NOM NOM SLURP SMACK SMACK CHOMP

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I leave my desk while the gal behind me eats her lunch. She's a lip smacker, chews with her mouth open aaaand she talks while her mouth is full.  

[greeniis10]

YES OP, please stab him!  Sorry, but I must leave this thread and not return.  This is my biggest pet peeve and I cannot even talk or read about it without going into a rage. 

[Peace Of Mind]

LOL!!  I was hesitant on opening this thread. 


Stab him with your fork!  Then tell us how it went. 

[Abby Normal]

Too funny. I read the title and immediately thought of the Dr Seuss book " Mr Brown can moo".  I swear that is one of the sounds.

But yes- you should stab him.

[Tiny]

Head phones! Plug In, Turn On, Tune Out....

That or plan to not be at your desk when he's eating lunch.


How come some people are noisy eaters and other aren't? Or, are we all noisey eaters and we just don't notice our own noise (and other people are too polite to comment?)

How does that work?

[Deleted]

I read it and thought of my coworker. 

[Lizard Queen]

May 14, 2014 12:43:58 GMT -5 Abby Normal said:

Too funny. I read the title and immediately thought of the Dr Seuss book " Mr Brown can moo".  I swear that is one of the sounds.

But yes- you should stab him.

Too funny!  

(I've read that book to DS so many times, I actually have it memorized.)

[Deleted]

The guy I sit next to is awful and he's always eating, not just lunch.  I know it's going to be a great day when he opens a bag of corn nuts. 

Plus, he's very overweight and a diabetic, so somehow that makes it even more annoying for me.  I've seen the guy chase his diabetes pills with M&Ms.  Many times.   I just want to yell at him some days.  So, I put my headphones on...

[Deleted]

LUCKY! No headphones allowed here. I distract myself with this place, so a BIG THANK YOU to everyone for keeping me sane for 6 hours a day. 

[NancysSummerSip]

Aw, I thought Ratchets had some good eats and was either going to share them or make us all jealous.

My coworker isn't all that noisy, but she does eat raw onions for lunch. Does a lunch with a "loud" smell count?

[achelois]

I clicked on the thread because I thought Ratchets was in a feeding frenzy. I cannot tell you how disappointed I am. 

I regret to say  that I do not pay enough attention to my coworkers at lunch to know whether or not they are noisy eaters.  I don't even know if I am a noisy eater. 

NOW I'm going to wonder and be paranoid about it. 

Stab the guy for causing me this anxiety. Please. 

[Abby Normal]

May 14, 2014 12:49:48 GMT -5 Lizard Queen said:

May 14, 2014 12:43:58 GMT -5 Abby Normal said:

Too funny. I read the title and immediately thought of the Dr Seuss book " Mr Brown can moo".  I swear that is one of the sounds.

But yes- you should stab him.

Too funny!  

(I've read that book to DS so many times, I actually have it memorized.)

Me too and I haven't read it for years.  It was my favorite to read to DS.

[swamp]

May 14, 2014 12:36:27 GMT -5 Ratchets said:

So the dude who sits next to me at work is a rather noisy eater.  Actually, whenever he starts eating it sounds like a construction site is going on...in his mouth  !  And he is eating all...the...time.  I can never tell what is appropriate in situations like this.  Tell him to STEU?  Stab him in the neck with a pen? 

stab him with a spork.

[busymom]

C'mon Ratchets. Let's go pick up some fast food for you to eat at your desk.  Then YOU can be as annoying as you want...   

[swamp]

May 14, 2014 13:22:28 GMT -5 Ratchets said:

May 14, 2014 13:14:28 GMT -5 busymom said:

C'mon Ratchets. Let's go pick up some fast food for you to eat at your desk.  Then YOU can be as annoying as you want...   

Thanks for the offer, but you just don't know how bad I want a home cooked meal right now...151 days of dining hall (cafeteria) food so far.

Awww.

<<sends Ratchets a roast, potatoes, carrots, and brownies.>>

[Sam_2.0]

But really, I think some people have thin cheeks or something. Some will chew with their mouth closed but still make a lot of noise. Others hardly make a sound. Makes me self-conscious about it when others are around.

[NancysSummerSip]

May 14, 2014 13:22:28 GMT -5 Ratchets said:

May 14, 2014 13:14:28 GMT -5 busymom said:

C'mon Ratchets. Let's go pick up some fast food for you to eat at your desk.  Then YOU can be as annoying as you want...   

