New job canteen fun!

...So I started a new job on tuesday (great outdoor work - can't wait for the summer!) and when the metaphorical lunchtime bell rings at 12 O'Clock the working masses all flood into the canteen. Yours truely walks in with his rucksack full to the brim with bananas looking forward to the fun that'll almost certainly be about to commence.
I tried not to smile as I sat down and pulled a bunch of spotty yellows out of the rucksack. As I pulled out the second bunch of peelable sweet sticks I could see a new colleague pause with coffee cup poised at the lip and another with a ham sandwich stop mid-munch. Nobody said anything until the second 'nana was half demolished.

"Do you like bananas then" (several chuckles from surrounding folk)
"I do like them yeah. I already had 10 of them for breakfast."
".. ! .."
"Actually my Mom runs a chimp rescue house so we get loads of left over bananas."
"REALLY?!"
"No just kidding."

Day 2 - Bag less full today but no less fun to be had.

"What the hell are those?"
"They're dates - they're delicious, just like sweets but better. Do you want one?"
"No thanks. I don't want to get fat."

Day 3 - Apples today. Loads of 'em.

"So you really like fruit then?"
"Yeah I love it. I guess I have a sweet tooth."
"I couldn't live without fat..."

Can't wait until the oranges tomorrow!

OF COURSE EVERYONE THINKS I'M CRAZY BUT -

$&%£
'EM.

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Comment by Maria Luiza Paes Leme on June 5, 2010 at 8:27am: GREAT!

Comment by Ellen on April 2, 2010 at 11:09pm: I printed this out to read to dh and he was hysterical over this part:

"Do you like bananas then" (several chuckles from surrounding folk)

Comment by Xenia on April 2, 2010 at 6:01pm: nice... good job!

Comment by Garth Jack on April 2, 2010 at 5:53pm: Expect a lot of "but where do you get your protein from".

Comment by treehugger on April 2, 2010 at 5:41pm: Cheers guys! Of course now it's my job to try and educate my new work pals. This might be a bit more tricky...

Comment by Ellen on April 2, 2010 at 10:19am: "I do like them yeah. I already had 10 of them for breakfast."
".. ! .."

Oh, i'm LOLing on this part!! Thanks for this today...great fun!

Comment by meganthevegan on April 2, 2010 at 9:17am: Ohhhh loovin it!!!

Comment by Eva on April 2, 2010 at 7:43am: LOL.
People at my work seem to get used to it. They see me walking to my desk with a plate piled high with oranges - and just smile ;-)

Comment by smw on April 2, 2010 at 6:41am: Good for you.

Im the crazy fruit girl at work too.

Ive adopted '#$% Em' as my mantra

Comment by NinaB on April 2, 2010 at 6:25am: Very funny! I was at the store this morning... My cart was filled with bananas and I heard a little kid say " look at all those bananas she has!" I looked around, like; 'Is he talking about me???' He kept talking about it, like "why does she need all those bananas??" So, I said "maybe I have a pet monkey at home, did you ever think of that?" His Mom looked like a crank, but the kid really got a kick outta me, lol Good luck with the oranges!! I just finished tangerine #20!!! YUM!