to murder disgusting smell-obsessed woman at work

[Snuffalo]

I swear she has some kind of fetish. In the morning she tells us about the 'whiffy' (seriously) people she encountered on the bus. When she comes back from the toilet she invariably says things like 'smells like someone crawled in the pipes and died'. Today I was just about to take my first bite of some boring sliced edam cheese (that smells of nothing) on a fucking Ryvita and she says 'ooh good, it's your lunch, I thought it might be your feet for a minute there! Cheesy feet haha!' and I was so annoyed and disgusted I got up and threw the whole lot in the trash.

I'm the manager of her manager and I'm seriously considering raising this as a performance issue...

thanks all, you too OP with your smelly lunch, been looking for something to make me laugh all day.

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Like I said if you knew me (at least in passing) you’d hate me.
Don't worry we do 😁

Can I suggest you start smoking, eat raw onions and old stinking cheese for lunch. Perhaps then she stays away 🤣.

Meh I would just ignore her but I am thick-skinned and appreciate not everyone can ignore comments.

Also to those saying it can't be a performance issue: behaviours are just as important as outcomes/skills in the workplace. Making colleagues uncomfortable regularly is poor workplace behaviour and worthy of being addressed as a performance concern. Usually very informally at first like any other issue with the potential to escalate.

@changingnam It's the sound you'd make being sick in slow motion off the top of a council block - Hy-PER-bowl-ee

Honestly. You wouldn't dress the "per" sound that much, obv, but it's where the stress goes. So not HYperbole or hyperbowlEE. Hey-PER-bowl-ee.

Not Hey. Hy.

OP if your supervisee/her manager knows you have autism it's wouldn't be unreasonable to ask them to bring up the smell jokes in supervision, but as others have said it's best probably best initially to just casually ask her yourself to stop. Somewhere in between the suggestions from freetedhastings and usuallyinthemiddle.

Performance related issue 😂😂😂

When she comes back from the toilet she invariably says things like 'smells like someone crawled in the pipes and died'.

She obviously does very stinky poos! . Equivalent of "I'd wait a minute before going in there" [wafts hands]!

We recently had to issue a company wide rule about printing signs as there were so many about stolen mugs and cleaning the kitchen and washing your hands…now there is an official workflow for submitting suggestions for ‘polite notice’ signs through HR who will have them professionally printed if they are approved

LMAO!

I can't believe people actually choose to work in office environments!

This would piss me right off OP, but then I live with my 8 yo ASD/SPD child who is also obsessed with smells and I really struggle with it at times, especially when it puts me off my food or he makes gagging sounds because I am eating something he dislikes. However, he used to projectile vomit so at least we've got past that delightful symptom.

If you can, and recognising your autism, I'd just have a word with her. She probably doesn't realise how annoying it is. I get it.

Maybe as part of her performance review you could suggest you sr d her for specialist training to make best use of her superior olifactory (?sp) prowess? She could retain as an explosive or drug sniffer dog.

retain = retrain

I'd just tell her I don't want to hear anymore comments about things that smell to her.

Also, how do you say hyperbole?

howlongcanausernamebebeforeits Hi-per-bowly

Hi PER buh lee

Bleh, I've just realised I've been saying hyperbole wrong- thought the last e was quiet .

Bio-pic is a revelation. I have been mispronouncing it wrong my entire life.

OP, that would absolutely do my head in. And I would have thrown away my lunch if someone was sitting there talking about ‘cheesy feet’ when I was trying to eat.

I think you need to ask her manager to have a word. Incidentally, how old is she?

I’m thin-skinned, I can dish it out but I can’t take it

With all due respect OP, it really doesn't sound as if you can dish it out, either, at all!

If you could, surely this would have been resolved a long time ago.

Someone needs to have a discreet word

She sounds intolerable.

Are you taking the piss about sensitivity because it's serious for lots of people and not just those with autism. I have ADHD and also suffer from migraines. I am very sensitive to smell and also certain noises which can make life pretty tough sometimes.

@Borntobedifferent, that’s as maybe, but she is being very rude.

She is but and it's a big but as she might just be rude if she does have something like ADHD (most women with it don't know they have it btw) then she will also lack any sort of filter or understanding of what is socially acceptable to say.

... she will also lack any sort of filter or understanding of what is socially acceptable to say.

Then it’s up to her manager to explain to her that it is not acceptable to behave like that in the office.