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The scenario is simple: the office place. Compatible staff working together in close quarters. Enter new employee, a delightful person, good worker, and easy to get along with in most respects. One major bad habit: gum chewing, including occasional popping/cracking. No customer contact, mainly because this person and I share the same office and our job description does not include interacting with customers. How am I to keep my mental sanity?
There are three suggestions I have: 1) Gently confront the person when the time is right. Do NOT wait until you have "HAD IT" because anger will come out and you will be speaking from emotions that could be detrimental to the situation. 2) Have a neutral person such as a supervisor or co-worker bring this matter to the person's attention. 3) Go to the drug store and buy a package of small foam earplugs.
There are many bad habits that can be irritants to co-workers. Recently, I head a story that a boss was in a board meeting and he yawned with his mouth open during a presentation. To make matters worse, he took out his nail clippers and clipped his nails! Later, he was overheard on the telephone yelling at his mother. His style of management is totally disrespectful and his employees deplore him.
Bad habits are definitely unprofessional. Many times people do not say anything, but they think it. A person cannot correct a problem unless they know there is a problem. Gentle confrontation, as tough as it may be, is the best solution. Otherwise, self discipline is the answer. Simply get over it.
Politically, one cannot confront a superior. Bad management will eventually catch up with a person, so my advice is to perservere. Keep on keepin' on and hang in there.
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