The Gross Guy

It's been a long time since I've posted here, partly because I've been really busy, but also because there wasn't anything that gross happening in the break room. However, a few months ago, I got a new cube neighbor. He's turning out to be far more disgusting than I had originally thought and I just can't keep it to myself any longer. It's so bad that I've officially named him The Gross Guy. I've also heard him being referred to as NeanderLochte. He's inhabited a few cubes in his time here, and his previous cube neighbors had jokingly deemed his cube, "The Barn." Over the last year, I've noticed a couple of nasty things as I passed by his cube, like how he throws unwrapped produce in his gymbag right alongside his dirty sneakers and underpants (he leaves the bag thrown wide open on the floor). Or how he rarely uses plates or utensils, and definitely does not wash his hands. And he is the loudest carrot eater EVER. And he mutters to himself. But when my coworker called my attention to his "feeding area" today, what I saw was far worse than I'd ever seen before.

From afar, it might not look that bad. Just a dude's desk.

But then you look a little closer

Yep, that's an unwashed lunch container from the day before (maybe longer), a dirty spoon, bits of dried food,
and an old empty jar with coconut oil crust still inside.
I just noticed how dirty the walls are. How does that even happen?

That doesn't look so bad, you say? Here's a close-up on the spoon.

Oh hey, there's hair next to the food bits on the desk, too!

And for good measure, here's the other unwashed stuff on his desk.

Crusty empty jar of coconut oil, a dirty mug, and a tea strainer ball with used leaves in it, resting atop a random old shoelace that sat by his feet on the floor of his cube for two days

Oh, speaking of the floor, here's what the bottom of The Barn looks like. 

Note the garbage hanging out. Sometimes it doesn't even make it into the can and just stays on the floor. Like the time he refused repeated requests from multiple colleagues to stay home when he was sick and then left used tissues all over the floor. And then coughed and sneezed into his hands right before using the communal water dispenser.

And what about the "feeding area"? Here you go. 

I don't think this guy believes in plates. Perhaps we should call this his trough from now on.

Anyway, just thought I'd share with you the absolute filth that sits beside me every day, separated only by two feet of space and a thin cube partition. I'm not trying to be a jerk. The state of his work area has been brought up to him several times and the filth continues. What pisses me off is that this is a hygiene and health issue. The other day, a colleague saw a fly land on his desk, walk a few inches across the trough, and then died. I'm not even kidding. Its ridiculous that I have to spend the majority of my waking hours sitting next to this. Gross.

Thanks, Ron, for the pics!