Pizza in the office..

[Angar]

OK, this is a pet peeve of mine that I just feel I need a place to rant about.. this forum will do..

I happen to be a picky eater.. I despise some ingredients, and simply can't eat foods prepared with them. Other ingredients I can live with, but don't particularly like. There are people out there who can eat anything - I get that and wish I was like that, but it turns out some things either don't agree with me or taste so vile that even thinking about the flavor makes me want to vomit.

The thing is, these people who can eat anything seem to have something against eating the same thing if less than a week has passed. "OMG I can't have chicken for dinner, I just had that last tuesday!" So when the office (or any group of people) decides to get together and order pizza, all these people request their personal exotic favorite, or at the very least, a "combination with everything".

Say there are 20 people, and it is determined that 10 pizzas can feed them all. So of the 10 pizzas, a couple standard pepperoni and maybe a sausage are ordered, and the other 7 are some combination of ingredients. I don't have a problem with other people ordering what they want.. not by any stretch.. sure, the smell of onions and peppers brings bile up in my throat, but I can live with it.

So what's the rub? Well, the pizza arrives, and EVERYONE grabs a slice of pepperoni or sausage first. WHAT THE HECK!! They ordered some crazy combination of Goat cheese and jalepeno, then take the standby pepperoni! So I get to the table and guess what? My choices are the goat cheese, the onion with extra onion, or the Vegetarian delight. Of course, in the end, that is all that is left, since the one's who insisted there be the huge variety were only really interested in one slice of their personal preference.

The kicker is, if you insist the next time that more of the basic stuff is ordered, YOU are the one who is ridiculed for it!! "AWW I don't want Pizza if all we are getting is pepperoni, I'm not pitching in unless we get one with ostrich egg and dandelions!"

Is it just me, or are these people ordering the exotic stuff so that when they go back for seconds they know it will be something they can eat?

One more question.. who is the more picky eater, someone who can eat anything but only if a week passes since they last had it, or someone who prefers the basic meat and potatoes but can eat the same meat and potatoes every night of the week for a year without complaint?

What really cracks me up is when I take someone to a restaurant.. I find something I really like at a given restaurant and order it every time, since I know what I will get and that I will like it. The person with me can't possibly order the food they had last time even though they liked it, because they HAVE to try something different. They get their food and can't stand it, but I am the one who is a picky eater because I stuck to the same old food I knew I would like.

OK.. I am done ranting.. for now.

[thwart]

OK, this is a pet peeve of mine that I just feel I need a place to rant about.. this forum will do..

I happen to be a picky eater.. I despise some ingredients, and simply can't eat foods prepared with them. Other ingredients I can live with, but don't particularly like. There are people out there who can eat anything - I get that and wish I was like that, but it turns out some things either don't agree with me or taste so vile that even thinking about the flavor makes me want to vomit.

The thing is, these people who can eat anything seem to have something against eating the same thing if less than a week has passed. "OMG I can't have chicken for dinner, I just had that last tuesday!" So when the office (or any group of people) decides to get together and order pizza, all these people request their personal exotic favorite, or at the very least, a "combination with everything".

Say there are 20 people, and it is determined that 10 pizzas can feed them all. So of the 10 pizzas, a couple standard pepperoni and maybe a sausage are ordered, and the other 7 are some combination of ingredients. I don't have a problem with other people ordering what they want.. not by any stretch.. sure, the smell of onions and peppers brings bile up in my throat, but I can live with it.

So what's the rub? Well, the pizza arrives, and EVERYONE grabs a slice of pepperoni or sausage first. WHAT THE HECK!! They ordered some crazy combination of Goat cheese and jalepeno, then take the standby pepperoni! So I get to the table and guess what? My choices are the goat cheese, the onion with extra onion, or the Vegetarian delight. Of course, in the end, that is all that is left, since the one's who insisted there be the huge variety were only really interested in one slice of their personal preference.

The kicker is, if you insist the next time that more of the basic stuff is ordered, YOU are the one who is ridiculed for it!! "AWW I don't want Pizza if all we are getting is pepperoni, I'm not pitching in unless we get one with ostrich egg and dandelions!"

Is it just me, or are these people ordering the exotic stuff so that when they go back for seconds they know it will be something they can eat?

One more question.. who is the more picky eater, someone who can eat anything but only if a week passes since they last had it, or someone who prefers the basic meat and potatoes but can eat the same meat and potatoes every night of the week for a year without complaint?

What really cracks me up is when I take someone to a restaurant.. I find something I really like at a given restaurant and order it every time, since I know what I will get and that I will like it. The person with me can't possibly order the food they had last time even though they liked it, because they HAVE to try something different. They get their food and can't stand it, but I am the one who is a picky eater because I stuck to the same old food I knew I would like.

OK.. I am done ranting.. for now.

