The office across from the lounge

[anonymouseliza]

The disadvantage to this set-up is in full effect.

Someone is cooking turkey bacon.

I am gagging.  I can't close my door yet, because I'm waiting on someone for a meeting. 

Vomit.

[belou]

I have full sympathy for the food aversion, but if someone cooked bacon near me right now, I'd knock them over and snatch it from their hands.

[negritosmami]

Lool belou much as im a bacon lover the smell of it these days makes me sick And I feel your pain anonymouseliza that had to suck

[anonymouseliza]

TURKEY bacon. An important distinction because they put in a flavoring additive that adds something icky to the smell.

Blech.

[PinkShoesGal]

Gag! I hate feeling sick at work.

Hopefully this passes for you in 2nd tri.

[apunicorn]

That sucks anonymouseliza - bacon is a very strong smell and a food that I think should be kept out of offices. I even had a vegan coworker who left whenever there was bacon frying since the smell made him ill. Bacon and fish are things that one should make in the privacy of one's home.

And also turkey bacon yuckkk, I never understood how they found enough fat on a lean bird to make it!

[anonymouseliza]

So far, no one has heated fish (thank heavens). I have, however, made tuna. So I kinda suck too, but it was Friday afternoon when no one was around and the smell only lasted until I was done mixing it. I washed everything thoroughly so there was no lingering tuna smell.

[cnf2013]

Yuck I'm sorry.

[cnf2013]

If it's any consolation I eat lunch in the home economics room everyday so it always smells like whatever the kids cooked that day. Very hit or miss on smells

[anonymouseliza]

Apr 23, 2015 11:45:34 GMT -5 DoesItComeInPink said:

Oh man, I would be so sick all the time if I were in your shoes!! Can you put up a sign asking people to knock and keep your door closed?

Not really - the safe and key box are in my office, so I have people in and out all day.  Also, the previous guy was a major dick and he just locked people out, so keeping it open is helping the perception of change.  It's usually not so bad - just this morning hit at a bad, bad moment!

[negritosmami]

Ugh my coworker microwaves fish. I seriously wanna strangle her when she does that and she thinks its funny. Im like no seriously..STOP. I think will faint when she does it now that im pregnant. The smell is just god awful. And seriously microwaved fish CANT taste good omg. Smh

[apunicorn]

Apr 23, 2015 13:05:01 GMT -5 negritosmami said:

Ugh my coworker microwaves fish. I seriously wanna strangle her when she does that and she thinks its funny. Im like no seriously..STOP. I think will faint when she does it now that im pregnant. The smell is just god awful. And seriously microwaved fish CANT taste good omg. Smh

This is a CRIME. Microwaving fish should on a list of prohibited activities in every employee handbook. 

Tuna is fine I think, I eat tuna sandwiches all the time and since it's cold it doesn't really smell outside of my personal bubble. But microwaving fish. Oh man. How rude. 

[Deleted]

Sounds like torture. Hope the smell has cleared by now.

[Deleted]

Why are people making bacon at work?!

[anonymouseliza]

She's on a special low-carb diet. I eye-roll a lot when she starts talking about it. I mean, I'm fat, but I know nutrition and what she's doing is not based on credible science and won't be a long-term fix. She also juices, which is totally unsurprising. But anyway, the turkey bacon is apparently her mid-morning snack. Daily. Since I'm not yet in my new office full-time, I didn't realize it was a daily thing. Kinda want to cry thinking about it.

[meredithcarole]

I'm a chef, so far I have been able to turn away from anything that strikes me as unappetizing, but I walked past a grease bin (where used cooking oil is stored) today and started gagging.

[cnf2013]

Apr 23, 2015 21:41:48 GMT -5 anonymouseliza said:

She's on a special low-carb diet. I eye-roll a lot when she starts talking about it. I mean, I'm fat, but I know nutrition and what she's doing is not based on credible science and won't be a long-term fix. She also juices, which is totally unsurprising. But anyway, the turkey bacon is apparently her mid-morning snack. Daily. Since I'm not yet in my new office full-time, I didn't realize it was a daily thing. Kinda want to cry thinking about it.

Can she not cook it ahead of time and just eat it as is when snack time rolls around? I would totally barf if someone cooked bacon that close to me everyday. I don't even like or eat bacon to begin with, being pregnant would not make me any happier about it. I'm sorry she's such a turd.