Office worker shares taboo lunch that has colleagues staring in ‘unfathomable horror’

A social media user has caused a stir online after sharing the lunch they like to make for themselves in their office, but admitting that it doesn’t go down well with their colleagues

If there’s one thing that Brits have strong opinions on, it’s food. Whether you should use ketchup or brown sauce with a fry up, if Yorkshire Puddings should be served with all roasts or just chicken and of course to put pineapple on pizza or not – these are all issues of great foodie debate here.

Another common debate often features the workplace and what foods are acceptable to bring in to it – as many have strong feelings about the likes of tuna at their desk. But one social media user has sparked a new conversation around office food etiquette after sharing the lunch he likes to make for himself at work.

Taking to Reddit’s Casual UK forum, the anonymous office worker revealed that they like to cook an entire pack of BirdsEye potato waffles for their lunch in the toaster.

They shared a look at a box of 10 potato waffles, and alongside this wrote: “Does anyone else have any taboo food habits?

“The office stares at me in unfathomable horror when I pop the entire pack of 10 of these bad boys in the toaster for lunch.”

To make matters worse they admit in the comments that in order to cook all their waffles, they end up hogging the toaster for at least half an hour at a time.

They added: “It’s a four-piece toaster, each waffle twice so… Yeah God I must be taking it up for like half an hour… Lucky I’m the only one that goes to Lunch at that point I guess…”

Over 100 people have responded to the post, with many fellow Reddit users also horrified by the idea of someone eating all 10 waffles.

One person said: “10 waffles Jeremy? 10? Are you insane?”

Another replied: “940 calories of carbs for lunch….. I’m guessing it isn’t just the toaster that you clog up for 20 mins!”

A third wrote: “I was once having a bad shift and got a discounted whole Batman birthday from Tesco to sit and devour. It didn’t make things better, just made the rest of the shift a lot sleepier. And yet, 10 waffles is still somehow worse…..”

Someone else added: “People do look at you weirdly in the lunch room if you microwave popcorn at 8am. I maintain it was a great breakfast.”

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