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- Jaline0
Witt, but hopefully you won't be working right beside the boss.
- kelpie0
he sacked Kona for slandering his fat nephew
- Witt0
what if it's the Boss who has BO?
- Jaline0
Did the boss do anything, k0na?
- k0na_an0k0
i was in a similar situation. the company i was working for stuck 6 of us into a room at our own desks and one of the new hires was a very obese man who had b.o. and what seemed to be a problem wiping.
with 7 of us in the room now and our computers it would get hot so we got a fan to blow air into the room.
each morning we'd point the fan at him to blow the smell away from the rest of us. he, not catching on didn't like the air on him and would always turn the fan away.
it was horrible.
finally i went to the boss and complained. i just really made it a point to put it a nice way to the boss. i was like the 3rd person who complained.
- Jaline0
Speak to the boss.
If he seems like a nice guy, maybe just tell him up front.
If I were in that situation, I would totally chicken out and never tell anyone for like weeks until it REALLY started to bother me. After which I would try to drop hints, and then finally tell the boss.
- Witt0
Newstoday™
'No user expelled since 2004'
- 23kon0
Safeway = Morrisons?
Concrete
(Nov 6 07, 04:50)Safeway is the Old Skool Morrisons
- Concrete0
Newstoday™
'Greenhorns and Eco-Pervs'
Witt
(Nov 6 07, 07:26)+1
- Witt0
Newstoday™
'Greenhorns and Eco-Pervs'
- skt0
Newstoday™
'Sorry, what?'
- detritus0
Newstoday™
'Rarely a design forum'
- Concrete0
Newstoday™
'Not just a design forum'
- flashbender0
http://ask.metafilter.com/20295/…
or use profanity and threaten violence
- detritus0
- When he's not looking, dig into his mobile, phone his mum and tell her he needs a wash. Pretend to be your boss with your best Old Etonian accent.
- Bury down your disgust. In 3 months, snap - frenetically stabbing him in the nostrils.
- If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Don't wash, eat loads of raw garlic, rub yourself with cheese, cycle to work and don't wipe after number 2s.
- detritus0
This actually happened at the first job I was at - some odd little 40 year old historian buff, straight out of mother's basement came and did a few months work experience with us - he stank. His keyboard was gakky, he had terrible BO and to boot he was a social retard.
We smelled, we mulled we and complained amongst ourselves - eventually my superior just decided to tell him - she took him aside, mentioned it discretely - and guess what? Next day, he'd evidently had a shower and was making a bit more effort to integrate himself.
The flipside was that he did somewhat overcompensate with the Brut (or whatever Made in China brand it was).
Your call - is it to be an offensive nasal assault of a natural flavour or a chemical one?
- geralddean0
tell teh fuckar he stinks and go have a wash.
- ender790
give him a welcome basket with something like this in it:
http://www.target.com/Claiborne-…you'd have to put other things in there, like a coffee mug, snacks, etc. if you're trying to be nice about it.
you'll make a new friend and have a nicer work environment.
- imadesigner0
spray mount on his monitor!
- kelpie0
see, he had the right idea, just fuzzy on the degree of application