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Many of us find that it’s very difficult to be on a diet during
the holidays. It seems everyone and their brother are
bringing treats into the office. (I’ve had to look at a
bottomless bowl of candy corn for the last 3 weeks.) So how
about a solution to that problem?
The Treat Blocker
will be an inexpensive item sold through
most office supply catalogs & stores. It is a large plexiglas box
with a combination lock on it. It can be set wherever people
tend to leave treats around the office. When a person brings
in a treat, such as cookies or doughnuts or something, they
put it into the plexiglass box and set the combination. There
will be a list of those who don’t want to know the
combination and those who do. The treat bringer will then
send the combination out to those who do want to eat the
treats.
In this way, by being on the "non-inform" list, you won’t have
access to the combination and thus the treats and so won’t
be tempted to eat them. An added feature is that each
person who brings treats will use a different combination, so
that even if you somehow loose your willpower and get the
combination once, it won’t work when the next batch comes
in.
Not only is this good for the office, but it could also be used
at home. Have your spouse or roommate put their treats in
the box to keep you from midnight munching. The home
version would be larger to accommodate grocery day
acquisitions.
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I know what you mean, but I have an awful feeling the scenerio that would follow would be: bliss feels strong and purposeful today. Place on the no treat list.
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Around noon, bliss gets a bit cranky from inhaling the stanky perfume of co-worker all morn. She has a slight carb/sugar craving. She has fruit.
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3pm rolls around, bliss is in a full blown snit. (pms). Spots office sugar box full of lovely desireable treats, retreats to hallway, gathers huge firemens ax from call box, runs to sugar box and begins whacking it with all her might. Ugly, the rest is very ugly. |
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Easier to just ban open snack food in the workplace. (A suggestion I have made in several places where people constantly complain about weight, yet every day leave candies, cookies and cakes on the side for people to pick at. For some reason, the suggestion always falls on deaf ears.) |
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I watched three mechanics organize a "raid" on a candy bar vending machine while waiting at the auto shop yesterday. They had a system of tilting and shaking violently until sugary goodies rained down- no money required. |
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Notice that no one ever seems to bring in a bowl of
carrot sticks for their treat. That probably wouldn't need
a box to get ignored... |
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Bliss - maybe if we made the box opaque? Would that
help? |
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DrCurry - yeah, I suggested that too. Not only did they
bring daily treats, they did monthly potlucks too... Yeesh!
The hard part is being the receptionist... guess where the
candy jar goes? On MY desk! AAAAAaaaa!!! |
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This idea merely transfers the temptation from the treats themselves to changinging one's list status, a degree of abstraction that I don't see doing much. It is a fun idea, though -- I can see it being a kind of S & M distraction from the tedium of office work. I especially like the notion of an opaque box. If you didn't know what the treats were, or even if there were any at all, would you still crave them? |
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Have a Schroedinger's doughnut for the anno! |
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Lets eat them and say we didn't. |
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And to speed it up...pneumatic tube treat delivery direct to your office! |
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Banning seems a bit harsh. |
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It's a tricky truth, but your body really is your personality's avatar. It is your fault. |
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[nondenominational 'you'.] |
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bris: they ban smoking, don't they, and the smell of popcorn (say) is just as lethal to someone trying to stick to a diet. Of course, having said all that, I am known to bring cookies and candy that people give me into the office to get rid of them. (Hey, as long as *I* don't eat them...) |
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Nonetheless, it points at a trend that I find despicable: the banning of neighborliness and civility and good-natured sharing. Certainly not a particularly objective point of view. Just mine. |
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Or develop some self-control. |
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