Annoying Food Obsessed Co-Worker!

I don't understand why every office has those people who descend on food like a vulture! There is a lady I work with, and I have ranted about her before here. Today, she was back it. Every single time there is any food within a vicinity of her nostrils , she hons it out like a Basset Hound following the KFC leftovers to the garbage. It is like...some sense she has, that whenever someone is eating ANYTHING she is right there, practically sticking her nose in their food and taking a big whiff followed, "WOOOOOOOOOW WHAT IS THAT!" and "MMMMMM, that smells great!" or "OOOOOOOH what are you eating!"

It is the most obnoxious, intrusive and GROSS, annoying thing on the planet! Every lunch, she is there walking around, looking in people's work areas, all around their desk, "Oh wow, what are you eating!" and then STANDS there, hovering over them while they are trying to enjoy what limited break time they have to scarf down some food and get back to work. She wants this big break down of exactly what it is, where they got it, how they made it, and no matter what signals people out that they want her to go away---she just doesn't! Even if it is something so mundane and uneventful, like fuckin' McDonald's or Jimmy John's or Taco Bell. "Ooooooh , whadidda get!" and then watches people eat their entire fucking meal! Then comes around later, "HOW WAS IT!"

And don't even get me started on how bombastic she is at office potlucks and catered meetings. You can hear her through the whole meetings, "OOOOOOH MMMMMM! WHO MADE THIS!!" and then walks around with a plate stacked to the ceiling, and goes to each person who is choosing not to eat, "AREN'T YOU GOING TO EAT!" and stands there stuffing food down her face at their cubicle, spitting bits and pieces everywhere!

And just now, as I am writing this....she comes over, "WHAT DID YOU GET FOR LUNCH!" and "WHAT ARE YOU DOING! You didn't eat anything!"

I have my food HIDDEN in my drawer and I take bites when I see she isn't around, otherwise she'd stand there all bugged-eyed making noises and watching me take each and every bite like a dopey-ass Golden Retriever starring up under the glass table at Thanksgiving dinner, waiting on scraps to fall in his mouth!

I normally go hide in my car, but it is snowing here and the parking lot is slick as snot! So, I am trapped inside, watching her wander around and peek over the top of every body's cubicle trying to catch them eating something....anything, so she can pencil neck and gawk, smack her lips, and say, "MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM WOW!" at every bite they take!

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Annoyed Woman Over 40 Work February 19, 2025 at 3:27 pm 2 0