To buy the man some Gaviscon!

[OctoberCupcake]

Aaah I can't take it any more! I sit directly opposite a senior colleague in his 60s that does nothing but belch and rumble and groan and clear his throat ALL DAY.

TAKE A DAMN INDIGESTION TABLET FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

That is all.

YANBU. I had a colleague who would eat her lunch like someone was going to take it away from her (slapping a sandwich around her jaws, smacking her lips together after every drink, tipping the dregs of her crisps into her gaping mouth) and then would spend the rest of the afternoon belching, hiccuping and, one memorable occasion, farting.

Totally unnecessary.

Does he have a hiatus hernia. You get terrible indigestion and there's often nothing you can do

Not that l'm aware of. He does have gout

fair enough. That shouldn't affect his digestion