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Smelly foods in the office

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happychange · 30/10/2018 14:00

Light-hearted before anyone flames me

Eurgh the chap sitting next to me has been eating the smelliest foods all day

Started with a yoghurt that he ate ALL MORNING. It didn't smell at the beginning but by lunch time, the yoghurt smell was just so overpowering

Then he chucks that (hallelujah!!) and buys a chicken curry soup thingy for lunch Shock which he has been eating for 1 hour!! He just takes a small bite then does something else argh 😤 how much longer do I have to put up with this smell!!

Regal me with your stories of smelly food slow eaters!

I'm so tempted to tell him off but I don't know who he is (hot dealing)

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pumpastrotter · 30/10/2018 14:31

Not a slow eater, but someone will often throw on eggs or mackerel onto her salads. We work in a small office of 4 and it usually stinks the entire floor out, if you come in from outside you would think we've either been farting all day or not washing.

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happychange · 30/10/2018 14:47

Ooh gosh I would hate for people to think I've been farting all day long 😂😂😂

He's still eating his bloody rice thingy. 😲 he's only 1/4 way through it. I'm feeling a bit sick now

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ElspethFlashman · 30/10/2018 14:50

Yes we have one.

STOP HEATING UP YOUR SARDINES IN THE FUCKING MICROWAVE CLARE!!!!!

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SneakyGremlins · 30/10/2018 14:51

Sixth form.

Kedgeree.

Enough said.

WhoisyourDaddyandwhatdoeshedo · 30/10/2018 14:53

its noisy eaters that get me, or when DSS (12) blows his food for 45mins....

TheSmallClangerWhistlesAgain · 30/10/2018 14:54

Someone used to bring in tubs of brown leftovers that smelt like dog food and belonged inside a dog. That person has gone but one of the gym-bunny men has taken up the baton with his obsessive protein consumption. Lots of farty eggs and cold fish combined with farty veg. Apparently he can clear a room with his actual farts, but fortunately I haven't experienced that.

greendale17 · 30/10/2018 14:55

We have 2 rules in our office-

No fish
No eggs

Ragwort · 30/10/2018 15:02

Years ago when I first started work, at a very old fashioned company, it was unheard of for people to eat at their desks. We had a lovely staff dining room with proper cooks. My DF was a senior manager at this company & they would be served a 3 course meal every lunch time Grin. It’s a real shame that so many people just eat at their desks these days, if you are working a full day you need a decent break and that would avoid the over powering smell of peopl’s lunches!

alwaysthepessimist · 30/10/2018 15:02

oh god oh god.....so.....the guy I work with regularly brings smelly fish stuff in, I try & go out at that point and having worked here so long it's now just 'one of those things' but now I have a new issue, I work in a business centre & a friend of mine has also started working here (in a different company) - I only see her a couple of times a week but I decided to bring my soupmaker in & made some soup at lunchtime then offered to share it out with a few people, she was one of them, she decided to eat hers sat next to me but she didn't eat it, she SLURPED IT - the whole bowl, really, really loudly, I don't know how I sat there - by the end of the bowl I wanted to scream at her to eat properly, god it was just awful & now she keeps saying she will bring the next lot in and we can have lunch together again - I am starting to run out of excuses to avoid her at lunchtimes.....

Deathraystare · 30/10/2018 15:30

I worked with another secretary who complained when I ate a banana that the smell was too much for....as she ate her egg sandwich.......

pumpastrotter · 30/10/2018 15:37

@Deathraystare we may be working with the same person....my egg eater complained when I had a banana!

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happychange · 30/10/2018 17:48

Lol to the slurper I would definitely be really annoyed at that!

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Fluffyears · 30/10/2018 18:08

People who make fucking scrambled eggs in the office microwave. The smell is awful, which is why I only make them in a pan at home but at work I have no control over it!

EggysMom · 30/10/2018 18:15

the chap sitting next to me has been eating the smelliest foods all day

If you're sat near a colleague of mine, it's not his fault that he's eating slowly - he suffers from chronic IBS and is having a flare-up, but knows he has to eat, and so is doing that slowly ....

I hate the smell of tuna. It seems really innocuous and quite popular as a lunch item where i work. But when I object, I'm told "It's only tuna" and expected to accept it because it's not curry or chilli or eggs. We're meant to have a rule against smelly food, but it seems that 'smelly' is a subjective term.

GirlCroosh · 30/10/2018 18:19

Oh god. A woman at work bought some kind of onion curry from a fancy health food shop today. I swear it was 85% onion. I've got pregnancy sickness Envy

WhyAmISoCold · 30/10/2018 18:28

Eggs. I loathe eggs and the smell. It makes me urge. One colleague in particular eats eggs a lot and they stink so much. I have to make myself a coffee and leave it up by my nose so I can smell that instead. I have aspergers and some of my sensory issues are around smells. I cannot focus on anything until the smell has gone. I also usually hold my breath when I open the work fridge as there is often an array of smells, including more eggs. Curry etc doesn't bother me at all.

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