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I don't mind when people leave out leftover food in the break room for the world to take at work, but there are some things that need to be left off-limits.
Cold cut sandwiches don't make the cut. I'm sorry. But they stink up the room, no one knows exactly how long they've been there, and I'm left with a sick feeling in my stomach just thinking of the botulism crawling around on that plate every time I go in there for a coffee.
Pasta salad takes on a life of it's own once it's been left out for a couple hours. Let's avoid that one.
Regular green-type salad is borderline. I guess it's ok, although once its been out for half an hour it's warm and nasty. And if it's pre-dressed, forget about it. Unless your dressing is 100-proof, that thing is just asking for a bacterial party.
Pizza is acceptable. Any sort of dessert, pie, cake, whatever, bring it on. Cookies, hells ya. hmm, let me reiterate that one: COOKIES, HELLS YA!!!
Oh, and another thing: if you're gonna leave something like that in there, at least do your duty and remove it after it's been out for an afternoon! DON'T just go home and forget about it. SOMEONE has to clean up your mess (yes, after 6 hours on the countertop, it's officially a "mess") later. I sure as heck ain't gonna do it.
Readers have left 3 comments.  1. Guest UserWhat I find funny is that at my office, people will scramble for free food. Doesn't even matter if they are hungry, or if the food's been sitting out for 3 hours, it's like it's the apocalypse and it's every man for himself. 2. bones Ha, yeah, here are these guys/gals makin decent salaries, but somehow they have to take advantage of every bit of free food they see. 3. dmc218 I have to agree with this rant. Salad just seems nasty if it's not completely fresh. Even if it was just put out in the breakroom, you know it was sitting in some meeting for an hour and a half before that, gettin all nasty with itself.
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