#OreoSnacks #CustomerWaitingRoom #EmployeePerks #LunchboxSnacks
🍪 Has this ever happened to you? You pack your spouse a delicious lunch, complete with their favorite snacks, only for them to be accused of stealing from their workplace? The nerve of some people, right?
In this article, we’ll discuss the importance of having your own snacks, like Oreos, TYVM, and how to avoid similar situations in the future. We’ll also delve into the benefits of having snacks in the workplace and how to handle difficult colleagues.
## Why Having Your Own Snacks is Important
It’s essential to have your own snacks for various reasons, including:
1. Personal preference: Everyone has their favorite snacks, and having them readily available can make the workday more enjoyable.
2. Allergies and dietary restrictions: Many people have food allergies or dietary restrictions, making it imperative to have snacks they know are safe to eat.
3. Avoiding misunderstandings: As demonstrated in the story above, having your own snacks can prevent misunderstandings and accusations of theft.
## Benefits of Employee Snack Areas
Many workplaces provide snacks for their employees, and there are numerous benefits to this practice, such as:
– Fostering a positive work environment
– Boosting employee morale
– Providing a convenient perk for employees
– Promoting a sense of care and appreciation from the employer
## Dealing with Accusations and Difficult Colleagues
When faced with accusations or difficult colleagues, it’s essential to handle the situation calmly and professionally. Here are some tips for navigating such encounters:
1. Clearly explain the source of your snacks
– In the story above, the husband held up his Ziploc bag of cookies to demonstrate that they were from his lunchbox, not the customer waiting room.
2. Stay composed and respectful
– It’s easy to become frustrated when falsely accused, but maintaining composure is essential in diffusing the situation.
3. Seek mediation if necessary
– If the situation escalates, don’t hesitate to involve a supervisor or HR representative to mediate the issue.
## Making the Most of Your Snack Situation
To make the most of your snack situation at work, consider the following:
– Keep a stash of your favorite snacks in a designated area in the workplace
– Clearly mark your snacks with your name to avoid confusion
– Communicate with colleagues about the importance of respecting personal snacks
## Finding Oreos and Other Snacks
If you’re a fan of Oreos (or any other snack) and want to ensure you have a steady supply at work, consider these options:
1. Purchase in bulk and store them in your designated snack area
2. Keep an emergency stash in your desk or locker for those mid-day cravings
3. Coordinate snack exchanges with colleagues to introduce variety and prevent snack envy
In conclusion, having your own snacks at work, like Oreos TYVM, is essential for personal enjoyment, dietary considerations, and avoiding misunderstandings. It’s also important to handle accusations from colleagues with professionalism and to make the most of your snack situation at work. By following these tips, you can enjoy your favorite snacks without the fear of being accused of theft. And always remember, Oreos are widely available – there’s no need to resort to workplace snack theft! 🍪
Tell me you work at an auto dealer without telling me you work at an auto dealer.
I’ve never understood treating employees *worse* than you treat customers. Do you want employees to resent your customers?
I work at a place that gives out free starburst and they don’t want us workers eating those. It’s always been a game to see if it gets mentioned in our reviews 😂
Obligatory highlight of Oreo ubiquity [Oreo CEO](https://youtu.be/CMkYw4dp_NI?si=M-2RQ5JFs3_LrQrX)
Honestly, you shouldn’t have. you shouldn’t have put oreos in his lunch. Best to play it safe. **Yes, this sucks**, you are letting work control your diet, but honestly, it’s best to play it safe.
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Now that I think of it, here’s a tip, take some of those cookies for yourself. Since they are customer only, that implies they aren’t charging customers for them.
A friend of mine and I would have a holiday display near our workstations that we took turns changing for each holiday. We also kept a candy bowl that we funded out of our pockets for it. People would come up and grab gobs of this candy and walk off. We had different varieties of Hershey’s and such so it wasn’t cheap. The worst ones would come up and ask for specific brands of expensive candy like Godiva. We just assumed they didn’t realize that we funded the candy and thought maybe the department paid for it. Even after we explained, they would still say we should get the expensive candy because they don’t like what we have.
