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  • Is it wrong of me?
  • organic355
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    to sit and eat my lunch at my desk while the guy I share an office with is fasting for Ramadan?

    U31
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    Not really…

    allthepies
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    Nope.

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    Edric64
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    Serves him right for believing in a God

    spacemonkey
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    Nope – one of my mates that had the desk next to me used to do the fasting thing. He had no issues – in fact, we all used to wind him up over it and he was fine.

    Some might obviously expect a little more respect though …

    thepurist
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    It's as wrong as having a bacon sarnie for lunch with a Jewish colleague nearby, ordering roast beef when out with a Hindu or not eating copious amounts of chocolate in April with a Christian.

    cranberry
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    No, it's not wrong.

    For bonus points discuss with an invisible friend how extremely tasty the food is, and how much you are enjoying eating it, and how kind he is for providing it.

    molgrips
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    I even went out for a meal once with a bloke who was on Ramadan (not just him – it was an office meal out, 4 of us). He came along for the chat, and just didn't eat anything. Cheap date, for sure.

    IanMunro
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    I met a bloke last year, who fasted for ramadam even though he wasn't a muslim. Just did it just as a will power, being in touch with your self sort of thing.

    bikemonkey
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    Try not to dance in his face whilst you do it.

    Cougar
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    Is it wrong for the guy you share an office with to be fasting for Ramadan while you're sitting and eating your lunch at your desk?

    You're unintentionally making him feel hungry, he's unintentionally making you feel guilty. Seems like a fair trade-off to me.

    Cougar
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    I met a bloke last year, who fasted for ramadam even though he wasn't a muslim. Just did it just as a will power, being in touch with your self sort of thing.

    I hope he washed his hands before he did eat, then.

    DrJ
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    When I left my last job, I shared a leaving dinner with a Muslim guy. It was during Ramadan, and he insisted that no alcohol be served at the table. Out of order, IMO.

    flippinheckler
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    Of course not, its his choice to waste his life believing in a load of bollocks IMO, in fact you should go out of your way to make noises like your really enjoying it. Don't change your habits to suit him, doubt he would do the same for you.

    TheSouthernYeti
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    As long as you make loud appreciative mmmmmmm, nommm, nom , nom noises you're fine.

    jon1973
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    Don't change your habits to suit him, doubt he would do the same for you.

    Not sure he asked the OP to change his habits did he? don't get your knickers in a twist.

    john_drummer
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    No it's not wrong. You're not the one observing a religious festival.

    DrJ's colleague was bang out of order though; if he doesn't want to drink alcohol, fine, but to impose his religious views on the rest of the group is not on.

    Rubber_Buccaneer
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    Not wrong just a little inconsiderate. It's nothing like as bad as if you wanted to build a mosque on ground zero though.

    khani
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    Not wrong just a little inconsiderate. It's nothing like as bad as if you wanted to build a mosque on ground zero though.
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    It's not a mosque, it's a drop in centre with a prayer room, 4 blocks away from ground zero and not in sight of ground zero, and also, quite a few muslims where killed at the towers by the terrorists so do they not count as victims as well, the ira were Christians so no churches near where they killed anyone?
    A little perspective is needed methinks
    And no, I'm not a Muslim but my dad was and he wept for the victims of the towers, most are just people trying to lead their lives

    Rubber_Buccaneer
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    Khani, it's all a matter of point of view. As I was saying in response to the OP, not wrong just inconsiderate.

    khani
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    Fair enough, if it was me in dr'j s position I'd have told him where to go

    giddyrob
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    Nope, it's his religion so let him enjoy starving himself over a false idol. It's a free country. As long as he doesn't expect you to join in then it's fair play. If he does, then he needs to pull his head in. IMO 🙂

    chewkw
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    Nahh … just eat whatever you want in front of whoever you want after all we all have our human rights. 😆

    So the question is who should give way?

    😈

    meehaja
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    My Colleague is studying some kind of social science type OU course and has just learnt all about ramadan and the ideas behind it etc. She then went into the petrol station and whilst chatting to the friendly (indian) guy behind the counter asked how he coped with working whilst fasting. He said it wasn't really a problem for him as it was 23:00 and he was Hindu.

    I used to work regularly with a Muslim lad, it was great, he'd bring in loads of food from the night before's feast to share with everyone else. When I asked him wether it bothered him if people ate around him he said that it did and that it made him feel really hungary, but that was kind of the point, focusing on the suffering for his beliefs etc etc. Some quite interesting ideas towards faith for me as a non religious person.

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