how do you let a co-worker know he has bad body odour problem. A very delicate issue, but it's lik breathing a monkey's butt !

I tell them.


We were trained during Airman Leadership school in my Air Force days to council co-workers about it.

Basically, you tell them. You have to understand co-workers are not friends.

tell him, straightforward but not rude.

It's better than starting to discuss "the issue" with your other co-workers and end up talking behind his back, which never is a good situation for the team.

If it is really undoable, query your superiors to see whether any quarantine measures can be imposed.

Imago said:

how would you take up this issue with a friend then ?

One4All4Ever said:

Oh I would DEFINITELY tell them

I love my friends too much to have them be all jankity in public which embarrasses them more than it ever would me. Crusty boogers dangling from noses, underwear sticking out, fly unbutton, strange smells--I tell them.

One4All4Ever said:

Agree

Mach said:

co-agree

Ive seen the opposite happen

You have no other choice, they must die and you are the one that must kill them.

Good luck!

JustErin said:

Ugh, kinda like when the 50yr old scab picking virgin wants to put his hand in my bag of popcorn

I just pour out what I want and give him the bag.

CarrieLee said:

JustErin said:

Wow that sounded really mean I'm serious though, he's constantly playing with his moustache (that connects to his beard that SMELLS really bad) and after the weekend he always has a new scab either on his bald head or next to his nose...that he continuously picks. Now I'm a bit of a germaphobic anyway...but that is just NASTY. MOVE AWAY FROM MY BAG OF POPCORN

CarrieLee said:

Brutal.

At least he's got someone to hang out with (you!!!).

CarrieLee said:

I can't stop laughing

JustErin said:

JustErin said:

No way! I take my lunch very late in the day so I don't have to sit at the table with him! He brings in a yogurt everyday and it hurts to watch him scrape the teeny tiny bit of bacteria out of that damn cup! He's very odd and has many idiosyncrasies that I can't help but pick up on cuz that's just how I am...

I mean he can be very sweet but he's just so odd! I blame his parents, they should have took him to a whore house 30 years ago.

I work with an old lady who pisses herself. I hold my breath every time I walk past her. And god help anyone that has to go into the bathroom stall that she just came out of. Her funk stays on the toilet seat long after she's gone. Or even if you're in the stall next to her. Smells like rotten dill pickles.

I personally think she should retire. She's pushing 80 years old. I wish she'd put some Depends on. Someone has bet me $20 to go sniff her chair. I don't need the money that bad.