I always told them they were welcome to pay for and stock the bowl with their candy.
There was a nice lady at my work that just retired the past month. A new employee whom likes to stick his foot in his mouth complained at the ‘snack size’ candy bars the company is handing out because we should be able to get full size bars. He was humbled once we told him she does this for the 30+ employees out of her own pocket because she loves to converse with all of us. She stopped shortly after this except for a select few
I would make it a point to pack your hubby’s lunch with EVERY snack that is available in the customer’s waiting area. Maybe the MM will have such a fit that he’ll have to be hospitalized for it. While MM is in the hospital, send him a gift basket with snacks and a note that says, “These are from the customer’s area”.
You treat every employee like a customer, it’s not that fucking hard. Imagine being that MM, he makes just enough to keep his head above water and instead of questioning why everything is fucked up he doubles down to make the world crappier for people who make less.
In the age of CCTV everywhere why would he need to ask this question and embarrass his employee.
Why not check the CCTV and only confront if there has been any violation.
Seems like a bully guy who has nothing else to do at work.
My old employer switched all the Keurig machines to gas station style because they thought people were stealing pods and taking them home. People were simply taking pods from one coffee station to the more central one because it was never stocked properly. We called it coffeegate.
When I worked physical therapy in a hospital, I showed up early, and the coffee line was long. Barista and I silently communicated that I would be back for my usual (coffee plus french toast sausage tornado, total trash food). I read some charts, got some equipment and left the office a bit early. As I am grabbing the goods, the boss lady walks in and gives me the stink eye. I wave happily. I’m “caught” but have done nothing wrong. I eat my food on the elevator and start at my usual time.
At the end of the day, I’m called into the office to discuss what happened. I told them I arrived early as I always did, saw the long line, and adjusted my morning routine; that they did not lose a single minute of my work due to that. I got accused of stopping in the break room to eat, making the whole PT department look bad by being at the coffee counter at 815. All kinds of BS. I was pissed. Things really went downhill when I asked why the boss lady was arriving 15 minutes late. Explained that I could travel and eat, not losing a minute of patient care time, to start my day within the same window I did most days. I had to pull up my charts and charges to prove it. Boss said she was going to check with security cameras to confirm. Never heard about it again.
Apparently I have the time management skills of a toddler and must be micromanaged.
I worked at this place as a temp for over a year. Wonderful place. Had a self serve coffee bar with machines that brewed your coffee fresh, one cup at a time. You could even select the coffee type; Columbian, Kona, Sumatra, etc. They also had several types of hot chocolate and lots of different teas. Every morning, there were fresh bagels, pastries, and meal bars. If we had to work through lunch or stay late? Catered meals. Yeah. No pizza but really good sandwiches or sandwich buffets for lunch. And a real dinner.
We had all the latest electronic “toys” and software to make our work easier. We were expected to work hard and we did but were well compensated. And, my co-workers were great too. Plus, they had training you could take to upgrade your skills. And, they even had WFH options which was very unusual back then.
Sadly, this company was a casualty of the Enron scandal. And it didn’t deserve it either. By the time the feds finally got around to clearing their name, the damage was done. It was a shame. This company worked for Enron and was just one more victim of their nefarious double-dealing practices. This company had really tight controls and processes in place but, when provided bad information because Enron kept two sets of books, they couldn’t provide accurate assessments. A tragic case of GIGO.
It was probably the best place I ever worked. Sigh.
Lol dealership I worked for encouraged grabbing sodas and snacks from the waiting room. They also catered lunch Fridays and Saturdays and any holiday
man what the hell. where i work theres coffee cookies and candy out most of the time for customers and us employees are welcomed to grab some whenever we want on or off work. ur poor husband cant even eat a cookie in peace
soul as they are trying to talk about your review
A manager tried to fire me for having a mostly drunk soda with no receipt. I had literally just walked in the door. She saw me walk in with it. She wasn’t successful in firing me, but god damn did she try to make my time there miserable.
