Sharing her predicament on social media, a woman is pleading for help with her office-related food drama.
She told others she felt as if she was “trapped in a never-ending episode of 'The Biggest Loser.'”
The woman, writing on Reddit, said she was 25 years old and that her 32-year-old colleague had “been on a strict diet for the past few months.”
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At first, she said, “It was kind of fun, [to hear] her meal prep ideas” and to find out how she felt when she started the diet.
But now, years later, one woman who describes her experience under the username “throwawayco-workerf” says she feels “trapped”.
“It's about her latest smoothie recipes, calorie counts and how she's hitting her goals,” one woman said on social media about her coworker (not pictured). (iStock)
“Every lunch break,” she said. [the co-worker’s] The latest smoothie recipes, calorie management, and how to “achieve” your goals.”
“I've heard a lot more about kale than I ever imagined,” the woman wrote.
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She added: “I know you want to be healthy. [expletive]”
She also wrote, “I tried to change the subject numerous times, but 'Lisa' just kept coming back like a boomerang made of broccoli.”
“I love your passion for dieting,” one Reddit writer reportedly told a colleague, “but why don't we talk about something else? Literally anything else.” (iStock)
Finally, the Reddit poster continued, “I finally lost my patience and jokingly said, 'Hey Lisa, I love your passion for dieting, but can we talk about something else? Literally anything else.'”
“I didn't mean to hurt her feelings, I just wanted a break from lecturing about food.”
She also said her colleague told her: “If you keep going like this, I think you're going to turn into a carrot!”
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The woman said her coworker “laughed at first” but then “was overheard telling another coworker that it was rude of her to tell him to shut up about his diet.”
“I deeply regret it now as I never meant to hurt her feelings. I just wanted a break from the lectures about food,” the woman said.
“I appreciate that she's trying hard, but it feels like every conversation is about her diet,” one Reddit poster wrote. (iStock)
“I appreciate that she's trying hard, but it feels like all the conversation is about her food,” the woman added.
She then asked others on stage whether they were “wrong in trying to redirect the conversation or if they should have remained silent.”
Fox News Digital reached out to etiquette experts for their perspective on the issue.
“This person is right to express their disdain for the subject of dieting,” Jacqueline Whitmore of Florida told Fox News Digital in an email Saturday morning.
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Whitmore, the nationally known etiquette expert, added, “It's not what you say, but how you say it. If you've hurt a colleague's feelings, you can always apologize or forgive them. It's just a matter of whether you want to preserve the relationship.”
In the platform's “most upvoted” comment, one user argued that what the woman said to her colleague was not wrong.
“Anyone who talks nonstop about one topic and refuses to change the subject, whether it's about dieting, boyfriends, hobbies, favorite TV shows, exes, etc., is annoying,” the Reddit user wrote.
“If this is how she's talking to everyone about her diet then I bet your coworkers are thinking the same thing as you,” one person wrote about the situation on social media. (iStock)
“You made her put up with it for a long time and then tried to politely change the subject by injecting a bit of humor into the conversation,” the person added.
Other respondents expressed similar views.
“I totally understand that hearing the same topics over and over again can be exhausting, especially in a professional setting,” said another.
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“You were broaching the topic lightly and didn't mean to hurt her feelings. The conversation needs to change. It's okay to ask for a change of topic, especially if it's affecting your enjoyment of your break.”
“Everyone wants diversity in the conversation.”
This same poster wrote, “A gentle follow-up might clear the air and show her that you appreciate her efforts but just want balance in the conversation.”
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Others took a different approach.
“My favorite part about working from home is not having to listen to our group manager call her diet accountability partner every morning and tell her everything she ate,” one individual wrote.
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Another said: “We seem to be living in strange times where many people are easily 'insulted' or 'offended'.”
The same user wrote, “If this is how she's telling everyone about her diet then I bet her coworkers are thinking the same as you.”
