Proof of Burden: My coworker proceeded to look disgusted and ask, and if this is a paraphrase it is a small one, "How did she feel after that!? Ugh, I bet she felt terrible! This is why I support euthanasia"

A few years ago I was at a buffet with work and my, for wont of a better term, insane coworker was sitting with me. We were swapping overeating stories at a buffet, like you do, and I was treated to one of the most incredible examples of ageism I have ever personally witnessed, strap in

I shared a charming story about my grandmother causing us concern by eating very little of Thanksgiving dinner. But then, as soon as it was plausibly time for desert, asking for a PREPOSTEROUSLY LARGE slice of pie. The woman has priorities and she will act on them, by God

My coworker proceeded to look disgusted and ask, and if this is a paraphrase it is a small one, "How did she feel after that!? Ugh, I bet she felt terrible! This is why I support euthanasia"

Anyway, yes, I kind of think there's a lot of ageism bouncing around

We will all grow old and 99% of us won't look like Jane Fonda if and when we hit her age.

And also won't mean we won't be enjoying our lives and will be longing for euthanasia. What a disgusting thing to say, anyway.

TBH, the prospect of continued access to pie is one of the things that will keep me going as my body starts giving out.

Years ago, I took my 90-something grandmother to lunch. She wanted strawberry shortcake, and that's all. When you're 90+ every day is a gift. Eat whatever you want.

My 95 year-old grandmother still cooks her largely vegetarian lunches every day!

I am reading Barbra Streisand's autobiography at the moment (she's 82), and 1/10th of the book is about all the things she refuses to stop eating because they taste so good.

I wouldn’t have guessed that response in a million years

ageism and something like orthorexia. I've known people like that who just couldn't understand someone ever wanting to eat something that wasn't "purely fuel"

i bet that orthorexia was the primary driver for that one, with ageism providing the form for the output. i cannot imagine hearing about an old lady with a small appetite prioritizing pleasure on a LITERAL HOLIDAY ABOUT EATING and processing that as a horror story.

Orthorexia was definitely in the mix too, but she also told some stories about wanting to murder nursing home patients from her time working there, and I didn't hear them first hand, but they were so bad that a coworker informally reached out to law enforcement about them

HOLY shit HOLY SHIT that is absolutely terrifying. i hope she's not in any position related to any kind of power over others ever ever again

Yeah orthorexia really doesn’t lead to “and that’s why I support euthanasia” without some very ugly additional prejudices in the mix.

I admit I've never heard this term and wish I had because I realize it describes my first wife. It was a problem.

I knew it was disordered eating but wasn't, you know, ANOREXIA or anything like that.

that's terrifying.

That is a pretty insane co-worker, yeah 😬

... holy hell

WTAF?!?

I try not to put the energy of saying "insane coworker" out into the world too often, but another time, and less topically, she shoved her bleeding foot in my face and then blamed me for it because I'd answered her questions about the dress code the week before

Unbelievable gif reply.

Did you recommend euthanasia?

And cheers to your grandmother! She's more than earned the right to eat whatever she wants!

Yikes. 😬

Weird way to discover you’re sitting with Canadian doctors

I strapped in and was still unprepared.

Jfc

[blink blink blink] Okay, so *my* reaction is "your grandma sounds hilarious and I want to be like that when I am old."

WOW. WHAT the actual fuck (your Grandma is a genius btw and I have also done this. Or tried, back in my families' dozens of pies era.)

Yo what the fuck

this escalated quickly

Oh hell no

Your coworker after seeing me at a bakery.

OMFG that is such a charming and cute story, and i absolutely love your grandmother, and that takeaway is absolutely horrific some people are really living their whole lives entirely out of pocket

holy fuck

Wtf

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