Is it rude to ask your boss

[SMOGZINN]

Is she retarded? Does she have to mull over everything?

That was her way of saying 'Why is cube monkey #24 talking to me? Does it think I care about it's petty little life?'
Perhaps she will come back and ban lunches as unproductive, and suggest that they have feeding tubes installed.
I imagine his boss is the chick from Better Off Ted.

 

[pcgeek11]

If you can sit in another location because the person next to you eats very loud during lunch? It's the sound of constant tongue snapping from the roof of his mouth to loud chewing.

Wouldn't you be annoyed if you had to hear this daily?

I would say if this is what you have to complain about, you are in pretty good shape.

 

[GasX]

Nice spineless approach there, OP. Ever try , you know, talking to the person in question?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Nice spineless approach there, OP. Ever try , you know, talking to the person in question?

Interaction between cube monkeys is strictly verboten. They might rise up and revolt for better parking spaces and really nice pens.

 

[rudeguy]

oh I call dibs on this!

I work in a call center without dividers between desks. There are 4-5 stations on each row and each row has another row facing it although slightly offset. We are generally packed in pretty tight with between 200 and 300 people on the phones depending on the day.

I have moved (I don't ask, I just pretend I broke the computer) for the following reasons:
Person is way too loud
Person refuses to put their shoes on and they have stinky feet
Person farts too much
Person won't stop eating while they are talking and food is flying everywhere
Person won't stop cussing
Person won't stop yelling at their customers
Person won't stop complaining about customers to me

These are just the first ones off the top of my head.

 

[IEC]

Wouldn't you be annoyed if you had to hear this daily?

Maybe, but I have my own office so I don't care

 

[pcgeek11]

oh I call dibs on this!

I work in a call center without dividers between desks. There are 4-5 stations on each row and each row has another row facing it although slightly offset. We are generally packed in pretty tight with between 200 and 300 people on the phones depending on the day.

I have moved (I don't ask, I just pretend I broke the computer) for the following reasons:
Person is way too loud
Person refuses to put their shoes on and they have stinky feet
Person farts too much
Person won't stop eating while they are talking and food is flying everywhere
Person won't stop cussing
Person won't stop yelling at their customers
Person won't stop complaining about customers to me

These are just the first ones off the top of my head.

Your job really does suck balls.

 

[rudeguy]

Your job really does suck balls.

the job does, yes

The people I work with are flaming nut ball crazy people and I love them. As much as I want to move on, I've never worked with so many great people.

There are morons and bad apples but they go away pretty quickly.

 

[Robert Munch]

When did OP say they were "constantly" eating? Unless you were just going off on a tangent there. Honestly if it was constant then I would do something about it, but if just at lunch then deal with it, I eat lunch at my desk all the time.

TBH my co-worker does eat consistently throughout the day, it's just most noticeable at his lunch time.

 

[Robert Munch]

Nice spineless approach there, OP. Ever try , you know, talking to the person in question?

Sure, I can approach him about it but, it won't stop him from eating that way. He's over 40 and chewing food like that all his life won't change a damn thing. I'd prefer to handle it behind the scenes and sit in another location.

 

[Robert Munch]

Is she retarded? Does she have to mull over everything?

Yes, she does which could be frustrating at times when it comes down to menial things.

 

[Phoenix86]

So you know it's annoying as fuck, and your solution is to make someone else deal with it?

 

[Robert Munch]

So you know it's annoying as fuck, and your solution is to make someone else deal with it?

The guy that sits next to him never paid attention to it until recently.

 

[Tweak155]

If you can sit in another location because the person next to you eats very loud during lunch? It's the sound of constant tongue snapping from the roof of his mouth to loud chewing.

Wouldn't you be annoyed if you had to hear this daily?

Omg I've contemplated this exact thing many times. The guy is beyond rude with the sounds he makes throughout the day. I just bring in headphones though.

 

[amdhunter]

*looks at OPs name*

/thread

 

[destrekor]

I don't get people who are constantly eating. How do they not get full after a while? It's not always fat people either.

I'm a constant eater - but I'm a person who's almost too aware and courteous when it comes to keeping my apparent presence to a minimum. I personally HATE being bothered by the weird habits of people, and I know that many people are similar, and thus my weird habit is minimizing how obvious/audible I am... in this case, when eating for example. Eating, drinking, etc.

::slurrrp::sigh::slurpslurp::nyehnyeh::slurp::heavybreath

I hope those are clear enough as onomatopoeias , save for that last one.

Those bother the hell out of me. But the most annoying is definitely loud eaters.


As for eating constantly: well shit, I do that. And I'm, well, while not under 10% bodyfat, I could be considered fit.

Some days I'm eating like 200 calorie-ish servings every two hours for the better part of a day, capping with larger meals early and late. Other days, I might have two large meals (those days, I definitely sleep a lot or I am generally very dopey). My body prefers eating less but more frequently... but honestly, that's generally a better practice for just about anyone, especially if good dietary practice is followed... most especially so if you follow at least a semi-active lifestyle and some of your diet is catered to helping in that regard.

