I can't eat that!
By blue65packer
@blue65packer (11826)
United States
November 16, 2012 12:06am CST
Alot of people at work know I have acid reflux and can't eat certain foods! I can't and avoid fried foods,deep fried foods and tomato products for example. My forgetful boss after lunch tells to me to take the left over deep fried shrimp home so it won't go to waste! Once again I had to tell the doushbag I don't eat that kind of food anymore!
He is so forgetful as it is and then he forgets about my acid relfux!
I hope he doesn't do it again! If he does I will let him have it! he should know this by now!![](/Content/images/emotes/angry.gif)
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7 responses
@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
17 Nov 12
There is no reason to get into an argument with your boss about what you do or don't, can or can't eat. Unless the reason why you don't eat a certain food is due to religious or moral reasons and it is clear that your boss is targeting you, there is no reason to turn this sort of thing into an issue. It isn't one. Your boss doesn't seem to be malicious--likely merely clueless.
You could have just taken the food and given it to someone else who would eat it. There usually is someone around who is willing to eat something that you can't or won't eat.
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@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
18 Nov 12
I wish I could of taken the shrimp home! I do with other food,at times,i can eat. SOmetimes other people at work do take food home,too. I live alone and taking it home would be a waste. Giving to another person,I might not know,not a good idea. It is a libility thing.
This still bothers me! I have known the doushbag close to twenty years and worked with him 18 years. He is my best friend for crying out loud! he knows I have acid relfux! I talk to him about it all the time! When he told me to take the shrimp home,the two cooks heard this and backed me up! They remembered! Not Mark! He keeps getting more forgetful all the time and it is not because of his job! I know it is not select hearing either! He should know better! He the idiot does it again I will lose and tell him off! I will not tolerate this anymore!
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
29 Nov 12
Hello blue65packer. I'm sorry that you have acid reflux.
I'm glad you aren't my best friend. I think you are being silly for getting angry ove such a small thing. As others have stated you could find some one else to give it too. Yes I read that your concerned about liability. Since the shrimp was going to be thrown away any way why not take it and throw it away your self. It seems to me your boss is trying to be nice. Just because he is supposed to be your best friend doesn't mean he will remember things that you think he should. besides you have stated he is starting to forget more often. at his age he could be at the beginning of Altimeters,Dementia or some other mental disorder. If as you say he is your best friend you should try getting him to see a dr. instead of calling him a doushbag. It could be a small thing that he can correct. He may not be aware of what is happening.
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@deebomb (15304)
• United States
29 Nov 12
So you had a rough child hood. Who hasn't. so stop letting it define who you are. There are people with a lot worse child hoods. So get over it. You don't have to let it define who you are. A great majority of people with bad or poor childhoods that do get over it. I really get tired of hearing how bad I was treated as a child excuse for being mean or breaking the law. You are demanding respect but to me you are not giving it to your boss.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
29 Nov 12
He knows he has a fuching bad memory! I and others have told him that! I even told him,a number of times,you need to look into it. His excuse is,he has to many other things to remember! That is bull! He only listens to his wife and that is only sometimes! His mom,who is 72,has dementia. I would not be surpised he is the early stages of it!
I am not over reacting ove this either. I demand respect from people who are my friends! I don't like being ignored or have someone forget something like my acid reflux! I'm like that because it comes form my childhood. I was totally misunderstood,ignored,felt unloved and was verbally abused! So this is why I am so upset over this! I will always be like this and I have come to terms with it! I don't expect you to understand and don't care if you do! This is who I am and that is all that matters!
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
16 Nov 12
Well sometimes unless you work in a really small company it is hard for a Boss or your other co workers to remember what things a person can or cannot eat, etc. and maybe this is just the case there. In reality you could politely decline and ask them to find someone else, as it should not really be a big deal unless this is something they are doing all the time. Then just kindly explain you cannot eat foods like this, and hope they will eventually remember.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
18 Nov 12
I have known Mark going on 20 years. I talked to him all the time! When I feel bad because of it,I usually tell him! So him forgetting I do have it makes me pissed off and still does! When he told me to take the shrimp home,I was backed up by the cooks who where working and saw this! I even added to the conversation mof all the stuff I gave up to Mark! He didin't say anything after that! Hopefully he will remember next time! If he doesn't I will yell at him! I have know him so long he fuching remmeber stuff like that!
This is one thing I can't stand in men! Their forgetful and select hearing crap!!!
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
16 Nov 12
It's too bad you have acid reflux...I bet you miss alot of things you used to eat. I wouldn't get too mad at him...after all how many employees does he have to keep track of? My bosses don't remember anything about anyone! LOL....they are too wrapped up in themselves.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
18 Nov 12
In some ways I am still pissed at him! I have known him since 1993 and worked with him for 18 out of the 19 years I have known him! The dumby is also my best friend! The older he gets the more forgetful he gets! I am not the only person,at work, who is annoyed by this! So I expected him to remmebr I have acid reflux! I tell him all the time when it is bothering me! What an azz! I brt this will happen again and I will let him have it! I am getting fed up with his forgetful thing and being the boss is no excuse!
@fatlex06 (895)
• Philippines
16 Nov 12
Well, did you still take it? Oh, many of us are really forgetful especially when unconsioucly we are not really conscious when hearing those words.
yes, just try to avoid those foods. Good thing you weren't tempted by it. I think your family can have it. ![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
18 Nov 12
My boss,Mark is very forgetfull and as he gets older is has gottan worse! I know because I have known him almost 20 years! It is very frustrating and shocking he can't remember I have acid reflux! If I don't feel good because of my acid reflux I usually tell him first!
I live alone so there is no reason for me to take the deep fried shrimp home. I just wish Mark would remember about my acid reflux!!![](/Content/images/emotes/angry.gif)
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@SuperShames (780)
• India
16 Nov 12
Hi blue65pcker.
If I was such free food I would have taken them happily even if I had any such problem. Because even if I can not eat them, I can give it to someone else. Some friend or to someone at home. In worst case I can always give them to some homeless guy . You never know what your boss might do with the food. It might end up somewhere in the dust bin where it would end up as waste. So I think it is always accept things that are free by someone who does not need them. So that you can give it to someone who needs them more. Anyways have a nice day ...
-SuperShames-
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
18 Nov 12
Sometimes I do take things home,that I can eat. Other people take home things that we have to throw out. The shrimp that day no one wanted to take it home. So it got wasted. We can't just give free food to,like a homeless person. Libility reasons is why. We will waste food but since the college went trayless we are wasting less food.
@kenshin2143 (1880)
• Philippines
16 Nov 12
I think I can manage to eat exotic foods and foods that are pretty strange, as long as it wont smell that bad. I am pretty affected when a particular food is stinky.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
18 Nov 12
What a weird response to my discussion! I won't evn think of eating any exotic foods! I won't touch any stinky foods! I am not one who wants to get sick! Having acid reflux is not fun at all!!!! I think you have no idea what it is and how it effects a person!![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbdown.gif)
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