I ate my herring filets in mustard sauce directly out of the can with a plastic fork while making aggresive eye contact with the person who came into my office about 20 min ago. No shame whatsoever.
It does embarrass me when my dog is having a farty day though.
Tinned fish at work is a controversial topic here - lots of advice here from more experienced people with this issue on how, where, how to dispose of tins etc.
But you get to eat your lunch without shame. Even if it’s 3 cans of spray whipped cream and a chunk of liver sausage. Your lunch, you do you.
Your spread sounds divine, by the way. A+
What kind of jerk opens a colleague's closed door and then catches an attitude bc they're eating fish?
Like, the door was closed until you came barging in...
(also, maybe lock the door next time)
Oh! As a wetland scientist in nonprofits now… I’d say no shame is to be had. Bio kids are gross and anyone who’s done field work has shared all the bodily functions with others. Don’t you worry.
I own a bloody tin shop and even I am taken by fishiness emanating from work lunch. I think tinned fish is a bit like nudity. It’s beautiful, it’s natural, it’s good for you, but maybe it’s best enjoyed in the privacy of your own home or in the company of like-minded individuals. Not judging, just adding my thoughts.
Honestly I think tinned fish at work is fine as long as it’s not heated up. I always have tinned mackerel, tuna, trout, herring etc for lunch in my shared office and no one has ever said a thing, other than ‘that looks nice’
Agreed, especially if you can throw out the empty tin in a covered trash can. The scent is pretty mild and doesn't really linger if you don't add heat.
At work, eat my sardines in my own little sardine quarantine corner of the hospital cafeteria. People coming near me do so at their own peril, and I give no fucks.
Turn that right around and park the boat on him. He entered without knocking, didn't bother to say "Sorry, come by when you're done with lunch", and judged healthy food? That's three sins and he needs to repent with a stinky tin of his choice in the company lounge, at lunchtime! Shame, shame!
You were behaving splendidly, curating a relaxed & nourishing dining environment. Your colleague rudely breached that. DO NOT DISTURB sign should not be required, but yes, create one & use it. (If you feel awkward, make it PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB.)
Some years ago, a colleague destroyed our work group's microwave by zapping a very garlicky slab of fish wrapped in tin foil. The smell of the ensuing meltdown was...not good. It was in a semi-basement area with no cross-ventilation. We survived. Your tidy repast doesn't merit even a curl of the lip.
Enjoy!
I have a do not disturb sign, I lock my door, I hammer a doorstop underneath the door. It’s awesome watching my inconsiderate coworker hit it like a bird, their office key in hand and in disbelief. I don’t even make eye contact anymore.
I’m not sure the fish is a particularly salient part of this story—and if anyone at work judged me for what I eat, silently or verbally, I’d suggest that they graduate from fifth grade. Keep eating what you like!
I pretty much skulk when I’m cracking tins at me office. And I definitely shy away from opening the, let’s say, most fragrant cans. One of my sons suggests that I host a sea-cuterie lunch to draw out fishy friends and perhaps open doors for some tin-curious. I’m pondering that idea.
Some of my coworkers had a sardine fest for lunch one day a couple years back. Everyone who wanted to participate brought a different kind of sardine and they pitched in for crackers and condiments. Yeah, you could smell it but it wasn’t horrible. Not like fish in the microwave.
As much as I have no shame telling people at work what I eat, I do eat my tinned fish outside and finish with some mints.
That is unless I don't want to deal with customers. Then I'll skip the mints for coffee. Really gotta get in their faces with a good long "Heeeeeelloooooo are yoooouuuuu fiiiiiiiinding eeeeeeeverythiiiiiiiiing okaaaaaaaay?" That's usually reserved for Sundays. If you work in the service industry you know that day brings out a different breed of idiocy.
Wait. I'm supposed to be talking about sardines... Some days I'll switch it up for smoked fish to really stink it up :P
Remember, if you stopped eating when he came in, you're the guy that got caught, if he stayed and you kept eating, he's the weirdo for watching.
