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A KFC opened yesterday, and today an email has been sent banning it from the office due to greasy fingers on keyboards.
I am sure recently I heard of a court case where a junk food company successfully overturned a ban on a type of food from a workplace?
Anybody remember what this case was?
Cheers
Paul
if people are gonna eat in the office, im gonna smoke.
if people are gonna smoke in the office, I'm gonna do meth.
there was a 'no hot food' rule somewhere I worked.
the ventilation system managed to circulate the odour of people's curry left overs throughout the building in about 20 minutes.
people who wanted hot food eat in their cars.
Are you thinking about trying to overturn the KFC statute?
I don't really care, (well I will if they ban me from having my porridge in the morning).
They are just banning KFC, not any other hot food.
I was sure I read about a case where it was said they couldn't just ban one make of food
id ban it due to the smell.....
smelly food is banned from the office.
Banned hot food here, sick of the smell of shite curry's, crap food and people not cleaning the kitchen.
That's a pretty pathetic reason.
If only there was something that could be done in between eating the KFC and using the computer, to prevent grease from the hands being transferred onto the computer?!?! hmmm ... *think* *think* *cogs whirring* *think* *think* *think* ... hmmm nope, not a clue - BAN ALL GREASY FOODS.
I remember when a company I used to work for banned us from using plastic beakers (instead of the disposable plastic cups) with the water cooler because they used up too much water. Pathetic. I think they hated the environment or oil or something.
oh and sorry, I don't know the answer.
If there is no hot food at desks policy (as I have come against before) what is the policy on food reheated then left to cool before heating?
if ur on the meth, i wan sum.
Someone here insists on having microwave steamed green veg for lunch every day. It has been pointed out to him that it makes the whole floor smell like someone has sharted but still it continues.
throw the microwave out the window.
thatll solve it.
i once worked with someone who microwaved brocolli then stuck tomato puree on it...... *waves* im sure she or her B/f are on here 😉
throw the microwave out the window.thatll solve it.
It exploded* last month. They now microwave it downstairs but the smell filters up anyway.
*literally exploded
We have that policy as well. Having seen how my manager eats that's absolutely fine 😆
"They now microwave it downstairs but the smell filters up anyway."
take microwave upstairs a chuck it out the window. (or remove the fuse)
if ur on the meth, i wan sum.
Scchhuuuuweeet
How does a 'no hot food' rule apply to a Greggs lunchtime feast? As after Pastie-gate, technically its not hot, its ambient. You could taunt people with a steak bake 😀
taunt me with a greggsies and i'd have your fingers off.
No steak bake is safe around me
We have a hot food at desks ban. Stemmed from the time there was a client visiting the office and they were being shown round at the same time someone was eating a fish supper at their desk 😆
That's ridiculous - how hard is it to say "oh hey guys, we've got a client visit today. Would it be ok if you stayed off the hot food for today? Thanks!"
too blimmin' right banning KFC
rank stuff and stinks
eat it in the canteen if you really must buy that spicy grease
only tried it once. chundered it back up. think that was for the best tbh.
Kenyucky fried gristle is counted as food?
KFC should be banned from the desk. There are few "foods" as rank and greasy as KFC.
There must be some sort of discrimination going on with that rule...Where are the do-gooders when you actually need em...
On a side-note, KFC gravy reminds me of the bowl of dripping we constantly had in the fridge as a kid, tastes bloody lovely tho.
first they came for the kfc
and I didn't speak out because I don't eat kfc
then they came for the maccy d's
and I didn't speak out because I don't eat macdonalds
then they came for the muesli
and everyone cheered because they didn't like the beardy sandle wearing cyclists
it's a slippery slope I tell you
We've got two microwaves in the office one has a post-it on the front saying "Non-Fish Microwave" as one of the arsier members of staff has a severe (possibly affected) disdain for the smell of seafood...
Some people are just so bloody fussy and think the rest of the workplace should share their out of proportion OCD issues with food...
This simply makes me more determined to bring in mackerel, sardines and smoked salmon as often as I can. I'm also tempted to put a "Vegan only" label on the other Microwave, or better yet "Raw foodists only"...
