# The person in the next cube is driving me nuts! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382 "2013-01-07T19:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/41 "2013-01-08T21:52:06Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > I had an officemate who took all day to eat one small single-serving size bag of chips. Oh my God. I once worked next to a guy who took all afternoon to drink a bottle of Mountain Dew–one swig at a time. Since the drink would go flat if left open that long, he had to unscrew and screw the cap, loudly and tightly, for every swig. Every ten minutes: Unscrew, unscrew, unscrew [thwap] place cap on desk Swig Screw, screw, screw It was classic water torture–each swig trivial, but the cumulative effect made me want to grab the Mountain Dew and pour it down his throat until it came out the other end. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/42 "2013-01-08T23:55:27Z")
I worked with a horker. He would hork, hork and hork then spit the loogie into his wastebin. He did it near me one time, I had enough and said “can you do that in the washroom please.” He freaked out. How dare I(or anyone) find anything he does offensive, the guy was a lunatic. So glad he’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/43 "2013-01-09T00:59:13Z")
Ack! I might have vomited if he did that in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/44 "2013-01-09T01:15:06Z")
One of my housemates is a horker. Every morning he gets up and coughs up half a lung into the sink. Sometimes he even rinses it out when he’s done. Cannot wait to move. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/45 "2013-01-09T03:46:47Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > My advice to all of you is to remind yourself : it could be worse. > > [How best to handle this awkward and embarrassing co-worker situation? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=543084) was there ever an end to that one? ---
**Author:** ![Dano83860](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Dano83860](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dano83860)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/46 "2013-01-09T05:41:38Z")
Most of you are probably too young to remember when you could smoke in the office. I’ll see your sniffer, hacker and chewer and raise you a chain smoker. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/47 "2013-01-09T05:55:56Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Even with my headphones on and music playing I can hear her crunching. I may have to hold her down and pull all her teeth. > > StG Duct Tape. I never thought that I would respond to two different threads with the same words, but once again it seems appropriate ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/48 "2013-01-09T11:36:50Z")
> [@Dano83860](#): > > Most of you are probably too young to remember when you could smoke in the office. > > I’ll see your sniffer, hacker and chewer and raise you a chain smoker. :eek: I never worked with a chain smoker, but I have worked with smokers. And smokers tend to be sniffers and hackers, too. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/49 "2013-01-09T19:30:29Z")
She’s back today. She has a 1 gallon container of trail mix and is helping herself liberally. She said that after Christmas she was going to start eating better, so I guess it’s trail mix or chips. StG ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/50 "2013-01-09T20:05:45Z")
> [@Blaster\_Master](#): > > Several years ago I used to sit next to someone who ALWAYS had the sniffles. Every few seconds a sniff, then about once a minute that whole nasty back of the throat sniff thing, and the occassional hack and cough stuff, annoying AND disgusting. We have something similar - there’s one guy who is always sniffing, as if he has a chronic stuffy nose. Wait a minute…I’m that guy! Seriously, I have had a sinus condition bordering on chronic for at least three years. My doctor says he sees a lot of it in his patients from this area for some reason. (It could be dust based; why, yes, I do live alone…and what is this “vac - yoom - klee - ner” you speak of?) ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/51 "2013-01-09T20:52:00Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > She’s back today. She has a 1 gallon container of trail mix and is helping herself liberally. She said that after Christmas she was going to start eating better, so I guess it’s trail mix or chips. > > StG Carrots and celery would be equally annoying, so I just don’t think you can win here. So sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/52 "2013-01-10T00:25:43Z")
I feel for you, **StG**. Can you find a way to let her know it bothers you in a polite way? If no, can you make her 1 gallon container “disappear?” If neither one of these suggestions work, I’d say take my previous advice…but be careful, she may resist. ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/53 "2013-01-11T15:56:34Z")
Ohhhh I understand this thread completely. Though I have a tiny cube of my very own in this small office, I share it with three other FT workers and a number of student workers. Head-to-head with me is Validation Girl, who insists on sharing her life loudly with all in the office, whether to exclaim in frustration 5-10 times per hour over something on her computer screen (“Can you believe that!”) or to share text messages sent by her daughter about her infant’s bowel movements. Better yet, she also has loooooooong personal phone conversations nearly every day or hosts her unemployed husband, who kindly brings her lunch nearly every day and also does plenty of loud, lip-smacking kissy face. Next to Validation Girl is Sinus Boy. “SNORK” “HORK” “HRRRMMMSNORT” “HACK” about 10 times per hour. At the far end of the office is the lady who occasionally laughs shrilly and clears her throat in a distracting manner, but she keeps it to a minimum most days. The other two are constant. Fridays are the worst, since Validation Girl and Sinus Boy spend a considerable portion of the day on Pinterest and Facebook and watching Youtube videos, which they loudly comment upon. I would probably rob a bank to get the money for noise-cancelling headphones at this point. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382/54 "2013-01-12T03:38:57Z")
I have an office mate who plays music, which is fine. She also sings along to the music, which is not fine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-in-the-next-cube-is-driving-me-nuts/646382.md?page=2)