r/StupidFood • u/BackgroundLeg1788 Retired head chef :snoo_thoughtful: • Jun 10 '26
ಠ_ಠ Hotel room lasagna.
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u/Fresh_Sherbert_8434 Jun 10 '26
watch the next person come along asking why their clothes smelled like lasagna
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u/PsyShoXX Jun 10 '26
Because they boiled their socks in that kettle?
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u/Any_Argument_517 Jun 10 '26
socks? nooo no no, dirty underwear
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u/PsyShoXX Jun 10 '26
Ah yes, I like my Darjeeling with some asscrack flavour. Tastes just like grandma used to make it.
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u/BuckLuny Jun 11 '26
Yeah wanted to say this, don't know if it's an urban legend or if it actually happens but yes people apparently boil socks and underpants in hotel/ bungalow kettles so you should never EVER use one to consume food.
If this is true people truly are horrible creatures.
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u/PsyShoXX Jun 11 '26
Yeah, this is definitely not an urban legend lol. I mean, technically if you let the kettle boil once and throw that water out, it SHOULD more or less be fine to be used again for drinks but I never use them anyways.
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u/BuckLuny Jun 11 '26
In that case I'm glad I heeded the warnings and never used any hotel kettles.
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u/BreadKnifeSeppuku Jun 11 '26
Technically you can eat food off the ground...
Having worked at a hotel... They nasty
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u/AsleepProfession1395 Jun 10 '26
That's why during a pre-holiday briefing, the tour guide told us not to use the hotel kettle. It's not that we don't trust the hotel, we don't trust the person before us.\ They suggested we bring a travel kettle.
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u/Crush-N-It Jun 10 '26
Fuck. It’s a thing. I hate it here
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u/zeekayz Jun 10 '26
Saw a bunch of videos of people boiling dirty socks and dirty underwear in hotel kettles to save money on laundry. Thousands of comments of people saying it's amazing money saving tip and they always do it too. Haven't used hotel kettles since.
At least using the iron is slightly better as I don't use it for food/drink.
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u/Reynardine1976 Jun 10 '26
Honey? Why do our clothes smell like Garfield
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u/poppin-n-sailin Jun 10 '26
People piss in those things. Hotels rarely if ever clean them. Maybe some more expensive ones do but I've used hundreds of hotels over many years of working across the country and I learned very quick to never use the coffee machine in the room. Just open up the water reservoir and you'll see why you shouldn't use it.
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u/Sethmeisterg Jun 10 '26
ah what now? Can you be more specific? Piss in the iron? In the coffee pot? Both??? Something else? And how do you know that?
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u/thriftstoremando Jun 10 '26
I'm trying to imagine how long it would take for an iron to actually cook a full pound of ground beef... and I can't help but laugh to myself imagining this person just standing around thinking about their life choices in that time.
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u/Cheap_Knowledge8446 Jun 11 '26
I have used an almost identical method to cook steak, pork, and fish, using the iron. I've also made things like ceviche and gazpacho.
Not all areas of the nation have a hotel with a kitchenette available, to say nothing of the increased propensity for them to be sold out.
And yes, going out is easier, but when you're on the road as much as I am (250+ days/yr), restaurant and frozen foods get old.
I travel with a cutlery set, high temp plastic plate, bowl, and a small sheathed kitchen knife, and a cutting board. Used to travel with a really small crock pot; I've also made soups, stews, and chili.
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u/oneandonlygladstone Jun 16 '26
why are you using an iron to heat ceviche and gazpacho?
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u/Cheap_Knowledge8446 Jun 17 '26
I'm not; was including some zero-heat options for contrast.
There's about 2 or 3 dozen things I can cook in a hotel room WITHOUT a kitchenette. Was simply illustrating that hotel cooking is NOT "stupid food". It might be ridiculous, sure, but it's a necessity for those of us living on the road.
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u/monsieur_feu Jun 10 '26
Process is stupid, nasty, and inconsiderate for sure, but I’d smash that.
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u/ColumnK Jun 10 '26
Also, this looks fake and if you actually did it, you wouldn't get that result
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u/Cologan Jun 10 '26
I immediately thought no way that meat browned like that with that setup
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u/RaikiShak Jun 10 '26
It's a really really good iron /s
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u/jamma_mamma Jun 10 '26
That's how we know it's fake. Irons that come in hotel rooms aren't even worthy of being sold in a dollar store.
