Are people who work in offices with cafeterias spoiled?

[Sugar Smack]

:evilgrin:

[kick-ass-bob]

1. I have 3 cafeterias, but I have to walk to other buildings to get there.

So I am just half spoiled. 3 times over.

:D

[Sugar Smack]

3. LOL!! Me, I'm going to have a couple of Saltines

and some tap water. :D

"Half-spoiled, 3 times over"!

[Patiod]

24. Oh, boo-hoo

Although I shouldn't complain -- people who work in large cities are also spoiled - I have some great little places withint a 3-block radius, including an incredible greek cart, several cheesteak carts, several by-the-pound salad buffets, Japanese, Chinese, vegetarian, and a mall foodcourt. Plus some great sit-down places for when there's time for that.

[Sugar Smack]

36. LUCKY!!!! A Greek cart?

:9 That sounds SO GOOD.

[Patiod]

55. It's AMAZING

I generally don't like greek food because I hate feta cheese, but this guy doesn't put feta on anything. The "menu" has only 4 options:
- chicken platter
- vegetarian platter
- chicken gyro (or whatever you call those things)
- veggie gyro

With any option, you get marinated chopped cucumbers, falafels, hummus, chicken (don't know what the veggie people get) all wrapped in a giant pita or in a container.

Only downside - horrible long lines.

[Sugar Smack]

61. That sounds so good.

I *adore* Greek food. I can imagine you'd have to have great timing to get a good spot in line.

[no name no slogan]

2. Yes

My new building has a restaurant-quality caffeteria in it. However, my old building's food was almost inedible. You'd have to eat out or brownbag it every day, because the food was detestable.

So, it cuts both ways, but I'd still say "YES", for the most part. :D

[Sugar Smack]

5. All I want is a sandwich machine!

Is that too much to ask? :D

[no name no slogan]

6. of course not darling!

As long as they change out the sammiches once in awhile. I once worked in a place where they didn't do it often enough. Very scary :scared:

[Sugar Smack]

11. Ooh, look- here's my dream cafeteria:

It's the one we had back in grade school with the tater tots, the fishwiches, the canned peas & carrots, "hot lunches", baby! The barbecue, the crinkle fries, the fruit cocktail (wait. Fruit cocktail. gross.) Anyway, I'm thinking that grade school food is the source & definition of the term "comfort food".

What do you think? ;-)

[progmom]

14. sounds like the cafeteria in my office

tater tots and all. seriously.

[Sugar Smack]

16. *envy* *envy* *envy*

*envy*

I have to get out of here. I may go hit Subway or something.

[progmom]

17. and i think i might walk down the hall

....and see if tater tots are on the menu today. :9

[yellowdogintexas]

72. God NO. not my grade school, honey. I truly believe my

dislike and distrust of things that swim stems directly from school cafeteria days.
blech.

the fried chicken was OK, the meat loaf was passable, turkey was fine but those were not served that often.

most of the food was greasy and you could always smell the bleach they scoured eveuthing with.

my high school was a massive improvement.

[bridgit]

4. industrial food is some of my favorite, especially the chipped beef...

and gravy on mashed potatoes, or toast :-) loosely referred to as 'shit on a shingle' :rofl:

[StaggerLee]

8. You are totally making me miss Navy chow

x(

[bridgit]

19. well, i have heard it said that the admiral loved the navy...

but was rotten to the corps :rofl: :hi: :patriot:

[Sugar Smack]

21. BAD bridgit!

:rofl:

How could anyone not*love*you? :spank:

[bridgit]

30. noth'in do'in you know the drill, Czarina...

:spank: O8) :loveya: :hippie: :kick:

[Sugar Smack]

9. LOVE those nicknames, my honey!

I MISS'em, too!

:toast: :silly: :loveya: :rofl:

[bridgit]

20. ^_^

:toast:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

7. Hell no.

I work downtown, with 4 star restaurants and grade-A lunch places on every corner. THAT is spoiled. :-)

[Sugar Smack]

12. Grrrrr. Hey, do you know if Ring-dings go bad? I just found

one from 3 weeks ago in the side drawer of my desk! SCORE! :D

[ThomCat]

10. We used to have an awesome Chef running our Cafeteria

The food was Great.

It's still pretty good. Not quite as outstanding but still really good.

It's very nice to have that cafeteria here.

[Sugar Smack]

15. I'm getting hungry. What's on your menu for today?

[ThomCat]

22. Menu, good stuff

The soups today are White Bean and Spinach (Which is always great) and Chicken Noodle.

They make the soups from scratch every morning.

They have Baked Tilapia and Chicken Parmesan. They have baked yellow and green squash.

They have Roast Beef, Spinach and Bleu Cheese sandwhiches, BLTs, and BBQ chicken wraps pre-made, plus a deli counter.

And the salad bar always has a lot of homemade deli salads on it.

Lunch is in half an hour!

