{"id":305056,"date":"2024-02-28T10:17:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T10:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defused.com\/?p=305056"},"modified":"2024-02-28T10:23:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T10:23:15","slug":"comments-about-coworkers-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defused.com\/comments-about-coworkers-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Asks If He’s Wrong For Making Comments About Coworker’s Food, Gets Put In Place By Users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Today’s OP, who is a 32-year-old white male, had to deal with a workplace dilemma. His colleague, Anna, a 23-year-old Asian woman, brought a home-cooked meal to the office one day which OP commented upon. While he intended to warn Anna about potential microaggressions related to her choice of food that she could face. Despite expressing his own appreciation of her food multiple times, some coworkers overheard his statements and later criticized him for it. Anna then went to HR, hurt by the conversation. Is OP r*cist? Find out for yourself by scrolling down to see the whole story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n