Office Food Survival: Break-room donuts and the art of the polite no

Nadia Wren

The break room always seems to know exactly when you are hungriest, and someone has always just brought donuts. This is the calm, workable approach to eating well on the job: how to plan around meetings that run through lunch, what to keep at your desk for the afternoon slump, and simple, friendly ways to decline food without a lecture or an awkward moment. Practical enough for Monday, kind enough for the coworker who baked.