Not only that dedicated microwave unit but even has a dedicated electrical outlet so that vegan electricity doesn't get mixed up with the meat sinnahzzz ... :^)
Bet their HR department is fun to have a chat with.
Next thing they will want the non-vegetarian micro in the basement or garage. Then to the patio and then not at all like they did with tobacco. Never are you going to make these people happy. They live to bitch.
My first thought was Kosher, too. Other than terminal butthurt, what's the problem, really? The vast majority of normal humans are neither harmed nor inconvenienced by this. Amused, sure.
I used to work for a large company in the food industry, and if I recall, the kosher standards are much more stringent than halal. So, Muslims can eat kosher, but observant Jews can’t eat halal. By the way, probably half the food in supermarkets is kosher, as big food companies like Kraft or Coca Cola insist their suppliers manufacture to kosher cleanliness standards. Kosher food is rarely ever recalled.
If you have one kosher microwave, what do you use for anything with cheese or milk?
For those unfamiliar with this, not mixing meat and diary is the most important rule of keeping kosher. Those that are serious about kosher need two kitchens and two table services, to ensure that not even an invisibly tiny bit of cheese gets on the hamburger or vice versa.
I used to stop at a manufacturer in San Diego back in the early 80's, it was full of Vietnamese and all the microwave ovens smelled like fish heads and rice.
I've got to laugh when I see these pristine microwaves and picturing what the priss-butts might look like that would use the vegan one. They'd probably faint dead away if they could see the grungy, ancient microwave I used when I was working in the winter. It was upstairs in the hose room of the Cat shop (think of the smoke created by cutting hydraulic hoses to length on a chop saw) that belonged to the big logger in my hometown. On the rare occasion that I'd use that filthy thing I would think "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger".
It always made me appreciate the 'clean' environment when I'd heat my Cornish Pasties outdoors on the hydraulic tank of the processor I ran or on the dashboard of my pickup on a sunny day.
Right? Spend twelve plus hours in the cab of a locomotive with a dirty port-a-potty four feet away from you. Heating your lunch up on the sidewall heater during the winter - or sticking it back on the exhaust manifold during the summer.
Nope.
ReplyDeleteA lot of them go absolutely bonkers (as they are) when they smell meat.
That's understandable. Who doesn't LOVE the aroma of a good steak?
DeleteThe break room equivalent of a "Kick Me" sign.
ReplyDeleteExactly. Normal people are going to figure out how to push the tardo's buttons.
DeleteMaybe ridiculous, but I've seen in some grocery store, signage to tell customers to use only a certain machine to grind flavored coffee.
ReplyDeleteLast thing I want is my dark roast fucked up by some jackass’s hazelnut/vanilla/pumpkin spice remnants.
DeleteWhen I buy coffee like that, I run the mill with a few beans while cycling the grind adjustment and then run my coffee.
DeleteNot only that dedicated microwave unit but even has a dedicated electrical outlet so that vegan electricity doesn't get mixed up with the meat sinnahzzz ... :^)
ReplyDeleteBet their HR department is fun to have a chat with.
Next thing they will want the non-vegetarian micro in the basement or garage. Then to the patio and then not at all like they did with tobacco. Never are you going to make these people happy. They live to bitch.
ReplyDeleteI've seen Kosher only microwaves.
ReplyDeleteYou've been to the wrong places.
DeleteThey cook a twenty pound turkey in two-thirds of a second.
DeleteMy first thought was Kosher, too. Other than terminal butthurt, what's the problem, really? The vast majority of normal humans are neither harmed nor inconvenienced by this. Amused, sure.
DeleteAnon, I've never seen a Kosher microwave in the state prison, but there's lots of Halal ones there.
DeleteThe ANTISEMITISMs! It bunny burns!
Delete(I'm sure good Jewish criminals go to prison just as often as their impacts disparate.)
bogs, I wonder if there have to be separate "Kosher" and "Halal" microwaves.
DeleteI work at a company where a guy tried this (Kosher only) and HR said "Ah, no".
Deletewildbill
I used to work for a large company in the food industry, and if I recall, the kosher standards are much more stringent than halal. So, Muslims can eat kosher, but observant Jews can’t eat halal. By the way, probably half the food in supermarkets is kosher, as big food companies like Kraft or Coca Cola insist their suppliers manufacture to kosher cleanliness standards. Kosher food is rarely ever recalled.
DeleteIf you have one kosher microwave, what do you use for anything with cheese or milk?
DeleteFor those unfamiliar with this, not mixing meat and diary is the most important rule of keeping kosher. Those that are serious about kosher need two kitchens and two table services, to ensure that not even an invisibly tiny bit of cheese gets on the hamburger or vice versa.
Every day put a hotdog in and set the timer for 5 minutes and walk out.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking a slice of spam, but the hot dogs work for me too.
DeleteI was thinking something similar
DeleteJD
Smoked Mullet would be good too.
DeleteI used to stop at a manufacturer in San Diego back in the early 80's, it was full of Vietnamese and all the microwave ovens smelled like fish heads and rice.
ReplyDeleteOne of the plants i used to work at the night guy got caught putting his socks in the microwave to warm them up.
ReplyDeleteExile1981
I worked a project where guys used the break room microwaves to dry their gloves.
DeleteNeck
DFAC's in Afghanistan & Iraq had halal and non-halal cooking surfaces and microwaves.
ReplyDeleteI've got to laugh when I see these pristine microwaves and picturing what the priss-butts might look like that would use the vegan one. They'd probably faint dead away if they could see the grungy, ancient microwave I used when I was working in the winter. It was upstairs in the hose room of the Cat shop (think of the smoke created by cutting hydraulic hoses to length on a chop saw) that belonged to the big logger in my hometown. On the rare occasion that I'd use that filthy thing I would think "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger".
ReplyDeleteIt always made me appreciate the 'clean' environment when I'd heat my Cornish Pasties outdoors on the hydraulic tank of the processor I ran or on the dashboard of my pickup on a sunny day.
Right? Spend twelve plus hours in the cab of a locomotive with a dirty port-a-potty four feet away from you. Heating your lunch up on the sidewall heater during the winter - or sticking it back on the exhaust manifold during the summer.
DeleteWhere is the gluten free one?
ReplyDeleteI used mine at school to dry soil samples as well as heat my lunch. Never noticed a difference. Oh, I prepared agar in it as well.
ReplyDeleteI used one microwave on a job to re heat my sweaty undies from my morning workout, the laid them over the headrest of a coworkers chair, good times.
ReplyDeleteI dunno, it looks pretty small to fit a vegetarian in...
ReplyDeleteNah, they're all pretty scrawny due to lack of any real protein.
Deletethat would last about 30 seconds here, before nothing but meat was cooked in it. You want special treatment? Call your mom!
ReplyDeleteI see grounds for fuckery, in fact I hear it crying out to me in my sleep.
ReplyDeleteBurn some Brussel sprouts to ash in it.
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