We have little open kitchens adjacent to the work areas, that are each supplied with a refrigerator, toaster oven, industrial coffee maker and a microwave. Unfortunately, when some items are cooked, the odour spreads throughout the entire area. The saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" transfers nicely to cooking odours. What may remind some people of their mothers fantastic home-cooking may seem putrid to others. How does an employer communicate to its employers, tactfully, to the employees that the cooking of foods with 'strong' odours is frowned upon - and how to define 'strong' (this could be anything from popcorn to fish to a chicken noodle soup - depending who you speak with). Well, At our company, there are some horrible smells from the microwave. Sometimes so bad it would ruin my lunchtime- from the smells making us sick! What our company did was put a note on the microwave stating
"ALL FOODS WITH STRONG ODORS MUST BE TAKEN to the to the MICROWAVE IN THE MAIN CAFETERIA"
That way, everyone seen it, there was no favoritism. If it stinks, take it somewhere else.
Weird that this is my “talk about smells week”!”
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