'Do you work with seagulls and raccoons?': Mooching coworkers constantly ask for bites of coworker's homemade lunch, call them 'stingy' when she draws a boundary

Everyone has differing opinions when it comes to sharing food. Some people love to order dishes for the table, doing everything family style where everyone gets a little bit of everything. I'm totally for this when the time is right. If we're at a dim sum restaurant with a Lazy Susan, there's no other way to do it. Sharing is caring (as long as you make sure to order enough food). If we're all getting soup, that might be a different story. Not many people love dipping their used spoon into liquid that has had many used spoons dipped into it. Each situation calls for a different level of sharing awareness.

If we're at work, and I brought in leftovers of my roommate's famous mac and cheese, which she only makes once a year, I don't especially feel like forking over a bite to one of my coworkers. Maybe I'll bring in extra cookies to the office from an especially large batch, but sharing lunch is pretty intimate.

That's what happened in this situation, where a worker was constantly put in an awkward spot by the people she worked with. When she tried to set a boundary, though, she was met with unexpected backlash. Read on for the story and see what you think.
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AITAH for refusing share my food at work?

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