Article: Wanna know what really haunts me? All this Halloween candy at the office.(Arts and Lifestyle)

Byline: Beth Teitell

Let others sue McDonald's for making them fat, I'm going after the woman at the desk next to me, the one withthe post-Halloween candy bowl thatmocks me daily.

By noon yesterday, when the siren song of the Almond Joys drowned out my thougths, I marched into my editor's office. "How am I supposed to get any work done?" I demanded, unwrapping a Butterfinger.

"Have some jelly beans," she responded, gesturing toward her own brimming dish.

As I fled the caloric mine field,I wondered where our litigation system had gone wrong. At a time when every aspect of office life is regulated- no smoking, no offensive jokes, no ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!