Pathological Fear of Cafeterias
I hate cafeterias and large, public eating spaces, particularly at work. They remind me of high school and the social implications that arise if you aren't eating with someone. The stress! Agony! No friends!? The possibility that I have no redeeming qualities worthy of just one human who can stand my company for the brief time it takes to shove one's salami sandwich down one's throat?
My new place of work has cafeterias.
I'm not looking for someone to rationalize my apprehensions because I know that if I am a new employee I can't expect to have a full social circle upon arrival. Nor would I want to. I value my privacy.
Just wanted to throw that out there.
posted by Honey Hair at
10:14 PM
6 Comments:
I hear they have tots everyday in the Borg Cafeteria! Working for a big fatty company is exactly like high school if you ask me. You've got your nerds, jocks, stoners etc. Those people who picked on you back in the day are now your boss. Ha ha. And everyone is in a clique whether they admit it or not. I say, have fun with it. You've got a clean palette - or better yet, a blank canvas to play with. That's what the last few years in Seattle have been for me - good clean fun. Embody your philosophies, it's liberatin'.
-The Big O
5/19/2005 9:08 AM
damn are you a good lunchdate.
5/19/2005 10:15 AM
I hate using trays I always spill them so I understand your dislike!! :)
~JMK
5/19/2005 11:47 AM
You should get over your fear once you realize the food is subsidized - not free like Google, but you know, a little cheaper.
After the blush of cheap food passes you'll be overcome with apathy for any dishes the catering chooses to serve and experience crushing boredom. Sadly, in my case this never resulted in me actually going off campus and getting something more interesting. But I didn't have a car, you do :-)
On second thought, what interesting food is around MSFT? Red Robin? Desert Fire? Claim Jumper? Bento Box? Crossroads? I'll just have a great sandwich for $3.25.
5/19/2005 5:07 PM
Are you going to finish your tots?
5/20/2005 8:48 AM
I was DELIGHTED to read your entry on the fear of cafeterias!!!! I AM SO THERE. I have never actually talked to another person who understood me and my fear of cafeterias. Starting in Jr High, I have never been able to eat lunch alone. The fear of everyone looking at me, thinking who is that loser all alone!?! I can tell you this, people just don't understand this fear. Yes, you can leave the cafeteria and go somewhere else, but here is the thing - you are still alone and people are still looking at you. I just cannot have that. The best thing that happened to me was having a baby. Now I always have a dining date and don't have to be alone. Trouble is that I can't take him to work with me. Not to make you feel worse, but even at 35 I don't like cafeterias,...but we can't all be perfect now can we?
6/02/2005 1:16 PM
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