I know right?? In my office, we bicker and push each other’s buttons like siblings all the time! Someone with an issue that stupid would never live it down. The second someone heard “sexy potatoes” that would become a running gag for months. Like she’d find potato people dressed and posed as strippers on her desk at least once a week…as gifts from other Christians in the office and someone would be playing Funk.
My mom once insisted that the young woman living next door to us must be a prostitute because "people keep coming over." I reminded her that people do have friends. I don't know why she never thought of that!
Story 2: "Eating too suggestively" is such a dumb complaint in this situation. Not to mention that Karen treating the whole thing like a personal attack. Look the peck away, what's your excuse? Not to mention that Karen was being racist and basically trying to bully everyone into following her demands. She might as well work somewhere else at this point
I guess the self-appointed potato style eating police would have had a problem with OP eating those long, thick-cut crinkled French fries which one normal holds by one end as one takes bites from the opposite end.
I would also like to see how she deals with the all-American lunch dish, the hot dog. I could see the whole office picnic degenerating (in her eyes) into an orgy.
One of the best meals I ever ate was at an Indian coworker's home. Her mother was in town and had made a huge pot of some kind of lentil stew for that night. I hope to have that again someday. But it was years ago and we're no longer in touch...
I ate a potato that way before, granted I was in the woods and forgot a fork, but It's no different in my opinion, well other than not having to wash a fork
When I eat plain baked potatoes, I eat them way as well. I would have told the owner, after Karen stormed me in the parking lot, get rid of her NOW, or you'll be talking to my lawyer. I'm Asian & I'm LGBTQ+. How do you think that is going to shake out in a court of law?
Karen's getting a little hot around the collar thinking about all those scandalous root vegetables being lovingly devoured. She must think the Farmer's Almanac is a sinful digest of homegrown smut.
Potatoes shaped like cucumbers, perhaps. Long and thin enough to put in your mouth. The sort that Linda Lovelace might eat as a snack. 🤣 You have to have them in America, because OP regularly buys and cooks the things, and apparently eats the things a la Lovelace.
My second thought, after simply firing her, was to have her work at home. Sooner or later, there'll be a lawsuit against the company. Get rid of this liability! 🤨
Story 1- I'm not into guns. With that said, I totally agree with op and her family. That crazy person was very fortunate that op and her fam had such restraint. I also think her landlord was waiting for a reasonable and usable way to get rid of her
Story 2 - Another story where a boss tries to help a family member by getting them a job and it nearly turns into a lawsuit. If OP was eating their food loudly, eating with their mouth open, or even making loud noises like slurping and belching and wiping her mouth loudly then I can understand why Karen would complain but the way OP was describing how Karen was targeting them for eating potatoes was just stupid.
@@lancerevell5979 I agree. I understand wanting to help a struggling family member out but if that same family member has a history of causing trouble in their work place multiple times… I’m saying Hell No!
Story 1: Geez, that is such a bizarre series of olympic leaps of logic mixed with racism. As a result, Karen believes that the house is owned by black criminals and were out to get her. At least she is out of the picture
I'd have paid money to see Karen's face when seeing all those handguns pointed at her! This could have happened in Texas, or here in Florida. We take personal defense seriously! 😎👍
I live in Missouri you should never and I mean never bum rush strangers you might just be lookin down a barrel of a gun we a bunch of hunters that live away from the citiys
IIUC, she was in jail. If she's super lucky, maybe she'll meet some people in there who'll help her understand the difference between a brothel and a college rental.
The odds are if she had been fired upon she would have found herself in the body bag heading for a pine box! I am from Missouri and we spend a lot of time at the range hitting the targets.
I was living in my first apartment during college at OU in Norman, Oklahoma. It was across the street from an older but well-kept neighborhood with mostly older residents. The woman in the house directly across from my quadruplex liked to spend a lot of time outdoors gardening or sitting on her porch, so she was often outside when my boyfriend or my uncle would pick me up to spend the night or a weekend. After about six months, my uncle pulled up to pick me up to go visit relatives for the weekend and as I approached his car with a suitcase, the old lady yelled out from her porch, “I know what you are! You are NOT a nice girl!” I was so stunned, I just got into the car and told my uncle, who cracked up. I later found out that the old woman was the mother of a professor in my major department and when I relayed the story to her, she laughed her ass off and said, “Yeah, that sounds like my mom. Sorry.” 😂
Story 2, boss should have fired Karen for harassing her coworkers. His response to his wife should have been I agreed to hire her but it should be up to her to keep her job.
