Men stay away from my stash

By LK

I like to carry snacks to the office. You see when hunger pangs hit, I like to be prepared like any serious person ought to be. I nibble a little of this and that to keep hunger at bay until I can officially leave for lunch.

I find it annoying that some people, especially men, in the office like to wait till you take out your chevda, nuts, cookies or whatever you have, to come and snack with you. When asked why they don’t carry their own snacks, with their mouths full of your munchies, they pronounce "Men don’t carry food" while chewing concertedly at your own and sometimes nodding sagaciously, at the wisdom of letting you do all the work.

Tea time becomes a meal of debate where people file to your desk "because they saw you with some mandazi" which they would like to take a pinch out of to fill the hollow gaps that the tea did not.

Suddenly, it becomes, "today the mandazi is not as sweet as yesterday’s" or vice versa. Some go as far as raiding your drawers for chocolate, apples and other goodies when you are away, smiling good naturedly at the "joke" when you start yelling for what you left in there.

Guys please, since you don’t carry food to the office, kindly keep away from mine.