[Coworking] Smelly aftershave/cologne, noisy laptop sound guy, and nervous legs

2011-02-23 Thread Rob Hudson
What are tactful ways to handle these situations as a coworker? The obnoxious cologne gvies me a headache, the nervous legs vibrate the table, and the noisy laptop sounds guy shows people videos on his laptop with loud, tinny dialogue. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to th

Re: [Coworking] Smelly aftershave/cologne, noisy laptop sound guy, and nervous legs

2011-02-23 Thread Alex Hillman
Talk to him. Ideally in private, but don't corner him either. Have you ever talked to him about anything else, or is this your first encounter? If you haven't had a conversation before this it's going to be much harder to broach the subject as your first discussion. There's always the passive app

Re: [Coworking] Smelly aftershave/cologne, noisy laptop sound guy, and nervous legs

2011-02-23 Thread Jacob Sayles
Best solution is to talk with folks. Take a few deep breaths and strike up a casual conversation. I have a silly habit of knocking on my desk when I get excited (which is often) and I've had folks point it out to me numerous times. It's all about taking the pressure off it and just expressing wh