Re: What is it with people and food smells?
Forget desi food, there used to be this man (in his 40s or 50s) whose cube was next to mine (in New Orleans Office) and on Fridays, I would go downstairs to the cafe and bring a Steak Escape sandwich with me to eat so I could take the lunch break to go pray Jumma. If you've never had that sandwich, it's very hot and whatever you get (chicken, vegis, beef, shrimp etc.) and the good smell travels. Anyway, that dude used to have a problem with the smell and his reason was "the smell of food distracts my thought process" :D