pandarilla Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I’m with [mention=73487]NJ2[/mention] here. I spend £5+ every day at work, it saves me the time of cooking up big batches of stuff and having to carry them into work on the train in the mornings. I used to also buy breakfast stuff but have recently started bringing in homemade granola (girlfriend makes it or I’d still be buying stuff) with a wee yoghurt pot. However, I also hate eatin the same things every day so the idea of making a big lasagne and eating it 3 days in a row sounds awful to me, and don’t get me started on shitehole sandwiches or cup a soup type efforts - utterly depressing. I’m happy enough to pay for nice food tbh. I’d say it’s about 30% laziness, 70% wanting to eat nice stuff. If you can't make better sandwiches and dinners than you can buy then there really is no hope. Cooking batches of stuff and then freezing some is one of life's joys. No doubt you'll grow into it. Until then, continue to throw away twenty odd quid a week (roughly a grand a year). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, pandarilla said: If you can't make better sandwiches and dinners than you can buy then there really is no hope. Cooking batches of stuff and then freezing some is one of life's joys. No doubt you'll grow into it. Until then, continue to throw away twenty odd quid a week (roughly a grand a year). I can make stuff that’s better, but I cook dinner every night and it’s fairly time consuming, so can rarely be arsed with making more stuff to then put into wee containers to take in. I’m happy to pay £20+ a week to save myself the time of making a big pot of something and rationing it for the week, as as I said I despise eating the same thing every day so the ‘cook a big batch and use it for the week’ route would be hell to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I can make stuff that’s better, but I cook dinner every night and it’s fairly time consuming, so can rarely be arsed with making more stuff to then put into wee containers to take in. I’m happy to pay £20+ a week to save myself the time of making a big pot of something and rationing it for the week, as as I said I despise eating the same thing every day so the ‘cook a big batch and use it for the week’ route would be hell to me. You don't need to use it for a week. Have it the next lunch and that's it. It's also not about making big pots of stuff, just an extra portion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: I can make stuff that’s better, but I cook dinner every night and it’s fairly time consuming, so can rarely be arsed with making more stuff to then put into wee containers to take in. I’m happy to pay £20+ a week to save myself the time of making a big pot of something and rationing it for the week, as as I said I despise eating the same thing every day so the ‘cook a big batch and use it for the week’ route would be hell to me. 14 minutes ago, pandarilla said: You don't need to use it for a week. Have it the next lunch and that's it. It's also not about making big pots of stuff, just an extra portion. Just wait until you have teenagers at school. It's easier now that my eldest is away on France on her gap year but my remaining two have diametrically opposite views on lunch. My 15 daughter refuses to take anything with her and insists on walking in to town for a 'meal deal' even though it comes out of her allowance. My 17 son is happy to take food 'put into wee containers' as it saves him cash he can later lavish on his current squeeze. One wants to look independent and the other wants to get his hole. I respect both. Me? I either take stuff I made at home or buy sandwiches. I don't care that much as it's only lunch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 23 minutes ago, pandarilla said: You don't need to use it for a week. Have it the next lunch and that's it. It's also not about making big pots of stuff, just an extra portion. So I’d be eating the same thing I’d had for dinner the next day for lunch? I like variety, that sounds repetitive and dull to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Attention seekers on social media. Bad enough when it’s younger females, but had a grown man in his 40’s posting cryptic messages about how crap his life is. He is no longer my Facebook friend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 As this seems to have turned into a depressing lunch contest, a boy I worked with years ago used to buy himself a £1 Farmfoods 4-pack of microwave burgers every couple of days. He'd bring one into work for lunch and had another one for dinner when he got home (so he said). Repeat every day for the year I knew him. Bound to be dead by now, surely. From constipation, if nothing else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 2 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: As this seems to have turned into a depressing lunch contest, a boy I worked with years ago used to buy himself a £1 Farmfoods 4-pack of microwave burgers every couple of days. He'd bring one into work for lunch and had another one for dinner when he got home (so he said). Repeat every day for the year I knew him. Bound to be President of the USA by now, surely. FTFY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Bus journeys and the annoying old c***s you encounter on them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Bus journeys and the annoying old c***s you encounter on them. Who inevitably don't have payment ready, don't know where the bus is going so have to ask the driver and instead of sitting in the seats reserved for them at the front of the bus dodder up the back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Who inevitably don't have payment ready, don't know where the bus is going so have to ask the driver and instead of sitting in the seats reserved for them at the front of the bus dodder up the back. The same 2 have been dishing out the shite weather patter to everyone that's got between Montrose and Dundee, I hope the bus brakes sharply as they're walking down the steps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 That "How to save money on your lunch" thread is tedious as f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heedthebaa Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I used to spend between £10-12 a day, with the 10am knockit and lunch, just go home at lunch now and make a sandwich 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 That "How to save money on your lunch" thread is tedious as f**k. Got a wee treat for you my good man come the new regime! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Folk not putting spaces after commas in emails,ken. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Muir Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Folk calling a scone a scone ( rhyming with tone ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Muir Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Commercial radio stations with endless ads that end with some c**t rattling off a load of words and terms and conditions that make it nigh on fuckin' impossible to get the deal that was advertised. c***s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 This absolute cuntery which is a regular occurrence in my work. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Idiots who think that you have to wait for the train station barriers to close before you put your ticket in/scan your smart card. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 This absolute cuntery which is a regular occurrence in my work. ^^^ doesn't know how to use the 3 seashells 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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