Colleague has B.O. - what can be said

[shoreham seagull 1973]

A guy that works with my missus has very bad body odour. What can be said, in a sensitive way?

 

[spence]

There's no excuse for poor hygiene.It's one of my pet hates. Leave a polite note on his desk

 

[NorthStandSteward]

Just missed out on the Secret Santa deadline, would of been the perfect solution.

 

[goldstone68]

Wrap up a tin of deodrant in christmas paper and give it to him, and say here I forgot to give you your xmas pressie,

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Leave a can of Lynx on his desk

 

[spence]

That's weird i went to add the word "one" in my post above and it shows it when i edit post. But when i press ok it's not there?

 

[supaseagull]

Name and shame

 

[TheJasperCo]

Open a window?

 

[clippedgull]

There's no excuse for poor hygiene.It's one of my pet hates. Leave a polite note on his desk

Agree with this, except for the note.

I think this is a human resources issue and a note should be issued to every employee reminding them of personal hygiene issues. That way the guy is not being singled out.

 

[carlzeiss]

Hope these help

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[jonsey]

Tell the soap dodger to have a wash......simple

 

[shoreham seagull 1973]

Missus has tried that one but boss not being proactive.

 

[spence]

Missus has tried that one but boss not being proactive.

Give me his facebook details

 

[Triggaaar]

Missus has tried that one but boss not being proactive.

Which one?

 

[shoreham seagull 1973]

Agree with this, except for the note.

I think this is a human resources issue and a note should be issued to every employee reminding them of personal hygiene issues. That way the guy is not being singled out.

This is a good idea and Missus will tell her boss to pull his finger out.

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

A polite, quiet word in confidence is all you have to do. Tell them about their odour, speaking from experience and dealing with exactly this issue with a previous member of staff they honestly did not realise they had a problem until it was pointed out to them.

 

[shoreham seagull 1973]

Which one?

Telling her boss

 

[severnside gull]

I seem to remember when this came up on here a few years ago the general consensus was to don a face ask and spray deoderent around every time they entered the room.

Hope that helps although may want to consider the HR route first.

In all seriousness I once had a colleague who had lymph node cancer and used Anais-Anais perfume to mask (unsuccessfully) the smell from blocked sweat glands. I never found a way to raise it and have never been able to smell that scent again without wanting to throw up.

 

[Diego Napier]

There's no excuse for poor hygiene.It's one of my pet hates. Leave a polite note on his desk

Polite good, note bad. A message like that needs to be delivered sensitively face-to-face.

 

[JCL - the new kid in town]

The culprit in our office has a can of deodorant on shelf above their desk, doh!