My company is really casual. We all wear jeans and T-shirts and there’s even a yoga class once a week. Unfortunately, my boss takes being casual a little too far. He wears very baggy pants and shirts- they’re like two sizes too big. When he doesn’t shave, he looks homeless. But the worst part is that he takes “casual” to apply to his work habits. He puts his smelly feet up on the desk and eats on his lap without a napkin, getting crumbs all over the floor. It’s so gross.
I could tolerate all of habits except for one thing: he scratches his balls. All the time. Sometimes he scratches them so hard I think they’re going to fall off. He likes to come right up to my desk and scratch his balls while he’s talking to me about something. Since I’m sitting and he’s standing up, his crotch is at eye level! It’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen. To make matters worse, when I tried to look away he would ask me to pay attention, like he thought I wasn’t listening. Finally, one day I decided to be passive-agressive about it and leave an anonymous typed note on his desk asking him to keep his jock-itching down to a minimum. It must have worked, because he hardly ever does it anymore. -Submitted by Danny, New York City