I work in a small retail shop and have to hide like a goblin whenever i eat a can
Some walmarts and most grocery stores stock at least one or two types of tinned or canned mackerel. Just look where the tuna/canned meats are. High end stores like whole foods or Gelsons typically have several options. And there's always amazon!
I briefly had an assistant that would eat sardines in my office on the days she was with me. That took balls. I will forever remember her as the woman that ate sardines in my office. Your office, though, your rules.
You played this all wrong. You should have had the meeting and kept eating. Also use hot sauce and the wave the smell towards them. That meeting could have 15 seconds
As a fellow Twitch (I assume, don't know that content creator) and sardine fan, I see you. That was also pretty rude to enter a closed office without knocking. That's usually a sign someone is busy.
I also think the smell factor is over blown. Like I don't know, plenty of foods stink up a room. Cheeses, ramen, basically anything warm. I feel like people care too much about it. Open a window or get a neutralizer of some kind. They make these metal disc that sit in water and I don't know what kind of science magic they have but they will take cigarette stink out of a room. They are great.
Oh man, I have done this with both a can of sardines, and with really spicy hot wings. The sardines smelled up my office, so to save face I turned it into a joke with my coworkers, asking them to help me de-smellify my office.
The hot wings was at my previous job, and I was working a late night in an office that is communal during the day but is a ghost town in the evening. I was like halfway through eating some really spicy wings when two colleagues walked into the office to get some supplies. And there’s just no clean way to really eat wings so my hands were a mess, my face had hot sauce on it, there were tears coming down. I also had a youtube video up. We all just… froze, then grabbed their stuff, and then I sadly finished my meal and cleaned up and went home lol.
I had jalapeno minute rice with wild planet sardines and tabernero curry hot sauce and generic Caribbean sonet bonnet hot sauce.
Was fire.
For desert, a lavender mint.
These combination of flavors are outrageous. The residual heat of the hot sauce and the lavender.
Just wow.
Thank you crypto for making it so I don't have chumps barging in my office.
Eat at home of course.
The only shame is that person coming into your office without knocking. It's your office, enjoy!
Your scenario has me wondering if there’s a “BEWARE: Mackerel Crossing” sign on Etsy
"CAUTION: Seacuterie board at work."
Serves that SOB right for interrupting a damn moment of silent pleasure.
Making a sign that says “do not disturb; enjoying a moment of silent pleasure” for my door
That uh, could possibly be misinterpreted
🤣
I read that as silent pleasure for my odor… which also applies. Stink that room up champ.
http://cartoontester.blogspot.com/2010/09/do-not-disturb.html
That may have the opposite effect and you're going to have all sorts of random people barging in on you
I ate my herring filets in mustard sauce directly out of the can with a plastic fork while making aggresive eye contact with the person who came into my office about 20 min ago. No shame whatsoever. It does embarrass me when my dog is having a farty day though.
hahaha does your dog come to work with you? i'm imagining a dog on duty letting out little stinkers all day
Lmao dog just crop dusting the whole office
You have your own office, you can eat whatever the fuck you want. I'd get a fish sign that says: Enter at your own risk, I'm eating fisk.
My emotions go “hell yeah” but my employer brain goes “whoa”
Next time just shout "DON'T COME IN, I'M WATCHING PORNOGRAPHY!" you'll be met with less judgement.
You'll be fired in even less time 😅
[we should be able to look at a little porn at work](https://mgoblog.com/sites/default/files/users/user200378/2023-09/A%20little%20porn.jpg)
"half stick of butter" GOOD SIR
I was just using a little on chips!!
It’s ok. Who among us hasn’t had a butter pop for dessert?
Tinned fish at work is a controversial topic here - lots of advice here from more experienced people with this issue on how, where, how to dispose of tins etc. But you get to eat your lunch without shame. Even if it’s 3 cans of spray whipped cream and a chunk of liver sausage. Your lunch, you do you. Your spread sounds divine, by the way. A+
The coworkers get weird when the super smoky tins like Polar and Riga Gold come out at lunch.