As an American (Polish heritage), I also eat potatoes that way on occasion. It is truly easier and faster when you just need food. I think it is no different than a giant potato wedge. However, now I am wondering about "unique" ways to eat them to rile the co-worker.
What the heck are "sexy " potatoes? I love when people say that they are special. I immediately say Yes but education isn't everything LOL. Y'all have a blessed day.
Re: Potatoes. Used to work in an office that had a cafeteria & outside tables available for use in good weather. Coworker would often MAKE mackerel sandwiches at her desk for lunch, stinking up 1/3 office for all her neighbors & everyone who had to walk by the rest of the afternoon. HR talked to her about eating in the appropriate areas & she made a stand of everyone else being able to snack/eat at their desks. Ironically, this was more than 30 years ago & her name was actually Karen. 🙄
Story 2: I grew up in hardcore fundamentalist christianity (atheist now), and "eating in a sexy way" actually came up A LOT!! The girls at the church I was forced to go to were all told to constantly be hyperaware of ourselves so no one would accuse us of "being suggestive" and "bring shame on your family and your church". They'd literally stare at us constantly, watching for anything that could get us in trouble. It felt like they were competing for bonuses for who could catch the most "suggestive" or "bad" behaviour.
“Sexy potato” style is inappropriate… A potato should not be naked… it needs to be dressed up! I would recommend an appropriate outfit of salt, pepper, butter, sour cream, some fresh chives and minced bacon.
In the first story, I honestly think that the Karen is a hysterical woman in the clinical sense. Things amplify and become dramatic in her mind. She is not able to hack it in society anymore.
Last story- OMG! You two fellas should bring her up on sexual harassment! I mean, seriously. She has an issue if she thinks the way you eat a potato is sexually advertising... yeesh... she has a problem...
I've heard the potato-eating story before (but without the update of Karen turning it into a religious war), and I have wondered if Karen has a different kind of relationship with potatoes than the rest of us do...
Unorthodox to whom? Its a cultural thing. People need to stop judging others for being who they are from their respective culture. No- it is NOT unorthodox. Is eating pizza considered unorthodox which is basically the same way as eating a potato.
Ya know, normally I would suggest inviting the lady over for coffee. Maybe she just needs friends to occupy her time. But she sounds like she's one fry shy of a happy meal, and that could have adverse results. Good call.👍
They are lucky. She could have been carrying too and got off a few shots at them. I was always told you should only pull a gun when you were going to use it.
Story 2: We're all missing the point here. There's a huge gap in the market for potato-based lingerie! "Hey! Need somewhere to hold your shirt-potatoes? Look no further than our luxury range of bras. Whether you've got a handful or a sack-full!" Or how about, "Gentleman! Are your eggs over a little TOO easy?" What?!? Am I taking this too far??? 🥔🥔
I had a coworker who's family is Japanese, he taught me how to use the sticks and that Japanese food is way more than sushi. A Venezuelan coworker taught us about their food and now I'm trying food from Asturias, Spain. I always ask people from other places what's good to eat, because talking about food is the best way to start meeting another cultures
2. I have never tried curry... I've heard that it's spicy...? And I just had a disturbing thought.... maybe the Karen thinks of potatoes that way is because she imagines doing other things, in private, with HER longer veggies. Eww.
For those who don't know: Dog whistles are phrases that don't appear racist on the surface, and in fact might even not be racist, but racists like using them as a way to communicate with other racists racist things. Sometimes they even use non-racist facts to "prove" racist points. So long story short, explain how things are dog whistles like OP did, and even explain what a dog whistle is. Guy might not even know.
I can't eat just potatoes. If I microwave a Potato, I need to cut it open, put on some sour cream and chives and maybe some bacon bits. But you do you, man. This reminds me about when Sigmund Freud, who said anything longer than it was wide was a Phallus symbol, was asked about his cigars and he replied "Sometimes a Cigar is just a Cigar." Sometimes, a Potato is just a Potato. Not to mention Pickles, hard boiled eggs, Bananas, burritos, Rice Balls, etc.
Karen from the last story obviously thought that because her cousin was married to the boss she could get away with her sh*t, and I would’ve said that it was her mind that was in the gutter if she thought OP was eating her potatoes sexually and her watching you eat is very uncomfortable
I had a coworker that complained that I brought a pizza box close to him when I was about to log in on my desktop. He sternly and immediately told me to remove it from anywhere near him. I obviously obliged but I still don't know what the reason was. Many people around this office area were perfectly fine with people bringing in food around him. I just wish I had known what triggered it, and I would happily avoided it. I tried asking him to correct my mistake but he just turned cold; "you should know!"
