A girl started at work last week and people have noticed she has a really bad B.O. problem. In fact, thinking about it is making me a little ill. It's always a tricky one because it's a matter of personal hygene and she is pleasant. Any ideas on how to be tactile about the situation or do you reckon it's a case of grinning and baring it?

:vaguely remembering some online service that will send an ingocnito card (e-card?) to somebody who needs to be informed of a personal hygeine problem:

bananacologne said:

Report her to your manager - its a health & safety issue if its making you feel nauseous. It would then be up to your manager to have a chat with her - its not your responsibility - you don't get paid enough to get stressed about stuff like this.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

sneak and spray some air freshener on her when shes not looking...get a pleasent smelling one you'd wouldnt mind having to smell all day.


remember when you had bad B.O jd? we had to admit you to the hospital!

Christopher said:

Maybe I should throw strawberries on her. I like the smell of strawberries.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

i have to ask....what does she smell like exactly?

Christopher said:

She smells like BO.

If you were thinking of off onions you'd be in the right ball park.

Become her friend, and talk to her about her body odor.

If it is underarms buy her a present.. It isn't a hard thing to do. She may thank you.

sag10 said:

Easier said than done though isn't it? I'm very friendly with her already so I'd feel rotten if I did mention it. Maybe it isnt BO at all and just really rancid perfume?!

JDINTERACTIVE said:

No, Its not hard.. I have some friends from India, and the lady smelled so bad..people were making awful remarks about her. I pulled her aside, and pulled out some deodorant..and explained why people were sneering.. She hugged me, thanked me.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

work with her! eat onion rings for lunch everyday!

Christopher said:

Thanks Sag/Mum. Seems a good idea.

SendATip.com just be very polite and make sure they no the whole office isnt in on it.

Find out when her birthday is, buy her a lifetime supply of deodrant, theres no excuse for stinking, sorry but unless she has a medical condition she shouldn't be smelling. She's not living in a place where there isn't even enough water to drink, she has no excuse.

edited for politeness.
[This message was edited Thu May 6 16:41:42 2004 by Lleena]

The woman in the office next to me has bad B.O.

Everyone talks about it but no-one does anything about it. Fortunately it's coming into winter here so things arn't so bad but when summer comes again....

bkw said:

you leave deodorant on her chair, desk, whatever

starkitty said:

How about I walk into her office with a peg on my nose?

bkw said:

Do you ever tape your nose up to your forehead? It's funny, you'll look like a pig.

I do it at work, randomly.

starkitty said:

Funny you should mention that....

but no, no Idont.

bkw said:

Do it. Transparent tape. You'll catch people totally off guard - just walk up to someone and start talking.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

oh golly. this happened to me years ago, too. the woman smelled SO bad, with body odor and bad breath, that people were asking the office manager to move their work stations to get away from her. i kid you not. one pregnant lady refused to use the bathroom until long after the BO lady had vacated because the odor made the pregnant one's stomach heave every time. it was a tough situation, but someone finally took BO lady aside and had a serious, face to face talk with her about the fact that she simply had to wash up. good luck with this. your office manager has an obligation to handle this problem, as with any employee problem.

hello JDINTERACTIVE. the best way is to have alittle word with the manager, it's their responsibility, like all the previous people have said.but if you dont want to do that then u got to play it tactfully.

set up a situation with the help of another friend. go to lunch with her or something (you are going to have to grin and bear the smell i know), then get one of your friends to pass to by, join you for a bit while she's still sat with you, and let him pass a comment to you saying "jd, what deodrant you using?" you say "some asda's own brand or something", he says "well it stinks bad, change it!" after he's gone ask your B.O friend (sorry to call her that!) if she thinks you smell. this may raise abit of self awareness in herself.

if the role playing dont work, just tell her you wont shag her till she cleans herself up!
come jd, i know thats what this is really about

what´s a B.O. problem?

what does B.O. mean? that would be the question, sorry

garganta said:

body odor

Christopher said:

x 1,000,000,000

garganta said:

we'll fix your B.O.


kidding