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How do you escape coworker's asking to go to lunch without seeming like an uninterested a$$? Would love some advice in this area.
by dev1n 9y ago
How do you escape coworker's asking to go to lunch without seeming like an uninterested a$$? Would love some advice in this area.
- alansammarone 9y agoI've been faced with the same dilemma. Eventually, I just started telling people "I have something important to do". After all, being on your own every now and then is something important.
- rdiddly 9y agoYou can also say you've got a previous appointment or engagement... which is also true, even though it's with yourself.
- mack73 9y agoYou must all be very popular people since you have to have a strategy to get out of doing things with others. Most people have the opposite problem. You'll seem very unsincere after a while though, if your strategy is to not tell the truth. Is it that you don't want to hurt the feelings of others that you lie? It's a little immature.
- suneilp 9y agoSome good ones are you're saving money for whatever reason. Or you're trying to eat healthier and can't eat out as much.
- johnfn 9y agoCan't you just tell them what you're doing..? "I like to wander around campus a little during lunch to recharge. Thanks for asking though, maybe dinner?"
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoGo occasionally, do your own thing most of the time.
- JDiculous 9y agoJust say you're busy / in the middle of something. Decline their offer enough and they'll eventually stop asking you. No hard feelings (I say this as the guy who often invites others out).
- wapz 9y agoThis is what I recommend too. If someone declines me politely with a reason like "Sorry I'm busy today, maybe next time." I'll probably wait a week or so and invite them again if I want to eat lunch with them. If they reply with something shorter like "I got something to do, sorry," with a less kind intonation I probably wouldn't invite them again.
- taneq 9y ago"Oh, I brought my lunch. Sorry!"