Why is it that every job I've ever had employs folks who love to eat? Is it really just because everyone loves to share quality time with their co-workers and food is a way to do that? Or...is it simply because we Americans love to eat? Either way, I'm usually pretty good about letting my willpower kick in and I am able to decline - with ease - the Friday morning breakfast run or the call for having lunch delivered, but never (and I do mean NEVER) have I been able to resist "the cake". I don't know what it is about the cake....that fluffy cake with lots and lots of fluffy icing.....that's when my willpower goes to pot!
The problem is that there is always cake. Birthdays, marriages, babies, holidays, promotions, retirements, hirings, firings, any 'ole random day....co-workers always feel these are all valid reasons to have "the cake". The bottom line is that I've never said no to the cake. I decided last week - after eating a huge piece of cake that had white and purple flowers and lots and lots of fluffy icing - that I wasn't going to do this anymore....NO MORE CAKE FOR ME!
My only worry is this....can I really say no to "the cake"? For those of you that watched "SEINFELD", think back to the episode where Elaine is confronted with cake from two separate celebrations at her workplace. Unlike me with the breakdown in willpower, she is tired of the forced socializing. So....she decides to boycott "the cake" by calling in sick the next day. Upon her return, her coworkers give her a cake to celebrate her return to work from being sick! It is at this point she loses it and refuses to take part in any future celebrations. A few days later Elaine misses the 4 o'clock sugar rush that she had gotten used to from all the celebrations, so she decides to raid her boss, Peterman's, refrigerator, where she finds a piece of cake. Because she's eaten a large piece out of the cake, she tries to even it out, but gets swept up in the moment and finishes it off. She later finds out from Peterman that the piece of cake he had in his refrigerator is worth $29,000 because of its historical significance. When it comes to "the cake", this would be my luck....
The problem is that there is always cake. Birthdays, marriages, babies, holidays, promotions, retirements, hirings, firings, any 'ole random day....co-workers always feel these are all valid reasons to have "the cake". The bottom line is that I've never said no to the cake. I decided last week - after eating a huge piece of cake that had white and purple flowers and lots and lots of fluffy icing - that I wasn't going to do this anymore....NO MORE CAKE FOR ME!
My only worry is this....can I really say no to "the cake"? For those of you that watched "SEINFELD", think back to the episode where Elaine is confronted with cake from two separate celebrations at her workplace. Unlike me with the breakdown in willpower, she is tired of the forced socializing. So....she decides to boycott "the cake" by calling in sick the next day. Upon her return, her coworkers give her a cake to celebrate her return to work from being sick! It is at this point she loses it and refuses to take part in any future celebrations. A few days later Elaine misses the 4 o'clock sugar rush that she had gotten used to from all the celebrations, so she decides to raid her boss, Peterman's, refrigerator, where she finds a piece of cake. Because she's eaten a large piece out of the cake, she tries to even it out, but gets swept up in the moment and finishes it off. She later finds out from Peterman that the piece of cake he had in his refrigerator is worth $29,000 because of its historical significance. When it comes to "the cake", this would be my luck....
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