chickenanne Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 As you're all such lovely polite people... A colleague of mine sits opposite me. He spends the day picking his nose. All the time. Would you A) ignore it - stop being a stroppy irritable old moo, B) say something to him AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH! I just need a moan! Who else has the Monday morning grouches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Perhaps you could say something along the lines of "Did you know you keep fiddling with your nose? I'm finding it quite distracting." He is probably not aware of doing it (surely he was told by his Mum that it is not on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I do!!! (Even though it's tuesday ) The guy two desks from me has just been trimming his toenails through his sandals with nail clippers. click click click It's SOOOOOOOO gross. Not sure I'm going to say anything though. Probably just keep moaning about it. Ho-hum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I would tell him his brains will fall out if he is not careful..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Perhaps he doesn't realise he is doing it, so couldn't you make a jokey comment, something like " have you got something stuck up there?!" - might make him realise somebody is watching him do it. If that doesn't stop him, then don't be so subtle next time and tell him if he was a child he would be told to stop doing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Get him some tissues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Forget etiquette! I would just say "For goodness sake, will you stop picking your nose!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Lorna's answer ............. followed by Annie's answer how gross! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Never mind the picking - what's he doing with the bogies? I'd also say something! Tell him: "Coughs and sneezes spread diseases, and so does picking noses" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Am glad you don't all think I'm just being grumpy! What he does with the "produce" is something am trying to remain ignorant of: there are some things in life it's not worth knowing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I'm with Christian on this one - offer him a tissue. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Never mind the picking - what's he doing with the bogies? Just never, never, never borrow his telephone / keyboard / desk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Never mind the picking - what's he doing with the bogies? They will be under his mouse mat. I'm with the" for goodness sake will you please top picking your nose brigade". Tell him he'll never get a girlfriend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I lead a sheltered life as a stay-at-home mother. I am really shocked to hear there is someone who openly picks his nose at work and someone else who cuts his toenails in the office! If you put it in something like 'The Office' I would think of the behaviour as grossly exaggerated and not actually true to life. How wrong I am! (and i don't watch The Office as I find it very stupid) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Ginette - you innocent you! At the moment the person I am sitting opposite is licking his bottom (I am working at home and it is my dog Charlie ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I missed the toenail story and had to re read the thread. That is if anything, even worse. Performing intimate grooming in an office environment is totally unacceptable and completelydisgusting. What is the office manager doing, allowing someone to behave in this manner. At least nose picking is probably being done unconsciously. I don't mean that he is unconscious when he is doing it....but you know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Never mind the picking - what's he doing with the bogies? They will be under his mouse mat. I'm with the" for goodness sake will you please top picking your nose brigade". Tell him he'll never get a girlfriend. I agree Egluntine That is gross And clipping your toe nails at work I used to work in an office full of Italian men, it was heaven. They knew how to behave It was a breath of fresh air coming from an all English male environment. That sort of behavior would not have been tolerated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilda-and-evadne Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 A colleague of mine sits opposite me. He spends the day picking his nose. All the time. Would you A) ignore it - stop being a stroppy irritable old moo, B) say something to him Eventually, I would have to say something or give in my notice. Noses are a perfect reservoir of germs. Perhaps you could start a conversation about it, eg ask him what he thinks about the Prime Minister being filmed excavating his nose in Parliament, ask him to name a few of the germs in his nose. Yes, give him a tissue when he starts picking, saying that the next time he has a sore throat he's getting no sympathy from you. Tell him it is disgusting. Shock therapy: whenever he leaves his desk, go to his computer and pull up one of these onto his screen for him to look at when he gets back: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose-picking 1min 7 seconds of the Prime Ministerhttp://politicalhumor.about.com/od/bushvideos/v/bushnosepick.htm Dubya http://www.explodingcigar.com/article2050.html A US congressman http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNt7pNgfscNg Prime Minister of Italy There is also a clip of Alan Rickman doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Uurrcchhg!! Toenails! I missed that one, too!! That is just plain wierd..... the nose-picking am sure he's not aware of, but you can't accidentally clip your toenails. Are the bits of nail pinging around the office??? NO..! Don't answer!!! Mr Picky is in a meeting this afternoon, but I think I'll ask him if he's got anything good up there when he's back at his desk and the excavations start. I do like him, he's a nice guy, so don't want to be too mean about it. Or else I could launch myself over the desk screaming "GET YOUR FINGER OUT OF YOUR NOSE YOU DISGUSTING MAN!". He doesn't have a girlfriend; he does have a wife though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie the Moocher Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Or you could try, "Can you manage there or would you like a spoon?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 This must say something deeply disturbing about me...but I clicked on to every one of Hilda-and-Evadne's links. I have to ask myself why? Why do heads of state feel the need to ransack their nostrils? I can honestly say that I don't ever recall seeing a woman do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlass Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Or you could try, "Can you manage there or would you like a spoon?" Oh I'm sorry ...it's quite disgusting isn't i?? I would have to say something to him. How about "excuse me ...do you know your eyes cross when you do that?" [can you take a photo of him doing it with your phone and then email it to him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Ooh, I like the suggestion of the spoon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Yuk!! Or you could try, "Can you manage there or would you like a spoon?" That's brilliant! I would definitely say something though, and I wouldn't be rude, but I wouldn't beat around the bush - "Please stop doing that - it makes me feel ill!" for example! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Or you could try, "Can you manage there or would you like a spoon?" That made me laugh out loud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