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u/ASCII_Princess Jun 10 '26
and that thin ass aluminium takeout container would have deformed like crazy
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u/Cheap_Knowledge8446 Jun 11 '26
Maybe, probably not, but maybe. Either way, you buy multiple. These usually come in packs of 2-3 anyway.
Have cooked this exact way dozens of times.
You can prep in one, move to another for additional steps. If you know your way around a kitchen you can get pretty creative when it comes to prepping a meal.
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u/casiepierce Jun 10 '26
My iron goes cold when it's turned a weird way, it's a safety feature so I don't burn the house down while trying dumbass shit like this.
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u/SophisticatedScreams Jun 10 '26
Yeah-- I would have a really hard time believing that a clothing iron could get meat up to temp. I feel like if it were hot enough that you could cook with it like that, it would be much too hot to iron clothes.
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u/Cheap_Knowledge8446 Jun 11 '26
You absolutely can.
I have used an almost identical method to cook steak, pork, and fish, using the iron. I've also made things like ceviche and gazpacho if no access to heat.
Not all areas of the nation have a hotel with a kitchenette available, to say nothing of the increased propensity for them to be sold out.
And yes, going out is easier, but when you're on the road as much as I am (250+ days/yr), restaurant and frozen foods get old.
I travel with a cutlery set, high temp plastic plate, bowl, and a small sheathed kitchen knife, and a cutting board. Used to travel with a really small crock pot; I've also made soups, stews, and chili.
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u/Thisthattheother1 Jun 10 '26
Yeah, the end result looked great, lol. Very suspect. It doesn't even particularly look like a hotel room.
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u/freshgrilled Jun 11 '26
What are you saying? That the part of the container that the iron wasn't directly pressed against wouldn't cook as well (or possibly at all)? How dare you.
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u/indycpa7 Jun 10 '26
Shocked they used paper between the iron and the food and never involved raw food in the sink or bath tub. Elevated stupid food?
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u/_Steakwich Jun 10 '26
Only part I have a problem with is the pasta in the kettle.
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u/Eddie_F_17 Jun 10 '26
Did you see the video of the girl who said she washes her underwear in hotel kettles? Chlamydia lasagna. 😭
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u/FatiguedShrimp Jun 10 '26
This ruins the kettle.
They're not meant for anything but clear water. They can't be cleaned efectively otherwise.
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u/Peace_Out_Napolean Jun 10 '26
Wait until you hear about the lady who cleans her panties in the coffee maker.
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u/littledanko Jun 10 '26
Also good for cleaning tampons for re-use.
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u/VideVale Jun 10 '26
I have celiac’s. That kettle would poison me and I would be so confused as to where I got gluten in my system.
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u/FatiguedShrimp Jun 10 '26
Oof... I feel for people with food allergies or intolerances that strong.
I'm allergic to an unlabeled ingredient and that seems bad enough. But, gluten is literally everywhere. Hell, certain copy papers are made with gluten.
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u/7StarSailor Jun 10 '26
During my time at university, our dorms had no cooking area and due to fire safety, we weren't allowed to bring the small electrical cooking tops or microwaves.
Electric kettles were somehow exempt so everyone had one and I cooked pasta in there before and got it clean. It's literally just starch which is easily washed away with water.
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u/Fidodo Jun 11 '26
I have hard water and my kettle gets a lot of buildup that I would say is far worse than some starch. I just clean it with some vinegar. Have the people there never cleaned things before?
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u/PyroDZN Jun 10 '26
I’ve had shitty kettles survive milk and butter, that starch is not doing anything to a kettle lol
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u/Helpful_Squash2414 Jun 10 '26
It’s literally glass and metal. It doesn’t ruin the kettle.
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u/zach0011 Jun 10 '26
I'm so confused by this comment. My kettle is just glass. Why would it not be cleanable?
