How do you tell a colleague not conduct personal hygiene at her desk?

I sit behind her in an open-plan office and can see her cleaning out her ears and nose with fingers and paper clips, squeezing pimples, clipping and cleaning under her nails and scratching and finding stuff in her hair. All offensive material found is wiped on her chair or flicked onto the floor or around the office, but not after she has sometimes sniffed or tasted it!

We have flat out, directly asked her not to do that and to conduct intimate personal hygiene at home, but she persists. Three of us even audibly groaned with horror while she was doing it and told her off for being so gross, so it not even though our requests are too subtle. What can we do?

How do you tell a colleague not conduct personal hygiene at her desk?

Oh, at this point you need to have your supervisor or manager speak to her about this. How awful for all of you, including your supervisor. But if it is that bad you need to take care of it at a higher level. I'd say they have a chat and she gets ONE chance and then dismissed from employment.

My sympathies to you and your colleagues. (And the janitor... ewww.)

Good luck!

How do you tell a colleague not conduct personal hygiene at her desk?

Grab your video camera........film her..........then play the offending hygiene during her lunch.

If that doesn't gag her out, tell the boss, they will find it interesting that she is doing that sort of thing on company time.

How do you tell a colleague not conduct personal hygiene at her desk?

Video tape it and play it back at an office gathering. Or gift her with a desk mirror.

How do you tell a colleague not conduct personal hygiene at her desk?

Is there a written office policy that can be given to her? Is the supervisor following procedure (verbal warning, written warning, firing) or is this procedure even in place? Can she be seen by the public? Is it affecting business? That is very offensive and unprofessional behavior. If the supervisors won't do anything about it, it will probably take someone getting sick over it for any action. In the meantime, can you and your officemates make her uncomfortable by all staring at her as she does it, or speaking to her together as a group? This person doesn't sound like any subtleties would work.

How do you tell a colleague not conduct personal hygiene at her desk?

eeeeeeew. gross. you can report her to a supervisor if talking directly to her won't work. then see how it goes from there.

How do you tell a colleague not conduct personal hygiene at her desk?

because you sit behind her just trim your toenails and then flick the nail at her. don't forget to talk about the fungus on your feet you can't seem to get rid of.

How do you tell a colleague not conduct personal hygiene at her desk?

i think she is doing it because she knows you are all watching. Ignore her completely no groaning no telling her to quit. Over time I bet she will stop because she is getting no reaction out of you. That really is gross.

How do you tell a colleague not conduct personal hygiene at her desk?

Have your supervisor handle it. duh!

How do you tell a colleague not conduct personal hygiene at her desk?

Help her...it won't take as long for her grooming. While she is cleaning the crud from under her nails you can pop her pimples. One of the other employees can bite her toenails.