How do you tell someone politely that they smell?
 

How????????

Send them an anonymous letter.

Fuck politeness. It is better to offend than be offended.

Open with "I'm not sure if this is the best way to tell you this.." then end with whatever the complaint is. You have strong BO.. you need to do laundry more often.. you need a new toothbrush.. whatever is applicable.

Jesus H Christ! Who or what died!
I find this works quite well

we could try that .. we can use our internal work email address

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if it was a guy, id do it in a joking way but shes a girl

tape a cum encrusted sweat sock to her computer monitor with a note that reads "this is what you smell like - happy new year."

Leave deodorant on her desk.

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When I am in the room that they are in, be it a kitchen, ann office their house, wherever, I just pull down my pants and take a shit on the floor.

When they looked shocked and say 'Dude? WTF?' I just say that the rooms stinks so much I thought it was a public bathroom.

When they look confuse, just say' Oh sorry... Its not the room its you' and walk out.

Give 'em "the look"


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'what is that smell?'

Hey baby, lets rearrange the alphabet and put u and soap together.

I dunno, good luck though.

no way, that's traceable!

Get a can of deodorant and spray it all over them. They will get the message although I can't guarantee that it will make them start washing :(

ADG

Buy them cologne/perfume and/or a shower set for a holiday gift. Nice subtle hint. :thumbsup

Buy them a gift cert to a spa that requires you to shower first... at least then you get what you want.

Or secretly put soap on the persons desk, each day... until they hint is taken.

If the person is a hippie/tree hugger - just fire them, nothing you do will get rid of the smell otherwise.

You don't.........

Invite him/her to lunch at a nice hotel and push em in the pool.

Chlorine > stink.

LMFAO:thumbsup...

without wiping first?

once in a 7-11 the attendant smelled so bad, i just didnt think it was them...and asked them if they could smell the odour, i blamed it on whoever had jut been inside the store

didnt realize it was the guy behind the counter until i left.

this one dude stinks to high heaven at basketball also i wish he'd stop it because i always end up covering him or him me

Nothing quite says "I'm just trying to help" like dousing someone in bleach.

Offer to shower together <3...

Are there any females that she is close to that you could ask to quietly say something to her?

if u care about this person u tell him , is not a problem

Kill it with fire.

I'd probably just let them find this thread.

Some good responses here.

I had a friend whose feet smelled horrible.

Finally I had to break it to him.

"Hey dude your feet stink" "Like really bad"

Agreed just be upfront and tell them

Just bend over and gasp and say I CAN'T BREATHE

If all else fails, put on a gas mask or oxygen tank

If it's a female, definitely have another female talk to them about it. Also, if it actually impacts their job, then approach it that way. Something like "Hey Tina, you are doing a great job with XYZ and I want to talk to you about something that is impacting your job that you may not be aware of. It seems you have some type of body odor recently and others are hesitant to approach you or work with you. It may be some thing you're unaware of or completely aware of, but I'd like you look into resolving it so we don't have to have this conversation again."

Do it at the end of the day and just keep it short and send them on their way.

If they don't do a good job, then their smell just makes it worse, so fire them.

If they do a good job, and their smell doesn't impact their work or the work of others, then just let them be smelly. So what if no one asks them to lunch or engages in chit chat with them.

ask them how they would tell someone their breath stunk or their BO was strong. Maybe it will get them to think about their own stink

call the person apart and whisper it

you fart on them and say, parfum sir

who let the dog out? My problem was a girl who was sweating during sex, and the smell was not any good, yes, worse then even a fish snatch one.

I once had to take a 13 hr. flight sitting behind these middle eastern gents that stunk so fucking bad, smelling my dogs ass would have been a breath of fresh air.

What is it with some indians/pakis etc? Is it against their religion to wear deodorant or cologne? How can they not smell themselves?

No Bitch - you told me "He dude your feet stink just like my balls!"

Quit changing the story! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Actually - I've had to tell a number of girls - be honest and to the point. Works every time.

"Yo Bitch, your coochie smells like a dead fuckin cat"

Never had to smell the stinky bitches again..... But one of them took my house in the divorce.:Oh crap

Just tell em,hey dude,time for a shower

"I mean no offense, but you reek of fish"

"ok hun, i smell tuna pizza - WHY THE FUCK CUDNT YA WAIT AND ATE IT WITHOUT ME?"

Elaborate... everyone smells. Is it a stink? What is the source?

In the Army, we'd give them a GI shower with about 6 men holding them down and cleaning them with scrub brushes. It only takes once.......

There are some people who are naturally alergic to types of antiperspirant and deodorant, this could be the issue. If you really don't want to offend them, have someone their close to bring it up, or bring them into your office and just lay it on them.

"Listen, I don't want to offend you but we've had some complaints over the last week about a strange odor coming from your work space. If there's something in there that is causing it please deal with is appropriately or we'll have to get a cleaning crew in there to do it" etc etc.

And if the person asks you if you can smell it just say no, your nose is stuffed up.

I had a girl come up to me today that had just eaten some awful smelling mexican food, I started laughing at her and asked if she wanted any gum. She took it and we were both better off.

Drink some cheap beer, then let a juicy super smelly fart near them. If they complain just tell them you was trying to clear the air up a little bit.

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Talk about deodorants. Talk about things you have heard, brands etc...

"i heard aluminum in deodorant can cause health issues" "i tried using a natural deodorant but it does not work as good" "what brand do you recommend?" "what are you using now?"

thanks to everyone. there are definitely some unique ideas here how we going to tell her... i think our executive assistant will break her the news