Office etiquette question
May. 27th, 2003 01:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
progSeriously: could there exist any medical reason why someone would need to spit very noisily -- that is, putting great vocal effort into creating and then and expectorating a significant phlegm-ball -- every time they visit the bathroom, with multiple loogie-hawkings per visit?
I am pondering leaving a note for this person, whose identity I have yet to verify, since it outgrosses my colleagues and I, who sit next to the bathroom, very much, but I don't want to seem insensitive if there's a chance that this person has a condition of some sort...
I am pondering leaving a note for this person, whose identity I have yet to verify, since it outgrosses my colleagues and I, who sit next to the bathroom, very much, but I don't want to seem insensitive if there's a chance that this person has a condition of some sort...
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Date: 2003-05-27 04:18 pm (UTC)Medical reasons: smoking? other irritants? allergies? great enjoyment in annoying cow-orkers?
Recommendation: Suggest they seek medical attention immediately. This way, you will not seem insensitive, while politely altering them that their behavior may be slightly audible to others. Possible methodology to alert them to their symptomology would be running into the room shouting "Can you speak? Can you cough? I am trained. I will help you. Are you alive? I will help you! Call Paramedics! Help! Danger! Warning!" would likely provide a memorable solution.