Bit of a silly one but I'm interested in opinions! I share an office with one other colleague. We both tend to eat our lunches at our desk (I do so because I like to go out for a brisk walk during my actual lunch break so will eat while I'm reading through emails on my return whereas my colleague doesn't move from her desk all day.)
Colleague tends to bring in 'slurpy' lunches; soups, noodle broths etc. I tend to have crunchy lunches; crisps, crackers, carrot sticks etc.
Her slurping really gets to me. It's SO loud and puts me on edge for the entire time she's eating. However I don't think I can ask her to eat her lunch elsewhere as like I said, my lunches tend to be crunchy which can be just as noisy just in a different, less disgusting way (in my opinion.) We have to stagger our lunches so I can't go out when she's eating (although to be fair I'm not sure she's technically 'on' her lunch, she doesn't really seem to take a lunch break, but I do think out of respect for her it'd be a dick move to go out and leave the phones to her when she's trying to eat a hot meal.)
I could solve this quite easily by implementing a 'no lunch at desks' policy (I'm slightly senior to her) but then I wouldn't have time for my daily walk which is really important for my mental health.
So what do you think?
Yes, YABU - Crunching is just as bad as slurping, if you want her to stop you need to start taking your lunch away from your desk and forgo your daily walk
No, YANBU - Slurping is definitely worse than crunching and you should tell her to eat elsewhere