The Food Drawer
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 6:54AM 
I don't know if we all have a food drawer at work, but I do... and here it is. I have a food drawer for two reasons:
One: I work on the outskirts of a fairly small town. With no onsite cafeteria or food within walking distance, I have to either bring my lunch or drive into town to buy something. Yes, you would think good planning would be enough, but if I don't bring lunch and the server goes down, I don't get to drive anywhere! I have to rely on what I've got stashed or the kindness of my co-workers!
Two: As an agency that serves people with disabilities, we're required to have emergency non-perishable food on premises in case of a natural disaster. We have the main stash of food, but each employee is encouraged to have their own as well.
Mine has become pathetic. It creeps up on you. You open the drawer and realize that you don't have any fruit cups left, or apple sauce, or soup (just the dehydrated packets). Even the granola bar pickings are getting slim. I'm afraid with all the recent server glitches, I've hit my stash pretty hard!
Do you have a food drawer? Inquiring minds want to know! What's in yours?
finicky, gah in Food!, What's it all about? 
Reader Comments (11)
While I don't work anymore - I used to have a food stash at work. It had pretty much chocolate and granola bars in it most of the time. You need chocolate when you teach!
I do .. and right now its got a pack of gum (no idea why since I dont chew gum), a half a packet of Airborne lozenges, a full pack of Ricola lozenges, a snack size baggy of raw almonds (if they'd been roasted they'd be gone/eaten), and 3 tea bags ... ummm ... I think I need to restock....
I have crackers and protein bars. I usually have a couple of cans of soup, but like you I've been hitting the snack drawer so I need to refresh it.
I store my snacks in my thighs. GAH.
Yep! I find I can't get myself totally together in the morning (who am I kidding?? I'm NEVER together!)
So, I've begun bringing turkey, cheese, lettuce and wraps each Monday (there's a fridge in our health office). And I always have a stash of nuts and string cheese here. And gum...lots of gum. And all my tea bags. OK, I could live here for several weeks and not go hungry...o dear...
MPM - Hahahahaha! Now that I'm not working I store my snacks there too.
When I did work my drawer had tea, ibuprofin, wheat free crackers, instant oatmeal pack, almonds, yeah, that's about it.
I work from home, pretty much, so I have a food CUPBOARD, not drawer. But at this point in the week (and considering how much I absolutely HATE grocery shopping) your food drawer is far more plentiful than my whole darn pantry!
Since I work from home, my food drawer is my pantry ;0)
Yes I have one. Canned soup, organic oatmeal and some other junk I never feel like eating. So I trot downstairs to the vending machine and spend too much for about three Fritos which is all you get in those tiny bags nowadays.
Your drawer looks far more interesting.
nope no food drawer.. I have a whole kitchen... read my post today and you will get some serious understanding LOL.. if I had a food drawer it would be empty anyway..
back when I had a job, my food drawer had items similar to yours, lots of granola bars (I call them food pellets), single serve apple sauce, instant soup, and instant oatmeal