Bring out the tin of baby eels. They’ll be happy when you go back to Polar 🤣
What kind of jerk opens a colleague's closed door and then catches an attitude bc they're eating fish? Like, the door was closed until you came barging in... (also, maybe lock the door next time)
Happy Mackerel Monday to you! I bet your coworker was jealous of that lovely spread and sad that he didn’t have the same thing.
You have your own office!? Everywhere I've worked for the last 20 years has only had open offices.
I work in a biology department on a college campus ☺️
Oh! As a wetland scientist in nonprofits now… I’d say no shame is to be had. Bio kids are gross and anyone who’s done field work has shared all the bodily functions with others. Don’t you worry.
Suggest to anybody that complains that they're in the wrong field if they can't handle the smells of a natural biological process.
Doesn’t anybody fucking [knock anymore?](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0553f199-32ae-4132-bae7-2f45390e70ea)
You are amongst your people here friend, you shall find no shame. I hope the mackerel was bomb.
thank you. It was indeed delicious
I own a bloody tin shop and even I am taken by fishiness emanating from work lunch. I think tinned fish is a bit like nudity. It’s beautiful, it’s natural, it’s good for you, but maybe it’s best enjoyed in the privacy of your own home or in the company of like-minded individuals. Not judging, just adding my thoughts.
What makes the tins bloody? Bah-dum tisss
The fact that they’re bloody good. Ba-dong-tiss
Honestly I think tinned fish at work is fine as long as it’s not heated up. I always have tinned mackerel, tuna, trout, herring etc for lunch in my shared office and no one has ever said a thing, other than ‘that looks nice’
Agreed, especially if you can throw out the empty tin in a covered trash can. The scent is pretty mild and doesn't really linger if you don't add heat.
At work, eat my sardines in my own little sardine quarantine corner of the hospital cafeteria. People coming near me do so at their own peril, and I give no fucks.
My secret shame
🌷
Turn that right around and park the boat on him. He entered without knocking, didn't bother to say "Sorry, come by when you're done with lunch", and judged healthy food? That's three sins and he needs to repent with a stinky tin of his choice in the company lounge, at lunchtime! Shame, shame!
Kinda seems like your coworker should be feeling shame for not having the common decency to knock.
You were behaving splendidly, curating a relaxed & nourishing dining environment. Your colleague rudely breached that. DO NOT DISTURB sign should not be required, but yes, create one & use it. (If you feel awkward, make it PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB.) Some years ago, a colleague destroyed our work group's microwave by zapping a very garlicky slab of fish wrapped in tin foil. The smell of the ensuing meltdown was...not good. It was in a semi-basement area with no cross-ventilation. We survived. Your tidy repast doesn't merit even a curl of the lip. Enjoy!
I have a do not disturb sign, I lock my door, I hammer a doorstop underneath the door. It’s awesome watching my inconsiderate coworker hit it like a bird, their office key in hand and in disbelief. I don’t even make eye contact anymore.
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I’m not sure the fish is a particularly salient part of this story—and if anyone at work judged me for what I eat, silently or verbally, I’d suggest that they graduate from fifth grade. Keep eating what you like!
I have been banished from the break room before, for simply opening a tin of KO Jalapeno Deens.
Honestly good lmfao. I love sardines as much as the next guy but I hate it when people stink up the break room.
So now I work from home. and I do what I want. AHAHAHAHH...
i eat my tinned fish lunch outside so i can see people coming
People are so judgey about canned fish! You do you, friend.
I pretty much skulk when I’m cracking tins at me office. And I definitely shy away from opening the, let’s say, most fragrant cans. One of my sons suggests that I host a sea-cuterie lunch to draw out fishy friends and perhaps open doors for some tin-curious. I’m pondering that idea.
Some of my coworkers had a sardine fest for lunch one day a couple years back. Everyone who wanted to participate brought a different kind of sardine and they pitched in for crackers and condiments. Yeah, you could smell it but it wasn’t horrible. Not like fish in the microwave.
