Writes Jonathan in the UK: “Nick, bless him, diligently cleans the office microwave when he’s at work every Sunday morning. By Monday, the smell of bleach has usually gone. However, I think the latest soup splattering may have pushed him over the edge.”
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79 responses so far ↓
#1
GA Peach
Team Nick, for sure! There is nothing more disgusting than a dirty communal microwave.
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:21 pm rating: 90
#2
Tammy
Yeah, have to side with Nick on this one..
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:22 pm rating: 90
#3
Rachel
Nick’s right, but one does have to wonder if he didn’t have too much soup himself considering the way his own bloodpressure seems to be rating.
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:29 pm rating: 90
#4
Claire
Nick is right about the messy microwave, but I’m not sure he’s right about soup. Surely there’s only so much salt in soup as you put in it (if you make your own)? Don’t take it out on the soup, Nick.
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:43 pm rating: 90
#5
Deanna
We had the same issue at our office. The solution was far more direct with a note on the microwave that now reads: “Cover your food or DO NOT USE”. It sounds PA, but it wasn’t, given that the woman who put up the sign sent out an e-mail to our small unit (about 20 people) to let us all know she did it. It’s actually worked, too!
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:51 pm rating: 90
#6
Jenn50
I’m SO torn! On the one hand, I’m totally Team “Clean up your own mess”, but on the other hand, I’m definitely Team “You have no idea how much salt is in my soup, and relatively few cases of hypertension are caused by dietary sodium, so STFU about my food choices”.
Feb 11, 2013 at 2:03 pm rating: 90
#7
Who passed out the Haterade?
Team Nick all the way. We had an @55hole named Brandon at my workplace who would routinely reheat something red and greasy uncovered, and it was ~not~ fun trying to get it off the ceiling, floor, and every wall of the microwave every couple of weeks. (I never used it myself, but I was the only one who would actually clean the microwave when it was my turn to clean the kitchen.)
Feb 11, 2013 at 2:17 pm rating: 90
#8
PA Noter
The microwave being filthy is a huge issue in our office, as well as the toaster oven and all other areas of the shared kitchen. However, one incident put it all in perspective.
One day, a coworker set fire-yes, fire- to her microwavable Kraft Easy Mac because she forgot to put water in the cup and set it for 3 minutes!
We work at an office that shares building space with one of our city’s Fire Stations. Needless to say when the fire alarm went off and the office filled with choking smoke and the firemen came running out to save us from their end of the building, that was some funny $hit! She was mortified.
The microwave still works , permanently smells like smoke while still being filthy 99% of the time.
Feb 11, 2013 at 2:22 pm rating: 90
#9
michelle
maybe he should’ve included “put a napkin or lid over your soup while it cooks” in his note — i’m 90% team nick
Feb 11, 2013 at 2:31 pm rating: 90
#10
Tesselara
My brain stopped at “The act of a fool” and spent several delicious minutes picturing a soup eater with bells on their hat capering about the kitchen. (In which case, it’s amazing the mess was kept to the microwave).
Feb 11, 2013 at 2:34 pm rating: 90
#11
Jolly
Well, yeah, I’m not sure what kind of person isn’t covering their soup when they reheat it in a shared space. I mean, It is pretty easy to keep from having your soup splash everywhere, if you put even a split second of thought into it.
But then he makes himself sound like a bigger moron by trying to sound like a nutrition authority, and just making him seem completely clueless.
Maybe everyone at this office just sucks in their own special way.
Feb 11, 2013 at 2:39 pm rating: 90
#12
pooham
C’mon you fool! Get a clue and start using the microwave to heat up that healthy fish!
Feb 11, 2013 at 3:41 pm rating: 90
#13
Trekkie Gal
Salt does not give you high blood pressure. Yes, it can aggravate your high blood pressure if you already have it, but salt doesn’t cause it!
That being said, the soup eater needs to have some uncommon courtesy (it’s not common enough to be called common courtesy).
Feb 11, 2013 at 3:50 pm rating: 90
#14
RedDelicious
Drinking soup? That’s the way to do it. Saves time from spooning it into your mouth. I say fuck you retards who sit on your high horses and look down on people who just want to enjoy some fucking soup. Courtesy? Sure it should be common. But leave food choices out of it. If it’s fish or popcorn yeah sure, have a yell. But soup? Stfu already.
Feb 11, 2013 at 3:59 pm rating: 90
#15
Batman
But that soup was fucking delicious.
