I work at some place. Every day at around lunch time these clowns gather in the kitchen and start making desi food. The smell of which spreads over kilometers … and makes life miserable for many
BUT much more for me since I seem to have an allergic reaction to the spices they use and so during those two three hours i cant stop sneezing.
Even some indians have complained about this as well to the manager guy …
Should I go to the kitchen and put a big note there saying “bollywood screening at lunch time in the kitchen 7 floors up ?”
I hate inconsiderate people like that. I mean giving you a place to cook your food doesn't mean you abuse that and cook up some manky smelling stuff.
Just tell them you're allergic and escalate the issue if you can. If I was in your place I totally would do it. You aren't being racist, its something that's affecting you.
It's nice to be sensitive to other people around you and I can understand how annoying food smells can be, especially at the work place. Maybe you could talk to your manager in confidence and ask them to send a note out to everyone about lunchtime etiquettes which would include a line on avoiding foods that have strong smells.
i feel your pain, buddy.. if the manager doesn't do anything, i'd rig the kitchen for a small spice accident. and then you can be all "told you so manager bhaiyya"..
Please tell me how you would ‘rig up the kitchen for a small spice accident’ I have visions of someone screaming from chilli powder flying in their eyes
it is literally an empty canvas - ranging from a laal mirch smiley face on the kitchen wall that says do you vant franship, to a well placed garam masala and oil ball on the kitchen burner that'll burns up in a smokeball and trigger the wrath of all the office smoke alarms..
I presume this an office, since you work there....I am however surprised to know that you have a kitchen in the office. I have only come across offices which have at most a pantry with a couple of microwaves to warm your food, and those with a full fledged cafeteria normally have an external vendor who would at most complete the last cooking cycle at the venue.
I however think its extremely insensitive to bring in strong smelling food to the workplace, your manager should send out a circular asking the staff to refrain from bring in strong smelling and wet food to the office (Thats the norm in mine)
Jhooooom bhaijaan isn't racist. He just likes to jhoooom jhooooom key nacho aaj and gao khushi key geet ho ho gao khushi key geet....aaj kisi ki haar hui hai, aaj kisi ki jeet ho ho, gao khushi key geet :@:
no you're not being prejudiced(that is the word not racist)
just make them aware in a nice way that nondesis might not like the smell and it would be good to be sensitive to other people in the office environment, they are being majorly uncaring of others by taking over the kitchen.
