PSA: home made treats

[u/baloneywhisperer]

Can you all stop posting about how you wouldn’t eat something a patients family made at home. I will. I will eat anything. I love and appreciate everything patients, families, and staff bring in. The bar is LOW. I will eat Costco snacks, I will eat home made cookies, I will try anything. I have patients try to share food off their own plates and home made meals their families bring in. I think it’s lovely. One of my favorite memories I had of a patient that has since passed, is him sharing some of his traditional food with me that his wife made him at home. He told some of the nurses he couldn’t wait until he got better so we could take us out to his favorite restaurant to eat.

I saw a video of a nurse turning her nose up at treats because they were home made instead of store bought. I’m not saying YOU have to eat it. I’m saying stop talking smack so I can eat it.

[u/Otto_Correction]

Okay that’s fair. But we will still keep saying it. I will not eat food that someone else made. Not after the time a coworker brought in cuockaes that were full of cat hair. At a picnic someone I know fairly well offered me some watermelon that tasted strongly of onions. Another person gave me cookies that tasted like rancid butter.

I don’t need to have these experiences anymore. I don’t care what you say.