I'm Sick of Big Portions From the Nice Motherly Woman

There's this nice motherly lady who works on the serving line in the cafeteria at my job.  I go in for lunch and ask for something like greens or green beans etc, and she loads a big ole heaping spoonful onto my plate.  She doesn't mean no harm; she just want to ensure folks get enough to eat I guess. 

But it ****** me off cause the juice from the greens or peas etc runs into whatever else I got on the plate.  Or the grits over flow into the eggs spot of the plate.  Only certain foods are allowed to touch on my plate or else I ain't eating it.  Yep, I know that's childish shiznit and NOPE I ain't outgrowed it yet.

But I just can't figure out how to tell her I don't like so much food.  Not just because I can no longer eat a whole lot.  I still didn't like it 85 pounds ago.    I normally say "not too much" but that don't work.  Then I started saying "can I get about half a spoonful".  That worked once or twice but then back to that big azz, filled to the top oversized spoon she uses.  Dang!!

Just wanted to share that.  I feel better now

LMAO!!  That is funny...at the same time I understand...but then again I dont...

I wont eat grits until I mix my eggs and sausage and bread all togather..lol

Just tell her when its not to crowded in the lil lunch line...that I appreciate it....but just give me a little bit, Im not really too hungry...so I rather the food go to someone that will eat it all..

But again that is funny as crap..

Now you know us Southern women feed our men folk.  

HAHAHA! I dont like my food to touch either! And I only eat one food at a time. Like If I have chicken, veggies and stuffing. I have to eat my chicken, then I eat my veggies, then I eat my stuffing. I know it sounds crazy, and I get allot of funny looks across the dinner table. I just like to savor one food at a time.
Just remind her every time u go threw the lunch line "not too much please" and if u say it often enough, she'll end up doing it on her own. Old habits die hard

i'm going to tell my niece to get on here and see your post..that fool can't have any food touching..she so crazy I made a breakfast casserole for a big group and she was part of it..the casserole is crescent roll dough on the bottom, then browned breakfast sausage, then a mixture of shredded potatoes and shredded cheese..then you pour eggs all over it and bake it..she was like that is to many things touching that arent supposed to be touching..i said fool its a casserole..like a lasagna..she said lasagna noodles and sauce are supposed to touch..breakfast sausage is not to touch the hashbrowns, eggs or cheese..lol..so yall a match made is Heaven..are you married..i need to introduce you two..lol.

Yep, my aunt Kels is right.   Your complex has nothing to do with the weightloss.  Food shouldn't touch, that's why they make section  plates for those of us that realize it.   I didn't like my food to touch 150 pounds ago, lol.   Just tell her, mam, i don't like my food to touch and i really don't each much, so less is fine for me, thank you.  she will probably look at you like ur crazy, but she won't forget next time, hahaha. 

thanks for putting me out there kels, lol!  dang i miss this board, think i will update my profile and visit more often.

!!!!  Okay....whew....Oh...that was funny.  No, I don't think it's childish to not want too much food or for your food to not touch each other.  Who wants the juice from your greens making your biscuit soggy, or whatever.  I feel you.  I think as women, we love to feed a man, at least I do.  I love a man with good appetite, but regardless of your appetite, your needs don't require that much nor do your tastes dictate it either.  You may just have to endure and then continue to say politely..."can I get about half a spoonful"?

Sidella LA  Good thing you never ran into my Aunt(she's gone)
but everytime we would got to New Orleans there was pots on top on food. I've had one lady to be offended because I ask for a 1/4 of what she was giving me.  

I HATE MY FOOD TOUCHING, I MEAN HATE!

I was in georgia and my grandfather wanted me to come to his church. So like most small town churches they had there after church dinner. So the lady says to me "WHOO WE YOU A BIG OLE BOY I BET YOU CAN EAT A LOT" She put so much food on my plate she had to put two more plates under it just for support. I was so annoyed i barely ate any, but I know she meant good.

TOUCHING = NO!

Kind of not touching = Maybe!