Dear Coworker

RachNRich

It's wonderful that we have a mini-kitchen in our office. The fridge most definately comes in handy. So does the microwave!! But if you could refrain from heating things up that result in flooding the entire office with the smell of hot sweaty ass, I'd be greatful. So would my stomach that feels like it is going to dismiss the donut I just gave it.

Signed,
Rach

pinkpinot

Ewww did they heat up fish? I HATE when people in my office warm up fish in the microwave. 

Night_Sprite

Eww.

Dear group member,

I hate group work because of people like you.  I will throw you under the bus before I do your work for you.  

Love,

Amber

cougarette

Why do people do this?  It's so nasty, I don't know how they can eat.. whatever they've heated up.

RachNRich

I think it was some form of pasta. I'm not anti-pasta, I'm just anti smell.

I seriously need to step outside for fresh air before I throw up---it's SO overwhelming.

PS. Group work is the devil.

Nebb

My coworker brings left overs everyday, his wife must just cook garlic for dinner every night because tahts what it smells like.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Maybe it's asparagus? I was sick one day and I brought asparagus risotto. I had no idea how bad it really smelled. :-/

JessAndTrav

I was on jury duty a few weeks ago, and during our lunch breaks, everyone would be heating up random things in the microwave. And that was in the deliberation/gathering room. If we weren't in the courtroom, that's where we were. So it was rank all day. For two weeks.

mocha beans

Yuck.

Dear Coworker-

Your job is to be available for call-ins when our other coworkers are sick.  I understand our job sucks and it sucks more to be the new people and we always get told what we're doing wrong vs what we're doing right.

If you really hate it that much, please quit so we can find someone else to take your position so I and others don't get nailed with double shifts because you won't cover.

And don't ever let me hear you complain about money at all, ever again.  There have been at least 40 hours of work you've been up for.

Thanks,
Me.

angiebear11

Every morning one of my co-workers brings in hard-boiled eggs to make her egg salad for lunch. Every morning there she is in the kitchen peeling the shell off of the eggs, chopping them up for her salad. It's so gross. I can't stand the smell of hard-boiled eggs.

danieliza1127

Ugh I just experienced that 2 minutes ago walking through the breakroom to get back to my desk.  The whole break room just reeks.  Thankfully it hasn't spilled over into our office area.

vallyhoo

Dear Coworker:
Read Rach's note.

Thanks.

RachNRich

I texted Rich to tell him I literally had to leave my office because of the smell. He asked me what it was. My response? "My guess? Ass pasta."

I figured the smell would disapate after a few minutes, but no. I think it will forever be stuck to the walls. I'd close my office door, but the smell is already in here--it'd be like trapping myself on purpose.

september's bride

At one of my previous jobs, coworkers actually got together to discuss the types of food we'd rather people NOT bring to work. It was spawned by one horrible afternoon where we had encountered reheated curry, garlic shrimp alfredo and something that smelled like vinegar. Needless to say, the break room was toxic. We ended up having to lay a few ground rules for all involved. But then again, there were only ten of us so that worked easily enough.

[Deleted User]

Someone regularly microwaves vomit on my floor. I wish harm on them everytime they do this. I was just down on the 6th floor and someone was microwaving fish. I wish even more harm on them.

RachNRich

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_dear-coworker-3?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:e5951401-2a56-4c77-856a-f5b1a491f2eePost:4fae394e-778a-4762-a6f5-749dcae43d67">Re: Dear Coworker</a>:
[QUOTE]At one of my previous jobs, coworkers actually got together to discuss the types of food we'd rather people NOT bring to work. It was spawned by one horrible afternoon where we had encountered reheated curry, garlic shrimp alfredo and something that smelled like vinegar. Needless to say, the break room was toxic. We ended up having to lay a few ground rules for all involved. But then again, there were only ten of us so that worked easily enough.
Posted by september's bride[/QUOTE]

There's less than ten of us here. And normally it isn't a problem--although some people tend to heat up tuna-related products, and that's never good. The real problem is our microwave--we're the only office suite that has one, so others come in to use it.

september's bride

Gah. Reheated tuna.

*barf*

georgia_bride09

There must have been parmesan in the pasta, Rach. Parm smells like total ass in an office microwave for some reason. Blech.

lu27

LOL! 2 pregnant coworkers who both heat broccoli up every day... I love broccoli, and I am glad they are eating right for their babies... but omg... the smell!!! Also, another coworker who burns her popcorn on a regular basis. Peeeeeyeeewww!!

beatlesgirl25

Ugh, tuna is no fun for anyone. The person who used to use my office right before me would eat a tuna packet for lunch and then leave it in the trash can. My office was about the size of a broom closet, and was for people's therapy. I had to have a talk with him.

I think a lot of ethnic foods are the pungent ones people don't like, and people should be considerate about bringing them to work if you're sharing a breakroom. I would have loved to bring kimchee soup and rice to work, but did I? No, it was usually a turkey sandwich so I could eat whenever I had a second. I love kimchee, and seaweed, and squid and fish, but even I don't like the smell in my apartment. But I imagine having a meeting about it at my last workplace would offend people.