AIBU to get furious with colleague doing stretches on office floor?

[Doingmybestmum]

I am v lucky I work in a job I love with people I like a lot. However I (F) share an office with a man, nice and respectful, who thinks it ok to stretch out on the floor doing yoga type exercises and making loud orgasmy type noises every lunchtime. He is nice and there is no sense in which I feel intimidated but I do think it v inappropriate, particularly as he faces me when he does it. I have suggested that he might be more comfortable doing his exercises elsewhere. He stopped for a bit but has started again. Arggh

I would find this funny and a bit endearing that he trusted me enough to make a tit out of himself in front of me.

Step- in that case you need to go back to Occy health and they need to raise it with HR

Sharon: I'm at the involving the union stage of this all because it's disability discrimination under the equalities act. I don't know why they won't just give me an individual room. They have plenty and people in the same role as me currently have them so they really have no good reason to refuse. It's very frustrating.

YANBU it's completely inappropriate.

YANBU. My DH is now super fit and does this at home. It annoys me and he is my husband and otherwise not annoying at all.

If I need to stretch at work involving lying down I go off to an empty room. Just arm stretches I will stand at my desk or do in while making a cup of tea.

My colleague does this. In fact, he performs his stretches in the kitchen, placing his leg and foot on the work surface so he can stretch out his hamstrings or whatever the hell. It's a) ludicrous and b) really unhygienic.

A bit attention seeking and he is obviously quite proud of his agility to do it publicly.

Perhaps he is trying to impress you OP :-)

I would be in hysterics whilst saying "what the f**k are you doing?!

Totally attention seeking, does he have lycra on?!

^Take a piece of old cotton into work, when he lunges, rip the cotton so he thinks he's split his trousers!*
This made me choke on my cuppa!

If a woman suddenly dropped down and started grunting, stretching, waving her legs about and doing orgasm noises and yoga moves, someone - male or female - would eventually tell her she was being inappropriate. Offices are for officey things. They're not your home away from home.

Frankly a guy doing it is another flavour of weird. You don't make loud sex grunts while staring at female work colleagues and contorting yourself. You just don't. It's like an unwritten rule and he's being deliberately obtuse if he's pretending he can't see how awkward he's making others feel. If nothing else, it's attention-seeking. He can bugger off to a meeting room or something.

Yuck. I would not be one bit happy with this. If he's lovely he will stop when you tell him It makes you uneasy.

To be fair this happens in a gym, but some of the noises the men make when lifting weights are pretty revolting.

I am tempted to put up "no grunting" or "those weights are obviously too bloody heavy for you: you're not impressing anyone" signs.

OP, I would ask him to find a meeting room or somewhere else to do his yoga.

There is never any excuse for orgasmy noises, even when orgasming.

Oh Treeroot I think silent orgasmers are a bit creepy.

Sorry.

I bet John Major is silent.

Ask him if he needs a tissue.

And now I'm picturing John Major's O face. Thanks for that.

Yeah, don't get me started on silent sex/orgasmers.

I feel like I may as well not be there.

I had a sportsy colleague who dried his sweaty sporting gear on the office radiator, bleugh. He said it's ok, fresh sweat doesn't smell. It did.

Oh Treeroot I think silent orgasmers are a bit creepy

Oh yes. Especially when at the time they have a face like a startled toddler!

long time ago but hard to forget!

It's a office, not a gym.

Mention it to your manager and let them know that it's making you feel uncomfortable.

I'd worry the silence coupled with a startled face meant they'd had a heart attack!

Ye squoosh, thought he'd had a terrible shock! Silence and this face together - not a pleasant experience, oh hell why did I remind myself of this!

Sorry to derail thread OP, but you did mention orgasms!

People need to luxuriate in their orgams! Don't be like Rousette's silent and startled gentleman caller. It's alarming!