smelly people stinking out the office!

MattCameronKicksButt

Heineken Helen wrote:

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.

I always wonder about smelly people. Do they know that they smell? Bless.

facepollution

MattCameronKicksButt wrote:

I always wonder about smelly people. Do they know that they smell? Bless.

I don't think they do. My boss has been told a million times by senior management that he needs to improve his personal hygiene, and for a couple of days it gets better, then before you know it he's stinking like shite again!

tachepiranha

MattCameronKicksButt wrote:

I always wonder about smelly people. Do they know that they smell? Bless.

LOL, I have always thought the same thing...or maybe they think they have a nice scent

Anyway, I remember once someone asked why I would take a shower everyday :eek: Like I had a skin desease or something...:mad: MF!!

Seriously, I hate when people smell bad, I can't stand it, I have to cover my nose and try to hold my breath.

Heineken Helen

facepollution wrote:

I don't think they do. My boss has been told a million times by senior management that he needs to improve his personal hygiene, and for a couple of days it gets better, then before you know it he's stinking like shite again!

I don't think they do either If they knew they smelled that bad, they WOULD do something about it!

nuffingman

MattCameronKicksButt wrote:

I always wonder about smelly people. Do they know that they smell? Bless.

No, I don't think they do. I worked with a guy 20 years ago (now that shows you what a lasting impression he made) and he would arrive on Monday wearing a shirt he'd then wear for the rest of the week. It was so bad the rest of us nicknamed him Swamp Pig.

I don't think he had any idea, and he was married. I don't think she had any sense of smell either.

MattCameronKicksButt

tachepiranha wrote:

LOL, I have always thought the same thing...or maybe they think they have a nice scent

Anyway, I remember once someone asked why I would take a shower everyday :eek: Like I had a skin desease or something...:mad: MF!!

Seriously, I hate when people smell bad, I can't stand it, I have to cover my nose and try to hold my breath.

It doesn't bother me... if people don't want to bathe, that's their business. I just wondered if they knew, if they come from a stinky, unhygienic family or if they just have some sort of problem.

gabers

Heineken Helen wrote:

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:

That's hilarious! I had a roommate like that. More than once. I gave them such a hard time they left.

One thing that I find repulsive is bad personal hygiene. Don't even get me started this roommates girlfriend...

Danimal

gabers wrote:

That's hilarious! I had a roommate like that. More than once. I gave them such a hard time they left.

One thing that I find repulsive is bad personal hygiene. Don't even get me started this roommates girlfriend...

Oh man! I have to know! Was the girlfriend filthy?

Blanche

Heineken Helen wrote:

It smelled like rotten socks filled with dead animals.

Yuck.

And people make fun of the French. :mad:

Helen, you need this stuff. If you can't burn it, at least keep it near your nose.

boxwine_in_hell

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:

I took a flight from Dallas to Denver on Sunday and the dude behind smelled like ass. I'm thinking man, mix in some soap and deodorant now and again. I'm stuck in this flying tube with you for 1-1/2 hours.

anotherclone

I used to work with this gal that was such a stinky pig. I swear, some days it looked like she literally rolled out of bed and came into the office. Her hair was all crazy and slept-on looking.

When she would go to the restroom, I she never washed her hands.

She would eat Cheetos at her desk and wipe her Cheeto fingers on the side of her chair cushion until it was orange.

Poor thing. I really think she had some self esteem issues.

Urban Hiker

anotherclone wrote:

I used to work with this gal that was such a stinky pig. I swear, some days it looked like she literally rolled out of bed and came into the office. Her hair was all crazy and slept-on looking.

When she would go to the restroom, I she never washed her hands.

She would eat Cheetos at her desk and wipe her Cheeto fingers on the side of her chair cushion until it was orange.

Poor thing. I really think she had some self esteem issues.

That is just gross.

I would have to avoid her. I avoid my lead's desk 'cause she has nasty old shit all over the place. She's actually supposed to be training me on some things, but I have asked to have her subordinates train me on whatever they can before I have to resort to sitting at her desk. :eek:

gabers

Danimal wrote:

Oh man! I have to know! Was the girlfriend filthy?