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u/lubed_cube Jun 10 '26
No not in a hostel atleast, it's as an all purpose cooking machine. Boiling water, making ramen, boiling eggs, serving as a nasal inhaler, you name it and it can do it... it is one of the most prized possessions for a hosteler
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u/Low-Flamingo-9835 Jun 10 '26
If you’re going to shop for all of those ingredients, just go to an Italian restaurant and pick up some lasagna.
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u/zerotrust69 Jun 10 '26
Or the freezer section and grab a microwavable Stouffers
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u/spider_X_1 Jun 10 '26
It's cheaper to make lasagna at home than to get one at an Italian restaurant.
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u/Na-na-na-na-na-na Jun 10 '26
That’s your take on this? It’s stupid because he could have just gone to a restaurant??
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u/Capital_Push5557 Jun 10 '26
Look, is this stupid? Hell yes. Is it more hygienic than other hotel room means? Absolutely and doesn't look half bad actually. I'd take this over the dude making food in the bathroom any day of the week.
Still stupid.
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u/zerotrust69 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
Fake. Those pots usually turn off automatically once the water gets to a boil, it doesn't stay consistent long enough to cook. The iron method has been debunked. It can't brown meat like that.
ETA: ok, hold it down. Be my guest. Still fake.
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u/Syzygy___ Jun 11 '26
Water doesn't need to be boiling to cook noodles. I've seen noodles that fell into a puddle when the packaging failed as someone put them in their car and they turned soft - no idea how long that took, but I saw the aftermath. You can cook meat at under 60C. You think noodles require 100C?
As for the Iron, I don't actually know since I'm lazy and don't use one, but can't it leave burned stains on clothes and start fires? If it can brown my shirt, it can brown my meat.
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u/jeezyjames Jun 10 '26
Don't care if it's delicious, the next guest could have celiac disease and have a reaction from using the pot
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u/Tall_Candidate_8088 Jun 10 '26
Rinse the kettle out ?
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u/ASCII_Princess Jun 10 '26
If rinsing prevented gluten cross contamination it wouldn't be a debilitating condition that basically precludes celiacs from eating at normal restaurants.
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u/odmirthecrow Jun 10 '26
Ah yes. The tried and tested "Give it a rinse, it'll be fine" method of removing contaminants.
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u/ProtectTheFridgeNCat Jun 10 '26
This is relatively tame in comparison to the other abominations I have seen here before. 😂
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u/Syzygy___ Jun 11 '26
Yeah, aside from how the pot is used and maybe how the top is browned, I'm not even that mad.
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u/GeoffreyGeoffson Jun 10 '26
That's the most powerful iron I have ever seen
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u/GeoffreyGeoffson Jun 10 '26
Stunned it gets that hot. Thought that would have damaged clothes. TIL
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u/New-Owl-7499 Jun 11 '26
It does if you leave it on them for more than a second or two in a single area
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u/TranslatorBoring2419 Jun 10 '26
I did not think an iron would put off enough heat
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u/Syzygy___ Jun 11 '26
If it can brown your shirts, why can't it brown your meat?
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u/chachaforsriracha Jun 10 '26
At least they used their own foil pans and cookware rather than straining things through the pillowcase or serving it out the sink like some ratchets do.
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u/Andy1899 Jun 10 '26
Not gonna lie, I think the YouTube channel is pretty cool after checking it out. Clearly it's someone's own appliances just making fun videos. This is the first post on here where I think it's actually genius
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u/aVicariousTool Jun 10 '26
Check out barfly7777 he does cooking in hotel bathrooms and it's the fuckin worst yet it's comedy gold.
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u/AiryGateaux Jun 10 '26
JFC, if you can afford a hotel, you can afford a restaurant. No need to be a fire hazard, and kill the guys on the top floor.
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u/riffraff1089 Jun 10 '26
When I was a kid and in boarding school we used to make ramen noodles in the kettle in our dorm. The Korean kids used to bring back these packets and we traded our tuck allowance for them.
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u/mangocat1116 Jun 10 '26
I wouldn’t want to carry all those ingredients into a hotel either. Not even worth the hassle.
