People that stink

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conkerman

3,298 posts

134 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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You need to tell the Karachi Gazette!

Dr Murdoch

3,427 posts

134 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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J4CKO said:
Today I am, "Musky, musky fox. Musky, sly, old, foxy stoat. Minky, musky, sly, old, stoaty, stoaty stoat" biggrin
Have you fallen off the wagon scratchchin

wink

Ben Jk

1,591 posts

165 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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ChocolateFrog said:
During part of my training we were given lectures on interview techniques and then actors were hired to play out interview scenarios. Yep mine was dealing with someone who had bad BO but was unaware how it affected everyone else.

Luckily I haven't had to do it for real.
I once had to have a chat with one of my team, because he stank. He used to stink out whole rooms. My manager at the time basically said to me "Ben, XXXX fking stinks, sort it out", so I had no choice but to have THAT convo!

It was a touch awkward. He didn't seem that bothered and the odour improved. Job done.


Edited by Ben Jk on Thursday 19th January 15:19

williredale

2,866 posts

151 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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I'm not smelling my best at the moment. I've only had one shower this year...

I fell off my bike at the beginning of the year and since being operated on I've only been allowed to strip wash sitting on a chair in the bathroom. I did have a nurse wash my feet and arse in hospital. Poor girl.

I'm quite conscious of it but I'm not really out in public offending other people.

Skyrat

1,185 posts

189 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Worked with a guy who stank most days. I think he showered at night and got up in the morning going straight to work. I couldn't do that. That's potentially 8-10 hours of sweat building up overnight then you're putting on clean clothes.

I currently work with a chubby ginger woman who has teeth like a row of condemned hooses, just like Father Jack. She wears the same jumper for three days straight and her hair looks like it's jumping. I think she only has a bath once or twice a week. The stink off her is unreal, so much that she works in an office adjacent to my working area and some days you can smell her around the corner and about 30ft away. It's horrendous. No one has said anything to her because she's the type who'll flip out and probably break down crying. She is my line manager so I'm bloody well not telling her

Spare tyre

9,457 posts

129 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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I worked in Abu Dhabi a while back. When I wa there it was getting up to around 50 degrees in the day

To get into the site as a visitor I had to go through a security hut in the morning and at the end of he working day. Lot of building work going on so lots of builders huddled into the same hut as me waiting for the ok.

In the morning it stank, but at the end of the day, these poor guys had been out in the heat, it was horrid. So bad it actually made me smell

klmhcp

247 posts

91 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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DonkeyApple said:
jammy-git said:
There is a guy who is the housemate of a good friend of mine. He moved in back in August. He hasn't used the shower at that house once. In fact I don't think I've ever heard him use the sink either. It's got to the point where I genuinely think there is some sort of phobia of water. He stinks, his rooms stinks. As his landlady my friend has spoke to him numerous times, at first quite politely mentioning that his room needed "airing" and in recent weeks/months quite bluntly saying he needed to shower. Still doesn't. Still reeks. We have no idea what more we can do.
Serve him notice and keep his deposit to cover the cost of chemically sterilising his room. Or just hit him with sticks until he starts washing.
Or Just try and be a normal human about it and say something like 'I can't carry on sharing a house with someone who doesn't wash I'm afraid. Either start showering daily or find somewhere else to live'.

DonkeyApple

54,921 posts

168 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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klmhcp said:
DonkeyApple said:
jammy-git said:
There is a guy who is the housemate of a good friend of mine. He moved in back in August. He hasn't used the shower at that house once. In fact I don't think I've ever heard him use the sink either. It's got to the point where I genuinely think there is some sort of phobia of water. He stinks, his rooms stinks. As his landlady my friend has spoke to him numerous times, at first quite politely mentioning that his room needed "airing" and in recent weeks/months quite bluntly saying he needed to shower. Still doesn't. Still reeks. We have no idea what more we can do.
Serve him notice and keep his deposit to cover the cost of chemically sterilising his room. Or just hit him with sticks until he starts washing.
Or Just try and be a normal human about it and say something like 'I can't carry on sharing a house with someone who doesn't wash I'm afraid. Either start showering daily or find somewhere else to live'.
Er, so serve him notice then!!!

Jimmy Recard

17,540 posts

178 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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This thread makes me feel uneasy about myself. I'm pretty sure I'm usually ok though

klmhcp

247 posts

91 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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DonkeyApple said:
klmhcp said:
DonkeyApple said:
jammy-git said:
There is a guy who is the housemate of a good friend of mine. He moved in back in August. He hasn't used the shower at that house once. In fact I don't think I've ever heard him use the sink either. It's got to the point where I genuinely think there is some sort of phobia of water. He stinks, his rooms stinks. As his landlady my friend has spoke to him numerous times, at first quite politely mentioning that his room needed "airing" and in recent weeks/months quite bluntly saying he needed to shower. Still doesn't. Still reeks. We have no idea what more we can do.
Serve him notice and keep his deposit to cover the cost of chemically sterilising his room. Or just hit him with sticks until he starts washing.
Or Just try and be a normal human about it and say something like 'I can't carry on sharing a house with someone who doesn't wash I'm afraid. Either start showering daily or find somewhere else to live'.
Er, so serve him notice then!!!
No that's not what I said at all. I said to talk to him which seems to be something that people are scared of doing nowadays or, more likely, pretend to be too important to do.