Story 2; I was listening again to what OP was telling about Karen. About his friend who brought Indian food to work, that sometimes he brought some to share with others. I've never tried Indian food, but if I was in the office and he brought some in to share. I'd try it. And if I liked it, I'd probably ask for the recipe.
The word mind your own business is what Karen needs to understand in both stories. OP has a harassment claim for court against Karen if she continues to harass him if that happens again in the second story as it seems Karen wants to control what people should eat what she wants not what they should eat and it's both bullying and harassment in many ways.
Story 1: At some point I would have accused that Karen of wanting to sleep with everyone in the house since she was so obsessed with "dirty" things happening in there. Because really if you're going to go around accusing like that without proof, you are making the statement that you are projecting something in the eyes of others.
The potato Karen: If I were in OP's shoes, I'd bring tacos. Or is that too sexy for her, too? Even better, curry tacos. A nice fusion of Mexican and Indian food? Yes, please! And I'd eat them in the craziest manner imaginable just to spite Karen. How someone eats their food is nobody's business but that of the person eating it!
When I was much younger I worked a few harvest seasons on a potato farm. A freshly harvested and washed potato was a great snack. I ate them with my hands, and no one had any issues in any way. I hate to have seen Karen's reaction to OP eeting the mini cucumbers or bananas. or carrots.
Eating baked potatoes with out salt, pepper, butter and sour cream may be a crime against your taste buds but it's definitely not sexual harassment. Mind your own business Karen!
TIL According to USDA data, microwaving potatoes is the best way to retain its nutritional value, boiling potatoes causes the most nutrient loss, and frying adds fat and extra calories. None of the cooking methods destroy fiber. Still, potatoes are rich in key nutrients regardless of how they are cooked.
#2 reminds me of a scene from Canadian Bacon, a comedy film a few years ago: a parody of the mashed potato scene from Close Encounters, a woman is trying to build a mashed potato replica of the CN Tower in Toronto, when a black dude walks in. She asks, “what does this look like to you?” He answers, “dunno, never seen a white one that big before.”
Story 1 - OP should get that video and use it for a cease and desist letter warning the Karen that if she continues to spread lies and such about the house then legal action will be taken in the form of litigation.
Last story, PLEASE tell me what the national food dish is in England? Spoiler here. Freaking CURRY. Yes I am an Yank, across the pond they actually accept EVERYONE equally.
Story 1: I was born and grew up in rural Missouri, but moved to Minnesota 45 years ago. I loved Missouri when I was there, but can hardly believe what a whacked out, gun-worshiping place it's become since then. ("Back in my day", a lot of people hunted and farmers had shotguns, etc. to protect livestock, but people didn't tote firearms around every where!) Story 2: I'd never heard of eating potatoes that way, but it sounds interesting (and I don't mean that in in a provocative way).
Currently live in central Missouri. If the town being mentioned in story 1 is the one I think it is, there are definitely way too many guns there. Shootings in town are always mentioned on the news every few days.
The office sexy foods karen is the spiritual twin of our newest county commissioner. She has spent her whole first term (up for re-election g-d help us)creating chaos over the disrespect (read lack of kowtowing) from the multi-term co-commissioners, even suing _them_ for 'creating a hostile work environment."
With the last story, most Christians I know mind their own business at work. Some might complain, but at least they wait to get home to complain to their spouses than drive everyone at work crazy. Beyond that it's usually not an issue they can't learn to live with. And I've known Christians to be friends with non straight people, it's not that uncommon. I swear if you're not going to be friends with people at work, just mind your own business and focus on earning your paycheck and be professional about it
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“If you think, something is dirty, that means you got a dirty mind yourself!”
That is what I would say to Karen in the second story.
I have heard it said, the ones that talk about, are not getting any.
Same as with racism.... "Those who scream loudest are the worst offender!" 😡
Another one,
“Those who think evil of others, do evil themselves!”
All in all, it is a little thing called projection-homophobes are secretly in the closet, etc, etc.
really telling about her issues with "sexy potatoes"
Story 2: That Karen is lucky she doesn’t work at my place as “sexy potatoes” would be a joke that wouldn’t die 😂😂
I want to start a Potato company called "Sexy Potatoes" now.
