My work is trying to KILL ME!

And fat whores, that stuff is SLOP

Sows at the trough...

I condole you, OP.

Humble-bragging.

soggy pasta, glue like sauces!

Speculating that dieters demanded an EXACT calorie count for these luncheons. I worked with a WeightWatchers member who insinuated herself into others’ lunch outings and DEMANDED they go where she could tally WW points.

Of course the office manager could just be of poor taste, both meanings.

Terrible taste

At least they fed you, OP. They could have made it a pot luck!

Yeah, i don’t work in that type of place. But OLIVE GARDEN??? Do companies do that type of shit?

So the endless salad and breadsticks definitely had an end for you, OP.

Years ago (b4 Covid), I was at a financial convention in LV with my co-worker Jane, and 1 of the assistants ordered a catered lunch from Olive Garden for 6. Needless to say, all 6 got ill, 2 were hospitalized for a week.

The assistant sued Olive Garden Corp(and parent company) for major damages& won, but her attorney got greedy and tried to sue the company she worked for plus me for damages. That didn't work out so well for her.

I’m retired now but the words, “I’m going to HR this morning” still make me want to throw myself in front of you and say “No, no, no, no, no, no, no, OP. HR is NOT your friend.

“If you get hungry at the meeting, give me a signal and I’ll slip you something from my snack purse. Then you just keep stirring the food on your plate around and if anybody notices you’re not eating it, mumble something about your IBS.

“Just, for the love of God, don’t go to HR.”

If you had the time I could recommend some training videos for you to watch. James Gandolfini was a pro at looking like he was eating when he really wasn’t. He stabbed every forkful about six times before he put the food in his mouth. Actors have to do stuff like that to keep from eating enormous amounts in take after take of a scene.

Maybe you can find an anorexic and copy them.

Janice in Accounting is putting on airs again.

Her nose is turned up so far it's surprising she doesn't drown when it rains.

I never ate at those kinds of lunches.

I swore off those things after the 3rd or 4th time the wild boars at our office ran into the conference room and took entire boxes of pizza back to their desks, leaving anyone who was on a work call with crumbs.

You would have thought those heiferellas hadn't been fed in weeks.

I'm pretty sure Olive Garden food counts as cruel and unusual punishment.

We always go to or order from Heiferteria, Feed Pen, Cheap 'n' Plenty, Mudpit BBQ, Gobblers' Grill or, when we really want to go all out for the Early Supper Buffets that start at 3, [italic]Grilles[/italic].

Breakfast we're stuck with Eggcetera, because Mr. Holloway's nephew Chip owns it, thanks to Mr. Holloway. It's okay expecially for the Dirty Cosmo Pork Hash Fry Wraps. To die for. Melissa told me to put that in, but they give me that weird "gonna puke" drool saliva that fills your mouth. Makes me feel like a dog eating grass.

But the nine coffee places (I love ordering pies and Mabel's Syrup Pound Cake Fritter Flapjacks. I'm wet just reporting it. All that anise sausage. I eat them with my pinkies out. They can only fit two plates on a table when you eat there.

That's enough. Brad's making faces.

You should quit, OP. That'll show them.

This isn't true.

If you knew in advance, you should have eaten something earlier and nibbled at salad, claiming you had an upset stomach.

our break room is FILLED with the Olive garden leftover SLOP! PILES of greasy meats. BUCKETS of gully sauces. BLECH

I definitely have an upset stomach NOW

OP, dear, surely you've seen this.

Microwave food. But if they offered fresh salad? I'd eat the salad and thank them for the meal.

R22 Madtv used to be pure comedy 😆. Lawdamercy.

Olif Garden? Vere? I cut it down now!

OP, are you too poor to buy your own lunch? Is that it?

It was the annual meeting, all hands on deck. You’re required to show. And there is always a nice luncheon. But not this time!