Middle managers are very often the types of people who enjoy to power trip. Then when they get in trouble for it, they resort to “I was just doing my job.”
Why are people so weird about food? Over in the nanny sub it is a constant topic with some bosses getting super inflamed if we eat their food, and I don’t mean pigging out!
I once worked at a place with petty cash that was used for client lunches. Over $4 of it was missing and the mother of one of the bosses kept saying I must have taken it. I was in highschool living on my own so maybe she thought I was desperate? Anyway, after being so scared one of the guys walks about of his office with a receipt and says oh, that was me. No one apologized to me. Oh and there was free snacks we could have but if you ate anyway of it it was commented on that “someone” must be really hungry lately.
Your husband could have snuck in with an empty Ziploc, filled it with work cookies, and hid them in his lunchbox, because they were Oreos.
We were car shopping: me, my husband, and our 2 teenage daughters. We got to the dealership early hoping that we would be “in & out”, as we had found the car we wanted on their web site.
We were seated at a table in the center of the dealership, then forgotten about for hours. One employee, every time she walked past us, glared. Another employee, every single time he entered the room, would clap once, really loud.
At about noon, a delivery of Chinese food was brought in and put on a table, but it was for employees only. By this time we were all really hungry. I looked around for a snack machine or something, but there was none. I asked a secretary if there were any snacks; she handed me a single-serve cup of Cheerios.
Incidentally, several times we would ask someone when we would be seen & were told, “Soon.”
Finally, a salesman came for us, brought us into his office, then promptly went out to get his plate of Chinese food!
To end this already pathetic story, we were informed that we didn’t “qualify” for the car we wanted. We did eventually get a car from them, but didn’t “qualify” for their famous “never pay more than a dime” downpayment offer.
We were happy with the car, which lasted us about 6 years, but we will NEVER go back to that dealership again.
My experience is that it’s normally senior management that scoff things they aren’t supposed to, rather than the rank and file.
Just don’t bring Oreos at work. Just to avoid these stupid dramas.
I mean if the employees abuse it and grab all the snacks before customers does that is really bad and need to have stupid rules like this. But then at least in North America, this shows what kind of employer you are.
Can your husband buy a package of Oreos and distribute to coworkers-with instructions to eat them only when the jackwagon is looking?
just for chuckles: Worked in high-stress, hot-deadline, long hours enviro. my coworker kept chocolate in his special stash drawer … folks came to him when having really bad day, boss was particularly unrealistic etc. i was just contractor, but i put a bowl of shelled mixed-nuts on my desk for sharing. at an after-work gathering, i intro’d my hubby, and introduced our *chocolate-man* to my hubby. He said, *yeah, i’m chocolate, and she’s nuts!* … now i felt like a real part of the team.
My temp job accused me of stealing their Pepsi when I brought my own in to work. It was cheaper than paying .25 per can.
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I had a client gift me a bottle of wine and I don’t drink so I put it in one of my desk drawers and forgot to take it home. One attorney went to our boss and told them I was drinking since I had wine in my drawer. My boss was very IDGAF and they knew clients would sometimes give me wine. I think I gave them the bottle so it wouldn’t go to waste and the other attorney ended up in trouble for going through my office. He had no reason to be in there, let alone going through my drawers. This was after I had complained to my boss that some of my stuff had gone missing so idiot snitched on himself 😏
They put coffee down in the breakroom for us (a treat over the holiday), but we’re not allowed to take it to the floor. This is a change from previous rules where they didn’t care. The breaks we get are 10 min and that is not long enough to brew coffee, let it cool down, and drink any of it. When you try to ask them about what the purpose of the coffee is, they avoid answering the questing by making it sound like you’re being ungrateful.
My job has plenty of free coffee and generally some hot chocolate and teas (those tend to go fast) but if you want snacks or other drinks there are vending machines… Unless you work upstairs in which case there are bowls and fridges stocked with all sorts of goods for anyone. I always snatch a few things the few times I manage to get up there.
Power trip nothing to do better oreo cookies really lol dumb fucks.