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jrjo
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 Posted: 03/31/03 - 13:25 Post subject: Operation body odor
And I mean bad odor. 
Social etiquette check. Here's the 'hypothetical'. Limited seating. Whatever the event might be, but you want to be there and it'll be a couple hours. Invariably the open seats are within sniffing range. You only know the person casually, so it's not like telling a fellow riff-raffer "hey, you stink". But this happens a couple times a month. What do you do?
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rolling rock
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 13:29 Post subject:
i'm hoping that this smelly person does not work with the public (i.e. PT or dentist, or anything hands on) ick.
since you only know him casually, i can't see you making any type of suggestion. maybe leave a can of Sure or Zest soap on his chair when he's not around. leave an anonymous note----he might appreciate it.
how can stinky people be so clueless. i always know when i stink and try to avoid any and all humanoids until a shower is taken 
i'm betting he (or she) is single. has no s/o to tell him YOU REEEK.
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genie
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 13:35 Post subject:
Sniffle....you would actually tell one of US that we stunk?? 
Tough call if you don't know the person well....
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airehead
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 13:38 Post subject:
You can leave an anonymous bag of bath and body gifts.
Add a card saying "Just a make you smile gift from a friend!"
It might work.
It might be dietary. It also might be that his olfactory senses aren't working.
My dad's don't work at all--from working in a perfume factory--but he showers constantly out of fear of smelling bad.
Maybe the dude likes his own funky smell.
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akern
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 13:40 Post subject:
I work with a guy named Frank. We call him Stank. I bet you can't guess why.
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Molly600
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 13:41 Post subject:
I don't know how you can tell someone...
Last time I got my hair done my hair dresser had it bad, and I was stuck there smelling him for 2 hours. Yuck--it was not pleasant.
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jrjo
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 13:51 Post subject:
| airehead wrote: | You can leave an anonymous bag of bath and body gifts.
Add a card saying "Just a make you smile gift from a friend!"
It might work.... |
That's got potential.. keep the ideas coming.
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robp
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 13:55 Post subject: Re: Operation body odor
| jrjo wrote: | And I mean bad odor.
Social etiquette check. Here's the 'hypothetical'. Limited seating. Whatever the event might be, but you want to be there and it'll be a couple hours. Invariably the open seats are within sniffing range. You only know the person casually, so it's not like telling a fellow riff-raffer "hey, you stink". But this happens a couple times a month. What do you do? |
Walk in, sit down and comment loudly "Cripes, who the hell reeks in here?". Sniff your own pits, look around and say "Well, it ain't me!" Then put a clothespin on your nose.
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jrjo
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 13:57 Post subject:
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prohemp
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 14:19 Post subject:
maybe they've decided that the risk of using an aluminum-based topical product is too great to their personal health. So now they cease the commonly accepted Western social custom of using such odor-controlling products for the sake of their own health. Even though it may be odiferously offensive to you , they simply don't feel the need to accomodate you and your olfactory senses any longer.
or m/b not 
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Cappy
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 14:31 Post subject:
At the office I usually just keep my mouth shut, since I work with all wimmins.
At home, I may comment on. The only problem that Jen has is hella stinky feet when she gets home from her 12 hour shifts.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 14:35 Post subject: Re: Operation body odor
| robp wrote: | | Walk in, sit down and comment loudly "Cripes, who the hell reeks in here?". Sniff your own pits, look around and say "Well, it ain't me!" Then put a clothespin on your nose. |
Gotta go with Rob's suggestion. I've worked with a few stinky people in the past and I'd let them know it too. Go stink somewhere else.
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rubberlegs
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 15:08 Post subject:
As I see it, it boils down to 2 possibilities:
1) get to the meetings earlier to get a 'better' seat or
2) go with Robp's suggestion - forthrightness is probably the best ticket...many people in this situation don't know or don't care.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 03/31/03 - 15:26 Post subject:
I was in the mall this morning and some guy walked by me and he smelled like beef.
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