My coworker's Body Odor problem. - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

benhogan · #1 03-09-2010, 11:48 AM

I can smell her coming. Nice enough person but dang it's a disgusting odor.

HR said there are no protocols for dealing with this. Great!

Other than anonymously leaving some Old Spice deodorant on her desk, I have no idea how to deal with this.

Maybe the clothespin on my nose will clue her in.

Txjake · #2 03-09-2010, 11:59 AM

HR should have a protocol to address this....until then, maybe burn a candle?

raymr · #3 03-09-2010, 12:16 PM

It is a supervisor / HR issue. Get someone else to also file a complaint. I had a guy near me who farted constantly. Management had a chat with him, and he said it was due to some medication he was on. But even though he found out who complained, the talk took care of the problem.

MTI · #4 03-09-2010, 12:34 PM

aklim · #5 03-09-2010, 12:48 PM

Are you sure it isn't Bacterial Vaginosis?

SirNik84 · #6 03-09-2010, 01:17 PM

I work at a small firm, so this may not apply...

I have 2 cans on my desk, one is air freshener, the other is a can of axe.

I'm known in the office for doing hit and run attacks on my co-workers or their cubicles if they are making a stink. or using them on myself if i'm the offender. some times we will go to mexican food as a group... and then the office smells like cinnamon

Hey, its better then smelling like farts.

now, if only there were a way to spray them for bad breath

On a serious note, its a touchy subject, but most people don't know they stink, so telling them normally works... but if you have an HR person, then its there job to do the touchy stuff.

Kuan · #7 03-09-2010, 02:05 PM

Yuck! Nothing worse than dank trench!

aklim · #8 03-09-2010, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuan

Yuck! Nothing worse than dank trench!

Except crotch rot when you have to do a physical exam on her down there. Wife had to say "Let me go get something and I'll be right back." She left the room and rubbed perfume under her nose.

okyoureabeast · #9 03-09-2010, 02:25 PM

I had a coworker who reeked of BO.

I used to work in this small office underneath of these stairs. No ventilation other then the door to the hallway.

I came in after him and the entire room smelled like that nutty BO smell. I hid a can of Ozium and would spray the room and stand outside for 10 minutes.

I ended up asking him if he had a condition. He was like what?

I said back, "Yo man, I don't know how to say this but you have the worst BO. It's disgusting. Do you have some personal reasons as to why you don't wear deodorant? "

He started wearing deodorant after that.

benhogan · #10 03-09-2010, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by okyoureabeast

I had a coworker who reeked of BO.

I used to work in this small office underneath of these stairs. No ventilation other then the door to the hallway.

I came in after him and the entire room smelled like that nutty BO smell. I hid a can of Ozium and would spray the room and stand outside for 10 minutes.

I ended up asking him if he had a condition. He was like what?

I said back, "Yo man, I don't know how to say this but you have the worst BO. It's disgusting. Do you have some personal reasons as to why you don't wear deodorant? "

He started wearing deodorant after that.

did you say 'nutty'?? hahaha....was it more walnutty or peanutty?

mpolli · #11 03-09-2010, 03:01 PM

There are actually some medical conditions that can cause this. I think I work with a guy like that. I saw it on Mystery Diagnosis. I don't know the stats on the frequency of it. It is hard to find out if someone has that, cause are you really going to ask?

aklim · #12 03-09-2010, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mpolli

There are actually some medical conditions that can cause this. I think I work with a guy like that. I saw it on Mystery Diagnosis. I don't know the stats on the frequency of it. It is hard to find out if someone has that, cause are you really going to ask?

Isn't Botox able to treat some BO if they inject it into the person's pits?

Still, if I had to put up with the stink every day, you bet I'd ask if he has seen a medical practitioner