My 6 year old son is a very picky eater. I tell my wife that he will eventually grow out of this phase and that we just have to keep trying to introduce new foods. Now I am worried that he will never eat goat cheese and ostrich pizza!

[Twitchster]

The everybody "pitch in" method is usually started by someone who did not bring enough money for food that day...

Don't pitch in and get your own meal.

Picky eater problem solved.

[Eladiun]

I am by no means a picky eater and I can eat the same thing every day for a year but I agree on the pizza thing. So many people feel it necessary to violate the core principle of pizza by getting fruit and other **** on it. 10 pizza's here is the order. 2 cheese, 2 pepperoni, 1 sausage, 1 meat lovers, 1 pepperoni mushroom, 1 meatball, 1 vegetarian (for those people) and 1 other. That's it..no deviation allowed. Play Iron Chef pizza edition on your own time.

[Angar]

I am by no means a picky eater and I can eat the same thing every day for a year but I agree on the pizza thing. So many people feel it necessary to violate the core principle of pizza by getting fruit and other **** on it. 10 pizza's here is the order. 2 cheese, 2 pepperoni, 1 sausage, 1 meat lovers, 1 pepperoni mushroom, 1 meatball, 1 vegetarian (for those people) and 1 other. That's it..no deviation allowed. Play Iron Chef pizza edition on your own time.

I only wish.. of the 3 places I have worked in the last 25 years, I can maybe remember 3 times when pizza was ordered for a group and there wasn't half some combination with lots of veggies or fish.

My usual solution is to be the first to grab food when it arrives, get what I want in excess, and if I get full, put a couple pieces back when everyone is at their desk nursing their swollen bellies.. Still irritates the hell outta me..

[Pardish]

[Sirea]

My last job I worked in a warehouse where I was 1 of 3 females on the entire shift of 40 or so people. So when we had our pizza parties I'd insist on 1 veggie pizza among all the more "manly" meat-lover's pizzas. At least then I was pretty much guaranteed to have my own pizza almost all to myself

[Mockduck]

I hear ya, OP. As some folks know, I'm a vegetarian, so whenever the "hey lets all get pizza" happens, folks will be like "Jerry's a veggie, so let's make sure we get a cheese pizza on top of our ten pepperoni pizzas." Guess which pizza everyone grabs for as soon as it arrives! If you all wanted cheese, why didn't you just order a bunch of 'em?

That's why I think people should just order cheese pizzas and bring their own toppings...

[sacredtheory]

I am by no means a picky eater and I can eat the same thing every day for a year but I agree on the pizza thing. So many people feel it necessary to violate the core principle of pizza by getting fruit and other **** on it. 10 pizza's here is the order. 2 cheese, 2 pepperoni, 1 sausage, 1 meat lovers, 1 pepperoni mushroom, 1 meatball, 1 vegetarian (for those people) and 1 other. That's it..no deviation allowed. Play Iron Chef pizza edition on your own time.

I'm sorry, but pineapple and ham pizza is uber...seriously.

[thwart]

I'm sorry, but pineapple and ham pizza is uber...seriously.

You are right, it is uber ... but only after eating 4 or 5 slices of the one cheese pizza.

[Eladiun]

I'm sorry, but pineapple and ham pizza is uber...seriously.

I know the Hawaiian has a devoted following so does Michael Bolton or GWAR doesn't mean it belongs in the office.

[Angar]

My 6 year old son is a very picky eater. I tell my wife that he will eventually grow out of this phase and that we just have to keep trying to introduce new foods. Now I am worried that he will never eat goat cheese and ostrich pizza!

Having been in that situation, keep a couple things in mind:
1) Tastes change as you grow, and some tastes are "acquired". Sometimes what adults think is heaven are awful to a kid.
2) Texture is just as important to some people as flavor.. It took me years to be able to have celery or pickles chopped up in my tunafish salad.. The crunchy in the otherwise smooth salad made me think I just chewed up a bug that crawled into the food when nobody noticed.
3) Things that smell odd, look odd, or sound odd are assumed to taste odd to a kid (and many adults). These are the things you can get a kid past by forcing him/her to try.
4) Some people just taste things differently than others, and if their sense of taste and smell are sensitive, there are foods that will not only be unliked, but can actually make them sick or naseaous.

For me, the smell and taste of green peppers gives me an instant headache. The smell of onion is unpleasant, and the taste can make me vomit. Most vegtables taste way too much like chewing on noxious weeds to me as well. Because of this, my parents attempts to diversify my eating habits tended to result in physical illnesses. I only wish I could go anywhere and eat anything. If anything, it makes travel, particularly out of the country, an unpleasant experience for me.

