Current Events > New dude at work fucking stinks. Really bad body odour that takes over the room

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Its really fucked up and really fucking bad. He a good dude but he is a real original man straight form africa. Maybe its not the norm there to use deodorants and stuff? Its really overpowering and the smell literally lingers and overtakes wherever he goes.

Whats the best way to address this? If it was me I would personally like to be told if I smelt bad but dont know how others feel about that approach. Should I get the boss to address it or should I do it more as a bro and mention it on our walk to the carpark after work or something? Its getting to the point where its a lunchroom topic.

toyota posted...

Whats the best way to address this?

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Are...you saying native African men don't wear deodorant?
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im not 13 posted...

Are...you saying native African men don't wear deodorant?

To be fair, deodorant is mostly endemic to the North American continent. It's not really a thing elsewhere.

Questionmarktarius posted...

im not 13 posted...

Are...you saying native African men don't wear deodorant?

To be fair, deodorant is mostly endemic to the North American continent. It's not really a thing elsewhere.

uh
europe
hi
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im not 13 posted...

Are...you saying native African men don't wear deodorant?

No, he clearly didn't. Stop race baiting.

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Questionmarktarius posted...

im not 13 posted...

Are...you saying native African men don't wear deodorant?

To be fair, deodorant is mostly endemic to the North American continent. It's not really a thing elsewhere.

uh
europe
hi

Because of rampant marketing mostly by US companies.

Be honest. Tell him he smells and its disrupting the work place.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

Because of rampant marketing mostly by US companies.

Uh
europe
hi
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MabusIncarnate posted...

im not 13 posted...

Are...you saying native African men don't wear deodorant?

No, he clearly didn't. Stop race baiting.

Read the post properly then come back to me
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sounds like a real original man to me

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Some parts of Africa are very poor and deodorant is a luxury which is almost never used.
But unless the (totally real) African dude in TC's (totally real) story happened to be in whatever country TC is from (I assume it's a awestern one) for only a few days, he'd have known deodorant is a thing
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im not 13 posted...

Read the post properly then come back to me

Suggesting that it may be uncommon for people who lived in another country to use deodorant is nothing close to saying "People from Africa don't wear deodorant"

Shut the fuck up. You know exactly what you are trying to do.

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@toyota posted...

Its really fucked up and really fucking bad. He a good dude but he is a real original man straight form africa. Maybe its not the norm there to use deodorants and stuff? Its really overpowering and the smell literally lingers and overtakes wherever he goes.

Whats the best way to address this? If it was me I would personally like to be told if I smelt bad but dont know how others feel about that approach. Should I get the boss to address it or should I do it more as a bro and mention it on our walk to the carpark after work or something? Its getting to the point where its a lunchroom topic.

Tell him nicely.
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MabusIncarnate posted...

Suggesting that it may be uncommon for people who lived in another country to use deodorant is nothing close to saying "People from Africa don't wear deodorant"

Shut the fuck up. You know exactly what you are trying to do.

I've lived in Africa for many years. Deodorant is just as common as it is where I currently live (Europe)

Thanks for playing.
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im not 13 posted...

I've lived in Africa for many years. Deodorant is just as common as it is where I currently live (Europe)

Thanks for playing.

That has literally nothing to do with you twisting his words and trying to make him sound racist. This would have actually answered what he was inquiring about instead of some bitch reply implying he's a racist.

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im not 13 posted...

MabusIncarnate posted...

Suggesting that it may be uncommon for people who lived in another country to use deodorant is nothing close to saying "People from Africa don't wear deodorant"

Shut the fuck up. You know exactly what you are trying to do.

I've lived in Africa for many years. Deodorant is just as common as it is where I currently live (Europe)

Thanks for playing.

Really? I dont know why this guy doesnt seem to wear it. If it matters he was from Kenya. And from my understanding he has been her for a few years at least. He came from a different branch. I texted my boss about how bad its been and she said she might contact his old branch to see what they did about it (I have a feeling they didnt and just lived with it since he came here smelling like this)

He isnt bad first thing in the morning but maybe an hour later it really starts. Like the stench is bad that I wouldnt want ever want to give him a ride anywhere because I am afraid it would linger and cling to my car.

