Last year, my company finally shifted to being an open-plan office, which has been great for interacting with more colleagues, but one massive negative is that we are now in much closer quarters to one another… and each other’s habits.
My colleagues constantly eat in front of their laptops and monitors and it stinks. When did it become normal for people to bring boiled eggs in, and peel them at their desk? The stench lingers for hours after. Also people munch on noisy crisps at all hours, it’s so distracting. One woman brings in the same tuna salad every day – is it just me or is that a bit anti-social?
We have a canteen and break areas around the office – I get that everyone is super busy and people use their lunchtimes to go and do other things than eat – but I am really suffering at my desk with all the horrid noises and smells.
Shorts
Is there a kind way I can tell people to stop?