I'll try and be polite. They got busy in our bathroom (on the toilet I realized after seeing the seat busted!) and I must have come in right after. The most unholy of smells eminated from bathroom, and it was not from going to the toilet.

boxwine_in_hell

anotherclone wrote:

I used to work with this gal that was such a stinky pig. I swear, some days it looked like she literally rolled out of bed and came into the office. Her hair was all crazy and slept-on looking.

When she would go to the restroom, I she never washed her hands.

She would eat Cheetos at her desk and wipe her Cheeto fingers on the side of her chair cushion until it was orange.

Poor thing. I really think she had some self esteem issues.

Ha. Did you all call her "Stinky Cheeto Fingers"?

holtz

I'm so glad I'm self employed, I don't have to deal with anyone stinking up my work place. I do however have a story about someone stinking up a place I go to. A couple years ago there was this guy who went to my gym and he stunk so bad that literally when I walked in the front door of the place I could tell if he was there or not by how it smelled. I couldn't even go back to the free weight area if he was back there he smelled so bad. People complained and complained till finally management of the gym had to talk to him. I can't honestly figure out how he got so bad, he must of never washed his workout clothes or taken a shower, he still goes to the gym and no longer smells.

boxwine_in_hell

holtz wrote:

I'm so glad I'm self employed, I don't have to deal with anyone stinking up my work place. I do however have a story about someone stinking up a place I go to. A couple years ago there was this guy who went to my gym and he stunk so bad that literally when I walked in the front door of the place I could tell if he was there or not by how it smelled. I couldn't even go back to the free weight area if he was back there he smelled so bad. People complained and complained till finally management of the gym had to talk to him. I can't honestly figure out how he got so bad, he must of never washed his workout clothes or taken a shower, he still goes to the gym and no longer smells.

Hmmm.....How would you have liked to be the one to talk to him about smelling? How did that conversation go?

londonwpr

I work with three middle aged women in a small office (I'm a guy). We share one unisex bathroom. One of my co-workers takes the nastiest shits in the world. Sometimes I can hear her drop severe ass while she's taking a dump. She sprays the air freshener, but I think it makes it worse. Sometimes I have to go in there and plug my nose. My policy, because of this, is no shitting at the office!

boxwine_in_hell

londonwpr wrote:

I work with three middle aged women in a small office (I'm a guy). We share one unisex bathroom. One of my co-workers takes the nastiest shits in the world. Sometimes I can hear her drop severe ass while she's taking a dump. She sprays the air freshener, but I think it makes it worse. Sometimes I have to go in there and plug my nose. My policy, because of this, is no shitting at the office!

To quote a comedian that I can't remember who it is but he said about air freshner...."Great, now it smells like someone took a shit in a flower shop."

markymark550

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 ....

I would be introducing them to western culture in that case. Maybe buy them a stick of deoderant to see if they understand....

markymark550

londonwpr wrote:

I work with three middle aged women in a small office (I'm a guy). We share one unisex bathroom. One of my co-workers takes the nastiest shits in the world. Sometimes I can hear her drop severe ass while she's taking a dump. She sprays the air freshener, but I think it makes it worse. Sometimes I have to go in there and plug my nose. My policy, because of this, is no shitting at the office!

How often do you get blamed for the nasty dumps? I'd figure any of the women there would try to pass it off on you since you're the guy in the office.

libragirl

yuck...doesn't sound like a very professional place. They need to hand out some bars of soap.

josevolution

markymark550 wrote:

I would be introducing them to western culture in that case. Maybe buy them a stick of deoderant to see if they understand....

hey mark what the f are you up to these days i hope the house is coming along nicely along with all the other plans ,yeah i don't know how well that would go over 'HEY DOC HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THIS AS I HOLD UP A STICK OF DEODORANT " probably not well ......:D

markymark550

josevolution wrote:

hey mark what the f are you up to these days i hope the house is coming along nicely along with all the other plans ,yeah i don't know how well that would go over 'HEY DOC HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THIS AS I HOLD UP A STICK OF DEODORANT " probably not well ......:D

hahahaha:D that would be hilarious...

