smelly people stinking out the office!

Heineken Helen

It's just not on.

Either it's people coming in hungover and stinking the place out with drink...

or... the canteen lady was in for a few minutes and the place stinks of grease...

or... people who simply smell. There was a guy in one morning before I got to work getting first aid on his foot and sitting on my chair. My space stank for the entire day after that and I mean I was gagging! It smelled like rotten socks filled with dead animals.

And I know people think it's me every fucking time... there's no air conditioning so if people come in smelling, the smell stays and I'm starting to feel sick now :eek:

South of Seattle

The bad smells in my office are due to bad hygiene and people cooking nasty food in the Microwave.

I mean reheating the 2 day old leftover salmon is not proper office etiquette.

Heineken Helen

South of Seattle wrote:

The bad smells in my office are due to bad hygiene and people cooking nasty food in the Microwave.

I mean reheating the 2 day old leftover salmon is not proper office etiquette.

URGH... don't get me started on fish in the office microwave :eek: that shit should be illegal... cos the canteen door is right beside my desk so then I smell like a fucking fishmonger for the day... it's just not fair :mad:

josevolution

hell sometimes here at work in the hospital we have md's that actually stink, i call them onion people your eyes actually water i don't know why they do but they just do go figure ........

eMMI

oh eww!!

I'm sorry for you Helen, I really am.. thank god there are no stinky people here! :eek: the occasional customer might have forgotten all about personal hygiene but nothing worse than that.

but when I was working at a liquour store.. jaysis! and sometimes the money stinky people give stinks too and it might be all sticky and grimey. *shrudders*


I feel so bad for saying stinky people.. but.. it's true. I wonder if they notice it themselves?

Heineken Helen

josevolution wrote:

hell sometimes here at work in the hospital we have md's that actually stink, i call them onion people your eyes actually water i don't know why they do but they just do go figure ........

what are md's? All I can think is managing director but it must be 'medical... ' something?

but yep, we have people here who make your eyes water. You can imagine on a building site, some of the guys come from eastern europe or wherever on their own. No wives to wash their clothes for them or to remind them to give a fuck. So they simply DON'T wash or change their clothes seriously, I've seen some guys wear the same clothes EVERY day for the entire time they're here :eek: it's simply disgusting.

Heineken Helen

eMMI wrote:

oh eww!!

I'm sorry for you Helen, I really am.. thank god there are no stinky people here! :eek: the occasional customer might have forgotten all about personal hygiene but nothing worse than that.

but when I was working at a liquour store.. jaysis! and sometimes the money stinky people give stinks too and it might be all sticky and grimey. *shrudders*


I feel so bad for saying stinky people.. but.. it's true. I wonder if they notice it themselves?

they couldn't possibly notice... there's no way they'd allow themselves go around like that if they knew. If you wear the same clothes every day for months or even years... I'm sure they get to that state eventually. But yeh, when I was hungover on Friday I bought plenty of bottles of water from the canteen... and I could smell the grease on the bottles as I was drinking ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

justam

Helen, could you get a small fan to blow the air out? That's just rotten that you have to be left with the stinky smells!

Pegasus

md is medical doctor Helen.

and I work in a mental health community team at the moment..some of the clients coming in have not had showers for months from the smell!
I can't imagine how the social workers and nurses manage to sit in a small room with them without throwing up!

Heineken Helen

justam wrote:

Helen, could you get a small fan to blow the air out? That's just rotten that you have to be left with the stinky smells!

not really

I could have a fan alright but it would just blow the air around... there is NO air conditioning in the office. There is a door to the outside about 20ft from my desk but it does fuck all... cos my office is the first and there's another 7 or so offices behind so the smells just kinda linger at least to the point where even I don't notice them anymore... but i'm sure they're still there

harmless_little_f***

Heineken Helen wrote:

what are md's? All I can think is managing director but it must be 'medical... ' something?

My friends with muscular dystrophy always called themselves md's.

josevolution

Heineken Helen wrote:

what are md's? All I can think is managing director but it must be 'medical... ' something?

but yep, we have people here who make your eyes water. You can imagine on a building site, some of the guys come from eastern europe or wherever on their own. No wives to wash their clothes for them or to remind them to give a fuck. So they simply DON'T wash or change their clothes seriously, I've seen some guys wear the same clothes EVERY day for the entire time they're here :eek: it's simply disgusting.

medical doctors yeah they actually don't use deodorant i't sad to say but most of those onion people are of middle east origin, wierd i don't get it why ,my wife say's it's actually a cultural thing to smell your own body funk ....

evenkat

You need to get some air fresheners for the office or something but then you'll just end up with a flowery fruity fish body odor smell lol.

There is someone in my office (and I know who it is) that stinks up the bathroom every single day! There are no windows to air it out. What does she freakin eat that stinks like that? I walk in and immediately walk right back out of the bathroom gagging. Of course most of the time when you walk back out some else is walking in so you have to say 'that wasn't me' lol. But we do warn each other. If someone goes into the bathroom and it stinks bad we tell everyone 'code brown' lol.