@@ChaosInfinityProductions
Homie i would buy from that company and any other pototo cook wear they come out with
I know right?? In my office, we bicker and push each other’s buttons like siblings all the time! Someone with an issue that stupid would never live it down. The second someone heard “sexy potatoes” that would become a running gag for months. Like she’d find potato people dressed and posed as strippers on her desk at least once a week…as gifts from other Christians in the office and someone would be playing Funk.
I would bring sausages with me..
🌭😜
@@sarina76667 Or jacket potatoes that have had a selective skinning, leaving them with a bikini and pants, and then placed there.
"Thou shalt not eat potatoes or curries in public, lest ye awaken hidden and disgraceful lust in thy co-workers."
(The Gospel according to Karen)
Damn...I just blew potato chunks all over my desk!
😂😂😂
Welp, since lust is a cardinal sin...
**huffs down potatos and curry like a hungry Saiyan**
@@BlooMonkiMan Lust is indeed a deadly sin, but Karen is also committing it with her overwhelming desire for a western-only workplace.
I'd say the one with the dirty mind is the person that sees it in everything. Not the person that's simply eating.
First story: Brothel? Seriously Karen, you ever heard of renting homes?
You'd think she would have, since it seems she's a renter herself.
My mom once insisted that the young woman living next door to us must be a prostitute because "people keep coming over." I reminded her that people do have friends. I don't know why she never thought of that!
@@hodgeelmwood8677 No offence intended, but she doesn't understand the magic of friendship.
Or people living togheter to cut down on costs.
‘In a college town’ alone told me they were students.
Story 2: "Eating too suggestively" is such a dumb complaint in this situation. Not to mention that Karen treating the whole thing like a personal attack. Look the peck away, what's your excuse?
Not to mention that Karen was being racist and basically trying to bully everyone into following her demands. She might as well work somewhere else at this point
I guess the self-appointed potato style eating police would have had a problem with OP eating those long, thick-cut crinkled French fries which one normal holds by one end as one takes bites from the opposite end.
I would also like to see how she deals with the all-American lunch dish, the hot dog. I could see the whole office picnic degenerating (in her eyes) into an orgy.
@@tinydancer7426 or potato wedges/JoJo's or bananas, or dill pickles or...
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
@@LDuncanKelly Hot dogs or sausages (the bigger the better 🤭).
I hope that OP doesn't eat bananas at work or God forbid an ice cream cone.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I had the same thought! There a LOT one can do with a banana!!!!
A piece of advice I follow: Never look anyone in the eyes while eating a banana 🤣
@stellamcoy
A popsicle trumps a banana.😂
Or a thick, juicy sausage 😂
An Indian work colleague bringing curry to share is legend. Indian food is the best in the world.
I worked with someone from the Philippines and she brought in some of her cuisine and it was amazing! I wish I asked for the recipe
Love me some naan and butter chicken curry.
Right? Kinda really jealous of OP right now. That workplace sounds delicious!
One of the best meals I ever ate was at an Indian coworker's home. Her mother was in town and had made a huge pot of some kind of lentil stew for that night. I hope to have that again someday. But it was years ago and we're no longer in touch...
Want spice in your life? Eat delicious Indian food😋😋😋
Geez, the potato eater: I eat them that way. The coworker has a projection problem
I ate a potato that way before, granted I was in the woods and forgot a fork, but It's no different in my opinion, well other than not having to wash a fork
When I eat plain baked potatoes, I eat them way as well.
I would have told the owner, after Karen stormed me in the parking lot, get rid of her NOW, or you'll be talking to my lawyer. I'm Asian & I'm LGBTQ+. How do you think that is going to shake out in a court of law?
God help those who eat bananas.
I remember a recent story where a male employee called HR and demanded that a female employee (OP) stop eating bananas at work. 'nuff said.
Or cucumbers, or carrots...@@mbyerly9680
Last Story... There surely is a hostile work environment being created in that office, but it's definitely not OP that's creating it.
Pretty sure Karen was just a closeted racist as she not only targeted OP but also the guy and his “Usual Indian food”
I almost lost it several times at the suggestion of "sexy potatoes". Like, wtf are you talking about?!
Karen's getting a little hot around the collar thinking about all those scandalous root vegetables being lovingly devoured. She must think the Farmer's Almanac is a sinful digest of homegrown smut.
For real brother. I live right next door to Idaho which is Famous potatoes. I've never heard of such a thing LOL
Karen was probably on a no-carb diet.
Darn it! I didn’t have “sexy potatoes” on my bingo card…
Potatoes shaped like cucumbers, perhaps. Long and thin enough to put in your mouth.