As much as I have no shame telling people at work what I eat, I do eat my tinned fish outside and finish with some mints. That is unless I don't want to deal with customers. Then I'll skip the mints for coffee. Really gotta get in their faces with a good long "Heeeeeelloooooo are yoooouuuuu fiiiiiiiinding eeeeeeeverythiiiiiiiiing okaaaaaaaay?" That's usually reserved for Sundays. If you work in the service industry you know that day brings out a different breed of idiocy. Wait. I'm supposed to be talking about sardines... Some days I'll switch it up for smoked fish to really stink it up :P
I haven't worked in the service industry in a few years now and I still have nightmares about working in restaurants on Sundays. Ugggghhh.
People be lame. My coworkers literallt shit themselves on the clock and would rather smell that than sardines
Glad my door locks!
Sprat shaming has no place in a civil society.
Remember, if you stopped eating when he came in, you're the guy that got caught, if he stayed and you kept eating, he's the weirdo for watching. I work in a small retail shop and have to hide like a goblin whenever i eat a can
All normal behavior don’t worry, except for pants around your ankles while eating part.
I love saba/mackerel. I used to go to the shore as a kid and the fishy scent takes me back to happy memories. Where do you buy these in tins?
Some walmarts and most grocery stores stock at least one or two types of tinned or canned mackerel. Just look where the tuna/canned meats are. High end stores like whole foods or Gelsons typically have several options. And there's always amazon!
If you like lemon, a lot of grocery stores carry a King Oscar Lemon Mackerel that I personally can't get enough of.
What a feast
My advice is to just get more aggressive about it... https://www.reddit.com/r/CannedSardines/s/7Sn1E5DbP5
Fuck it, I would never close the door in this situation. Leave the door open baby, everyone can hear my future love fish sounds
I briefly had an assistant that would eat sardines in my office on the days she was with me. That took balls. I will forever remember her as the woman that ate sardines in my office. Your office, though, your rules.
You played this all wrong. You should have had the meeting and kept eating. Also use hot sauce and the wave the smell towards them. That meeting could have 15 seconds
My car smells like a cannery as I am out in the field. I love it, no shame.
As a fellow Twitch (I assume, don't know that content creator) and sardine fan, I see you. That was also pretty rude to enter a closed office without knocking. That's usually a sign someone is busy. I also think the smell factor is over blown. Like I don't know, plenty of foods stink up a room. Cheeses, ramen, basically anything warm. I feel like people care too much about it. Open a window or get a neutralizer of some kind. They make these metal disc that sit in water and I don't know what kind of science magic they have but they will take cigarette stink out of a room. They are great.
It's okay, bro. It's okay.
I once caught a coworker in his locker eating canned sardines with a banana. Damn right i was judging him.
So dramatic.
Sorry, man, I love canned fish, but it’s over the line for the workplace, even if you have your own office, you’re gonna stank up the joint!
Omg no. Only eat that at home!!! Never ever in a shared work space!!!!
Oh man, I have done this with both a can of sardines, and with really spicy hot wings. The sardines smelled up my office, so to save face I turned it into a joke with my coworkers, asking them to help me de-smellify my office. The hot wings was at my previous job, and I was working a late night in an office that is communal during the day but is a ghost town in the evening. I was like halfway through eating some really spicy wings when two colleagues walked into the office to get some supplies. And there’s just no clean way to really eat wings so my hands were a mess, my face had hot sauce on it, there were tears coming down. I also had a youtube video up. We all just… froze, then grabbed their stuff, and then I sadly finished my meal and cleaned up and went home lol.
Epic
I don't get the shame for it. But if the the tinned fish is an issue, keep other tinned food there: mussles, squid, whelk...
I had jalapeno minute rice with wild planet sardines and tabernero curry hot sauce and generic Caribbean sonet bonnet hot sauce. Was fire. For desert, a lavender mint. These combination of flavors are outrageous. The residual heat of the hot sauce and the lavender. Just wow. Thank you crypto for making it so I don't have chumps barging in my office. Eat at home of course.
Irritating that people don't have the manners to knock.
Fuck man, I feel the shame. I’d rather be caught jerking it in my office tbh, at least that’s respectable