Coworkers with poor eating etiquette?

Question

I mentioned ever so breifly in a question about another mananger who's eating habits are frankly nothing short of a person who was NOT taught proper etiquette.

We are forced to have daily staffing meetings at 9am. She comes in often with differnt items to eat. She is diabetic, she pricks her finger at the meeting, adjusts her insulin pump and continues to mow like well an animal.

Example: She made a salad on day at a later meeting, she opened the dressing container, licked the lid, "stated that was good" and then licked the inside of the container in front or a group of collegues.

She cooked oatmeal in the microwave once and it went all over the inside of the micro and on the bowl. She just took the bowl out, scrapped the oatmeal off the side and ate it

It is quite nauseating. Is there a discreet way that she may be informed that some of her colleagues find her manners lacking since we are forced to watch her strap on her feed bag?

Answer 1

buy a book on the etiquette of good manners and discretely leave it on her desk

Answer 2

Isn't that gross? I have a cousin who, along with her 2 girls have the worst table manners on earth. You can hear them chomping and chawing a mile away. One time I was in her kitchen while they were in the dining room with my kids eating and I heard all the noise. I called into the dining room "That had better not be MY kids eating so loudly!!" Of course I knew it wasn't, but it got the point across. My kids knew I didn't direct the comment at them either, they were as sickened by their cousin's manners as I was.

Answer 3

For the medical stuff, her supervisor could ask her to go into the bathroom to do because they can tell her truthfully that the sight of needles makes some people go queasy. Before people accuse me of being insensitive, I have worked with diabetic people in the past and they have always been private and discreet about their medical needs unless it was an emergency, which I understand totally.

The eating habits you really can't address directly without insulting her, so a department memo about good manners addressed to everybody might help. If she doesn't see herself in the memo, then Human Resources might have a talk with her. Whatever you do, don't make this a personal battle, you don't want to be on the losing side.  

Answer 4

Set a camera video down her funny habits ..Send this recording to her as her birthday gift...!!!

If no respond post it at U Tube ...I sure this will kill her...!!! ( Title of this video clip is ...." l**k Me All Over" or " No More Detergant"

"Nothing Goes TO WASTE"

Answer 5

LOL, I'm a diabetic also but i don't do these things in public. Since she's your superior and addressing the issue to her directly might offend her & even put you on the losing end so might as well address the matter to her superior either through a letter or in person depending on the type of boss she is.