The sort that Linda Lovelace might eat as a snack. 🤣
You have to have them in America, because OP regularly buys and cooks the things, and apparently eats the things a la Lovelace.
My mother was Japanese, and eating sweet potatoes by hand is, in fact, normal.
Story 2: if this lady is getting all hot and bothered by FOOD, maybe she needs to take long hard look in the mirror and ask herself WHY?!
My second thought, after simply firing her, was to have her work at home. Sooner or later, there'll be a lawsuit against the company. Get rid of this liability! 🤨
She got a very dirty mind lmao
Maybe you should gift wrap an adult toy and put in her locker, sounds like she needs some sort of release, it you know what I mean.
Story 1- I'm not into guns. With that said, I totally agree with op and her family. That crazy person was very fortunate that op and her fam had such restraint.
I also think her landlord was waiting for a reasonable and usable way to get rid of her
Story 2 - Another story where a boss tries to help a family member by getting them a job and it nearly turns into a lawsuit.
If OP was eating their food loudly, eating with their mouth open, or even making loud noises like slurping and belching and wiping her mouth loudly then I can understand why Karen would complain but the way OP was describing how Karen was targeting them for eating potatoes was just stupid.
Boss needs to heavily suggest Karen gets a job elsewhere, "or else." 😒
@@lancerevell5979 I agree. I understand wanting to help a struggling family member out but if that same family member has a history of causing trouble in their work place multiple times… I’m saying Hell No!
@@tmntfangirl4700 This is why nepotism is frowned on.
I never knew potatoes could be eaten in a suggestive manner or that they could be sexy!
Story 2: So Karen was already previously fired, got hired only as a favor, and STILL decided to try and start stuff with her coworkers???
Yeah, sounds like she is not the brightest candle on the cake.
Story 2: OP should've said "Karen, I'm sorry, but I can't help if you're sexually attracted to potatoes."
Ngl those potatoes where I live look pretty fine. 🍌+🥔
The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions.
Story 1: Geez, that is such a bizarre series of olympic leaps of logic mixed with racism. As a result, Karen believes that the house is owned by black criminals and were out to get her.
At least she is out of the picture
The guns drawn reminded me of the donut shop stickup in Robocop 3 LOL
@@anionleader you to? Man those was good movies 😅
I'd have paid money to see Karen's face when seeing all those handguns pointed at her! This could have happened in Texas, or here in Florida. We take personal defense seriously! 😎👍
@@anionleader Or the Bar Scene in "Code of Silence"
I live in Missouri you should never and I mean never bum rush strangers you might just be lookin down a barrel of a gun we a bunch of hunters that live away from the citiys
Maybe Karen in S2 got laid off because she's such a control freak busybody.
We can certainly hope so. 😅
As the scion of a long line of Irish, I have NEVER heard of "sexy" potatoes.
Idk, I'd lose my business in a good way if someone put a heart-shaped bowl of colcannon in front of me
SLÁINTE!!🍻🥃☘️🍀🇨🇮🪙😏😘🤑🤗🫳🏻🥔🥔🥔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I can't stop laughing 😂😂
Today’s lesson: racism is cringe
Racists are also cringe.
East Saint Louis is a war zone though.
racism is still cringe.
*Remedial lesson
And potatoes are sexy.
On the story about the CRAZY karen and claiming being fired upon, she needed jail time.
Or a rubber room and straitjacket
IIUC, she was in jail. If she's super lucky, maybe she'll meet some people in there who'll help her understand the difference between a brothel and a college rental.
@@larrywest42 Her cellmate, Mistress Bertha, will teach her manners. 😅
The odds are if she had been fired upon she would have found herself in the body bag heading for a pine box! I am from Missouri and we spend a lot of time at the range hitting the targets.
Story 1: well, I've certainly never seen a brothel _without_ terraced garden boxes.
...
...
Of course, I've never seen a brothel at all, but still...
Geez that second story 🙄 imagine if someone brought in hot dogs, bananas, corn dogs, or popsicles
"NO PENIS SHAPED FOOD!" -A group of protestors, Goat Simulator
Story 2: The owner should've gotten rid of her. That Karen is a total wackadoodle.
Story 1: Karen must have crapped herself when she saw five handgun barrels aimed at her.