But if I was in the cubicle next to you, unless the food itself, or the packaging, was especially loud, you wouldn't really know I was eating. When I say loud food, I'm mostly speaking of crunchy foods. But even then, if I am not alone or not surrounded by people eating, I'd be eating smaller bites/mouthfuls of said foodstuffs, and chew more, uh... gracefully? in order to minimize sound.

Perhaps I'm just socially considerate, or perhaps I pay too much attention to those little details. I can't imagine myself 20ft away, wondering if I can hear my habits from over there. And I just haven't thought to ask anybody, "hey so and so, can you hear my eating and drinking habits from where your sitting? Am I too loud?"

I think I might enter into a kind of dumbfounded yet awestruck state for a few long moments if someone asked me that very same thing. You know, kind of speechless as you wrap your head around it.

If I knew the person really well, and I honestly thought they were "loud", I might hesitate briefly but admit "yes, you are a loud and noisy son of a bitch, dammit!" ... but I wasn't that close... I don't know if I'd truly be honest (there goes that socially considerate thing again). Yet, if it was a military person I barely knew, I would probably resort to the earlier statement - probably not even hesitate. Pussyfooting around mundane issues is the opposite of what the military teaches you. But if I'm not around the types who regularly are subjected to the blunt conversational approach, I tend to immediately fall back into a hemming and hawing mode.

[I'm on a massive segue kick lately. So sorry, I'll do it again. :awe:]

 

[Phoenix86]

The guy that sits next to him never paid attention to it until recently.

What does that matter to the person who would take your cube? If there's an open cube just ask to move to it, obviously that isn't the case so someone would have to switch with you.

Asking to switch does not solve the problem, it only makes it a problem for someone else.

You have two options: address the person directly or complain to your boss that it's distracting your work. Preferably in that order.

Instead you showed your boss you are a bad problem solver.

 

[Schfifty Five]

I feel ya OP. I have a particular coworker who plays music through his shitty laptop speakers at annoying levels and hums with it. Of course he's always off pitch and off beat as well. So annoying.

 

[Robert Munch]

What does that matter to the person who would take your cube? If there's an open cube just ask to move to it, obviously that isn't the case so someone would have to switch with you.

Asking to switch does not solve the problem, it only makes it a problem for someone else.

You have two options: address the person directly or complain to your boss that it's distracting your work. Preferably in that order.

Instead you showed your boss you are a bad problem solver.

This has already been addressed with the other co-worker that would sit next to him and he's not bothered by it.

I'm not in position to make decisions and seating arrangements. If I did tell the loud mouth chewer to keep his trap shut, it's not going to happen. Either way this had to be addressed to my boss.

Humiliation is not the answer.

 

[Phoenix86]

This has already been addressed with the other co-worker that would sit next to him and he's not bothered by it.

I'm not in position to make decisions and seating arrangements. If I did tell the loud mouth chewer to keep his trap shut, it's not going to happen. Either way this had to be addressed to my boss.

Humiliation is not the answer.

Not the other co-worker, the one who's causing the problem. "Hey you're being loud can you keep it down while I work?" You haven't tried this so you have no idea if it'll work. You'd be surprised what being direct can accomplish. Of course it might not work.

If that doesn't work explain to your boss that it's distracting you from doing your job.

I didn't say humiliate them.

 

[Robert Munch]

Not the other co-worker, the one who's causing the problem. "Hey you're being loud can you keep it down while I work?" You haven't tried this so you have no idea if it'll work. You'd be surprised what being direct can accomplish. Of course it might not work.

If that doesn't work explain to your boss that it's distracting you from doing your job.

I didn't say humiliate them.

End result this morning is that I got the OK to sit away from this person. I've entertained the thought of telling him in your given scenario but, in my mind I know that will only last a week. Having to harp on someone constantly with no authority makes this useless for me.

Also, my manager said that it's *good* to have people move around from their cubicles to get the blood moving. Whatever that means?

People move from desk to desk quite frequently but, in this dept. this shouldn't be the case, frustrating that this occurs.

 

[edro]

I sometimes only have 1 meal during the day

WAT?

I eat 5-6 times a day! If I don't eat something every 3 hours, I get shaky, tired and my stomach churns very badly.

I can't even imagine eating once per day. I would probably die of starvation a few minutes before the meal.

 

[CPA]

Get a promotion that provides you an office. Problem solved.

 

[Raduque]

Just lean back in your chair till you can see around the divider, then start making chewing and slurping noises way louder than him, at him, and when he turns and looks at you go "THAT'S WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE!".

 

[Born2bwire]

I'm sure it could be annoying as hell, but I wouldn't want to bring up such a petty matter to a boss. This would be something that I would expect your boss would want you to be able to solve amicably on your own. At the very least, I would just request the move for vaguer reasons (quieter zone, draught from the A/C in you current place, etc.).