People at work cutting things off & pinching stuff in half ...

When food is put out for the office (either by vendors or colleagues who bake for the office) or during a buffet lunch, why do people cut things in half or tear off parts of food?

First, no one is going to touch the other half of that muffin or sandwich or cookie, especially if it's been torn or pinched. *I* don't know where your hand was before you touched it. And WHY do people sniff all over stuff, then leave it when they don't like how it smells? You sniffed it, you OWN it. You put your grubby lil fingers on it, you're entitled to the whole damned thing. Take. it.

Seriously, just take the whole friggin' muffin, eat what you want and toss the rest in the garbage. Those starving children in India and China won't benefit from you throwing it out.

I asked one of the women notorious for slicing slivers all day (she takes a sliver from one muffin then returns to slice a sliver from a different muffin then returns to pinch from a donut ) to just take the items she wants the first time since no one else will eat what she's been picking from and she refused, telling me she was watching her diet and couldn't possibly eat an entire muffin. Yeah, by the end of the day, she's eaten the sliver equivalent of 4.

Just take the freaking box and go to your desk!! Don't leave your picked over rejects!

The problem with cutting in half is that the person touched the muffin with his or her hand and most times, you don't SEE the person who cut it. You see the remains.

I have been in the ladies room with some of the women in my office and they will come straight out of the stall and walk out of the bathroom without washing their hands.

I've seen people sneeze into their hands and not wash them. People blow their noses, wipe their noses, heck pick their noses and who knows if they're washing their hands before they cut that muffin with the knife?

So no. If I didn't see the person who cut it, I'm not taking it. And if it sits there uneaten (as it usually does since no one ever wants the other half or torn bit) it's wasteful. So why let it sit there and get crusty when you can just toss it in your waste bin or leave it on your desk. Maybe you'll want it later.