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    Pet peeve a-changin'

    In my work area, we have cubicles. In the current configuration we've had a few people leave, and there is only me, and one other fellow next to me, surrounded by offices etc.

    My question is...what is the correct way to tell this individual how annoying he is?

    His annoyance? Like clockwork, around 9:00am, every single day...he breaks open his full sized carrots and begins chomping, and chewing (with open mouth!)...these carrots! It's unbelievable that he doesn't realize that he is eating like a frickin' horse! (and just as loud).

    The more I try to ignore it,..the more it bothers me. It's like a munch-magnet that penetrates the headphones I have brought in to drown it out. I think I have a new pet peeve.

    AAAAaaaarrrrrrgh!
    "Newton's First Law of Motion: ...things at rest tend to stay at rest. Things in motion, tend to stay in motion...."

    Hmm... Good motivation for me to remain active I guess.
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    Dose his carrots with ipecac. After the third or fourth day he'll conclude he's allergic and stop eating them.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Borg View Post
      In my work area, we have cubicles. In the current configuration we've had a few people leave, and there is only me, and one other fellow next to me, surrounded by offices etc.

      My question is...what is the correct way to tell this individual how annoying he is?

      His annoyance? Like clockwork, around 9:00am, every single day...he breaks open his full sized carrots and begins chomping, and chewing (with open mouth!)...these carrots! It's unbelievable that he doesn't realize that he is eating like a frickin' horse! (and just as loud).

      The more I try to ignore it,..the more it bothers me. It's like a munch-magnet that penetrates the headphones I have brought in to drown it out. I think I have a new pet peeve.

      AAAAaaaarrrrrrgh!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Borg View Post
        In my work area, we have cubicles. In the current configuration we've had a few people leave, and there is only me, and one other fellow next to me, surrounded by offices etc.

        My question is...what is the correct way to tell this individual how annoying he is?

        His annoyance? Like clockwork, around 9:00am, every single day...he breaks open his full sized carrots and begins chomping, and chewing (with open mouth!)...these carrots! It's unbelievable that he doesn't realize that he is eating like a frickin' horse! (and just as loud).

        The more I try to ignore it,..the more it bothers me. It's like a munch-magnet that penetrates the headphones I have brought in to drown it out. I think I have a new pet peeve.

        AAAAaaaarrrrrrgh!
        Earphones!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Borg View Post
          In my work area, we have cubicles. In the current configuration we've had a few people leave, and there is only me, and one other fellow next to me, surrounded by offices etc.

          My question is...what is the correct way to tell this individual how annoying he is?

          His annoyance? Like clockwork, around 9:00am, every single day...he breaks open his full sized carrots and begins chomping, and chewing (with open mouth!)...these carrots! It's unbelievable that he doesn't realize that he is eating like a frickin' horse! (and just as loud).

          The more I try to ignore it,..the more it bothers me. It's like a munch-magnet that penetrates the headphones I have brought in to drown it out. I think I have a new pet peeve.

          AAAAaaaarrrrrrgh!

          Tell him about a couple of pet peeves that you have and include a pet peeve of your sister who eats celery really loud and chomps on it really early in the morning and it drives you nuts.

          If he does it the next day, lean over the cubicle and say 'you remember that pet peeve of mine of my sister and the celery...I had hoped you caught on but you are obviously a bit dense...it was actually about you and your chomping of carrots habit. Please stop right now. Please stop. Stop it right now. Stop it...STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey, what you are doing for lunch?'

          That should solve it. Good luck. Please report how it goes.

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          • #6
            Show him UteStar's avatar. He'll never want to eat carrots again after that.

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            • #7
              Be direct and tell him that his constant mastication at work is distracting and annoying and that you couldn' figure out a way to tell him that didn't sound rude, so you just decided to tell him directly and not use some passive-aggressive tactic.
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              • #8
                Oh...you guys have no idea. (Thanks for the suggestions by the way)...but, yeah, you've only got the tip of the iceberg.

                Dude has 12 month allergies or something....throughout the day, he's constantly making a throat gutteral noise like he's hawking up some loogie (sp?), clearing his throat, munching like he's in the middle of freaking Farmer Brown's corn patch!.....I'm about to go POSTAL!!!!

                (Is there such thing as "munch rage"?)

                I think I'm sitting next to the human equivalent to that giraffe on Madagascar that is always sick. <<sigh>> (somebody kill me)
                "Newton's First Law of Motion: ...things at rest tend to stay at rest. Things in motion, tend to stay in motion...."

                Hmm... Good motivation for me to remain active I guess.

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                • #9
                  Noise canceling headphones. The only way I passed my finals while living under a small herd of elephants, whose elephantine children would jump so violently from the couches that our lights would flicker.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Mrs. Funk View Post
                    Noise canceling headphones.
                    Seconded. They are indispensible at my work.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Mrs. Funk View Post
                      Noise canceling headphones.
                      Who makes those.... "Winchester"? ...or "Smith-Wesson"? I think I need two of them plugged inside my ears. Does the "on" switch look like a little lever?
                      "Newton's First Law of Motion: ...things at rest tend to stay at rest. Things in motion, tend to stay in motion...."

                      Hmm... Good motivation for me to remain active I guess.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Borg View Post
                        Is there such thing as "munch rage"?
                        I think that's the technical term for lesbian domestic disputes.
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                        • #13
                          If you can joke with him, I'd holler something like, "Hey Chester. (Or whatever his name is.) Quit eating those carrots like a horse. You're driving me nuts..."

                          I do my criticisms in a jovial manner. I guess that is kinda passive aggressive, isn't it?

                          ...Or go get a whoopee cushion.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by SuperGabers View Post
                            If you can joke with him, I'd holler something like, "Hey Chester. (Or whatever his name is.) Quit eating those carrots like a horse. You're driving me nuts..."

                            I do my criticisms in a jovial manner. I guess that is kinda passive aggressive, isn't it?

                            ...Or go get a whoopee cushion.
                            SG - Have done that exact same thing...almost word for word. That was good for about a week...now, he's back to crunching away. Headphones I guess.
                            "Newton's First Law of Motion: ...things at rest tend to stay at rest. Things in motion, tend to stay in motion...."

                            Hmm... Good motivation for me to remain active I guess.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Borg View Post
                              SG - Have done that exact same thing...almost word for word. That was good for about a week...now, he's back to crunching away. Headphones I guess.
                              That just sucks. Go rent Office Space and get a good laugh.

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