[Sugar Smack]

25. OH MY GOD. Are they hiring at your workplace? Are they?

What do you do that you get to eat Chicken parmesan at noon? Hell's bells, I am so there! :9

[Patiod]

26. I'm surprised they have a cafeteria in a big city

The only one I know of here is Blue Cross (because sometimes they set up in the courtyard, and are open to the public, and it's a nice place for picnics)

Having a cafeteria is particularly nice when the weather is lousy ("Hey Rose - you going to the cheesesteak guy? Can you get me one with mushrooms? What do you mean, 'stand in the rain and get it your own damned self?'")

[ThomCat]

31. The company has all but 2 floors in this building

We have 45 floors total. With that many people, they need a cafeteria sized space occassionally for really big meetings. Having an actual cafeteria using that space every afternoon helps cost-justify it.

There are occassional benefits to working for huge companies.

[Sugar Smack]

39. Oh, I get that too.

And I HATE it. "Oh, you're going out?" What the hell do I look like? Suddenly, caught sneaking out the door bombarded with "orders" and money. I put a stop to that nonsense.

:hug:

[Patiod]

56. Sadly, I'm the one trying to sucker Rose into going out

But she's a big gal, and unlikely to be influenced by the likes of me.

Other people have caught on "No, Pattie, I'm not going to get lunch, I'm...uh...going to the dentist! Yeah, that's right, the dentist! And I'm late! Bye!"

[StaggerLee]

13. Last office I worked with a cafeteria

the food was so expensive that only the executives could afford to eat there every day.
So in that situation they weren't spoiled. They were being robbed.

[Sugar Smack]

18. Hey, a question just came to mind:

Were there "cool" tables to sit at? Like in HS? Or special demanded areas that were coveted? Inquiring minds want to know!:-)

[StaggerLee]

23. I think there were

Of course I only stopped down there for the occasional soft drink but I'm pretty sure there was some hot and heavy cliquin' goin' on!

[Sugar Smack]

"hot and heavy cliquin' "

LOL! I thought so!!!:evilgrin:

[asthmaticeog]

27. I used to work in an office building with a commissary.

Never ate there once. HAD to get the hell out of the stupid skyscraper and stroll around downtown for a little bit, even in wintertime.

[Sugar Smack]

34. Hehe. Now, I just got back from getting lunch at the gas station

nearby. Got me a ham sandwich. :9

OK, wait. What is this? GRAY HAM? Is ham supposed to be gray?

[Crazy Dave]

28. With "free" food?

Yes, if the answer is free.

No, if you have to pay.

[tjwmason]

29. Not free but subsidised here.

Only ever been inside the room once, and that was unrelated to food.

[Crazy Dave]

32. I bring my lunch everyday

It's my preference, it's usually something I like, I know where it's been and who has handled it.
You could knock out a whole office with a bad batch of Hungarian Goulash.

[Sugar Smack]

35. If there was a choice, I'd pay on some days,

and then I'd fix my own lunch on others. What we have here is a refrigerator that's stuffed with everyone's lunches (no extra room, plus questionable half-lives on some items) and a microwave with a long line of people behind it.



:scared:

[Crazy Dave]

41. Had that happen to me too

"a microwave with a long line of people behind it" or I'll have a lunch that needs to be heated and then I'm told I have to go babysit some grown men out in the field that afternoon. The only choice then is to eat it cold or give it to the dogs when I get home.

[Rabrrrrrr]

33. I miss the office cafeterias - the two firms I worked for had

fantastic ones.

We'd have shrimp or lobster bisque at least once a week.

Giant salad bars.

Lamb chops - awesome!

Hamburgers, mini-steaks, chinese stir fry, and, hell, both of the cafeterias were like good restaurants, not institutional at all. Fantastic foods. ANd the fresh baked chocolate cookies with chocolate chips - to die for!

And the all-you-can-eat shrimp cocktail and tapas at our Friday happy hours... I miss those days.

[Sugar Smack]

42. *faints*

I'll bet you miss those days. First of all, the detail you went into there was impressive, as though the memories still linger on your tongue. Second of all, the choices at lunchtime? AMAZING!!! What do you do now for lunch?

[Rabrrrrrr]

58. Now I cook my own lunches, or go out.

I do miss the cafeteria days. We had a great chef at the first firm I worked for, and pretty cheap food considering the quality.

The second firm wasn't quite as good as the first one, but the selections were greater - the difference between having an office of 800 (first firm) and 7,000 (second firm).

Oh, and we had free breakfast at the first firm - donuts, muffins, rolls, eggs, sausages, etc.

[Sugar Smack]

59. Free breakfast is "the life". Ah!

And for some reason, the breakfast buffet made me think about cruise ships. I looked into working on one in ANY capacity, so I could go see Greece, Spain, etc. But I also learned that that would require living in a mop closet, sleep standing upright, and having people snap their fingers at you.

[Left Is Write]

37. Yes, yes, yes. I have worked in offices with cafeterias and without.

It's easy to get spoiled!

The best "office food" was in The Colonnade in Golden Valley. (Still, though, there were some days when all I could afford was ramen noodles and coffee, and other days we went across the street to TGI Fridays.)

[Sugar Smack]

43. TGIFriday's? FUN!

:bounce:

at lunch too! *nudge* *you can tell me, I won't tell a soul- ever knocked back a beer before going back to work?*

:P :rofl:

[Left Is Write]

44. Good lord, yes.

No biggie - one glass of wine or one beer.