Thanks for the offer, but you just don't know how bad I want a home cooked meal right now...151 days of dining hall (cafeteria) food so far.

I forgot you were on deployment.

No wonder you are dreaming about food.

[Wisconsin Beth]

And here I tend to think of Ratchets as a meatloaf and salad kind of guy. 

Sorry about the deployment food.  Doesn't your family send you care packages? 

[NancysSummerSip]

May 14, 2014 13:57:17 GMT -5 Wisconsin Beth said:

And here I tend to think of Ratchets as a meatloaf and salad kind of guy. 

Sorry about the deployment food.  Doesn't your family send you care packages? 

Let us know if you need a box of something good. No, I won't send you the gals from the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, but maybe we can come up with something else.

[imawino]

Stab, stab, stab him!!!!!! I hate chewing sounds. They fill me with a level of rage that is all out of proportion to the offense, but I can't help it.

[wyouser]

May 14, 2014 12:52:14 GMT -5 @beerwench said:

LUCKY! No headphones allowed here. I distract myself with this place, so a BIG THANK YOU to everyone for keeping me sane for 6 hours a day. 

The doctor says: Come 5 pm, take two happy hours then call me in the morning"

[Spellbound454]

Does being in England actually count as deployment?

You don't need care packages...go to a restaurant or something. We don't eat raw meat and live in caves.

[JustLurkin]

Oooooooh...please ask your question here: notmsnmoney.proboards.com/thread/38705/tloonya-advice-column

I cain't wait for the answer, be sure to mention it's a military person.

But, yes, the answer is to stab them...then scream "it's allllllll quiet now!"...you will either get a standing ovation, or be sent home where you can have all the home cooking you want...you may even get lucky and have both!

[Tennesseer]

May 14, 2014 12:36:27 GMT -5 Ratchets said:

So the dude who sits next to me at work is a rather noisy eater.  Actually, whenever he starts eating it sounds like a construction site is going on...in his mouth  !  And he is eating all...the...time.  I can never tell what is appropriate in situations like this.  Tell him to STEU?  Stab him in the neck with a pen? 

You can violently stab him in the neck but you cannot write STFU?  Tell him to STFU and you will not have to stab him.

[Artemis Windsong]

May 14, 2014 12:36:27 GMT -5 Ratchets said:

So the dude who sits next to me at work is a rather noisy eater.  Actually, whenever he starts eating it sounds like a construction site is going on...in his mouth  !  And he is eating all...the...time.  I can never tell what is appropriate in situations like this.  Tell him to STEU?  Stab him in the neck with a pen? 

This might get you punched.  Take a video with your cell phone and show him.  Then asked kindly for him to chew quietly or I will send my DD over to slap him up side the head.  She would go ballistic.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Head phones! Plug In, Turn On, Tune Out....

That or plan to not be at your desk when he's eating lunch

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Except Ratchets said he's eating "all-of-the-time".

I vote for stabbing him with a fork.

I'd tell him that food is a symphony for the taste-buds - but his eating sounds more like a heavy metal rock band - or jack-hammer going off in his mouth.

(I can't stand it when people "smack" their food - or make that "nom-nom" sound.

[mmhmm]

I might be tempted to get the messiest thing to eat I could find (that could be held in my hands), go over and perch on his desk and gobble the darned thing as noisily as possible all over whatever happens to be on that desk - or behind it.   Then, I'd knock over a soft drink to add to the mess.  Oh, clumsy me!  Goodness!

[Apple]

May 14, 2014 17:27:22 GMT -5 Spellbound454 said:

Does being in England actually count as deployment?

You don't need care packages...go to a restaurant or something. We don't eat raw meat and live in caves.

he's on a real deployment right now...

Ugh, I hate loud eating sounds (with the grunts and lipsmacking especially).  You could start making some gross sounds of your own, like blowing your nose or trying to hack up phlegm...

[Tennesseer]

Ratchets-our board allows the use of the F word.  See below from our Code of Conduct thread.

"Profanity is permitted as long as it's not excessive. Excessive would be a sentence/series of sentences/ series of posts that used a string of expletives, one right after another. You can use the f bomb, and variations of it, as an expletive, or an adjective. You may NOT use it in a sexual context."

And I was teasing you.  Your stating you wanted to stab someone in the neck was probably closer to a violation of our CoC  than if you had used STFU.

[Tennesseer]

An article from the other day regarding the foods office workers hate their co-workers to eat while at their desk:

The 10 Foods You're Eating That Make Your Coworkers Hate You