Do yo u have the heart to tell someone they smell bad?!
Question: K, typically I am nice (probably much to nice for my own good). I am training someone new at work,,, and they really have an odor to them,,,all that runs through my mind is please don't stand so close,,,or would you like a mint,,,but im not even sure if the stinch is coming from the mouth,,,I just can't get the words to come out, has this ever happened to you?
Answers: K, typically I am nice (probably much to nice for my own good). I am training someone new at work,,, and they really have an odor to them,,,all that runs through my mind is please don't stand so close,,,or would you like a mint,,,but im not even sure if the stinch is coming from the mouth,,,I just can't get the words to come out, has this ever happened to you?
You just seriously have to do it.
I tell my friends whenever they stink.
I just come right out and I'm like, "Aha..You smell really bad. No offense" and then I offer them some perfume.
I mean, they have to be a little embarrassed. But think about it this way. If you were smelly, wouldn't you want to know that people think you're smelly so you could get unsmelly?
You'd be doing him a favour.
Without letting them know who put it there, put a nice basket on their desk with all kinds of stuff in it, like gum and mints and whatever, and also put a gift certificate to bath and body works or something like that. Perhaps a little note saying your not sure if they realize there is a problem. Hopefully that would take care of the problem. If not you could talk to your supervisor and have them discuss it with the employee. If you are the supervisor you will have to bite the bullet and say something. I once had an employee that had the same problem, I took him in the office and explained the issue, when he didn't take care of the problem I started to send him home any day he came to work and was smelly. Losing the money from that day of lost work got his attention for awhile. When that didn't work I had to finally let him go. I couldn't subject the others to the problem.
A couple times in my 47 yrs...
Write a gentle, anonymous note.
"Bob...we don't know how to tell you without hurting your feelings, but you need to pay some attention to your personal hygiene. Shower more often, use more deodorant, and launder your clothes more often. We thought you'd want to know...""
Yes, in my work & also with my aunt. What I've said once I've taken them aside is: "I'm not sure if you are aware, but there's an odor coming from you. I don't know if it's your clothing or body, but I thought you would want to know."
If I was that person's boss...before they pass their probation , I would make it a work goal that she had to correct the problem.
I just say it like it is. If a person's breathe stinks I say "Your breathe stinks." That usually gets the point across. I'm a very blunt person though.