![]() #DINING FAUX PAS PROFESSIONAL#Your personal professional brand extends to your business dining skills and in the office that includes eating at your desk. Start by asking if anything you eat bothers them. for lunch again.” If they don’t get the hint, have a heart-to-heart. If you need to bring up your own complaint, first try a subtler approach. Someone wrinkling their nose and asking “What’s that smell?” is a sure sign that the food you bring may be too smelly. Offensive me, moi? Keep your antenna up for signals about your own desktop dining faux pas. Just as important is to dispose of any wrappers or leftovers in a trash can as far from work spaces as possible. Your work space is part of your brand and shouldn’t look like a fast food waste bin. If eating at your desk, keep some wipes nearby and tidy up afterwards. Garlic breath – garlic infused foods like Caesar salads, garlic stuffed olives (as an Italian, a favorite of mine).Spice it up – odorous ethnic foods (yes Terry, that includes Irish corned beef and cabbage).Eau d’salmon – fish or foods that have fish-sauce odor.Box office poison – Microwave popcorn (our at-home Netflix favourite).Who cut the cheese – Camembert and smelly cheeses.Off the menu is anything that permeates the office especially when microwaved. Speaking of mice, what about cheese? Tip 3 – Foods to avoid It might feel like you are working in a mouse maze but it shouldn’t sound like it. It’s bad enough to have loud talkers without loud eaters. Noisy food when eating at your desk, even chewing food can disturb coworkers. Tip 2 – Loud eatersĬrunch, munch, it sounds like you’re enjoying that. It’s not only what you eat but where you eat it and how you eat it. Colleague relationships are important at work and you don’t want to bring messy or odorous food that could jeopardize those relationships. Plan your lunch menu at your desk with others in mind. ![]() 5 etiquette tips for eating at your desk: Tip 1 – Desktop menu planning This is not the time to eat garlic infused bread or escargot. While we cut people slack if they’re eating in the staff lunchroom, it becomes trickier when eating at your desk, inches away from colleagues. But this is the real world where we’re always working under deadlines and our desk becomes our table d’hote. We would not be stressed and could enjoy a fabulous restaurant on our 2 hour lunch break like French workers. In an ideal world, none of us would have to eat at our desk. By Joanne Blake Business dining etiquette advice to avoid desktop dining faux pas ![]()
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