Who here DOESN'T have the necessary eating utensils at their workplace?

[underpants]

And if so why not? What is wrong with you?

Everytime I tell people in the office that I will order from chinese/our favorite take out place inevitably I get one of them with a hangdog look on their face saying:

Didn't you get me a knife and fork? ;(

I tell them:No! what are you stupid why don't you have your own here? Why do you rely on other people to feed yourself? Do you want me to eat it for you too?

Okay I don't really say that but GOD would I like to. And don't even get me started and people not telling me their complete order (dressing/how it should be cooked/ etc.)

[terrya]

1. I brought a knife, spoon and fork from home.

Plus a bowl (for cereal in the morning). And I have my own coffee mug, of course. I guess all I need is a plate. :-)

[underpants]

6. I have a plate here

all the rest too including pepper, an emergency microwavable bowl of soup, and dish washing liquid. Oh and a toothbrush and toothpaste.

I usually eat at my desk but even when I worked at places I didn't I kept all the needed things.

[GOPisEvil]

2. WTF? I always have an emergency spork handy!

Oh, and whenever I go for lunch, I make people WRITE DOWN what they want, exactly, so there is no bitching later on. Strange, but no one asks me to go much. :D

[underpants]

8. I tried that once

I prefer to see the look of bitter disappoint on their faces when they realize they didn't get what they wanted. Sick?Yes but a fun kind of sick.

I also gave them 15 minutes to decide today. I'm not ordering at 12:00 and waiting for an hour. We got the order in about 25 minutes today. Cheeseburger sub and French Fries for me.

[LynneSin]

12. Reminder to Lynne: Never have underpants get lunch for you

but then again, I never let anyone get my food. I'd rather be the one getting the food and then I keep it to a minimum.

My problem - people forget to ask for NO PICKLES on my sandwiches. But now I don't eat bread so I suppose this is all a mute point.

Edit note: bag of forks/knives in my desk drawer (and yes, I've eaten Yogurt with a fork before :crazy: ) . I also have Salt/Pepper, some extra Brown Mustard and Ketchup Packets, a few microwaveable dishes and a jar of salad dressing in the fridge. I even bring in my own teabags and use my oversized coffee mug.

[underpants]

14. Ah pickles

The worst was a co-wrker who wanted a box lunch. The menu clearly said that you had to choose the sandwich, chips or salad (potato/shrimp), choose a dessert (cookie or brownie), and a drink.

Well I end up on the phone trying to figure out what she might want finally I said 'Screw it!' and ordered everything for her. I took the brownie when it got here, homemade and she didn't know she was supposed to have it.

"I didn't know it came with so much" she said still short a brownie.

[Blue-Jay]

3. I always go home for lunch.

So, no. I don't have a fork in my desk drawer.

[supernova]

4. I keep my very own chopsticks

in my purse at all times. :D I just never know when I'll get a moo shu attack. :9

[mlawson]

21. I keep chopsticks here at work, also.

It beats having to put my mouth on some utensil, that someone else's mouth was on! YECH!!!!!

[northzax]

5. hey, I got me two hands, ten fingers

and a tongue, I can eat most anything.

[Bunny]

7. In my office, I've got paper plates, cups, straws,

and plastic knives, forks, and spoons. I've got a mini-fridge (with salad dressing, water, slim-fast and cheese) and a microwave. I've got a drawer in my file cabinet for my diet-type food.

Dear God - I just realized I could probably survive alone in my office for days. That is not a good thing.

[underpants]

9. Good bunnyj good

Yeah I could go for a while here myself. Not that you will catch me here at 5:01 though.

[RebelOne]

10. I have a pile of plastic spoons, forks and knives in my desk.

[TrogL]

11. I need a dishwasher

It's a long ways to the washroom and people sometimes get offended if I'm washing dishes in there, hence I tend to leave dirty dishes around my desk, which offends the cleaning crew, however they don't speak English so I'm guessing.

[underpants]

13. No little kitchenettes?

I used to wash my dishes in the bathroom but realized that it actually freaked ME out so now I have to walk all the way to the other side of the building (about 1/2 a block) and wash them in the kitchen sink.

[XNASA]

15. I've got it all.

Fork, knife, chopsticks, straws, salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, parmesian cheese, antacid tabs, eyeglass lens cleaner, advanced therapy lubriderm, soy sauce, nutri-grain bars, hot mustard, napkins, multi-vitamins, toothbrush, toothpaste, extra socks, extra hat, a pair of shoes, $100 in gold, 9 packs of chewing gum, 1 issue of prophylactics, 3 lipsticks, 3 pair of nylon stockings............

[underpants]

16. Hell a guy could have a helluva a weekend in Vegas with that

Antacids tablets- I knew I was missing something.

[XNASA]

18. Look what else I found...

A .45 caliber automatic, two boxes of ammunition, four days concentrated emergency rations, one drug issue containing: antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and bible, and one hundred dollars in rubles.

I think that's about it.

[Richardo]

19. One combination miniature Russian phrasebook and Bible...

:D

[stanwyck]

17. We get into fistfights over forks

well, not really. But forks are really at a premium around here. Keep them in stock just about as long as Dubya's promises to investigate whatever the latest embarrassment lasts. Like, how's that investigation into the CIA-outing leak going? Now, he's going to investigate General Boykin. Right. Dude, where's my fork?

[geniph]

20. I have both plastic and real flatware

in my desk drawer, along with a little thing of salt and packets of pepper. The one thing I never get to use at work is the corkscrew on my swiss army knife - no one ever brings in any damn wine. :( Sometimes I use the church key, though, if someone brings in apple juice or such.

Mostly I eat crackers and soup at work. Those little single-serving bowls of soup have saved me from eating much dried MSG nastiness.

[Nikia]

22. I always forget my dishes and utensils at work

Everyone now has been using my tupperware and silverware. I've taken most of the tupperware home though after the janitor complained about having to wash so much of it since people were using it. A friend brought me most of the silverware too. I still have a couple pieces there but I leave them because I might need it too.