One of the Most Awkward Corporate Situations In The World

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body is prepped for cake. I’ve made a vow to myself to not have a takeaway, which would end up being McDonald’s, to make myself feel less guilty. Yes, I know it’s my birthday but I would still feel guilty.As I’m going out with friends the following week, I’ve had to advise them not to buy me cake as we always buy cupcakes for each other. I’ll make cupcakes for them instead, which I think is sweet, no idea how I’ll transport them but I’ll figure it out.However, I know my colleagues at work will buy me cake. It was my colleague’s birthday last week and cake was bought, luckily I was off sick so no cake for me. She also bought cake from home so it was a double-load.If I was unfortunate enough to be in the office and I was offered some cake, how do you say no? Goodies float around the office 24/7 and I’m not buying into it anymore. I genuinely don’t want the cake.But is it rude if you turn down cake on a colleague’s birthday?I’m not talking about any cake from the supermarket shelf, what if my colleague had physically come up to me and asked me if I would like a slice of something homemade becau

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se it’s their birthday?The only excuse I would have is because I’m on a cleaner-eating streak. Nothing personal, just wrong timing. I’ll celebrate your birthday in spirit and ghost-flavoured cake.An even worse scenario would be this: can I turn down my own office cake on my own birthday?This is a social situation I’ve never managed to shake and I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to anyone else about it. Colleagues have all chimed in together to buy a cake for you and someone has even spent a portion of their lunch break or spare time collecting it for the big day, and I don’t even want it. Even a small slice won’t cut it (if you pardon the pun), the answer is no.As I’ve been sick with a lung infection, this has also decreased my appetite. If I start snacking on heavy-carb cake, this will fill me up for the wrong reasons.My birthday is in 6 days, so I’ve still got time to ask my colleagues to not buy me anything. If they have planned well and bought cake in advance then I hope they have the receipt because I genuinely do not want loads of cake.Would you eat the cake?</article></body>

To eat the cake or to not eat the cake?

Next Saturday is my birthday. I hate having a birthday in January because I’ve just eaten a truckload in December for Christmas with barely any limitations or restrictions and I can’t start afresh knowing that on the 20th I’ll end up eating junk food.

Nevertheless, I try to eat much better every year from the 1st of January. For 2024, it’s not going so bad. I started working out again, but I’ve got a lung infection so I can’t breathe very well. Out the window the workouts go for now.

Even if I avoid a takeaway on my birthday, the one guarantee I’ll have is that there will be birthday cake. How can I not have cake on my birthday?

So, my body is prepped for cake. I’ve made a vow to myself to not have a takeaway, which would end up being McDonald’s, to make myself feel less guilty. Yes, I know it’s my birthday but I would still feel guilty.

As I’m going out with friends the following week, I’ve had to advise them not to buy me cake as we always buy cupcakes for each other. I’ll make cupcakes for them instead, which I think is sweet, no idea how I’ll transport them but I’ll figure it out.

However, I know my colleagues at work will buy me cake. It was my colleague’s birthday last week and cake was bought, luckily I was off sick so no cake for me. She also bought cake from home so it was a double-load.

If I was unfortunate enough to be in the office and I was offered some cake, how do you say no? Goodies float around the office 24/7 and I’m not buying into it anymore. I genuinely don’t want the cake.

But is it rude if you turn down cake on a colleague’s birthday?

I’m not talking about any cake from the supermarket shelf, what if my colleague had physically come up to me and asked me if I would like a slice of something homemade because it’s their birthday?

The only excuse I would have is because I’m on a cleaner-eating streak. Nothing personal, just wrong timing. I’ll celebrate your birthday in spirit and ghost-flavoured cake.

An even worse scenario would be this: can I turn down my own office cake on my own birthday?

This is a social situation I’ve never managed to shake and I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to anyone else about it. Colleagues have all chimed in together to buy a cake for you and someone has even spent a portion of their lunch break or spare time collecting it for the big day, and I don’t even want it. Even a small slice won’t cut it (if you pardon the pun), the answer is no.

As I’ve been sick with a lung infection, this has also decreased my appetite. If I start snacking on heavy-carb cake, this will fill me up for the wrong reasons.

My birthday is in 6 days, so I’ve still got time to ask my colleagues to not buy me anything. If they have planned well and bought cake in advance then I hope they have the receipt because I genuinely do not want loads of cake.

Would you eat the cake?