I was living in my first apartment during college at OU in Norman, Oklahoma. It was across the street from an older but well-kept neighborhood with mostly older residents. The woman in the house directly across from my quadruplex liked to spend a lot of time outdoors gardening or sitting on her porch, so she was often outside when my boyfriend or my uncle would pick me up to spend the night or a weekend. After about six months, my uncle pulled up to pick me up to go visit relatives for the weekend and as I approached his car with a suitcase, the old lady yelled out from her porch, “I know what you are! You are NOT a nice girl!” I was so stunned, I just got into the car and told my uncle, who cracked up. I later found out that the old woman was the mother of a professor in my major department and when I relayed the story to her, she laughed her ass off and said, “Yeah, that sounds like my mom. Sorry.” 😂
I shook my head too hard. I'm calling 911.
Last story: I think I will never be able to "just eat" potatoes again after that... There is way to much sexual connotation in there!
I eat pickles--whole.
I feel so dirty.
I’m afraid I’ll choke from laughing
He should have got a couple of Mr. potatoheads to put on his desk.
😂😂😂
The Karen in the story about the "sexy potato" could perhaps be persuaded to "work remotely" in her room in the psych ward.
I never thought about eating potatoes that way, but then I like to slather mine in butter and sour cream. I'm pretty sure I'd be wearing most of it.
Story 2, boss should have fired Karen for harassing her coworkers. His response to his wife should have been I agreed to hire her but it should be up to her to keep her job.
As an American (Polish heritage), I also eat potatoes that way on occasion. It is truly easier and faster when you just need food. I think it is no different than a giant potato wedge. However, now I am wondering about "unique" ways to eat them to rile the co-worker.
Double dipping fries in ranch dressing.
Pluto Pups (corn dogs to the Yanks)…enough said.
Mashed potatoes from a soon…slow, long licks…😂
What the heck are "sexy " potatoes? I love when people say that they are special. I immediately say Yes but education isn't everything LOL. Y'all have a blessed day.
From what I can guess... Sexy potatoes are shaped like hotdog buns.
Ok, I had kept in my laughter till the boiled egg. That pushed it beyond the point of control.
Re: Potatoes. Used to work in an office that had a cafeteria & outside tables available for use in good weather. Coworker would often MAKE mackerel sandwiches at her desk for lunch, stinking up 1/3 office for all her neighbors & everyone who had to walk by the rest of the afternoon. HR talked to her about eating in the appropriate areas & she made a stand of everyone else being able to snack/eat at their desks. Ironically, this was more than 30 years ago & her name was actually Karen. 🙄
Story 2: I grew up in hardcore fundamentalist christianity (atheist now), and "eating in a sexy way" actually came up A LOT!!
The girls at the church I was forced to go to were all told to constantly be hyperaware of ourselves so no one would accuse us of "being suggestive" and "bring shame on your family and your church". They'd literally stare at us constantly, watching for anything that could get us in trouble. It felt like they were competing for bonuses for who could catch the most "suggestive" or "bad" behaviour.
“Sexy potato” style is inappropriate… A potato should not be naked… it needs to be dressed up!
I would recommend an appropriate outfit of salt, pepper, butter, sour cream, some fresh chives and minced bacon.
Story 2: “Welcome to Missouri” Yep. That is the most accurate statement about Missouri ever to be said.
I’m wanting soooo much to sit in front of Karen #2 and enjoy my popsicle 😂
Two words I never thought I'd hear together "Sexy potatoes" lol 😂😂😂
I never thought someone would be accused of picking out “sexy potatoes “ lol
Story 2 did blow my mind of learning a new way of eating a potato. Although I do wonder how you can handle it when it's freshly hot...
With a fork, but then any potato Will do, not just the sexy one 😂😂😂😂
R/IDOWorkHereLady
Man I miss those stories so much
Me too I wish he'll bring them back
In the first story, I honestly think that the Karen is a hysterical woman in the clinical sense. Things amplify and become dramatic in her mind. She is not able to hack it in society anymore.
I see what you did there.
Last story- OMG!
You two fellas should bring her up on sexual harassment! I mean, seriously. She has an issue if she thinks the way you eat a potato is sexually advertising... yeesh... she has a problem...
I've heard the potato-eating story before (but without the update of Karen turning it into a religious war), and I have wondered if Karen has a different kind of relationship with potatoes than the rest of us do...
While the Japanese method of eating a potato is unorthodox, it is valid.
Unorthodox to whom? Its a cultural thing. People need to stop judging others for being who they are from their respective culture. No- it is NOT unorthodox. Is eating pizza considered unorthodox which is basically the same way as eating a potato.
Story Two:
I guess hot dogs are out of the question?
