was "group food", everyone would police themselves and make sure there was enough for everyone. Example: if lunch had been provided for that day, no one took seconds until all the lunch-duty shifts had had a chance to come through.

At my current school (huge), it really is every glutton for themselves. If food is put out in the lounge, whatever group of teachers is currently on their planning period will fall upon it like swarm of locusts on a corn field. Nothing is left but crumbs. I have come to dread the "PTA brought snacks to the lounge!" emails. This will mean the sound of doors slamming in the hall as teachers abandon their classes to race down the hall (following prison rules).

This past Teacher Appreciation Day, the PTA provided lunch, and we received 5 (FIVE) emails from the school secretary, pleading, demanding, and cajoling everyone to only take one portion so that everyone had a chance to eat. It was embarrassing. But, I knew better than to even try, and I was right - by the end of the first lunch shift, everything was gone, and 1/2 of the teachers did not get anything.

So at my school, if you are polite/courteous/thoughtful, it is not even worth it to try and get a snack....I haven't been to the lounge in four years, except for the time the copier near my classroom broke.

Lol what is it about people that work in education and food??

We have registration 3 times a year. Each time the college provides lunch for two days as we can’t leave for lunch. They used to buy pizza or sandwich trays. And invariably the ones who could easily leave their post and go get something would get enough for two or three people or more. And someone always did with out or they would have to send someone to pick up more food. It didn’t matter how much they got or how many times they gave a limit, it still happened. So they went to one day they have boxed lunches from a place like Heveanly Ham and the other is pot luck from the administrators.

The frustrating part was that the ones taking way more than their share were the ones that actually able to leave for lunch!!

 

[YCCS]

I still can’t get over taking 2, I was taught, and my kids were taught, if you are offered a treat, you take 1. This is not a meal. For the donuts, I always take a quarter, I don’t want the whole thing. As for the Diet Coke, everyone knows that artificial sweeteners are bad for you, it’s not the caffeine, so you can’t say it’s the same thing as a cup of black coffee.

If I have a box of chocolates, I’m guilty of eating more than 1 at a time. However, if someone offers me their box, I’m taking 1.

I would consider this extremely rude unless you had another person that specifically said they wanted to split the donut and eat the other 3/4 you left.

No one wants to eat food that someone has had their hands all over to take a tiny piece for whatever reason. Things like this always get thrown out after they sit on the break room counter for a day. It's a waste.

Is someone supposed to eat 3/4 or 1/2 and leave a 1/4 or a 1/4 and leave a half.

Either eat it or don't but don't have your hands all over good someone else is supposed to eat.

That's rude.

 

[mjkacmom]

I would consider this extremely rude unless you had another person that specifically said they wanted to split the donut and eat the other 3/4 you left.

No one wants to eat food that someone has had their hands all over to take a tiny piece for whatever reason. Things like this always get thrown out after they sit on the break room counter for a day. It's a waste.

Is someone supposed to eat 3/4 or 1/2 and leave a 1/4 or a 1/4 and leave a half.

Either eat it or don't but don't have your hands all over good someone else is supposed to eat.

That's rude.

There were 8 people on the office, everyone cut them up, bagels too. When someone would bring in bagels, they were usually quartered.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

Well I didn't say it. But now that you mention it, If I knew before hand that me merely touching two slices of pizza would get said co worker to post a thread like this on the internet, I'd certainly have been very tempted to not only touch two, but flat out take them

Charming, you are.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

I would consider this extremely rude unless you had another person that specifically said they wanted to split the donut and eat the other 3/4 you left.

No one wants to eat food that someone has had their hands all over to take a tiny piece for whatever reason. Things like this always get thrown out after they sit on the break room counter for a day. It's a waste.

Is someone supposed to eat 3/4 or 1/2 and leave a 1/4 or a 1/4 and leave a half.

Either eat it or don't but don't have your hands all over good someone else is supposed to eat.

That's rude.

Yup, call me a germaphobe but I'm not eating food my co workers put their paws all over.

 

[Hrhpd]

Since six is an even number, it could definitely be done in three straight cuts - but I do agree that eight are more likely to be even, since "halfway between the last cut" is easier to eyeball.

You are absolutely correct. I definitely need more coffee this morning. I was working on a project with 5 cuts in a circle and somehow transferred that thinking process to 6 cuts. Not an excuse, but embarrassing to admit for someone with a math minor

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Charming, you are.

Yeah. I'm sure Prince charming would break out he torches and pitch forks over someone merely touching a slice of pizza.

 

[YCCS]

Yup, call me a germaphobe but I'm not eating food my co workers put their paws all over.

Someone may have wanted a whole donut, too. Now they are stuck with a donut with a chunk out of it that has been handled by someone else.

I would think it was pretty rude to take part of what someone else wanted to eat, too.

 

[soccerdad72]

For Sam Gordon:

I work with people who wouldn't hesitate to eat that - hey, it's free food.

 

[mjkacmom]

Someone may have wanted a whole donut, too. Now they are stuck with a donut with a chunk out of it that has been handled by someone else.

I would think it was pretty rude to take part of what someone else wanted to eat, too.[/QUOTE
So it’s better to take the whole thing, eat a quarter of it and then toss it so someone who wanted a whole fatty donut could eat the whole thing and not be disappointed? It’s the gluttons who take more than they want or should eat. You don’t even have to touch a donut to cut it. Since this thread is on pizza, you might want to search google images for tossing pizza dough, because that dough has been manhandled, even after cooking during the slicing. I’ve worked in restaurants, if you think everyone preparing you food is wearing gloves, you are kidding yourselves (and they are strangers, co workers you know).