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PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,778
edited December 2007 in All Encompassing Trip
Why do some people feel the need to just talk about anything while you’re sitting at the lunch /breakfast table at work?

I have a very weak stomach and the last thing I need is someone talking about something that is going to turn my stomach and ruin my appetite.

Here are some examples over the last few days that my co-workers have talked about during lunch:

- my dog threw up all over our bed last night and then started eating it and then licking his butt

- the use of stem cell research on a mouse recently showed good promise for sickle cell disease – regeneration of healthy hemoglobin (while interesting, I don’t need to hear this part) – what they did was take the skin cells of the mouse and inserted a retrovirus, then injected the mouse with the retrovirus . . . etc. etc.

- the medicine I’m taking is causing me to develop boils on my legs

I feel like screaming, can't you see I'M TRYING TO EAT OVER HERE

Just typing this thread has ruined my appetite.

I'm curious as to whether any of you experience this stuff on a regular basis, but i'm almost afraid I'll be grossed out forever :D
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    MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    You should just pretend to go crazy and shout 'SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP'!
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    lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Time to get an iPod
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    xscorchoxscorcho Posts: 409
    lol that stuff wouldnt bother me...... id say go sit elsewhere or make a joke about how gross what theyre talking about is.. maybe theyll take it as a hint.
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    PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,778
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    You should just pretend to go crazy and shout 'SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP'!

    that would be pretty funny

    the thing is, I read the paper during lunch, but I just can't help over hearing conversations going on around me

    I TRY not to hear them
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    ihavadogihavadog Posts: 146
    "please don't talk about murder while i'm eating"
    i want to be enlightened

    like i want to be told the end
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    Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    PureandEasy wrote:
    Why do some people feel the need to just talk about anything while you’re sitting at the lunch /breakfast table at work?

    I have a very weak stomach and the last thing I need is someone talking about something that is going to turn my stomach and ruin my appetite.

    Here are some examples over the last few days that my co-workers have talked about during lunch:

    - my dog threw up all over our bed last night and then started eating it and then licking his butt

    - the use of stem cell research on a mouse recently showed good promise for sickle cell disease – regeneration of healthy hemoglobin (while interesting, I don’t need to hear this part) – what they did was take the skin cells of the mouse and inserted a retrovirus, then injected the mouse with the retrovirus . . . etc. etc.

    - the medicine I’m taking is causing me to develop boils on my legs

    I feel like screaming, can't you see I'M TRYING TO EAT OVER HERE

    Just typing this thread has ruined my appetite.

    I'm curious as to whether any of you experience this stuff on a regular basis, but i'm almost afraid I'll be grossed out forever :D
    why don't ya? I have to tell the lads to shut up on a regular basis when I'm eating... they'll talk about godknowswhat and all ya have to say is 'hey, some of us are still eating, come on'
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    TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    If you can stomach it, do the same thing tomorrow at lunch. :p
    Or is they are Republican, talk about Hillary. lol
    Or the other way around.

    Sorry to hear that. I don't think I have ever read a complaint from you.
    Enjoy your dinner. :)
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    iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    that's really disgusting, P&E. they sure are comfortable around their coworkers to talk like that....imagine how they talk to their families or spouses.
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    josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,309
    PureandEasy wrote:
    Why do some people feel the need to just talk about anything while you’re sitting at the lunch /breakfast table at work?

    I have a very weak stomach and the last thing I need is someone talking about something that is going to turn my stomach and ruin my appetite.

    Here are some examples over the last few days that my co-workers have talked about during lunch:

    - my dog threw up all over our bed last night and then started eating it and then licking his butt

    - the use of stem cell research on a mouse recently showed good promise for sickle cell disease – regeneration of healthy hemoglobin (while interesting, I don’t need to hear this part) – what they did was take the skin cells of the mouse and inserted a retrovirus, then injected the mouse with the retrovirus . . . etc. etc.

    - the medicine I’m taking is causing me to develop boils on my legs

    I feel like screaming, can't you see I'M TRYING TO EAT OVER HERE

    Just typing this thread has ruined my appetite.

    I'm curious as to whether any of you experience this stuff on a regular basis, but i'm almost afraid I'll be grossed out forever :D

    time to find another table to sit at but really that is so rude ....
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    Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    PureandEasy wrote:
    Why do some people feel the need to just talk about anything while you’re sitting at the lunch /breakfast table at work?

    I have a very weak stomach and the last thing I need is someone talking about something that is going to turn my stomach and ruin my appetite.

    Here are some examples over the last few days that my co-workers have talked about during lunch:

    - my dog threw up all over our bed last night and then started eating it and then licking his butt

    - the use of stem cell research on a mouse recently showed good promise for sickle cell disease – regeneration of healthy hemoglobin (while interesting, I don’t need to hear this part) – what they did was take the skin cells of the mouse and inserted a retrovirus, then injected the mouse with the retrovirus . . . etc. etc.

    - the medicine I’m taking is causing me to develop boils on my legs

    I feel like screaming, can't you see I'M TRYING TO EAT OVER HERE

    Just typing this thread has ruined my appetite.

    I'm curious as to whether any of you experience this stuff on a regular basis, but i'm almost afraid I'll be grossed out forever :D

    There is a girl at my new workplace (a department store) that has absolutely no internal editing mechanism. Granted, I haven't had the horror of sharing a meal with or near her, but the things that LOUDLY come out of her mouth on the sales floor range from gross to inappropriate to absolutely shocking.
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    PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,778
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    There is a girl at my new workplace (a department store) that has absolutely no internal editing mechanism. Granted, I haven't had the horror of sharing a meal with or near her, but the things that LOUDLY come out of her mouth on the sales floor range from gross to inappropriate to absolutely shocking.

    I have one of those too, I like her, quite a bit actually, but she DOES NOT think before she speaks, EVER

    and I have said things to people, like I'm trying to eat here, but by then, it's too late, I'm already grossed out
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    drtyfrnk29drtyfrnk29 Posts: 846
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Or is they are Republican, talk about Hillary. lol
    :)
    In English, please. ;)
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    iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    this thread sort of reminds me of the exchanges between gilda radner and jane curtain on SNL back in the seventies....for example, gilda would mention hair being wrapped around soap and jane would gag.
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