This is weird... Remember when when you were a kid, you would snnniiiiiffff...... haawwwwkkk... and launch spit and phlegm into the air? background: I'm a Software Development Project Manager in my mid-30's. A couple of years ago, I worked with a young guy (early 20's) who, at least once every 5 minutes, you would hear him do a 'hhhhhhaaaaawwwkk' ... (and I guess he would just swallow it). He would do this all day, and I'm not exaggerating that he would do it at least once every 5 minutes. I eventually moved on from that job and have been working at my current job for two years now. Recently an intern was brought in to our office - a young guy (early 20's) that is doing the exact same thing. It's a completely different person, and a completely different environment, but every 3 minutes or so, I hear him hawking it up. Over, and over, and over again. What's up with this? Is it supposed to be trendy or cool for young kids to be doing this? Or is this just a common, bad habit? How do people get this habit? Has anyone else seen this? -- droxford
As a (almost) 20 year old I can say it's no trend that I'm aware of and that it is most definetly one of the most disgusting/irritating sounds ever.
It is extremely annoying. He's not sick. It's not allergies. It's not inttermittant. He doesn't do it for a little while and then stop. He doesn't do only on certain days. He does it all day. every day. and so did the guy I worked with a few years ago. -- droxford
The Wild boys seems to throw up over anything, and my guess is, this type of crude behavior is catching on. I personally don't like it. But to each generation there own.
These aren't wild guys. They're kinda quiet. Not rowdy or crazy. Just normal guys with pretty normal personalities... except that they hawk up phlegm every 3 - 5 minutes. -- droxford
I would have to say something to them. I couldnt handle that crap. I would be like, Look dude, go to the doctor or stop doing that ****. Its nasty and I dont want to hear it. I had a dude that stunk at work. His hair looked greasy and his clothes were never ironed. It looked like they were balled up on the floor for a week and then he put them on. I told him, Do not come to work if you have not taken a shower. Iron your damn clothes or take them to the cleaners. Put on deoderant. Brush your teeth and hair. I went to upper management and told them that I couldnt handle this dude anymore and they made him come home and finally told him if he came in like that again he was Los Gone-os. Your buddy may not get canned but they can make him stop being irritating.
One of them (the guy from two years ago) was a moderate-to-light smoker. I don't think the new guy smokes at all. He has been confronted about it by a co-worker. He said he was feeling a little congested that day. But that's BS - he's done it every day for weeks (since he started here). -- droxford
If this is a trend, then I am becoming un-trendy by the minute. I'm a smoker, and I do this when it is necessary (to avoid choking), but to do it every 5 minutes is kind of F'd-up.
