Sunday, August 23, 2009
I began to wonder the other day why has eating lunch become such an awkward situation. It is supposed to be our own free time for goodness sake!
Earlier last week, buddy and I were going for lunch and we bumped into another colleague in the Ladies. That colleague asked if we were going for lunch and if we want to eat together. Buddy and I kept quiet for 5 seconds, looked and each other and we got each other's hint. At the 6th second, that colleague said, "Why? You all don't want to eat with me ah? Ok lah, I know lah...the two of you super lovey dovey." We laughed at her comment and I switched topic. Before we left the Ladies, I said bye to her and started walking out. She then continued asking, "So you all really don't love me enough to eat with me?" Buddy and I heard her, but we left without saying a thing. We felt bad afterwards, but we really didn't want to eat with another person and end up talking about work. So shrugged the thought off and went for our lunch. And guess what? We ended up at the same lunch place at that colleague who was with another colleague. They didn't join us of course. They got the hint.
A few days later, the same awkward situation happened. 2 colleagues came by to our side of the office and one (let's call her A) asked me if I wanna have lunch. I said I'll go eat later. Colleague A then said, "Oh you waiting for [insert buddy's name here] huh?" I didn't answer her but Colleague B asked, "You all dating each other huh?" Again, I kept quiet. Then buddy said, "Yah! I'm dating [insert my name here]." To salvage the situation, I said to the 2 colleagues that next time they go to a particular place, we'll go each together.
After everyone left, buddy and I were quite annoyed by how things have turned out when it's just a simple lunch! We used to go for lunch in big groups, but somehow we just steered away from everyone else. And we thought we've already long established this fact! Maybe we are anti-social, but we just want to have our own peaceful little lunch where we can take a breather and let our hair down to whine and gripe.
Thanks, but no thanks.
// she's beautifully chaotic at 5:56 PM >> 