Best advice would be, get out of the office at lunch time if you can, sounds like its a bit of a nightmare anyway...
Lol @ doh! Excellent work. 😆
Lol seconded @ doh 😀
Cool. Tell them you need a canteen/café/room etc.
No hot food?
Egg sandwiches for a week.
That'll help them to reconsider.
1 eating at desks in the office is just plain wrong. Take half hour and chill out.
2 ban on hot food is ridiculous. I would kicking off about that.
3 glad I have a nice crew room with all the food cooking stuff I need. One lad was grilling some chicken up earlier. Smelt amazing
Employers have to provide a way to heat food so not sure how they can do a hot food ban.
Even the queen and prime minister take lunch, what the hell are you doing in your sad little offices that means that you can't possibly leave your grubby little desks for a break and some sustenance? it must be VERY important.
While we have a kitchen, there isn't any room for tables and chairs, so if we want to sit while we eat, we have to do it at our desks.
Of course we have loads of meeting rooms that never get used, but you know, people wouldn't be able to work if they ate lunch in there....
Generally smurfing Singletrack forum as I drop crumbs from my butties into my keyboard.what the hell are you doing in your sad little offices that means that you can't possibly leave your grubby little desks for a break and some sustenance? it must be VERY important.
Employers have to provide a way to heat food so not sure how they can do a hot food ban
I'm not sure this is correct, they have to provide somewhere to eat but not sure they have to provide anything for heating food.
I quite agree with a complete no food at desks policy.
People eating can be annoying for other people in the office who are working.
You get crumbs etc all over your work desk, PC etc
People sit on social networking sites which rots their brains and they probably get all wound up about something pointless which means they can't concentrate and spend the whole afternoon texting
People should be forced to take a break away from the desk and consume their meal away from work.
etc etc
Oh and have you seen the office desk/PC keyboard germ images? 😯
KFC is absolute filth, i'd rage if people started stinking the office out with it LOL!
We all eat at our desks, we also don't wear helmets or hi viz.
So far so good.
if people are gonna smoke in the office, I'm gonna do meth.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.
Just eat the food at the KFC!
I'd ban KFC because it's absolutely vile. How people can stick that filth in their mouths is beyond me.
I'd never eaten any KFC, ever. Then, late one night we were very late home, very tired and my son suggested we call in at KFC for tea so I agreed and we ate it sat in the car.
One mouthful later and I threw my guts up in the carpark. It was more disgusting than bovril and fish mixed together.
Mmmmmm... bovril and fish. Nomnomnom.
If it doesn't smell, eat it where you like. If it smells, eat it in the canteen / kitchen. In either case, clean up after yourself.
Really not difficult, this one.
When i was doing my apprenticeship was told i could only drink 1 of my 4 pints of milk a shift during tea breaks.
Then when i went to work in the great NHS, they had just got a new manager, who recinded the rule of no kettles in departments, bring a flask or go to the canteen fotr a cup of tea.
A ocal police station, theyre not allowed kettles need to use the communal tea machine 1 per floor , no food only in canteen,
who recinded the rule of no kettles in departments, bring a flask or go to the canteen [b]fotr[/b] a cup of tea.A [b]ocal[/b] police station, [b]theyre[/b]
And this kids is why eating food at your keyboard is a bad idea, it causes the crumbs to get trapped under keys and difficult to press.
As I recall things, the Employer must provide the means to make a hot drink. If hot food is available nearby there is no requirement to provide means to heat food. Eating place away from desk is only required where the desk is in an area "visited" by the public. Otherwise, eating at the desk is the norm, though not best practice. I don't think "food" is defined so it may even apply to KFC:-)
Does your Employer provide an oven and/or an eating area?
There needs to be an area for eating that does not include you desk.
what the hell are you doing in your sad little offices that means that you can't possibly leave your grubby little desks for a break and some sustenance
earning a crust...
if I eat at my desk, and work through lunch it means I can leave work earlier and get home to see my son before he goes to bed.
time poverty is rife.
