Bagel Wednesdays
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 07:32PM 
Every Wednesday, the entire IT Department is graciously provided bagels and muffins. And because IT has a very thin annual budget, the cost associated with providing us bagels and muffins has to be itemized as an individual line item in the annual budget for review and approval.
By 9:00a.m., all the bagels and muffins have been picked over. Some have a “thing” for muffin tops only, leaving all the lonely muffin bottoms in the serving tray that no one is going to go for. And some take one of each kind to bring home to their kids later or to stock up for the remainder of the week…losers, I swear.
There have been a multitude of complaints over the past several weeks regarding Bagel Wednesdays:
- There’s never enough to for everyone
- There’s more poppy-seed than there are other flavors
- The cream cheese spread is not low cal
- No one can tell what kind of muffins are on the tray because of the Muffin Top Bandit
Isn’t there more shit to complain about in an IT Department like server capacity issues, infrastructure and network latency reports, or application failures? I guess not – not in my IT Department, anyway. Instead we complain about bagels and muffins by sending the Executive Asst. to the CIO anonymous complaints about Bagel Wednesday. She finally got fed up with all the complaints and a blanket email went out at 11:00a.m. that read:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING BAGEL WEDNESDAYS
We have received notice that our IT Budget has been cut again. As such, this has affected our Bagel Wednesday expenses. Effective immediately, we will only buy enough bagels and muffins to accommodate one bagel or one muffin per IT employee. And to ensure you receive the muffin or bagel of your choice, there is a new Bagel and Muffin spreadsheet on the Department share-drive for you to pre-fill your option. This needs to be completed by EOD Tuesday to ensure your order is received. If you do not come in on the corresponding Wednesday and you have placed your bagel/muffin order for that day you're out, you are entitled to neither a bagel nor a muffin the following Wednesday.
Please adhere to this new Wednesday Bagel policy and procedure.
Sally, Executive Asst. to the CIO
Are you fucking kidding me with this?!?!
I never get a bagel or muffin on Bagel Wednesdays because of this. Nah, who am I kidding…I never get a bagel or muffin on Bagel Wednesdays because I don’t start my day til 10:00a.m. [But I do work pretty late damnit!]
Tech-Babe
Today was Bagel Wednesday, this time with the new Bagel Wednesday policy in effect. Got in at a little before 10a.m. and had 3 plain bagels w/ low cal cream cheese and a banana nut muffin on a paper plate with a napkin over it sitting on my desk with a post it note next to it that read:
Just for you, compliments of Sally, Executive Asst. to the CIO.
And for the record, I did not, and will not, fill out that pre-order form on the shared drive.
Reader Comments (5)
talk about priorities at the work place...maybe to make it even more fair to everyone, just do away with the stupid weekly breakfast all together. better yet, make them be healthy and only provide fruit...perhaps then they will take that home to their kids and it will help lessen the chances of their children becoming obese (i mean, if they aren't going to worry about work related issues anyway). just a thought.
Great idea Cousin! Then again, a fruit plate would go against IT protocol. It's all about carbs and sugary treats to maintain the "I hate my job - I have no one to impress" attitude as it pertains to physical appearance.
I hope these budget cuts don't affect Krispy Kreme Fridays...
This is fucking hilarious! Had to share with my IT Manager! Thanks for the laugh;)
LMFAO!!! And still LMFAO!