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From: dkw12002 on 23 May 2008 12:46
On May 22, 2:11 pm, "FOB" <f...(a)removethisameritech.net> wrote:
> And this comment points up exactly what is wrong with the company's
> approach.  Not everyone believes the same rules apply as to what is healthy
> food.  I'd say everything in the replacements is healthy except for the
> mini-quiches which still might be okay for thin non-diabetics.  Some fruit
> might be too carby for some people.  But cholesterol is irrelevant.
>
> dkw12...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
>
> |
> | "Then one day the attorneys showed up for a firm breakfast and found
> | hard-boiled eggs, yogurt, mini-quiches, cottage cheese and fresh
> | fruit.
> | "Where's the doughnuts?" ranted the associates. "
> |
> | Big problem. The replacement food is no better than donuts...high
> | cholesterol. Also, you can get plenty fat eating this food and stay
> | thin eating KRispy Kreme. This is a paternalistic concept and way too
> | specific. I wouldn't work for such a short-sighted company. dkw

Right. It is mostly opinions and management would be imposing their
opinions on employees. The condition is overweight so they need to
address that problem and leave the how-to to the employees. OFFERING
lower calorie foods would be one way. I worked for an employer once
who had this opinion that everyone needed 2 weeks off all at once
rather than a couple of days here and there, so he tried to see that
everyone took their vacations in 2-week periods. We got 4 weeks. His
stated reason was that it takes 2 weeks to reguvenate yourself. I told
him that might apply to him, but it wasn't a valid reason to apply it
to everyone else. He did lighten up a bit after that. It may have also
been that what he really wanted was less paperwork and fewer
replacement temp. employees coming and going, but he denied that.
Paternalism has always irked me. I don't need someone else to tell me
how I should conduct my life. Oh, they can suggest all they want and
present their OPINIONS, but they don't seem to understand the
difference between fact and opinion to begin with. dkw
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