I have a colleague who smells ! what can i do about it ?

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Balsam

Tell her that about someone else. Ask her what to do and mention to her that this is offending to others. Do not forget to mention that clothes should be washed often, and that the problem has something to do not with taking a shower only, but also with washing the clothes.
Do not forget to pray that she follows your advice.

Mr. Mustard

1. Leave perfume on her desk.
2. Don't get within 10 feet of her.
3. Cough and gag after she passes by you.
4. Begin leaving bars of soap on her desk.
5. Complain to your boss
6. Put post-its on her car remindering her to shower.
7. Buy "Showering for Dummies" as a Christmas gift and leave it on her desk.

Kalooka

i ll try to avoid smelling her if possible, if i were you..

Arabian Dune

get yourself a good case of flu!!

â™¥Lovelyâ™¥ â™¥Diamondâ™¥

Well, obviously mentioning isn't enough, so buy her some deodorant! Of course you have to be tacktful here. I suggest that you get a basket and shop for some perfume, soap, lotion, cream and add the deodorant in the basket. Wrap it in a nice gift wrap and decorate it nicely. Seize any opportunity to get together with her and offer her your gift. She should understand. If she doesn't and if she considers you to be truly her friend, then I think you owe it to her to tell her the truth. After all, "ya bakht man bakana we baka 3alyna." The same thing happened to me the other day. I met a dear friend I hadn't met for a while and I criticized her appearance. I really felt bad after uttering my criticism, but soon she started thanking me and she told me that this is what she expects from a true friend, and that she'll follow my valuable advice. [We're still friends by the way!!!]

Reikominder

My dear friend moonrise, miss u ,

I just want to say , that sometimes people have some skin allergy with perfumes and deodorants, maybe she cant use any ,

look , u have 2 solutions:
1- Talk with her , tell her that one of ur friends smells bad, and her husband was so angry abt that , and he left her ,

2- Ignore her smell , and say good nice words abt anyone of ur colleagues who are putting nice perfume :D

Hope

Ok i had to face the same problem before with a client in the bank..... and we cud smell him coming up the stairs before coming in to my office..... anyway, no way i cud tell him anything, so what i did was to get loads of air fresheners put in the office and open up the window to let in some breeze, while having the air condition on high and lastly i used to spray a lot of perfume on a tissue paper and hold it in my hand and take an occasional sniff every now and then all the time he was there... what is strange is he never took notice how many people ran away when he came in my office!!!

Or maybe he did but it was a skin condition .... Allahou 23lam..

saydaly hawa mosh la2e eldawa

geeby el madoo3 3ala nafsek (ya3ny 3ala moon rise)
tell her that u used to smell bad before
and that u made some new habits of showering every day
using deodorant right after bath
using perfume after bathroom
washing clothes after wearing them once

ojaibrad911

It looks like she is aware of problem and doesn't care to do any thing about it."This Is not good" For you or anyone around her.
I had the same problem a while back,,This guy was bad and I took him off to a corner and told him about it.He could not smell himself.But he did use the deodorant ..It's a problem she doesn't want to do any thing about it.It's on her.. good luck..

Sue913

I had a friend with the same problem and I just told her and i talked to her abt hygiene and she listened and she never smells now.... just be friendly and honest with her try not to embaress her and talk to her in private.
Good Luck

S&S

tough situation! i'm sure theres a nice way of saying it to her, but even i'm trying to put myself in that situation acting like i'm gonna tell my friend, but its so hard to do even in my imagination! lool
good luck...

EL-AHLAWEYA AGDA3 NAS

i had the same problem except with a guy, he smelled horrible so i learned that being his friend from far away would last longer then get close to him or touching him ..... but since he was a guy it was pretty easy to just lay it out to him and he was not sensitive about it, but even after that he still smelled bad. so its basically a habit you cant change .... well for the case i dealt with

gary h

spray lysol on her

Eman G

Look i know what am gonna say is strange but the best way is the direct words.
I had that situation before and i told her in private ofcourse.

Egypt Surfer Dude ya NEGM :D

Tie her up and throw her in a swimming pool, and pour a bunch of Ariel detergent and mix it all up. :D

Then hang her out to dry

Mr. Bugsme

Put a box of clothespins on her desk and label it: "For Meetings With Jane"

*Bubbles*

Well what I would do is offer her some perfume when I spray some. Another thing is, just be nice about it and tell her she has an odor issue that may give her a bad reputation, tell her you're only telling her for her own good because you don't want anyone else to hurt her feelings.

bravezeco1

i think u can smell urelf next her and say,,oh i forgot put my didront today and start talk to her that when don t put a didront ur smell be not good and ask her about the kind she use,then she ll think and ll take care of herself next time speacialy when see u care of this part

mblastguy

Be really friendly and take her out shopping with you. Go try some clothes and do what women do and then when you hit the perfume section find a scent that she likes and gently encourage her to get it. Hopefully that will help.

DOCTOR ADHAM;)

wait till her birthday and get her a perfume

AW
say7lha felmakan oli maslan l so7bha elanteem
"ya gam3a 3ayzeen n7awesh 3ashan ngeeb perfume l__" keda ya3ni seh will feel embressed akeed

condosgirl

That is a difficult situation. I've had the same problem in the past and there is no easy way to deal with it. You could try leaving an anonymous note on her desk or if you're brave enough, take her to lunch or someplace more private and tell her the truth in as kind a way as possible - "Sometimes it's difficult for people to tell when they need to use more anti-perspirant or deodorant so I wanted to let you know that you might want to try using a different brand or applying more often." I don't know -something like that. She'll be embarassed either way but maybe less so with an anonymous note. Do keep it nice no matter how you tell her.

forestbythesea

I had a teacher who smelled and it was against her religion to wear underarm deoderant because of what was in it. Maybe she has this problem. You could kindly ask her if she takes a garlic supplement. When she says no, why? You just say, you smell like my aunt and she's takes garlic supplements. And then say something nice about your aunt and smile. Be sure do to it kindly, so she won't think you are intentionally telling her she stinks. Hopefully, she gets the hint.

Dylyn

Hmmm... that is a tough one. Is her religion against deodorant or something?

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