Disgusting coworkers

Piehead

A friend of mine told me about his work situation before lockdown. His team and boss seem to be outdoing themselves when it comes to hygiene in the workplace. One lad is a vegan and believes (per the Steve Jobs book) his diet means he only requires monthly showers ! There are 3 lads and 1 girl who engage in farting competitions and will eat beans or currys at lunch to increase noxiousness - it's disgusting. The newest member of the team wont wash her hair. The boss regularly picks his nose and eats it at his desk. He also hacks up phlegm all the time into a tissue. What can he do now that he’s being asked to return to the office ?? HR is a single woman also somewhat not clean

NSAman

Piehead wrote: »

A friend of mine told me about his work situation before lockdown. His team and boss seem to be outdoing themselves when it comes to hygiene in the workplace. One lad is a vegan and believes (per the Steve Jobs book) his diet means he only requires monthly showers ! There are 3 lads and 1 girl who engage in farting competitions and will eat beans or currys at lunch to increase noxiousness - it's disgusting. The newest member of the team wont wash her hair. The boss regularly picks his nose and eats it at his desk. He also hacks up phlegm all the time into a tissue. What can he do now that he’s being asked to return to the office ?? HR is a single woman also somewhat not clean

Don’t tell me.... food safety authority of Ireland ?

Leg End Reject

He should poo on his desk, I'm sure the lads in the etiquette thread could fully advise on technique, position and diet in the preceeding days.

JJayoo

He should make up better stories?

peasant

My co-worker licks his balls with gusto *






*home office, obvs

Surreptitious

Tame stuff.

Seve OB

Piehead wrote: »

The boss ......eats it at his desk.

What’s disgusting about that?

LimeFruitGum

Culture starts from the top... if HR and managers are like that, then it is no wonder your mate has colleagues who are doing fart-offs and the like.

Probably not going to change unless someone senior enough cracks the whip in there.

Piehead

Seve OB wrote: »

What’s disgusting about that?

Well from what he has said he’s eating dried snot/nose pickings at his desk

Montage of Feck

Actually sounds like a good place to work to me.

barneygumble99

I work with 5 others, one guy , in his 60’s, regularly clears his nose by blocking one of his nostrils with his hand and emptying his other nostril onto the workshop floor. Another co worker sneezes with as much force as possible, never blocks his mouth or turns his face away from the open space in front of him whilst doing it. Utter pigs.

85603

toilets in work have a weak flush, and the cistern takes its time. bunch of lads working on my floor.

manys the time my brain has been burnt by the traumatic sight of a colleagues merry log.

it stays with you, even when you close your eyes.

Bob Harris

Sounds like OP's friend works with these guys.

ulster

Piehead wrote: »

A friend of mine told me about his work situation before lockdown. His team and boss seem to be outdoing themselves when it comes to hygiene in the workplace. One lad is a vegan and believes (per the Steve Jobs book) his diet means he only requires monthly showers ! There are 3 lads and 1 girl who engage in farting competitions and will eat beans or currys at lunch to increase noxiousness - it's disgusting. The newest member of the team wont wash her hair. The boss regularly picks his nose and eats it at his desk. He also hacks up phlegm all the time into a tissue. What can he do now that he’s being asked to return to the office ?? HR is a single woman also somewhat not clean

You seem like you have a good memory for your friends story.

Potential-Monke

Genuine fear of mine is the company is starting to go about bringing us back in. It's a call centre environment with shared desks, computers, etc. I've been planning my fight since the start of the year. Something tells me I could be losing my job soon...