my newest pet peeve! bugging me while i am eating lunch.

[vash]

ok. i try not to eat out for lunch that much. so i brown bag it. come lunch time, i microwave whatever, and sit down to eat, at my desk. why do people come in and ask me stuff mid-bite? usually, it is to simply shoot the crap.

i moved offices. my new room has no door. any polite way of telling people to leave me alone? i never bother anyone, on the phone or eating.

[dhoward]

Look directly at them and start talking with a mouth full of crackers.
Never fails.

[911Rob]

let it go man

[The Gaijin]

Any of you homos call me Francis - and I'll kill ya!

[TSNAPCRACKLEPOP]

"out to lunch, back at ?" sign?

[juanbenae]

in a previous position i used return from the field only to get project engineers in my office while i was trying to eat lunch to talk projects. i finally took a photo copy of the personel rules & regs about an unmolested hour for lunch and taped it to my CLOSED office door. even a civil engineer could understand that.

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[VINMAN]

I'd get the hell out of the building. I'd go eat in my car just to get away from everyone.

[VincentVega]

Dont eat lunch at your desk or just put up a sign that says 'Dont bug me, I'm at lunch'

[Rikao4]

follow some to the bathroom..
let them enter..
and then ask..
what's up // or what you doing..

Rika

[Zeke]

Put your iPod earbuds on and turn to the wall.

[dtw]

Right there w/you Cliff. The other day, someone knocked on my closed office door, walked in, said, 'oh, sorry to interrupt your lunch', then proceed to begin talking about whatever it is they were there for.

Dumbfounded.

Of course if I leave the door open, it is a guarantee that I'll get about 5 interruptions, each in mid-chew.

[911Rob]

shove a sambich in your pie hole and get back to work; Jeesh.

[Rick V]

I get out of the shop just to get a break, yesterday this new service writer comes over to me and starts asking me questions about some car I have scheduled for 3 o'clock. I told him I was at lunch and he would be well advised not to try and take "my time". Torques my shorts, when people think time is free.

[Porsche virgin]

Not only does my boss bug me when I'm eating, he comes over and practically sticks his head in my Tupperware to see what I'm eating!

GTF OUT OF HERE!!!!

[Burnin' oil]

Farting keeps people away from me.

[vash]

phew. i thought i was being overly sensitive. i was just yelled at by my contractor, i am starving so i didnt argue back. i get mean when hungry. i packed leftover spagetti for lunch, so it isnt the easiest to eat with a plastic fork. then everybody gets all nosy. "what is that smell?" "smells good!" "did you make it?"

grrrrr...i was like a food agressive dog.

i am all better now.

[afterburn 549]

Vash,
With out trying to sound like your favorite basher (I will anyway)
In one of your last post you did not know how to deal with a stalker of your wife..
Now you want advice on launch room etiquette
OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND scream I AM MAD as HELL and I am NOT going TO TAKE this $h1t ANYMORE !!
Now go do it

[jeffgrant]

Hey!

I'm eating here!

Don't bug me with your problems!

[vash]

errr. i work for the government. zero tolerance for workplace violence. temper tamtrums count. dueller isnt my lawyer.

for the record, you are my favorite basher. and for another record. i technically knew how to deal with my wife's stalker, it just wasnt aggressive enough for the general public.

[chapo]

I like to read the paper at lunch and eat in peace. Don't bother me. Ask me a million questions when I'm done, I'll answer them all. No you can't have any of the paper till I'm done. Subscribe like i do and you will have your own, or wait till I'm finished.