The Devil eats cheeseburgers. My hungry supervisor made me give her my lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This should be reported to HR. This behavior poses risk to the company and needs to be addressed.

In what way does it pose a risk to the company, unless OP is in a protected class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF is this? I got back to my desk with my lunch and my supervisor pokes her head in and asks, mmmm what smells so good? I show her my cheeseburger and fries I just got and was about to eat for MY lunch! She says, oh can I have that, I’m starving and I don’t have time to wait in the grill line. Do you mind? So I said sure and left to get another lunch. Never bringing food to my desk again (except when she’s on vacation). It was so weird, the nerve of her and my inability to say no since she’s my boss. What is this behavior? Should I tell HR? Look for a new job?

"I'm on a pretty tight schedule and have to eat at scheduled time due to some medical issues. I'm sorry I can't help."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF is this? I got back to my desk with my lunch and my supervisor pokes her head in and asks, mmmm what smells so good? I show her my cheeseburger and fries I just got and was about to eat for MY lunch! She says, oh can I have that, I’m starving and I don’t have time to wait in the grill line. Do you mind? So I said sure and left to get another lunch. Never bringing food to my desk again (except when she’s on vacation). It was so weird, the nerve of her and my inability to say no since she’s my boss. What is this behavior? Should I tell HR? Look for a new job?

You have poor boundaries. Just look in silence and she will go away. You were not made to do anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is this? I got back to my desk with my lunch and my supervisor pokes her head in and asks, mmmm what smells so good? I show her my cheeseburger and fries I just got and was about to eat for MY lunch! She says, oh can I have that, I’m starving and I don’t have time to wait in the grill line. Do you mind? So I said sure and left to get another lunch. Never bringing food to my desk again (except when she’s on vacation). It was so weird, the nerve of her and my inability to say no since she’s my boss. What is this behavior? Should I tell HR? Look for a new job?

You have poor boundaries. Just look in silence and she will go away. You were not made to do anything.

Would you do that to your boss?

[Anonymous]

I would have done this (given the burger) with a supervisor I liked, who asked me to throw in my order when she was ordering online every now and then, when I know she had a busy day.

But the same kind of boss who asked that wouldn’t have retaliated if I said, “I’m actually starving!” She would have been like, “duh, of course!” And figured it out herself.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think the boss should have asked but I think I would have said something like “I’m ravenous too, but after I grab a quick bite I could grab you something for today.” Or otherwise “I’m sorry, that’s not going to work.” Why can’t the boss order delivery? Or plan for a busy day and bring a sandwich from home? The risk for me in this circumstance was when I worked for a VP and another VP kept asking me to get her coffee. It was hard to say no, but also a slippery slope.

[Anonymous]

I would have offered a protein bar from my snack drawer to tide her over, and absolutely not have given her my own lunch.

Keep a snack drawer.

[Anonymous]

You're making a mountain out of a mole hill. I'm guessing you have other tensions with your boss. I think the polite thing for her would have been to offer to reimburse though she's probably forgotten and its awkward to bring it up now. Honestly, she probably did just have a packed day. I don't think she would've taken offense if you offered half...