Ya know, normally I would suggest inviting the lady over for coffee. Maybe she just needs friends to occupy her time. But she sounds like she's one fry shy of a happy meal, and that could have adverse results. Good call.👍
Man karen in the first story that had the pew pews pointed at her. She is extremely lucky that was the only thing that happened.
They are lucky. She could have been carrying too and got off a few shots at them. I was always told you should only pull a gun when you were going to use it.
@polarbearhero9803 exactly and yeah tho I don't have one. I've been told/learned/know that a gun is the absolutely last thing to use.
Story 2: We're all missing the point here. There's a huge gap in the market for potato-based lingerie! "Hey! Need somewhere to hold your shirt-potatoes? Look no further than our luxury range of bras. Whether you've got a handful or a sack-full!"
Or how about, "Gentleman! Are your eggs over a little TOO easy?"
What?!? Am I taking this too far??? 🥔🥔
"Sexual" potatos??????? What is that woman on??
2nd story: Somebody needs to tell Karen that in order to face religious persecution, you have to be religious.
If you haven't watched the last video you're missing out on chancla vs Karen gold.
I had a coworker who's family is Japanese, he taught me how to use the sticks and that Japanese food is way more than sushi. A Venezuelan coworker taught us about their food and now I'm trying food from Asturias, Spain.
I always ask people from other places what's good to eat, because talking about food is the best way to start meeting another cultures
Story 1:
So yeah, the "town" is a city that I know of. And racism is very common over here, unfortunately.
2. I have never tried curry... I've heard that it's spicy...?
And I just had a disturbing thought.... maybe the Karen thinks of potatoes that way is because she imagines doing other things, in private, with HER longer veggies. Eww.
For those who don't know: Dog whistles are phrases that don't appear racist on the surface, and in fact might even not be racist, but racists like using them as a way to communicate with other racists racist things.
Sometimes they even use non-racist facts to "prove" racist points.
So long story short, explain how things are dog whistles like OP did, and even explain what a dog whistle is. Guy might not even know.
I can't eat just potatoes. If I microwave a Potato, I need to cut it open, put on some sour cream and chives and maybe some bacon bits. But you do you, man. This reminds me about when Sigmund Freud, who said anything longer than it was wide was a Phallus symbol, was asked about his cigars and he replied "Sometimes a Cigar is just a Cigar."
Sometimes, a Potato is just a Potato. Not to mention Pickles, hard boiled eggs, Bananas, burritos, Rice Balls, etc.
Karen from the last story obviously thought that because her cousin was married to the boss she could get away with her sh*t, and I would’ve said that it was her mind that was in the gutter if she thought OP was eating her potatoes sexually and her watching you eat is very uncomfortable
I would rather have someone reheating curry for lunch than, say, fish.
Second story:karen acted entitled and got evicted for shenanigans,serves her right.
I had a coworker that complained that I brought a pizza box close to him when I was about to log in on my desktop. He sternly and immediately told me to remove it from anywhere near him. I obviously obliged but I still don't know what the reason was. Many people around this office area were perfectly fine with people bringing in food around him. I just wish I had known what triggered it, and I would happily avoided it. I tried asking him to correct my mistake but he just turned cold; "you should know!"
Well that's a whole new meaning to "hot Potatoes "
Story 2; I was listening again to what OP was telling about Karen. About his friend who brought Indian food to work, that sometimes he brought some to share with others. I've never tried Indian food, but if I was in the office and he brought some in to share. I'd try it. And if I liked it, I'd probably ask for the recipe.
Story 2:
Somehow, I had a feeling Karen's problem was that OP and their coworker weren't eating food like "normal" people was a racism thing...
The word mind your own business is what Karen needs to understand in both stories. OP has a harassment claim for court against Karen if she continues to harass him if that happens again in the second story as it seems Karen wants to control what people should eat what she wants not what they should eat and it's both bullying and harassment in many ways.
Story 1: At some point I would have accused that Karen of wanting to sleep with everyone in the house since she was so obsessed with "dirty" things happening in there. Because really if you're going to go around accusing like that without proof, you are making the statement that you are projecting something in the eyes of others.
Guaranteed, if it wasnt potatoes it would have been something else. Eventually she would have complained that there wasn't enough coworkers.
#2 I wonder how Karen eats her french fries....long skinny potatoes oh my
The potato Karen: If I were in OP's shoes, I'd bring tacos. Or is that too sexy for her, too? Even better, curry tacos. A nice fusion of Mexican and Indian food? Yes, please! And I'd eat them in the craziest manner imaginable just to spite Karen.
