The lunchtime offences that bug your colleagues

Whilst it’s up to individuals how they spend their lunchtime, in a confined office space it can hard to avoid that one colleague that always heats up their fishy lunch - or worse, comes back to the office with booze breath.

Nearly half of UK professionals (46.2%) believe that there are lunchtime faux pas that should be avoided at work, with 58.8% saying that words should be had with repeating offenders failing to abide to lunch break etiquette, research from CV-Library found.

Lee Biggins, Founder and Managing Director of CV-Library, comments: “Although how you choose to spend your lunchtime, and what you eat is down to personal choice, it’s clear that there are certain faux pas that professionals find hard to ignore. We spend a great deal of our time at work, and if your lunchtime habits are having a negative impact on your colleagues it could be time to rethink your choices.”

According to the survey of 1,000 workers, the worst lunchtime habits identified included: