[Total Heckler]

Do any of you have people that work with you that smell?

Like when they walk by, you get overwhelmed by some kind of smell or fragrance?

This came up today when a co-worker of mine walked in smelling like he rolled around in wood chips from a guinea pig cage before he walked in the door. As far as I know he doesn't have any pets.

There is also a woman who works next door at the Wells Fargo corporate office who stinks up the entire floor with her perfume when she arrives.

What are your thoughts?

 

[jimmydean]

There was a hippie that used to work here that smelled like BO hardcore. I didn't work near him, but you could tell when he had been in a room because it stunk like BO and second hand smoke.

 

[I Are Baboon]

I'm pretty sure I am smelly coworker.

 

[antimony]

Oh man! I used to work for the NASTIEST woman. She has 14 cats, so that contributed to some of the stink. Her personal hygiene was also supremely sub-par. She had long, unwashed hair and dirty clothes. Showering was not a regular occurrence. She was actually spoken to by our director and told she really had to make a better effort to not come to work like this. The final part of the heinous stench came from her Thursday night "date nights." Friday mornings she smelled of beer, cigarettes, and other nastiness. Oh yeah, and she was a hard-core smoker, which was the icing on the smelly cake. Blah!

 

[antimony]

On the flip side, I hate perfumes. The overwhelming musks and floral bouquets send me into mini-migraine mode.

 

[KavuRider]

Apparently some guys in the building think its a great idea to wear enough Axe or Cologne that it lingers in the elevator.

I also work with a woman who randomly puts on enough perfume that I can smell it from her office. Like antimony, I usually get a headache from it.

At my old office, the smokers would usually come in reeking of stale smoke. Ugh.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I'll accommodate skunk, b.o., barn or cat smell long before my tolerance goes away for tobacco smoke and the toxic wastes that pass for perfumes, colognes and deodorants.

 

[binary visions]

I had a coworker who was always pretty stinky. I don't know if he refused to wear deodorant or what, but I was training him in one of my customers offices and she walked in to talk to us. She was a pretty bubbly nurse - she took one whiff, and brightly said, "You didn't bring me a sandwich??"

He looked at her quizzically and said he didn't understand.

She said, "I smell onions! I want a sandwich too!"

It was all I could do to stop from bursting out laughing.

 

[golgiaparatus]

Id rather have a smelly coworker than an over perfumed or over cologned coworker... There are people on my floor that will walk by and the 10 seconds later you get that whoosh of pungent sh!t that makes you want to sneeze.

 

[eaterofdog]

Why do people with bad teeth always need to tell you a secret? Holy moly your mouth stinks.

 

[stevew]

there are worse things in life.....i'm burning flogging molly cd's for someone....made the mistake of listening to it.........i'd take smelly perfume over this shi*e any day.....

 

[stevew]

Why do people with bad teeth always need to tell you a secret? Holy moly your mouth stinks.

i've smelled breath so bad.....it lingered like a fart or BO after they had walked away.

 

[mantispf2000]

I used to be one of those smelly co-workers, and I've worked with a couple.

When I waited tables in Scottsdale, there was one table that left me a note, saying that my smell wasn't pleasent and ruined their dinner. Scottsdale/summer/110 degrees/kitchen, and I did use deoderant. Ok, sorry for my fragrance. Then, while working room service in Tacoma, where I started my "cycling career" of commuting, I was told that I needed to shower after riding. Fair enough, I will do better.

Now at the casino I work at in South Lake Tahoe, there are a couple dealers that go over-board with the perfume/cologne. Granted, if I had a choice of the cigarettes or their fragrance, I'd take their fragrance, but they really don't have to use 1/2 a bottle for one shift.......

 

[Colonel Angus]

i've smelled breath so bad.....it lingered like a fart or BO after they had walked away.

Remember George Carlin? He said it best: "anyone can have bad breath, Marge, but you could knock a buzzard off a sh!t wagon!"

I still laugh at that.

 

[TN]

Cologne or perfume stinks & clogs my sinuses. If you pour it on it is almost as offensive as smoking.

If you can smell someones BO you are too damn close to them.

 

[jdcamb]

I no longer shower or wipe properly. People leave me alone. It's working out well for me...

 

[Total Heckler]

I have had an epiphany, wood chip smelling coworker of mine is constantly eating something... I think he may actually live the lifestyle of a guinea pig outside of the office.