How someone eats their food is nobody's business but that of the person eating it!
That last story made me laugh the entire time
When I was much younger I worked a few harvest seasons on a potato farm. A freshly harvested and washed potato was a great snack. I ate them with my hands, and no one had any issues in any way. I hate to have seen Karen's reaction to OP eeting the mini cucumbers or bananas. or carrots.
This!
Eating baked potatoes with out salt, pepper, butter and sour cream may be a crime against your taste buds but it's definitely not sexual harassment. Mind your own business Karen!
The 2nd story is one of the most ludicrous story of Karen’s I have *_EVER_* heard. Where is this woman’s mind. It must be in the gutter. 😮😮
Good thing he didn't eat pickles. 😅
People in the wrong often like to keep digging them holes.
TIL According to USDA data, microwaving potatoes is the best way to retain its nutritional value, boiling potatoes causes the most nutrient loss, and frying adds fat and extra calories. None of the cooking methods destroy fiber. Still, potatoes are rich in key nutrients regardless of how they are cooked.
I always put some potatoes in the oven to bake at the same time as meatloaf.
The "wrong" way to eat potatoes????
🤣😂🤣😂
#2 reminds me of a scene from Canadian Bacon, a comedy film a few years ago: a parody of the mashed potato scene from Close Encounters, a woman is trying to build a mashed potato replica of the CN Tower in Toronto, when a black dude walks in.
She asks, “what does this look like to you?”
He answers, “dunno, never seen a white one that big before.”
Story 1 - OP should get that video and use it for a cease and desist letter warning the Karen that if she continues to spread lies and such about the house then legal action will be taken in the form of litigation.
Story 2 made me do a double take. I thought I heard of a lot of "issues" Karens would bring up, but potatoes? Seriously?
Coward of a boss. Hiring his wife’s racist cousin.
Last story, PLEASE tell me what the national food dish is in England? Spoiler here. Freaking CURRY. Yes I am an Yank, across the pond they actually accept EVERYONE equally.
Story 1: I was born and grew up in rural Missouri, but moved to Minnesota 45 years ago. I loved Missouri when I was there, but can hardly believe what a whacked out, gun-worshiping place it's become since then. ("Back in my day", a lot of people hunted and farmers had shotguns, etc. to protect livestock, but people didn't tote firearms around every where!)
Story 2: I'd never heard of eating potatoes that way, but it sounds interesting (and I don't mean that in in a provocative way).
I saw some anime and they peeled the of a sweet potato skin like a banana and ate it.
Aww...you know you like the sexy potato :)
Yet you live in a left-leaning state that wishes to outlaw law enforcement and has those hapless losers, the Minnesota Vikings. NEXT!
Currently live in central Missouri. If the town being mentioned in story 1 is the one I think it is, there are definitely way too many guns there. Shootings in town are always mentioned on the news every few days.
Story 2: I eat baked potatoes like apples. They are so good & eating them like that is easy. It makes them a portable lunch.😊
The office sexy foods karen is the spiritual twin of our newest county commissioner. She has spent her whole first term (up for re-election g-d help us)creating chaos over the disrespect (read lack of kowtowing) from the multi-term co-commissioners, even suing _them_ for 'creating a hostile work environment."
To paraphrase Freud, Sometimes a potatoe is just a potatoe.
With the last story, most Christians I know mind their own business at work. Some might complain, but at least they wait to get home to complain to their spouses than drive everyone at work crazy. Beyond that it's usually not an issue they can't learn to live with. And I've known Christians to be friends with non straight people, it's not that uncommon. I swear if you're not going to be friends with people at work, just mind your own business and focus on earning your paycheck and be professional about it
S2: Closet gay. It has all the signs.
"He's painting me in a bad light!"
Are you sure you're not doing it yourself?
Wow! Karen #2 would probably faint if some of her co-workers brought bananas for lunch!! That "christian" is wound waaaay too tight!
“Sexy potatoes? “
Sounds like Karen has an issue - and ONLY Karen.
Honestly this is the wildest workplace story I’ve heard so far.
Story 2: I've never had a potato that way, but I also tend to have toppings on my potatos.
What a person finds suggestive or obscene in another's normal actions says a great deal more about the objector than the actor.
For the people asking why they were carrying in their own home, my response would have been "because we can."
In the US, there is a word for people that eat potatoes like that: psychopath. Joking aside, pungent foods in an office break room is definitely rude.