“There has always been candy on the secretary’s desk at work,” writes Dennis in Louisiana, “but “someone recently moved in to the office who does not need to be eating any candy. I think the message here is pretty clear.”
related: This is a candy-optional office
196 responses so far ↓
#1
Kimberly
Shaming people absolutely helps.
Aug 8, 2013 at 2:19 pm rating: 152
#2
My name is Princess!
Soooo… Someone is having problems counting?
Aug 8, 2013 at 2:25 pm rating: 3
#3
Andrea
That’s not only rude, it could be considered a ‘hostile working environment’.
Aug 8, 2013 at 2:28 pm rating: 119
#4
Fireseeker
Yes, the office does not need to be eating any candy.
Aug 8, 2013 at 2:43 pm rating: 14
#5
Suzanne
Ummm…
Remove the jar?
Just a thought.
Aug 8, 2013 at 2:44 pm rating: 14
#6
SIMA
Wondering what is the related between this post and PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE please.
Aug 8, 2013 at 3:03 pm rating: 0
#7
FatMan
This is to check if you’re tall enough to reach the jar. What are you people thinking?
Aug 8, 2013 at 3:34 pm rating: 58
#8
Jami
As a fat woman myself, Dennis, I’m going to say this and you may print it out and post it for all your coworkers to read.
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!
First off, not everyone is fat just because they over eat. Medications, thyroid conditions, Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome, and allergies all contribute to weight gain and inability to take it off.
Because people judge us fatties solely on our looks we get bullied – such as above with IS bullying – which causes many of us to turn to food.
Some of us, like myself, are also victims of sexual assault. And while we know in our heads that even fat women get raped, there’s still a part of us that thinks if we’re fat enough it won’t happen again. Shows like Law & Order: SVU don’t help because even the schizophrenic homeless rape victims on that show could model for Victoria’s Secret.
As long as a person isn’t abusing drugs, drinking to excess, or smoking it’s really none of your business when it comes to what they put into their bodies.
People try to tell me that being fat and smoking are the same thing but it’s really not.
1: People choose to start smoking. Not everyone has a choice in being fat.
2: Smoking not only hurts the smoker, but it hurts those breathing in 2nd and 3rd hand smoke. Making smoking not only slow suicide, but slow mass murder as well. Whereas being fat only hurts me – unless I trip and fall on a Smurf. There’s no such thing as 2nd hand fat.
In conclusion – the bullying bigot who put that measuring tape there needs to get on their knees and beg their victim for forgiveness. And you should also be ashamed of yourself for how you worded this submission, Dennis. If they want to eat five pounds of candy a day, it’s none of your business. It’s their body, not your’s! SO SHUT UP!
And I can say that this sort of bullying is just going to make them eat MORE, not less.
Aug 8, 2013 at 3:49 pm rating: 114
#9
ClearlyDemented
Wow, is this office in a high school girls’ locker room? No one NEEDS nutritionally-vapid candy, except for the insulin-dependant diabetic from time to time. Perhaps if you had to sign a form saying how much exercise you had done that day, I could be okay with this, but why should the higher metabolists get to pick on the lower? This isn’t much better than writing something racist or homophobic on a locker, also something done in high schools.
Aug 8, 2013 at 4:23 pm rating: 33
#10
Sarah
I don’t think the person who put out the candy jar put the tape measure there. It seems to be to shame the generous candy-sharer.
Also, I just almost typed rape measure.
Aug 8, 2013 at 4:30 pm rating: 18
#11
H for Toy
Perhaps the person who moved into the office that “doesn’t need candy” is someone missing most of their teeth, or a diabetic, or a hyperactive 6-year-old boy who had been grounded from sweets by his mother. Let’s not jump to any conclusions.
Aug 8, 2013 at 6:37 pm rating: 23
#12
Sara
What an asshole. I sit at a front desk and when I have candy out (Halloween and Christmas) I don’t monitor who takes it, or even how much. I do keep candy in my desk for myself the rest of the year, as I have blood sugar issues and sometimes I just want some fucking M&Ms, and I will share if someone wants some, or just looks like a piece of candy will make them happier.
Aug 8, 2013 at 6:40 pm rating: 29
#13
GeekRyuu
Hey! Free tape measure! Thanks! I forgot to put mine in my knitting bag this morning!
And candy too? Yum!
Aug 8, 2013 at 6:52 pm rating: 97
#14
Raichu
What a complete asshole move. Wow.
If you don’t want candy, don’t eat any, and shame on you, anonymous-tape-measure-person.
Aug 8, 2013 at 8:32 pm rating: 22
#15
AnimusFuriae
All assholery aside, I don’t believe that the tape stayed on the jar for much longer than was required to take the picture.
Aug 8, 2013 at 8:55 pm rating: 8
#16
Madrias
I propose finding out who put it there and whipping them with said measuring tape.
Aug 8, 2013 at 10:29 pm rating: 9
#17
Meems
Why is she bullying me for drinking to excess…lying in a pool of my own vomit that I clean up myself hurts no one…
Get down on your knees and beg my forgiveness
Ha ha ha ha the self righteously enraged are so funny. So is this site, have loved it for years.
Gonna go and let a fat cat play outside with a tape measure now hahahaha
Aug 8, 2013 at 11:57 pm rating: 8
#18
Gladystopia
I once had a total stranger–a sweet-little-old-lady type–walk up to me as I waited to pick up my order at a fast-food place and inform me that I was not “allowed” to eat there, because clearly I hadn’t exercised enough.
I said “Pardon me?”
She repeated herself. “You aren’t allowed to eat here,” she said. “You’re too big.”