 

[TN]

I have had an epiphany, wood chip smelling coworker of mine is constantly eating something... I think he may actually live the lifestyle of a guinea pig outside of the office.

Does he drive to work in one of these?

 

[Total Heckler]

Does he drive to work in one of these?

He doesn't drive. I think he takes the bus.

But I bet hes got one at home.

 

[Quo Fan]

I can't stand the overpowering smell of perfume/cologne. If you want to use it, remember the brillcream ad, "a little dab'll do ya."

 

[neanderthal]

This guy must hold the record for stench.

http://www.wpxi.com/video/21631699/index.html

 

[boostindoubles]

The smell of perfume/cologne kills me. I avoid people that lay that stuff on like the plague. It destroys my nose. granted I haven't bought or worn deoderant in 6 or 7 years. I probably am the smelly one at work. Pants are meant to be worn at least 7 days in a row before cleaning is necessary.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Patchouli is the scent of the Antichrist.

 

[Pete..]

I've got an interesting fellow in one of my classes that is an extreme hippie. He makes his own clothes, shoes, etc. He doesn't like to shower. He openly admits that he rarely showers. He stinks. He knows he stinks and he says he likes it. He does make a sweet pair of sandals out of old tires though.

 

[Anders]

i hate smokers. i had one on the desk next to me. i made it clear that he wreaked, not to be a dick, but so hed spray down after smoking. he had the nerve to call me out and say i was lying when i said the smell really bothered me. so i started spraying fragrance all over the place everytime he walked by. he eventually quit, partly cause of reduced hours, but i think i had part to do with it too

 

[John Jameson]

I teach 10th graders. You want to talk about smelly people, I get the two extremes sitting right next to each other. The token "stinky kid" with the wicked b.o., and the trendy jock with waaaaaay to much cologne. Sensory overload.

 

[TheTruth]

I know a kid that has awful BO. I want to spray him with a fire extinguisher full of cologne, because I don't think the deodorant he uses is working.

 

[Leppah]

Where I work, there are a lot of stinky b!tches. Three of the lady's I work with smoke. I hate the smell of that sh!t. I told them one time that they all stunk when they came in from one of their 5 smoke breaks. One of them said, "Gee. Thanks for being so nice about it." in a sarcastic way. I said, "well, if i came to work and smelled like horse sh!t I'd hope that you'd tell me so I was aware." They didn't talk to me for a few days.

There's a lady in HR that wears so much old lady perfume, you can tell when she'd been around. It lingers for about 15 minutes. Smells like Aquanet.

And my boy. OMG. The wife bought him some AXE spray. Eff that crap. Stinks up the whole downstairs with that crap. Makes me start wheezing every time i walk through a cloud of that crap. That sh!t stinks.

 

[douglas]

At my old job, there was a coworker "Mary Beth", we called her Mary Breath.


Halitosis to the extreme

 

[eric strt6]

quit your bitching
yesterday we did a one hour ambulance transport of a large person and 5 minutes after we left the hospital they took a dump on the gurney. eye burning reek for 55 minutes, open windows and exhaust fan did not help.

 

[MikeD]

<---works in teh 3d world

 

[binary visions]

<---works in teh 3d world

I wish I worked there.

My coworkers all have such flat personalities.

 

[eric strt6]

I wish I worked there.

My coworkers all have such flat personalities.

buy them some breast implants

 

[Ithnu]

My coworkers all have such flat personalities.

I'm surrounded by engineers all day (well me too) but you might cringe at some of the conversations. Some of the folks are cool, but most are either stereotypical nerds or so yuppied out it makes me cringe. Please don't tell me about your kid's Halloween again, I get it, they're in costumes and its supposed to be cute.

I don't mind when coworkers let one go in at their desk, but if they're in my cube they could at least have some common sense and step into the isle for a few seconds.

 

[MikeD]

I wish I worked there.

My coworkers all have such flat personalities.

Like I told Antimony in another thread...there are places that need people like you...

 

[drkenan]

Last Summer, I had to have a meeting with all of our delivery drivers (about 15 of them) and I had to pull out the whole "I know it's cool not to wear deodorant but I really need you guys to start wearing it at work. You can get the natural kind over at xx store." They are delivering food in the middle of the summer with no deodorant for fvck's sake.