I had a nurse visit yesterday for her follow-up appointment and it was a challenging week for her with much work stress. She related that she was making too many trips to the break room/kitchen area and there bountiful amounts of backed goods that were brought in my other nurses. When I go to the hospital, I would similarly notice incredible amounts of high-caloric foods that were brought in by the nureses for other nurses.
In a similar manner, many of my tracher patients tell me that their break rooms look like the Old Country Buffet. Teachers, similar to the nurses make it a habit to bring in for others a variety of cookies, cakes and other high-caloric food sources. This is all done inakind manner to try to make their peers feel recognized for their hard work.
However, with weight problems afflicting 67% of Americans, how much "good" are we doing hy tempting overweight people with these "gifts"? Would you tempt an alcoholic with a bottle of wine? Tempt a drug dealer with a fix? Then why tempt your overweight colleagues with food?
We tend to "nurture" or as a sign of caring, by bringing people food. Taking a step back, by feeding overweight people wrong food sources, you are hastening their early death. Why would anyone do this?
Whether you are a teacher, nurse, or in any other profession where there is a break room/kitchen area, if your intention is to bring in somethoing for everyone, I would urge you to think hard about what you are bringing in, the make-up of the people you are bringing it to, and assess whether you are really being kind or unconsciously hurting people.
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I think people tend to share with their friends and co-workers the 'fruits' of their hobbies or the results of how they spend their spare time.
Years ago, I worked at the airport fueling airplanes. My co-workers were all men ranging in age from 19 to 65. In the summer, our breakroom had boxes and bags of tomatoes, squash, zuccini, potatoes, green beans, peas, etc., straight from the garden because these men loved to garden in their spare time. In the winter, they usually brought in extra venison or other types of game. They had more than they needed so they shared the extra with their friends and co-workers.
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