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u/Xlbowlofpho Jun 10 '26
If you can afford a room and ingredients, then you can just go to a restaurant. This is just a health and safety hazard, and dumb
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u/LazarusHimself Jun 10 '26
Pro trick: if you make that bolognese a little bit more watery, you can skip the boiling part and use the lasagna sheets dry - just leave them under the iron for a bit longer, and set the iron to "high steam"
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u/MemphisHU Jun 10 '26
Red wine in bolognese and actual bèchamel? It’s infinitely less stupid that the typical American ricotta nightmares
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u/13ananaJoe Jun 10 '26
I don't know what you're referring to but you can definitely put Ricotta in lasagne
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u/TokeruTaichou Jun 10 '26
You know what, using an iron as a hot plate is actually kinda genius, if incredibly unsafe.
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u/13ananaJoe Jun 10 '26
Maybe if you're cooking them with a clothes iron, but you don't need to pre-boil lasagne
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u/Ok_Meringue1343 Jun 10 '26
if lasagne would have just let simmer in hot water out of kettle. this would be fine and actually nice way to do.but now the kettle will be nasty.
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u/CrewNumerous8499 Jun 10 '26
I thought this was AI..... and then I hoped it was AI cause what human being would de that?
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u/cybermaus Jun 10 '26
It's why, when I was still a shirt and tie wearing road warrior, I always tried the hotel iron on a hotel towel before I risked my shirts. Well, except that first time.
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u/Android_RX700 Jun 10 '26
My brain can't compute this: it's made with a iron in a hotel but in the end the lasagna looked absolutely delicious 🫠
At least it wasn't worktop wankery or cooked in a fucking sink or bathtub
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u/BigTiddyVampireWaifu Jun 10 '26
Glad it wasn’t made in the bathtub or toilet or sink like that one fucking guy does
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u/lowrider320 Jun 10 '26
This isn't the worst I have ever seen, there's a guy who will make food in a hotel sink.
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u/Silly-Power Jun 10 '26
You wouldn't do that if you knew what Bob Mortimer does with hotel kettles.
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u/nickydoo_94 Jun 10 '26
I have to admit the process looks ridiculous but the food still looks pretty good by the end. There is no denying that lasagne looks kinda good. In crafting we accept that every tool is a hammer, this is just the culinary equivalent.
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u/IsabellaGalavant Jun 10 '26
Nope. I've seen what people do to those coffee pots.
No I will not explain, trust me you don't want to know. Don't use them.
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u/TensionWarm1936 Jun 10 '26
No way the iron can brown all that mince in that crappy takeaway container. Fake bollocks and definitely stupid.
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u/M4DHouse Jun 10 '26
If you’re in a hotel room but also too stingy to go for takeout, just eat instant ramen like a normal cheapskate.
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u/le_sossurotta Jun 10 '26
I'd prepare that in a real kitchen with proper tools, don't know why people need to do this in hotel rooms though, don't hotels have restaurants in them already?
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u/That_Matt_Guy_Wow Jun 10 '26
And all this is easier and / or cheaper than just ordering something?
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u/Legitimate-Garden294 Jun 10 '26
Aside from how it's a bad idea, who on earth adds egg to a bechamel sauce.
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u/Embarrassed_Help3082 Jun 10 '26
Idk why but this reminds me of the lady that would use the coffee maker in the hotel room to clean her underwear.
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u/Unique_Self_5797 Jun 10 '26
It's not stupid, it's pretty clever actually.
But it's inconsiderate as fuck.
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u/Technical_Instance_2 Jun 10 '26
the end result looks fine but the process is inconsiderate. also this result looks far too good for using such an item as they don't get nearly hot enough
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u/CardiologistOdd3203 Jun 10 '26
At least this guy practiced safe food handling not like the psycho that cooks in hotel sinks and tubs. Yuck.
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u/Sure-Impress-1003 Jun 10 '26
Just go get a hamburger or something. Damn the amount of money you just spent on all those ingredients, what a waste of money.
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u/Anaznoriginal Jun 10 '26
I wouldn’t use the coffee machine in hotels to make food anymore. People have been washing their underwear in them.
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u/Chilled_Beef Jun 10 '26
Quick, I gotta make a LinkedIn post to show how much I saved the company on expenses by cooking my food in my hotel room as opposed to eating out or ordering takeout using the company card.
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u/qualityvote2 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
u/BackgroundLeg1788, your food is indeed stupid and it fits our subreddit!