Adventurous Lunch Habits… Not!
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Our friend Bianca Turewicz has some thoughts she would like to share today. (Let us know if you have anything you would like to share too)
I work in mid-town high rise for corporate America, what else need I say…? 80ties mint green cubicle, bright bad lights, stale air and moldy carpet with boring people passing by. After 10 years at various American corporations I’ve gotten somewhat used to it. One of the tricks to keep yourself sane is to meticulously plan out what you are going to have for lunch each day. Planning starts right before 11am by rummaging through delivery menus for inspiration and then deciding how healthy and how far of a walk am I up for.
Bringing back the lunch to my cubicle is the highlight of my day. I hunted and found exactly what I wanted and here is my time to relax, eat and catch up on inewyork.no. Having lunch at your desk should send a clear signal to bosses and people around “do not bother” me right now. Well the signal doesn’t always work. I can go on a long rampage about how often bosses decide to give you assignments in a fake voice saying “ohhhh don’t mind to interrupt your lunch…BUT could you please…when you get a chance that is…it is really urgent btw…but enjoy your lunch” but this blog will not open that subject. However, if you feel like commenting on it below dear reader please go ahead get some of that frustration off your shoulders.
No today I feel like venting about my coworker girls, which are born and raised in Connecticut looking like predictable somethings straight out of a J Crew catalog. In case someone missed it I am not praising them for their slim perky preppy young exteriors but instead am utterly annoyed at their sheltered ignorance. Today I was having Chinese because I decided I needed something healthy (ordered steamed broccoli, side of pineapple, low fat rice noodles and some spicy chicken) and didn’t feel like walking. Unexpectantly (read uninvitedly) the girls come over to my cubicle raise up their noses and say “oh what’s that?” Painfully obvious to me but decided to dignify with a reply “Chinese from the buffet right across the street”. Confused they look at each other “Really? Oh. Never been there? Hmm smells good but wow that’s just soooo weird. I mean a buffet??! Chinese that is soooo bad for me. Smells good but hmmm no that’s just toooo weird!”
WTF. Its broccoli girls! With chicken! You can’t even find that in China, it’s as American as freaking American pie at this point. No it’s too weird for them. They are now heading down to get popcorn and a fruit salad or cheese plate and an apple or a slimfast or whatever these crazy crackers eat (last verb is an overstatement). I’m sorry girls but that’s just tooooo weird for meeeee! The ironic thing is that I am just as slender as they are and they still believe that their aspartame starvation methods are better than my weird oriental meal decisions. Anyone know girls like this?
When I later offered them some peanut and carmel popcorn from Duane Reade for dessert “they had never seen that brand” before. Very suspiciously they decided to go nuts (literally and figuratively) slowly putting a small piece in their mouths. “Wow this stuff is incredible” they exclaimed. “Who would have thought?” Yeah girls weird popcorn from Duane Reade can be decent and almost as good as the “normal” Moose Munch stuff from Harry & David their parents buy. Wow shocking lesson today. Small step. It will probably take me a lifetime to convince them about the Chinese buffet. Hmmm what should I get for lunch tomorrow? What shocker can I pull out of my sleeve? Any suggestions?
By: Bianca Turewicz
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March 5th, 2009 at 12:10 am
B!!! That’s hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those are the bitsies that I grew up with…..J crew….size 4….jello and salad….diet Coke….Godiva chocolates….Coach handbags…..and flats every day of the week!!! Ha!!!! They can suck on the bottom of your shoe!!!! Tomorrow you should get a hot Pastrami sandwhich on dark rye bread, smell up the entire office, and TOTALLY freak them out!!!!!!