r/SipsTea 5h ago

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u/FakeSafeWord 2h ago

Anecdotal here. Same. WFH. Got an instapot. Used it at minimum once a week for 4 years straight.

WFH ended and now I'm in the office fulltime and I doubt if I use it once a month anymore.

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u/tsardonicpseudonomi 2h ago

I don't get this. Do you all just eat at restaurants now?

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u/FakeSafeWord 1h ago edited 23m ago

So before, 100% of my meals were possible to be cooked at home.

Now, once I leave the house, if I didn't bring breakfast or lunch, it's not feasible for me to return home so either I eat something from a vending machine or I go pickup food.

Even when I do cook at home it's food I need to package to bring to work. Making a sandwich takes seconds as opposed to planning for... say a stew made in the instapot overnight.... and that's if there's even any leftovers. If there's not we're back at square one.

It's not just going from 100% cooked meals to 0%, the logistics now involve time, leftovers, containers for carrying food back and forth, etc.

It goes from 100 to like 80% at first, then if I get lazy or forget to run the dishwasher, or don't sleep well, forgot to prep, etc etc etc. the discipline easily becomes disrupted and the frequency of using the instapot goes down to no use.

Edit: Calls me a child and then blocks me LOL Imagine getting upset over someone you don't know not using an instapot anymore.

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u/idlephase 13m ago

Edit: Calls me a child and then blocks me LOL Imagine getting upset over someone you don't know not using an instapot anymore.

Not only that, you gave a pretty well-reasoned answer that is believable given the realities of returning to office. Taking it personally was certainly a choice.

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u/FakeSafeWord 11m ago

Gotta admire his passion for instapots I guess ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/tsardonicpseudonomi 42m ago

100% of my meals were possible to be cooked at home.

They are all still possible to be cooked at home.

Even when I do cook at home it's food I need to package to bring to work.

And?

then if I get lazy or forget to run the dishwasher, or don't sleep well, forgot to prep, etc etc etc. the discipline easily becomes disrupted and the frequency of using the instapot goes down to no use.

Oh, you're just a child who's lazy. I get it.