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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are these people generally jerks or generally nice?  If they are generally nice, I would just say something like “Bob, I’m sorry but can I get you guys to NOT talk about animal butchering before the meetings?  I am really queasy about that kind of stuff and it makes me really sick.”  I have a nephew that butches all of his own meat but he would be super sensitive to the fact that not everyone wants to hear about it!  I think that’s true of stuff like medical discussions, etc.

If they are jerks, then I suspect nothing good will come of you raising this, and you should just get headphones and say something like — I’m going to try to respond to emails  until the meeting starts — just wave a hand when we’re getting started.  [/quote]

I agree with this assessment. [/quote]

It’s not something you should address officially. Don’t make a big production of it in the meeting and certainly don’t being your supervisor or HR in to defend your rights in regards to other people’s chitchat.

But if you communicate (nicely) how much it bothers you and ask them politely to avoid the subject as a favor to you, I think most people would be sympathetic and willing to help.  It needs to be about your problem that they are helping you with, not their problem that you’re demanding they fix to your satisfaction.

If they are jerks who are unwilling to take your feelings into account, maybe you could sit away from them and find someone else to chitchat with yourself, ignoring them as much as possible. [/quote]

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