No more chips!

NedNew2

The office where I work has decided to remove chips and salt containers from the canteen one day a week. This has sparked a lively debate as to whether we, as adults, are well capable of deciding what we eat and how we eat it or whether this is a positive development in the name of promoting healthier living.

What do you think?

RayCon

Our place tried that years ago .... it didn't last.

Sudance

This should be reported to the Comission on Human rights, right away.

or next it will be the toilet roll!

thee glitz

They can (and do) take our chips, but they'll never take our salt.

blueser

Bloody Chipsters

aaronjumper

NedNew2 wrote: »

The office where I work has decided to remove chips and salt containers from the canteen one day a week. This has sparked a lively debate as to whether we, as adults, are well capable of deciding what we eat and how we eat it or whether this is a positive development in the name of promoting healthier living.

What do you think?

I think it won't kill ye but at the same time ye should be allowed decide what you should and shouldn't have rather than having someone else decide for you.

Junkyard Tom

They're chipping away at our freedoms.


Chip.

DoYouEvenLift

On one hand it's silly dictating what adults can and can't put in their bodies, on the other hand it's their canteen so I guess they can choose to serve whatever they like but given chips are probably one of the most popular lunch choices it's bad business on their part.


Are there actually people that eat chips every day for lunch, though? Fuking gross!

Gone Drinking

I can understand the salt, there's probably people that use salt on their lunch every single day.

But what's the point in removing the chips one day a week? If people are eating chips most days, one day off them isn't going to help! If they had chips one a day week, it would make more sense.

Saying that, no, you shouldn't be told what you can and can't eat. I worked in a large pharma company who insisted that everything on the menu had a calorie count beside it. That was a good idea I thought.

Nodin

NedNew2 wrote: »

The office where I work has decided to remove chips and salt containers from the canteen one day a week. This has sparked a lively debate as to whether we, as adults, are well capable of deciding what we eat and how we eat it or whether this is a positive development in the name of promoting healthier living.

What do you think?

...sad, really. I'd say its a case of somebodys "look, I'm doing something INNOVATIVE" in whatever department has control over the matter.

Worked for a company run by a huge multinational once. We used get this fancy newsletter fecked over every month. There was a long article about this four year "project" which consisted of coming up with names for products sold throughout the group and making sure everyone used the exact same term. I, ever the diplomat, asked mine chief "what the fuck is this bollix?" as realistically the biggest part of the task was collating the data of all products sold and there was no way any such exercise should take four years. "its whats called justifying your existence" sez he.

mad muffin

Chips or crisps?

Tarzana2

Gone Drinking wrote: »

I can understand the salt, there's probably people that use salt on their lunch every single day.

I'd be less understanding of the removal of salt, to be honest. A light sprinkle of the stuff is no harm. People can be a tad hysterical about salt usage, IMO.

PARlance

It ain't a violation of your rights but it will help your constitution.

(You can tell the eejit on the health committee that they can have that slogan for free.)

Eh salt is grand for you especially if you don't eat much processed food
Even my granny has come around on that one

awec

Our place is the same with no chips on Mondays, they do these manky wedges instead. If they were just normal potato wedges that'd be grand but they do something to them which isn't good.