Tell them you need it as part of your religion, they'll soon cave in and let you have your own way...
I don't get why anyone would want to buy their food in a bucket, animals are fed from buckets not humans.
A woman in my office ran out screaming the day that someone had heated up some fish in the microwave.......she was of her tits on Champix at the time which might explain things
Sorry, I'm struggling to understand how KFC can be so vile it makes you puke.
It's chicken, and batter. I can't see what's wrong with either of those things. Ok so you get the odd bit of fatty skin in it, but that's no different to roast chicken.
Employers have to provide a way to heat food
Unless there's a canteen, I assume?
what the hell are you doing in your sad little offices that means that you can't possibly leave your grubby little desks for a break and some sustenance
Getting my hours in so I can go home earlier and see my family.
Chicken and batter, fine. The colonels secret sauce, vile. Whatever he puts in it, tastes like knob cheese stirred into an old chip pan.
Sorry, I'm struggling to understand how KFC can be so vile it makes you puke.It's chicken, and batter. I can't see what's wrong with either of those things. Ok so you get the odd bit of fatty skin in it, but that's no different to roast chicken
^^^
as above KFC is a bit greasy but its just fried chicken if you find that revolting you should see what people have to eat to survive.
It isnt the greatest food but there are much worse such as most premade sandwiches
Today my place of work served smoked trout, stuffed peppers(rice and mushroom) pots with butter, salad and brownie for desert. All grown on site, including the trout and freshly cooked. Plus it's free to employees.
Even the queen and prime minister take lunch, what the hell are you doing in your sad little offices that means that you can't possibly leave your grubby little desks for a break and some sustenance? it must be VERY important.
Eating whilst I do work, so that I can go training in my lunch break.
KFC should be banned on the basis it's not got any nutrition in it, and is therefore useless as food! Very good at making you fat tho, if that's what you want to be
if people are gonna smoke in the office, I'm gonna do meth.
If people are going to smoke meth in the office, then I am going to....
Unless there's a canteen, I assume?
Yup or hot food nearby.
lunch is for wimps
somebody had to say it 😉
I see the issue here... You work in an office.
I however, work in a steel/titanium extrusion. Were allowed to cook pizzas and stuff in the dye oven.
One bloke did get a verbal warning once though for cooking eggs in a frying pan which was laid on top of one of the titanium bars whilst it was heating up.
Confession time, My knees go weak for the zinger burgers, towered.
I'm with you there dandax :$
The colonels secret sauce, vile. Whatever he puts in it, tastes like knob cheese stirred into an old chip pan.
Tell me, what caused you to try knob cheese stirred into an old chip pan so that you could compare the two?
Hungry? Supercharger Burger & double fries. Nom*
Agree their chicken pieces are fairly inedible.
*Followed by bloated chicken sweats.
Week one, day one of apprenticeship,
Bend a tig rod back on forth on itself to make a heating element. Put one end into the stick welding torch. Arc it onto the bench on low juice.
Make toast.
😀Confession time, My knees go weak for the zinger burgers
👿towered.
Tell me, what caused you to try knob cheese stirred into an old chip pan so that you could compare the two?
I'm assuming alcohol and boredom.
The sex cup was full.
Hey, we've all tasted knob cheese.
I guess that's why they've sold out then...
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KFC should be banned on the basis it's not got any nutrition in it, and is therefore useless as food! Very good at making you fat tho, if that's what you want to be
Shirley, you must know that the above statement is utter bullshit?
what the hell are you doing in your sad little offices that means that you can't possibly leave your grubby little desks for a break and some sustenance
Reading STW, I assume
would anyone admit to liking the bucket chicken?
I like a tower burger every now and then, but I've had the bucket chicken once and it was utterly disgusting. Given that I was half cut at the time, I dread to think what it would taste like sober.
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Seems the desk is OK providing it's big enough, not good is it?
KFC chips are rank, I'll give you that, but a Zinger Tower is awesome. It's got a hash brown in it for god's sake. Hash browns make anything absolutely turbo awesome.