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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do these potlucks work?

Are they mandatory,?

Can you opt out of bringing and eating food?

Are you on the clock?

I have no respect for snooty rich people sneering at people in less fancy jobs who might enjoy some PAID time for a social event with their colleagues. [/quote]

I am not a "snooty rich person" I am a fed who is tired of being pressured to bring in food for the potlucks.

It is not mandatory, but the mean girl / woman clique keeps these going, and it's usually best not to get on their bad side. Most men don't participate at all and that is accepted.  Not so much for women.

I / we get no extra time off for these potlucks, they just eat up my lunch break. The mean girls who organize these do get to take time from work to do all this however. [/quote]

I think you'll be amazed at how much people won't care if you stop participating. I'm a woman, have never brought food, used to pop in to say a quick hello and eventually just didn't go to anything and people didn't care. Sometimes they'd say "there's cake in the conference room!" and I'd say "cool, thanks!" and just not go. If they actually do pressure or ask you, you can always say your doctor has advised you to limit your diet and it makes you feel bad seeing food you can't eat.[/quote]

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