As a parent, I know it is a fine line between what my children can eat and what they choose not to eat. One of my daughters turned out to be allergic to apples and wheat. Try to find a food out there that doesn't contain one or the other.. Thankfully she grew out of it. What I found was that my children eventually saw that my wife liked a lot of foods they would never usually try, and as they got older they would give it a shot. My 17 year old son now puts jalepenos on about everything, and my youngest daughter (11) would eat clam chowder for every meal if allowed to. The hardest thing these days is getting them to eat the food that is prepared for them, even if they aren't in the mood for that particular food. The rule in my house is that if you don't like what is cooked for you, you can skip that meal. For kids, skipping a meal is tantamount to starvation, so they usually (if not reluctantly) eat what they are served. Me, on the other hand, live by my rules, and choose to skip a lot of dinners. The good thing is, I can afford to sneak out and grab a burger or something if I am really hungry.

[Angar]

I know the Hawaiian has a devoted following so does Michael Bolton or GWAR doesn't mean it belongs in the office.

LoL.. +1 for that..

The irony is I was left with hawaiian or "onion with extra onion" when I wrote this, so that's what I was eating.. I can stand it, but there is something wrong with fruit on a pizza.

Kind of like lettuce, tomato, onion, etc on a burger.. if I want a salad, I will get it in a bowl and put some dressing on it.. I don't need it on my burger. People look at me funny when I order a burger "without the salad".

[Angar]

I don't get it.. is that a cookbook in her hands? Or are you calling me a girl?

[sacredtheory]

LoL.. +1 for that..

The irony is I was left with hawaiian or "onion with extra onion" when I wrote this, so that's what I was eating.. I can stand it, but there is something wrong with fruit on a pizza.

Kind of like lettuce, tomato, onion, etc on a burger.. if I want a salad, I will get it in a bowl and put some dressing on it.. I don't need it on my burger. People look at me funny when I order a burger "without the salad".

I see. So what you're saying is you don't like onions with your liver? ;-)

[tango44]

I know the Hawaiian has a devoted following so does Michael Bolton or GWAR doesn't mean it belongs in the office.

Dude. +1 for putting Micheal Bolton and GWAR in the same sentence.

[Pardish]

I don't get it.. is that a cookbook in her hands? Or are you calling me a girl?

I wasn't calling you anything.

When I read your op I couldn't quit thinking about the office and your post looked like it could be written by her character. So I posted a pic.

/shrug

[thwart]

Having been in that situation, keep a couple things in mind:
1) Tastes change as you grow, and some tastes are "acquired". Sometimes what adults think is heaven are awful to a kid.
2) Texture is just as important to some people as flavor.. It took me years to be able to have celery or pickles chopped up in my tunafish salad.. The crunchy in the otherwise smooth salad made me think I just chewed up a bug that crawled into the food when nobody noticed.
3) Things that smell odd, look odd, or sound odd are assumed to taste odd to a kid (and many adults). These are the things you can get a kid past by forcing him/her to try.
4) Some people just taste things differently than others, and if their sense of taste and smell are sensitive, there are foods that will not only be unliked, but can actually make them sick or naseaous.

For me, the smell and taste of green peppers gives me an instant headache. The smell of onion is unpleasant, and the taste can make me vomit. Most vegtables taste way too much like chewing on noxious weeds to me as well. Because of this, my parents attempts to diversify my eating habits tended to result in physical illnesses. I only wish I could go anywhere and eat anything. If anything, it makes travel, particularly out of the country, an unpleasant experience for me.

As a parent, I know it is a fine line between what my children can eat and what they choose not to eat. One of my daughters turned out to be allergic to apples and wheat. Try to find a food out there that doesn't contain one or the other.. Thankfully she grew out of it. What I found was that my children eventually saw that my wife liked a lot of foods they would never usually try, and as they got older they would give it a shot. My 17 year old son now puts jalepenos on about everything, and my youngest daughter (11) would eat clam chowder for every meal if allowed to. The hardest thing these days is getting them to eat the food that is prepared for them, even if they aren't in the mood for that particular food. The rule in my house is that if you don't like what is cooked for you, you can skip that meal. For kids, skipping a meal is tantamount to starvation, so they usually (if not reluctantly) eat what they are served. Me, on the other hand, live by my rules, and choose to skip a lot of dinners. The good thing is, I can afford to sneak out and grab a burger or something if I am really hungry.

You are all right in my book Angar. I would have the same rule in my house but my wife can't stand to make him skip a meal so she will make him something else if he doesn't like dinner. Now, if I served candy for dinner he wouldn't like it. Anyway ... I enjoyed your post and the next time I order pizza at a social function, I will try to be more considerate.

[Poe76]

Fyre enough with the pizza picky eater thing, back to the shroud with you!

[moomooprincess]

If I frequent that restaurant a lot, a rarity, I do that until I have tried most of it.

One exception, I love Olive Garden. But I only order salad and bread sticks, EVERY time. I discovered that I almost always took the dinner home, hardly touched because I ate too much salad and too many bread sticks.