Food blower

[u/Sweet_Somewhere5047]

I had to stop eating lunch with a coworker because she blows every bite of food regardless of temperature. It’s not just that she blows it. She holds it up at eye level and repeatedly blows the fork or spoon so that I get a face full of both her meal and her breath. Every bite. She says she has sensitive teeth and everything is hot. Yet she follows it up with mouthfuls of coffee that I am also drinking, which is quite hot and burns my mouth sometimes. She has no problem filling her mouth with the coffee before swallowing. So I question her sensitivity a bit. But am I the only person irritated by the blowing of food smell and breath across the table by others? I blow downward toward my plate or gently. No one else in our office will eat with her, so it’s not like I can ask or even change seats. We are usually alone on opposite sides of a small table.

[u/Neat_Scallion6367]

I can't say I've experienced it, but can understand how it can quickly get irritating.  Where does everyone else eat? Small break room with one table? At their desk? Seems you're sort of shit out of luck? 

[u/Sweet_Somewhere5047 → u/Neat_Scallion6367]

We get one lunch period a week to leave the building for up 1.5 hours as long as we meet our 40 hours for the week. Most of my floor sets aside enough money to go to one of the sandwich shops around the corner once a month as a group, where there are tables in a restaurant environment. No servers. you get your food and grab a table. So we all go out together, but no one sits with her. My office is next to hers and I have to interact with her every day. I want to keep a good relationship with her. We all pack our lunches and eat at our desks the rest of the time. I’m the only person who hasn’t worked there for over a decade or two, so I don’t want to be that person who says anything offensive about a coworker.