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A manager's video call compliment has me drowning in vegan recipe requests
In our weekly team meeting, my supervisor REMARKED on my colorful vegan curry visible on camera and insisted I share the recipe. Since then, multiple departments are sliding into my DMs for cooking advice, which is NICE but honestly distracting. How do you all balance being the go-to vegan resource at work without letting it eat into your actual job tasks?
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the_anna7mo ago
Was there a specific moment when you realized your lunch had become a workplace phenomenon? Ben's Google Doc strategy is genuinely the only thing that saved my sanity after my kale salad incident. I had a similar episode when my tempeh stir-fry sparked a departmental email chain. I ended up putting a few basic recipes on a shared drive and told people I'd check it during my coffee break. It cut down the interruptions by about eighty percent, though I still get the occasional desperate plea for spice adjustments. Now I just smile and point to the link, like a librarian for lentils.
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ben_mason947mo ago
Yeah, the "sliding into my DMs" thing is real, lol. I had the same happen when my lunch went viral in the office chat. What worked for me was creating a simple Google Doc with my go-to recipes and linking it in my email signature. That way, people can help themselves without interrupting my flow, and I only get follow-ups for legit tweaks. I also set a rule that I only answer food questions during breaks or after hours, so it doesn't bleed into core work time. It's flattering to be asked, but you gotta protect your productivity or it becomes a second job. Just be upfront about it, most folks get it once you explain you're on deadline or whatever.
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