“That’s unfortunate,” I told her, moving toward the counter. I noticed only one person paying any attention; he was kind of tree-hugger/biker looking, and he was giving this old bat the stink-eye. Otherwise, everyone was involved in their own conversations.
“Yes, it is,” she replied. “For you. For your health, and for…”
I took my bag from the counter-person and walked out of the restaurant, ignoring her. But once again, a rude old hag with the mistaken belief that her opinion was important, helpful, necessary, or relevant had disrupted my night. Not because anything I was doing was endangering her, but because I offended her eyes and her idea of what a “normal” person SHOULD look like.
My rule, developed to deal with this sort of thing: Unless you are personally related to someone–and I mean blood-related, nothing further down the family tree than sibling or maybe grandparent–you have AB.SO.LUTE.LY. NO. RIGHT. WHAT.SO.FUCKING.EV.ER to make derogatory comments about their personal appearance. The only POSSIBLE exception to this rule would be something like “Excuse me, dear, but I can’t help but notice that your clothing is on fire.” Or maybe “I don’t believe you’re aware that someone has apparently chopped your arm off at the shoulder, and you are in imminent danger of bleeding to death.” That’s about it.
I am still researching, as I have not yet found sufficient ways in which to say “fuck you” to this woman, and others of her ilk. I welcome all suggestions.
Aug 9, 2013 at 12:11 am rating: 63
#19
uncaring
We have a candy jar where I work too. Sometimes I mix thumb tacks in it.
It’s a lot more effective, and amusing.
Aug 9, 2013 at 1:32 am rating: 37
#20
shwo!
If only it had been a jar of condoms.
Aug 9, 2013 at 10:28 am rating: 15
#21
redheadwglasses
I quit helping myself to community candy when the office candy dish was full of m&ms, and there was a spoon in the bowl for putting them into your hand, and the #3 guy at the company was seen walking down the hallway picking his nose, then heading straight to the candy dish and stuck booger finger there.
Never. Again. I’ll bring my own candy to eat.
Aug 9, 2013 at 12:20 pm rating: 17
#22
Crystal
As the one who furnishes the office candy (and doesn’t eat it) I could use a nice passive aggressive move like this. Those people eat a LOT of candy and it gets expensive.
I’ll bet everyone would think it’s directed at me, since I’m the roundest one in the office.
Aug 9, 2013 at 12:37 pm rating: 4
#23
Old North State
World Health Organization published a study that found NO ill health effacts from second-hand smoke. NONE! Smokers should have fought back decades ago when the ninnies and nannies started bellyaching about breathing tiny amounts of tabacco smoke. People should be free to smoke in buses, cabs, trains, and planes. An ashtray should be standard equipment in all waiting rooms , on every desk, and on break room tables.
Watch an old movie from the 39s or 40s-the great majority of folks puffing away and looking cool doing it! Got a match?
Aug 9, 2013 at 7:59 pm rating: 4
#24
Porridge
3 reasons for getting rid of the jar:
1) Countless documentaries show that people who are overweight simply need to eat less and do more exercise.
2) If, as one poster says, fat is also due to thyroid issues or whatever, how is eating candy all day going to help?
3) Sadly we live in a society where prejudice is rife. Not right by any means, but a fat person with a candy jar is probably not going to evoke much sympathy.
Aug 10, 2013 at 5:56 am rating: 3
#25
Susan
I guess from reading the comments that I am the only one that thought that the owner of the candy dish put the tape measure there to discourage *herself* from eating the candy. Still being nice to keep the candy there for the rest of the office, but helping herself to not eat it.
Aug 10, 2013 at 12:00 pm rating: 3
#26
Paula K
A friend wants to get these sugar free gummy bears from Amazon.com. They are made with sugar alcohol, which-from the comments, is right up there with Olestra in causing intestinal distress. She would just leave them out & let her despised coworker eat them all he wants. Talk about passive aggressive!
Aug 12, 2013 at 11:36 am rating: 2
#27
Neeners
Aren’t we ALL just a bunch of bullies on here? Why else would we be posting? I’m going back to my self-absorbed holier than thou life now. Good nite.
Aug 12, 2013 at 11:12 pm rating: 2
#28
Nahhh
THIS.
IS.
SSSSSSSSSARCASM!!!!!
Aug 13, 2013 at 12:13 am rating: 1
#29
wait..what?
Melissa needs to eat a damn snickers. Might improve her mood.
I thought the picture was hilarious..It is something I would totally do if fatty mcfat was scarfing down all of the free candy.
Aug 13, 2013 at 5:25 pm rating: 0
#30
warns
So sad someone in that office is so insecure they need to shame a coworker over some fun sized candy. Unless you’re that person’s parent, you’ve got no right to decide what anyone should or should not be eating.
Aug 13, 2013 at 5:52 pm rating: 7
#31
CB
Candy jar lady or tape measure person is rude. If you bring food in to share with the office then you share with the office; you do not take it upon yourself to try and control the intake of the office staff by any means. They are grown ups who are reponsible for their own decisions. If someone in the office cannot bare to share food with an overweight person then the course of action should be to remove the candy jar. Unlike some other addictions; a person who is addicted to food cannot just stop eating and still live. Would you ever presume to tell an alcoholic to “just have one beer” instead of 10? A heroin addict to just take one hit a day? No, because we recognize that conquering addiction involves behavior modification and, generally speaking, the total avoidance of that substance to which one is addicted. It is not possible to avoid eating all food and thus conquer one’s obesity. If a person is truly a food addict (and not all fat people are) then imagine how hard it is to learn to modify your behavior when you must continue eating food to survive. A big challenge indeed.
Aug 19, 2013 at 11:44 am rating: 5
#32
dont care
LMAO
Aug 31, 2013 at 8:58 pm rating: 0
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