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Tobacco chewing in the office

I’m still so flabbergasted. My new colleague, Ron, joined our company to head up one of the sales teams at the start-up I work for. Ron was recommended by an investor, so he came with a bit of an ego portfolio, I guess. Anyway, I was in his office a couple days after he joined and I saw him grab the paper cup on his desk and turn around away from me and lean over. Then I noticed the bulge in his jaw. I blurted, “is that a chew?!” He said, yes, that he gave it up once and went back to it some time ago. He’s got a wad all the time! It’s so disgusting I can’t even believe it! I’m now due to go on a sales call with him and I’m repulsed for me and embarrassed for him. Anyone else had a co-worker they didn’t want to be seen with? – J.H.

Wow! I can’t help but laugh. I thought only baseball players did that stuff. Anyway, I had a colleague that I was disgusted by and eventually someone braver than I told her to bathe more often. I just don’t have the guts to confront that kind of thing, but you gotta get someone in your office to tell the guy it’s time for him to leave the chew outside the workplace.

– S.W. in Chicago

Amazing what some people think is OK. I once managed a young woman that showed so much skin at work that my boss asked me to say something to her. I did, and I think I was more embarrassed than she was.

– Sue S.

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