My colleague is not in a good financial situation and keeps eating snacks from me. How can I refuse her?

This matter should be looked at separately. Poor financial conditions are one thing, but eating snacks is another thing. If you don’t like the other person to eat your snacks, you can either refuse the other person directly, or No more snacks from now on, or just buy one for one person.

Did a colleague tell you that his financial situation was not good, or did you judge it from certain aspects? Nowadays, snacks are not sky-high prices. Maybe the economic conditions are not very good, so they eat less often. It is true that some people can’t afford snacks. But now that you can work, as an adult, even if you have no savings, you can earn cash now. The money will definitely be enough, so you first need to find out whether he is really in poor financial condition or if he has something hidden. Take myself as an example. I don’t usually eat snacks, but I can be considered a frugal person. My colleagues often buy snacks and often bring them to me, but I will take the initiative to tell them that I don’t eat snacks. Not that I'm being polite, but I really don't like snacks.

If your colleagues eat snacks from you every time, then it’s not as simple as poor financial conditions. It’s understandable that you can’t afford snacks because of poor financial conditions, and you won’t do it as a colleague. Laugh at him, but what does it mean if he eats your snacks? You must know that snacks are not three meals a day. If you eat three meals on time, snacks are dispensable. If a person eats his own snacks shamelessly, then this means that the other person is simply enjoying it, rather than really having it. What financial difficulties. At least in my impression, sharing snacks with each other means either the relationship is very good, or the other party actively allows the other to share snacks. But if it is a person who is greedy for petty gains, he probably does it deliberately.

When we meet this kind of person, the solution is very simple. Either we don’t buy snacks in the future, and if we buy snacks, we don’t eat them in front of him. If we don’t eat the snacks, he won’t have them. The place is quite good. If the other person is really thick-skinned to a certain extent, he might even take the initiative to ask you why you stopped eating snacks, then you can reply: "The financial situation is not good, I can't afford to eat anymore." But this is just one of the ways to refuse. After all, we are all colleagues. Under the same roof, we can't see each other when we look up, and we can't make the relationship too tense.

But if I were you, I would choose a "self-interested approach" to deal with this matter. I will eat snacks as usual, but I will not buy food that is individually packaged or can be shared with others. . For example, I will only buy one lollipop, and I will only buy one ice cream. In short, all snacks are for one person. We are colleagues, and I can't refuse you to eat my snacks, but I can control the quantity and variety of snacks I buy. As long as I try to buy this kind of snacks, after a period of time, the other person will know why you do this. But one thing you need to understand is that this type of person is not in poor economic conditions, but has the problem of being greedy for petty gains. He is not necessarily a bad person, maybe he really has difficulties. When choosing a way to deal with it, try not to hurt the other person's self-esteem. , just leave some face to the other party.