The Off Topic Topic

[mongers]

Got to give it to the Australians, props for keeping the side up, even their chess players look, well .. Australian:

IM Alex Wohl, one of the strongest Australian players

whereas everyone else looks like a chess player:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5631

[Ideologue]

Boss Greek #1 would not let me leave tonight without taking something to eat.  DUDE I JUST WANT TO GO HOME AND EAT MY REESE'S CUPS STOP FOISTING POTATOES ON ME.  It's like working for my fucking mom.

[mongers]

Boss Greek #1 would not let me leave tonight without taking something to eat.  DUDE I JUST WANT TO GO HOME AND EAT MY REESE'S CUPS STOP FOISTING POTATOES ON ME.  It's like working for my fucking mom.

Many Southern Europeans males are like that with food, it's rude not to accept.

[Habbaku]

Why would you turn down food in the first place? 

No wonder you're poor.

[Ed Anger]

Fill it with peanut butter, and he will take it.

[Ideologue]

Many Southern Europeans males are like that with food, it's rude not to accept.

I figured.  I took it, thanked him, etc.  It's still annoying.  At least I think I finally managed to convince him that I don't eat meat.  I've only mentioned it about six times and he looked less bewildered this time.

Why would you turn down food in the first place? 

No wonder you're poor.

Whatever, dude.  I can afford to eat what I wish.  I don't know what I did to you, but think you want me to be so poor I have no choice but to accept table scraps from my employer.  WTF?

Anyway, of course I didn't turn it down, though, I just didn't want specifically that.  Also, it's an "off" day, where I don't eat much because I'm not hungry, because I ate a large pizza yesterday.

AS IT TURNS OUT, though, the potatoes are just fine.

[Habbaku]

Whatever, dude.  I can afford to eat what I wish.  I don't know what I did to you, but think you want me to be so poor I have no choice but to accept table scraps from my employer.  WTF?

That wasn't meant to be as personal as it probably comes off, so sorry about that. 

A lot of restaurant employers give their employees food, though, and not "table scraps".  If your employer is really offering you table-scraps, he's a douche.  But why turn down a free meal if it's not?

[Ideologue]

Argh.  Because I didn't want a plate full of potatoes right now.  I wanted five or six Reese's cups and to skinny up for my next true meal.  Like spaghetti, or those two giant bars of Hershey's dark chocolate I have left from Christmas.

P.S.: working dish, like I did this morning, sucks so bad.  It's just hot water and sharp shit all the time.  I'm really glad I was kitchen again tonight.  That's kinda brutal too, but I'm less likely to injure myself with a knife someone decided to hide in the water or burn my hands to pieces.

[Ideologue]

Also, I don't like being beholden to people.  I don't like feeling like I owe someone.

Yes, I appreciate the irony.

(And if he really wants to do me a favor, he should give me a cigarette break that I can deploy at will using my best judgment.  I never ask because I feel like I'm being lazy if I do, but after four or so hours I start getting a headache. )

[Habbaku]

Plates full of potatoes can be saved for later, presumably.  If that wasn't an option, then I withdraw my objection over your declining the offer. 

[Habbaku]

Also, I don't like being beholden to people.  I don't like feeling like I owe someone.

Yes, I appreciate the irony.

Sometimes a free meal is just a free meal.

[Ideologue]

Plates full of potatoes can be saved for later, presumably.  If that wasn't an option, then I withdraw my objection over your declining the offer. 

I didn't decline!  What's left is in my fridge!  I'm really sorry I brought it up and I'm an ungrateful bastard!  Let's talk about something else now!

[Ed Anger]

I'm bored.

[Ed Anger]

Fuck this shit. I'm going to bed.

[Ideologue]

Dig it.