Didn't carry any birdshot with me, though.

:D

[Sugar Smack]

47. *SPRAY*

You caught me WAY off guard with that! OMG!

*halp* :rofl:

[no name no slogan]

57. I've been to that cafeteria, and it was AWESOME

They have very good food there. Although the one in my new building is also very good-- roast beef with mashed potatoes, gravy and mixed vegetables today. And it was pretty good, too!

[Sugar Smack]

64. Oh...that sounds YUMMY.

:9 :*

[In_The_Wind]

38. Yes.

Want some? :evilgrin:

[Sugar Smack]

45. Fried chicken? Joani, are you trying to start trouble?

:rofl: :rofl::rofl:

I mean, I just saw a bottled-water thread that looked like it was going to go :nuke:

*Actually* I could go for a wing right about now, especially after that GRAY HAM sandwich from the gas station.

[In_The_Wind]

66. Me? Nah, I'm just thinkin' about what you're buying me for supper.

What are you doing next month?
I was daydreamin' bout hopin' on a plane headed south.

Can we find some brunswick stew, fried catfish and real hush puppies this time. pleasepleaseplease

[Sugar Smack]

69. Nothing would make me happier.

Yes, PLEASE hop on a plane South & I will take you to Mama Dip's. They have outdoor seating, and it'll be warm. Brunswick stew, fried catfish, REAL hushpuppies (I'm the one weirdo in the world who puts ketchup on mine), the tallest butteriest biscuits in the world and gravy.

I'm going nuts, here. I may have to go eat another gray ham sandwich.

:toast:

[Ron Mexico]

40. Only if the cafeterias are any good.

The one in my office building fucking sucks.

[Sugar Smack]

48. Ooh, tell me! How does it suck? I still envy you.

;)

[Ron Mexico]

50. Four restaurants, two shut down for health violations,

the remaining two being bad Chinese and even worse Italian. I LOVE Chinese and Italian food, so if I hate these places, they SUCK.

SUCK.

[Sugar Smack]

51. OH. Health violations.

OK, no envy here, gotcha!

[Ron Mexico]

62. Don't you want to know what they were?

Or what company we used for the extermination job?

[Sugar Smack]

63. BOTH, please!

:o Oh, do tell!!!!

[Ron Mexico]

70. Cockroaches and ants, and I think the name

of the exterminator is Orkin Commercial Services. Don't hold me to the second, but I guarantee the accuracy of the first.

[tigereye]

46. I've obviously missed out by only working for non-profits!

what's a cafeteria? ;)

[Sugar Smack]

49. I don't know anymore!!

:cry: :grouphug:

[LaurenG]

52. You ever have hospital food?

That is the cafeteria we get to eat from. I cannot eat there. Noooo. :hi:

[Sugar Smack]

53. The hospital here has REALLY good food.

I've had it twice, and I've got to say those cooks know what they're doing! But I realize it must be an exception. Sometimes there's a reason behind a reputation.

:hi: :hi:

[LaurenG]

54. I'm envious but happy for you

We should send our cafeteria staff to hang out with yours. :hi:

[Nikia]

60. I worked at a business with a cafeteria

For a temp assignment. It was rather handy since I had a half hour lunch. It was reasonably priced. I always ate for under $5.
At the place I work now, we have a sandwich machine, a snack machine, and a soda machine.
Fresh hot food was definitely better.

[Sugar Smack]

65. I remember when I had the half-hour lunch

and I'm thankful it's not like that for me any more. It sounds like your situation was pretty good, because this way you didn't have to wolf down your food; you could at least enjoy it. And it being under $5 is sweet!

[MissMillie]

67. We are absolutely spoiled... especially since our cafe has a sushi chef!

:bounce:

[Sugar Smack]

68. I was waiting for you! *evil grin*

Your menus sound SO tasty! You are SUCH a lucky thang.

"mm...let's see, I could have the chopped barbecue chicken and potatoes with the sauteed California vegetables on the side..." Oh, DROOL!

But MissMillie, you're worth it! :D :toast: :pals:

[yellowdogintexas]

71. I think we are at my company, because the food is good

and we get free lunch coupons at least 2 times a week..
the cafteria management is making a big effort to have things that are heart healthy and diet conscious
you can ALWAYS get 1/4 rotisserie chicken and 2 steamed veggies if all else fails
the coffee is Starbucks
the tortilla soup (every Wednesday) is perfectly awesome as are most of the soups actually.

with a 30 minute lunch, I have no other options unless I have something to bring from home.

[fortyfeetunder]

73. Depends on the cafeteria

The place which is less than from my office has one of the grossest cuisines evah. The only thing I buy there with regularity is coffee. I bring my lunch 90% of the time.

[NMMNG]

74. Eh

You have to be able to afford to "eat out" every day for it to be a benefit to you.

[Wapsie B]

75. Well for awhile maybe.

But after a certain amount of time it doesn't look good any longer. Being around all that food all the time has an effect of killing my appetite. Just give me a job making French Fries. I'll lose so much weight you'd think I took up marathon running. ;-)