Entitled lady demands that coworker stop bringing in elaborate meals for lunch and sharing them with employees: ‘She doesn't have a right to demand that!’

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jun 29, 2025 8:00 AM EDT

No one should be reprimanded for being a decent cook! Look, employees can get scolded for a plethora of reasons, whether it's not completing their tasks and responsibilities or disrespecting other people in the workplace. However, the fact that this entitled coworker thought she was justified in requesting that another employee stop bringing elaborate lunches to work is most certainly a step too far.

For some background information, the coworker was married to another person at the company, who was on the same team as the good cook. Ever since she started working there, the good cook brought in healthy lunches for her and her team. It seems that the entitled lady's husband was enjoying these meals a little too much, as he started berating his wife's cooking skills in comparison. Let's just say that this couple does not seem like a happy one, but why should the employee who can cook have to suffer as a result?

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  • On the surface, this is the tale of an employee’s feud with a jealous coworker. However, if you look a bit deeper, it seems that the true heart of the story is one of a fractured relationship between a husband and wife that has affected their workplace dynamic. Our advice is for the author to keep making her lunches and to stop giving them to the entitled lady’s husband altogether.
     

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    I moved cities 6 months ago, and my new job site has a 12 hour shift system (8am to 8pm or 8pm to 8am). And since I have a very high metabolism and am a total foodie, I have
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    been packing a lot of food. from home. (breakfast, 2 snacks, lunch or 2 dinner and baked goods for tea time)
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    I usually eat with my team. (4 people), and they get their meals from the on-site cafeteria.
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    I share my meals with them because I love feeding people and I pack extra.
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    But then I got a call from another coworker, one whose husband is part of my team. She works in our opposing shift.
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    This lady was agressive from the get go, demanding that I stop bringing my elaborate meals, and that I should just get what the cafeteria is serving like everyone else.
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    I was firm and said that I was not going to change my habits, and that she doesn't have a right to demand that.
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    Then she went on a rant of how her husband has been comparing her to me (cooking, presentability, cheer is what she mentioned) and complaining for the last 6 months. I admit I felt bad for her (it appears that EW has an EH)
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    So I said that those kinds of issues should be discussed with her husband not with me. But I said again that I will continue bringing food from home.
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    Then she called me a b and hung up on me. I know it is mild compared to some stories on here, but it was suggested to me to share on here too.
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    SnowWhiteCampCat I used to work long shifts in a factory. Husband worked from home and loved cooking so he made me fancy meals to take every day. People straight up hated me for it. I didn't care. My lunch was awesome!
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    cavyndish. This is a human resources problem. Talk to HR about the issue and let them deal with the husband and his wife. If this happened at my work with my wife, I would be reprimanded over my wife's actions.
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    [deleted] ⚫ Fill the husband in on every detail. Then tell him that because of the drain on your productivity, you will no longer be feeding him. Nothing personal, just business. You can't spend all day answering phone calls from angry spouses.
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    Storm Lady OP. No way am I involving myself anymore in their mess. I'm just going to start bringing enough for me and saying that I just can't keep lugging in extra containers.
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    iamthenightrn This is an HR issue. You are a grown adult, you are allowed to bring food however you want and share it with whomever you want.
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    She doesn't get to tell you what to eat, what to bring, how to eat it, and she certainly doesn't get to call you AT WORK and tell you what you're allowed to eat, and then call you a bo
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    You are absolutely right, this is 100% a husband and wife matter. But she just made it a you and HR matter. I would definitely report this just so like others have said if it escalates there's a trail, especially since you're a newer employee there.
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    Definitely not the able in this situation though. Sorry you're dealing with this.
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    P.S: Something similar happened with my fiance's last job. I always made his meals, always packed extra because he worked anywhere from 8 to 16 hours a day they had a lot of mandatory overtime and it was last minute you found out the day of. So on days when he had too much food he always shared with one of his buddies. His wife,
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    who also worked there on a different shift, made a comment about how "it must be nice she can cook like this for you all the time, I just don't have the time!"
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    Apparently the look on her face resembled sucking on lemons when my fiance told her I was a nurse. She had mistakenly assumed that I didn't work. Apparently this isn't a really uncommon issue?
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    Storm Lady OP. Yes exactly. My mom faced it too, she is a teacher and when our neighbour's sife was away mom used to send him food. His wife was upset when she found out
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