Heineken Helen

Pegasus wrote:

md is medical doctor Helen.

and I work in a mental health community team at the moment..some of the clients coming in have not had showers for months from the smell!
I can't imagine how the social workers and nurses manage to sit in a small room with them without throwing up!

ah I was thinking medical doctor but thought it was too simple.

or some older people in shops :eek: . I remember one woman... there was quite a queue for the tills and she went and just stood near the top of the queue. I was wondering why til the smell hit me. Everyone cleared away so she got to skip the queue. Seriously people had to leave the shop. I felt sorry for the girl having to serve her. Nobody should have to. She had... what I can only describe as 'things' in her hair . She had tights (stockings) hanging out of her clothes

Heineken Helen

josevolution wrote:

medical doctors yeah they actually don't use deodorant i't sad to say but most of those onion people are of middle east origin, wierd i don't get it why ,my wife say's it's actually a cultural thing to smell your own body funk ....

oh no... I've met a few of those on the bus too... everyone has the windows open and we have to freeze

evenkat... code brown?

josevolution

Heineken Helen wrote:

oh no... I've met a few of those on the bus too... everyone has the windows open and we have to freeze

evenkat... code brown?

yeah how about the taxi driver's here in NY, damm you almost rather walk the 15 blocks holly shit they are brutal to take .......

Heineken Helen

josevolution wrote:

yeah how about the taxi driver's here in NY, damm you almost rather walk the 15 blocks holly shit they are brutal to take .......

really? I musta been lucky when I was there... or just completely oblivious... but I usually notice these things.

evenkat that's why air freshener isnt' a good idea either... the cleaning lady often sprays that stuff in the morning and it's way too strong.

know1

I don't understand how people can just throw away the smelliest things into the trash can and not realize that's a bad idea. One week I saw some uneaten sushi in the garbage can on a Monday (trash not picked up until the next weekend).

People are just clueless.

upina2001

i work with a guy who doesnt wear deodorant.
he says he alergic to it.

dude reeks.

Pegasus

:eek:
talk of coincidence, one of those really smelly clients just came in!!

Heineken Helen

Pegasus wrote:

:eek:
talk of coincidence, one of those really smelly clients just came in!!

:eek: Oh no!

See people, this is why I smoke... trying to fuck up my sense of smell completely so I don't have to put up with this

redrock

Heineken Helen wrote:

It smelled like rotten socks filled with dead animals.

And how do you know what that could smell like?

MahoganySouls

Heineken Helen wrote:

when I was hungover on Friday I bought plenty of bottles of water from the canteen

So did you have "hangover smell" on Friday then too?

MahoganySouls

What's with all the "eastern europe", "middle eastern" generalizations? Maybe they think YOU stink.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

Heineken Helen wrote:

It's just not on.

Either it's people coming in hungover and stinking the place out with drink...

or... the canteen lady was in for a few minutes and the place stinks of grease...

or... people who simply smell. There was a guy in one morning before I got to work getting first aid on his foot and sitting on my chair. My space stank for the entire day after that and I mean I was gagging! It smelled like rotten socks filled with dead animals.

And I know people think it's me every fucking time... there's no air conditioning so if people come in smelling, the smell stays and I'm starting to feel sick now :eek:

Ever frequent a steam sauna on a regular basis? I know certain people have different body chemistries and all, but there's this one individual I run into every couple of months...he must have some kind illness. I actually pity the guy as no woman could stand being close to, or intimate with that. There's just no way. The guy is even showered so it's even coming from his sweat. It's not BO, or bad breath, it's like a garbage smell. Actually it smells like cheap plastic garbage bags. It closes your throat automatically.

I always bring eucalyptus concentrate to flick on the steam box. Aside from that guy, in general, I don't know how people can be unclean. It must feel disgusting against your clothes. I shower twice a day and get deep steam cleansed after each workout. Golden.

facepollution

MahoganySouls wrote:

What's with all the "eastern europe", "middle eastern" generalizations? Maybe they think YOU stink.

From my experience of living with an Indian guy when I was at Uni, he had some really bad body odour. I think a lot of it was to do with what he ate. He would have a lot of spicy curries every day, and in my own experience when I go out for a curry, the garlic and spices tend to come out in your sweat - not very pleasant! I think it's definitely a cultural thing, and I think some people from those cultural backgrounds have different approaches to things like washing. I know that my housemate did not shower every day either.

My boss at work has possible the worst B.O and bad breath I've ever smelled. Seriously it's like he's been using dog shit for tooth paste! As far as I'm concerned there is no excuse, have a fucking wash you dirty bastard!

Heineken Helen

redrock wrote:

And how do you know what that could smell like?

just a guess

Heineken Helen

MahoganySouls wrote:

So did you have "hangover smell" on Friday then too?

oh probably although you're not getting that it's my office they all have to walk through so the smells linger HERE... they can close their doors. I can't. If someone smelly comes into my office the smell stays here all day. When I was hungover, people would have only smelled it if they'd come to my desk or if I was talking to them but nobody said anything (and they'd be quick to tell me too )

MattCameronKicksButt

Helen, no offense but it sounds like your workplace sucks.

Try working in an old folks home, if you haven't already. It makes you less squeamish about smells.

Heineken Helen

facepollution wrote:

From my experience of living with an Indian guy when I was at Uni, he had some really bad body odour. I think a lot of it was to do with what he ate. He would have a lot of spicy curries every day, and in my own experience when I go out for a curry, the garlic and spices tend to come out in your sweat - not very pleasant! I think it's definitely a cultural thing, and I think some people from those cultural backgrounds have different approaches to things like washing. I know that my housemate did not shower every day either.

yep, I'd agree... I'm not trying to offend anyone but it just seems to be how it is. I'm not saying all middle eastern/asian people smell cos obviously they don't... but the odd time when someone DOES smell on public transport, more often than not they're from there and considering how few there are in this country, it must be a high percentage.

And yep, if I have a curry... I smell like curry the next day my stomach just can't handle spices too often... so I don't have em too often.

Heineken Helen

MattCameronKicksButt wrote:

Helen, no offense but it sounds like your workplace sucks.

Try working in an old folks home, if you haven't already. It makes you less squeamish about smells.

I'm not saying this happens all the time, it doesn't. But when it does happen and your office is stinking ALL day it's pretty bad.