Everyday Systems: nosdiet: message 2678 of 3212

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As a general rule, I just say no thank you and leave it at that. While
some people are surprised -- especially in this office where no one
turns down free food -- as long as I don't make a big deal about it,
no one is offended.

Marianne


On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:10:28 -0800, Michael Caricofe
<mcaricofe@...> wrote:
> 
> Yesterday, I was at work for a short while and a co-worker (Walter)
> offered me two bite-size sandwiches that his wife had made for a
> function at her work. They were really small, about one square inch
> each, and very good. One was a carrot-curry spread on white bread 
and
> the other was cashew butter and some kind of jelly on wheat bread. 
I
> took them, and ate them, rather than trying to explain no-s.
> 
> I feel awful, because not only did I have a snack, but one of them 
was
> a sweet. And I did it just because I was too lazy to explain my
> current mindset and eating habits. How do you guys refuse things
> offered to you in the course of a normal day?
> 
> I've not been keeping an actual calendar with slash marks (like I've
> heard you guys writing about) but I don't have a good mark for
> yesterday.
> 
> Otherwise, things are going well.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
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