335

submitted 10 months ago by Sagethefolxhero@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago

So first, why am I calling her Burger Becky? Because that was her office nickname because she had a drawer in her desk specifically to keep hamburgers. That’s not what makes her legendary, but still is.

Unless that drawer had a built in cooler.... yikes, did Burger Becky get food poisoning a lot??

[-] LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 10 months ago

Quote from an interview with her

Becky: And then when we had dinner with the family, I was the one serving the meals while everybody else was eating around there. And of course I didn’t get a plate. And then by the time it was all done, I would eat the leftovers. And of course if they saw me eating the leftovers, I would get punished.

Adam: As an adult, she’s never totally gotten past this food insecurity. Coworkers would spread rumors about her hiding burgers in her desks to nibble on when no one was looking.

Becky: Honestly, there’s truth to that. I was not picky about the condition of the food I was eating because I was conditioned from my earliest memory to the time I got out of that hell hole that food is life. Don’t be picky about it, because otherwise starving is your only other option.

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago

Brutal! That legitimately makes sense even though the food going bad still makes me nervous. However, mild food poisoning can be better than completely starving, I suppose. What an awful upbringing to be put through. It's always amazing the travesties some amazing people have pushed through to achieve so much.