I'm doing ok. The house is coming along well. Got a few places left to paint (second coats) then we're done. Everything is moved in and now it's just waiting until the wedding day. I hope you are doing well.


**sorry, don't want to hijack.....back to nasty smells**

Ahnimus

As an alternative answer to the "poor hygeine, gross disgusting slob" hypothesis, there are always genetic disorders.

Trimethylaminuria (TMAU), also known as fish odor syndrome or fish malodor syndrome[1], is a rare genetic disease that causes a defect in the body's ability to normally produce Flavin containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3).[2][3]

When FMO3 is compromised, the body loses the ability to properly breakdown trimethylamine. Trimethylamine is consumed through the diet and when not properly broken down, through a process called N-Oxygenation, builds up and is released in the person's sweat, urine and breath, giving off a strong fishy odor.

I'm sure there are others as well.

Derrick

The area of Canada I live in has many immigrants from all sorts of countries. My company's HR department is responsible for ensuring folks adhere to professional/business personal grooming habits, and they do a good job of it.

The worst case was about 5 years ago, a fellow from eastern Germany started working here, and not only did they have to inform him that deodorant and daily showering were necessary, but also that in Canada women are considered an equal gender to males.

He didn't last terribly long anyways.

They also don't let you wear a tonne of cologne/perfume. Sometimes perfume or cologne can smell worse than BO.

boxwine_in_hell

Ahnimus wrote:

As an alternative answer to the "poor hygeine, gross disgusting slob" hypothesis, there are always genetic disorders.

Trimethylaminuria (TMAU), also known as fish odor syndrome or fish malodor syndrome[1], is a rare genetic disease that causes a defect in the body's ability to normally produce Flavin containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3).[2][3]

When FMO3 is compromised, the body loses the ability to properly breakdown trimethylamine. Trimethylamine is consumed through the diet and when not properly broken down, through a process called N-Oxygenation, builds up and is released in the person's sweat, urine and breath, giving off a strong fishy odor.

I'm sure there are others as well.

Is there a smelly onion person disorder?

Ahnimus

boxwine_in_hell wrote:

Is there a smelly onion person disorder?

Yes, various UTIs, bacterial vaginosis, bladder infections, etc... stuff you probably don't want to know about or wish you didn't know about.

Ahnimus

If you search google for "onion odor"

http://www.google.com/search?q=onion+odor&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

Half of your results relate to feminine hygeine, vaginal discharge, infection, etc..

vedderfan10

Ahnimus wrote:

If you search google for "onion odor"

http://www.google.com/search?q=onion+odor&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

Half of your results relate to feminine hygeine, vaginal discharge, infection, etc..

Ewwww...feminine odor...how embarrassing! I used "vaginal discharge" as an exuse for being late to work once (I had a male boss). He ran away shouting that he didn't want to hear anymore....after that, he rarely asked me why I was late...

Anyway - one of my co-workers who shared a "work pod" with me is a VERY heavy smoker. I can't stand stale ciggy smoke and I am allergic to it...plus she has the smoker's hack, which puts into the air, the smoke from her lungs... After a year of this, I mentioned to her the other day that I bought a faint air freshener because I found that the ciggy smoke was really bothering me (at our worksite you have to go outside to smoke, and she takes about six smoke breaks per day - in addition to the smokes that has at lunch). I told her that it was still her right to smoke and I wasn't trying to offend her...

Well, she goes crying to the boss about what a bitch I am - and packed up all her stuff and moved to another work pod. She's all, "I'm going and taking my smell with me!"

I dunno...at our work, you can smell bad, but you can't smell good. No heavy deoderants, hair products, perfumes, essential oils, hand creams, etc. It's stupid...

I sure do empathize with all of you, though! Wow!

Heineken Helen

Derrick wrote:

and not only did they have to inform him that deodorant and daily showering were necessary, but also that in Canada women are considered an equal gender to males.

:eek: hahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

vedderfan10, can you please explain to me what 'being allergic to smoke' is? I never heard of said allergy outside of the US. I can understand not liking the smell or not wanting to be around it BUT do you break out in spots? Does your tongue swell up? What?