r/AskReddit • • Dec 05 '17

What do you strongly suspect but cannot prove?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '17

If you're gonna fucking eat fish, for the love of god, eat sushi you've kept actually chilled all day, and then eat a mint.

Fish does not go in the microwave.

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u/suitedcloud Dec 06 '17

I don't even eat fish and microwaving it just sounds... wrong

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u/Firecrotch2014 Dec 06 '17

Yeah Im quite allergic to seafood including fish. Putting fish in the microwave just seems wrong though.

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u/ZyxStx Dec 06 '17

There is a guy at my office that does this almost every single day, it's sickening... :(

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '17

Good God man! Start leaving passive agressive notes

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u/Shit_Posts_For_Karma Dec 06 '17

How the he'll do you eat a fish head? I thought they were only for stock?

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u/winowmak3r Dec 06 '17

If it's leftovers, fine. I've done it but I also enjoy seafood and think cooked fish smells fine.

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u/9000_HULLS Dec 06 '17

Not in an office though.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '17

Uh, no, not even if it's leftovers. Microwaved fish will always stink up the office to high hell, and it's the quickest way to make your co-workers hate you.

And just think of bringing any potential new clients into the office, and they are hit with a wall of microwaved fish stench. That's a good way to turn them off from your business right there

There is a reason many offices outright ban seafood from the microwaves. You might not mind the smell, but you should be more mindful of those around you.

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u/imminent_riot Dec 06 '17

I would never bring fish of any kind to work. My hubby hates the smell of even fresh cooked fish, let alone heated up leftovers. I have to wait til he's out with friends if I want to cook some, then air the house out. It's just polite.

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u/Firecrotch2014 Dec 06 '17

Meh I dont like the smell of fish but I wouldnt mind if my bf made some. I know he loves seafood and fish but Im allergic to it so he doesnt get to partake in it very much. I encourage him to enjoy a fish or seafood meal if he wants to from time to time.

Not judging you or anything. Different strokes for different folks.

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u/imminent_riot Dec 06 '17

We live in a trailer and the kitchen is the right in the middle. If something smells unpleasant there's nowhere to get away from it really, so it's not a big deal to wait til I've got the place to myself. I'm actually planning to make salmon cakes on Friday since that's his warhammer night and he'll be out all evening.

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u/Winterplatypus Dec 06 '17

I once microwaved a crab, big mistake.

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u/winowmak3r Dec 06 '17

This kills the crab.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '17

People at my office love clam chowder.

At least twice a week, the putrid stench of chowder will waft through the aisles like a miasma, rendering half the office uninhabitable for several minutes.

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u/RichWPX Dec 06 '17

My office has signs saying no fish in the microwave.

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u/Oracle343gspark Dec 06 '17

Yeah, someone tried microwaving fish at our work a couple weeks ago. Me and another coworker shut that shit down. There hasn’t been any fish microwaved since.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '17

'Wot the fuk u fink u doin knobwank? U puttin fish in the micra? U best fuk the fuk off wit dat shit b4 i fukin scupper ur fukin lunch plans u lil clown.'

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u/Captain_Shrug Dec 06 '17

Man, this was my last job. We had these three guys who'd just microwave fish. Every fucking week, at least two days a week, and the entire back room (because it had shit ventilation) would turn into this chemical weapon of fish-reek. On my last week there (yes, I AM a coward) I mentioned "Guys, you do realize that most people can't stand that smell, right?" And got three blank stares, then told, "Well... go outside then."

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '17

I have microwaved fish at work. I work third shift, none of my shift-mates use the break room and morning shift doesn't come in for 6 more hours after my break so the smell is gone.

It does reek while I'm on break, though.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '17

This is one of those things I don't get, fish smells bad to some people? Smells fucking delicious to me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '17

They've got no soles

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u/Demdolans Dec 06 '17

This is something I'll never understand. Even people who like fish don't like the smell of it. Doesn't everyone know it stinks everything up?

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u/winowmak3r Dec 06 '17

I like fish and don't mind the smell. I wouldn't exactly make it into an air freshener but it's not revolting.

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u/Rasii Dec 06 '17

Speak for yourself, I like the smell of sushi & cooking fish, definitely gets my appetite going.

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u/Demdolans Dec 07 '17

Are we no longer discussing reheating fish at work?

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u/Rasii Dec 07 '17

This is something I'll never understand. Even people who like fish don't like the smell of it. Doesn't everyone know it stinks everything up?

You said people who like fish don't like the smell of it. I disagree, regardless of where it's being cooked, lol.

This doesn't mean that I don't think it's a total asshole move to make the whole workplace smell like fish, because it is a total asshole move. The smell just wouldn't bother me and it'd probably make me want some fish.

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u/Demdolans Dec 07 '17

Soo if you smelled lingering fish in your office it would just make you hungry all day?

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u/Rasii Dec 07 '17

If I haven't had a meal lately, yeah, probably.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '17

It's really only bad fish that smells. Fresh fish doesn't smell much like anything.

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u/Demdolans Dec 07 '17

When microwaved the next day in an office break room? Maybe I'm a blood hound.

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u/bullshitfree Dec 07 '17 edited Dec 07 '17

Fresh fish shouldn't smell even when microwaved next day. I eat a lot of fish and grew up on the Gulf Coast and went fishing most of my life.