Feb 11, 2013 at 4:06 pm rating: 90
#16
greg house md
I have to agree about cleaning up the microwave. I once worked with a woman who cooked a half a pound of bacon on the regular in the office microwave. Not only would she leave the nasty greasy paper plate in there, the walls, ceiling and the inside of the door would be coated with grease. I like bacon too, but c’mon, your mother doesn’t work here! My issue is the soup- it’s none of your business what I eat, if I want to eat a whole salt shaker, that’s my problem not yours…
Feb 11, 2013 at 4:10 pm rating: 90
#17
Joe Blow
Perhaps his office mates are attempting to drink *chunky* soup, in which case it may actually qualify as the act of a fool..
Feb 11, 2013 at 4:32 pm rating: 90
#18
Yeah, well
If you leave your mess where I can see it (and have to clean it), I reserve the right to comment on your food choices. Don’t want me commenting? Leave no evidence.
Feb 11, 2013 at 5:03 pm rating: 90
#19
kermit
This just goes to show that no good deed goes unpunished.
Nick, why do you do this to yourself, man? Stahp!
Feb 11, 2013 at 6:04 pm rating: 90
#20
Jaid
Socks.
Hand over heart, I caught someone nuking her wet socks at work. Totally not the same as laying ‘em on a radiator, yo…not that we had radiators at work.
And one time, I had to use a fire extinguisher on a foil wrapped sandwich someone set in the microwave while dashing off to the restroom.
Sigh.
Feb 11, 2013 at 6:07 pm rating: 90
#21
Ely North
Nick was so mad he couldn’t even tear the tape off the dispenser properly.
Feb 11, 2013 at 9:31 pm rating: 90
#22
Jami
Bleach? Nick, darling, have you learned nothing from PAN or at least good old Kim and Aggie? White vinegar and lemons, my friend. Or if you’re one of those who don’t like the smell of hot vinegar, then wimp out with lemons and boiling water.
But I’m still on your side, dude.
Edit: I bet Rufus Sewell covers his soup before he microwaves it!
Feb 11, 2013 at 10:11 pm rating: 90
#23
bob loblaw
What? No complaints about leaving time on the clock?
On an unrelated point, what the hell is Nick doing in the office on a Sunday? Like the company gives a crap if you work yourself into an early grave. Sheesh.
Feb 12, 2013 at 8:11 am rating: 90
#24
Karen C
What the world needs is a microwave oven that cleans itself after each use. Get to it, inventors!
Feb 12, 2013 at 8:57 am rating: 90
#25
Nope
Anything with liquid in it/liquid-based is likely to splash when microwaved. Thus it should be covered. I thought this was common sense? Same thing with greasy foods (i.e. bacon). Of course if your workplace doesn’t provide covering then I figure it’s their own fault. We shouldn’t have to provide our own paper towels. Personally, I clean my microwave at home when I feel like it. No one uses it but me, so it doesn’t bother me and plus it doesn’t get used anywhere near as often as the one at my job. That one stays surprisingly clean believe it or not. Not sure if someone is periodically cleaning it or we’re just lucky, but as long as I don’t get fish smell, burnt popcorn, or the like on my food, I’m good.
Feb 12, 2013 at 11:12 am rating: 90
#26
bob loblaw
How is Nick so sure that what is spewed around the microwave is soup?
Feb 12, 2013 at 12:20 pm rating: 90
#27
Adriana
Salt doesn’t cause high blood pressure. In fact, salt helps regulate blood pressure. Maybe this guy needs more salt in his diet.
Feb 12, 2013 at 3:22 pm rating: 90
#28
Little Brother
Microwave abuse is as inexcusable as it is universal, especially in workplaces ostensibly populated by rational adults.
There’s always at least one person per workplace who chronically incinerates microwave popcorn.
The last offender I worked with did this about once a week; she would rush back to the microwave way too late, LOUDLY fuss and apologize for creating the acrid stink and mess, and ALWAYS compound the felony by spraying at least half a can of cheap “air freshener” in various strong artificial scents.
She considered this “damage control”, although she was the only person who held this view.
Burned-popcorn reek alone is enough to gag victims, but the intense miasma of popcorn smoke mixed with chemically-based pine, lemon, or strawberry scent is as bad as tear gas.
However, too bad Nick compromised his righteous wrath by digressing into irrelevant nutritional cavils.
He reminds me of someone else I used to work with– a nice woman, but also prone to preach nutritional gospel.
A deli near our office opened a great soup bar. So once, when this woman was wondering out loud what she should have for her “light lunch”, I suggested she try the deli soup and maybe a salad.
She was polite but horrified at this suggestion, and promptly favored me with an analysis of the numerous toxic elements in soup– salt, fat, possibly MSG, etc., etc., etc.
From her perspective, I might as well have suggested that she drink down a beaker of hydrochloric acid.
Feb 12, 2013 at 3:39 pm rating: 90
#29
Joe Blow
I would like to see what it is that has apparently everyone in this thread so convinced that there’s absolutely no link between sodium and high blood pressure..
Feb 14, 2013 at 9:37 am rating: 90
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