MabusIncarnate posted...

That has literally nothing to do with you twisting his words and trying to make him sound racist. This would have actually answered what he was inquiring about instead of some bitch reply implying he's a racist.

Man you are reaching but I'm bored so eh

It was a stupid remark to suggest that a commodity such as deodorant isn't readily available to an entire continent

Where are the both of you getting your ridiculous assumption from?
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Irish kid at school had such bad BO no amount of deodorant covers it up. the real issue is not bathing daily.

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We had one dude from africa in our university class.
Every time he entered the room and/or opened his mouth the whole room stank like death.
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I met an engineer who worked for Secret (the brand) making deodorant and he was literally an African immigrant with a huge thick Swahili accent from Uganda.

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ModLogic posted...

Irish kid at school had such bad BO no amount of deodorant covers it up. the real issue is not bathing daily.

Yeah I mean really most people wont smell bad even if they dont wear deodorant as long as they are bathing daily.
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Odor*

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My co-worker used to smell super bad. Not sure what happened, but his stench went away.

He said that he felt like he might smell bad and asked me what I thought. I was so close to telling him yes lol
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Irony posted...

Odor*

Implied UK.
An American, and probably also a Canadian, would not have included a superfluous U.

A5modeu5 posted...

We had one dude from africa in our university class.
Every time he entered the room and/or opened his mouth the whole room stank like death.

Dang
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ModLogic posted...

Irish kid at school had such bad BO no amount of deodorant covers it up. the real issue is not bathing daily.

Man, remembered that back when I was in school. The red heads that had bad body odour literally smelt like vomit

A5modeu5 posted...

We had one dude from africa in our university class.
Every time he entered the room and/or opened his mouth the whole room stank like death.

Thats what it is starting to feel like. It even lingers after he had lunch in the break room that I just have my lunch outside lol

@Duncanwii come get your girl

YugiNoob posted...

Not sure what happened, but his stench went away.

start showering once a day i bet

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You guys would be like wth probably, but I would just spray lysol or some air freshening whatever in our vicinity while making eye contact with him the whole time on purpose so he knows.
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toyota posted...

Whats the best way to address this?

Complain to your supervisor and let them address it. They get paid to have employees unhappy with them, if you tell him it will just cause issues.
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well offer him some Axe spray or something...

greatmonkeybaby posted...

You guys would be like wth probably, but I would just spray lysol or some air freshening whatever in our vicinity while making eye contact with him the whole time on purpose so he knows.

Cause you literally have to tell him or respond visually while making eye contact by spraying stuff or holding your nose.

Music peer of mine smells of literal death & none of the other studio engineers tell him. But I will next time because he tries to sit on stuff & I'm like "yo!"
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There's a lot of people from there in the nursing field over here and we can't tell them to use deodorant or critique them on their hygiene because it's their culture I was told. The men are usually pretty good workers in my experience though.

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--Zero- posted...

There's a lot of people from there in the nursing field over here and we can't tell them to use deodorant or critique them on their hygiene because it's their culture I was told. The men are usually pretty good workers in my experience though.

I feel that then tbh
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--Zero- posted...

There's a lot of people from there in the nursing field over here and we can't tell them to use deodorant or critique them on their hygiene because it's their culture I was told. The men are usually pretty good workers in my experience though.

.....whaaaaaatt??? Ive worked retail jobs that required proper hygiene, youd think that would be enforced 100 times over in a healthcare environment, wtf.
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Shablagoo posted...

--Zero- posted...

There's a lot of people from there in the nursing field over here and we can't tell them to use deodorant or critique them on their hygiene because it's their culture I was told. The men are usually pretty good workers in my experience though.

.....whaaaaaatt??? Ive worked retail jobs that required proper hygiene, youd think that would be enforced 100 times over in a healthcare environment, wtf.

Lol
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