DonkeyApple

54,921 posts

168 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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klmhcp said:
DonkeyApple said:
klmhcp said:
DonkeyApple said:
jammy-git said:
There is a guy who is the housemate of a good friend of mine. He moved in back in August. He hasn't used the shower at that house once. In fact I don't think I've ever heard him use the sink either. It's got to the point where I genuinely think there is some sort of phobia of water. He stinks, his rooms stinks. As his landlady my friend has spoke to him numerous times, at first quite politely mentioning that his room needed "airing" and in recent weeks/months quite bluntly saying he needed to shower. Still doesn't. Still reeks. We have no idea what more we can do.
Serve him notice and keep his deposit to cover the cost of chemically sterilising his room. Or just hit him with sticks until he starts washing.
Or Just try and be a normal human about it and say something like 'I can't carry on sharing a house with someone who doesn't wash I'm afraid. Either start showering daily or find somewhere else to live'.
Er, so serve him notice then!!!
No that's not what I said at all. I said to talk to him which seems to be something that people are scared of doing nowadays or, more likely, pretend to be too important to do.
Just read the message that you keep quoting. They've already spoken to him at two different levels, subtle and blunt. Neither have worked so chuck the little animal out and make damn sure the chemical sanitising of its room comes out of its deposit.

If you read my earlier post prior to these you will see that I am more than happy to speak to these people the moment they are so rude as to come anywhere near me.

J4CKO

41,284 posts

199 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Ever been on a Turkish bus, a "Dolmas" I think, basically a motorised Armpit.

Oilchange

8,421 posts

259 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Used to know this guy in my unit who was unaware he smelt like an outflow pipe. Greasy hair and lack of clean clothes weren't the least of it but his one habit really made me retch. He'd borrow someone elses mattress while on their down time, strip it of sheets and put it outside on a camp bed.
Then he'd douse himself in suncream and spend the day bronzing himself into a sweaty mess on said mattress. Afterwards return the mattress to the guys bed and remake it before he got back in from work.
Rancid disgusting creature.

talksthetorque

10,815 posts

134 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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J4CKO said:
motorised Armpit.
Don;t know why, this made me chuckle more than it should
biglaugh

klmhcp

247 posts

91 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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DonkeyApple said:
klmhcp said:
DonkeyApple said:
klmhcp said:
DonkeyApple said:
jammy-git said:
There is a guy who is the housemate of a good friend of mine. He moved in back in August. He hasn't used the shower at that house once. In fact I don't think I've ever heard him use the sink either. It's got to the point where I genuinely think there is some sort of phobia of water. He stinks, his rooms stinks. As his landlady my friend has spoke to him numerous times, at first quite politely mentioning that his room needed "airing" and in recent weeks/months quite bluntly saying he needed to shower. Still doesn't. Still reeks. We have no idea what more we can do.
Serve him notice and keep his deposit to cover the cost of chemically sterilising his room. Or just hit him with sticks until he starts washing.
Or Just try and be a normal human about it and say something like 'I can't carry on sharing a house with someone who doesn't wash I'm afraid. Either start showering daily or find somewhere else to live'.
Er, so serve him notice then!!!
No that's not what I said at all. I said to talk to him which seems to be something that people are scared of doing nowadays or, more likely, pretend to be too important to do.
Just read the message that you keep quoting. They've already spoken to him at two different levels, subtle and blunt. Neither have worked so chuck the little animal out and make damn sure the chemical sanitising of its room comes out of its deposit.

If you read my earlier post prior to these you will see that I am more than happy to speak to these people the moment they are so rude as to come anywhere near me.
Wow, talk about needing the last word!

If you read and comprehend what's been written you'll see I'm saying to give him an ultimatum over just booting him out which just sounds totally OTT and weird.

Shower or leave please: Reasonable and normal.

Notice served with no warning and something about chemical cleaning: Bit odd.

Bored of this now.

DonkeyApple

54,921 posts

168 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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klmhcp said:
DonkeyApple said:
klmhcp said:
DonkeyApple said:
klmhcp said:
DonkeyApple said:
jammy-git said:
There is a guy who is the housemate of a good friend of mine. He moved in back in August. He hasn't used the shower at that house once. In fact I don't think I've ever heard him use the sink either. It's got to the point where I genuinely think there is some sort of phobia of water. He stinks, his rooms stinks. As his landlady my friend has spoke to him numerous times, at first quite politely mentioning that his room needed "airing" and in recent weeks/months quite bluntly saying he needed to shower. Still doesn't. Still reeks. We have no idea what more we can do.
Serve him notice and keep his deposit to cover the cost of chemically sterilising his room. Or just hit him with sticks until he starts washing.
Or Just try and be a normal human about it and say something like 'I can't carry on sharing a house with someone who doesn't wash I'm afraid. Either start showering daily or find somewhere else to live'.
Er, so serve him notice then!!!
No that's not what I said at all. I said to talk to him which seems to be something that people are scared of doing nowadays or, more likely, pretend to be too important to do.
Just read the message that you keep quoting. They've already spoken to him at two different levels, subtle and blunt. Neither have worked so chuck the little animal out and make damn sure the chemical sanitising of its room comes out of its deposit.

If you read my earlier post prior to these you will see that I am more than happy to speak to these people the moment they are so rude as to come anywhere near me.
Wow, talk about needing the last word!

If you read and comprehend what's been written you'll see I'm saying to give him an ultimatum over just booting him out which just sounds totally OTT and weird.

Shower or leave please: Reasonable and normal.

Notice served with no warning and something about chemical cleaning: Bit odd.

Bored of this now.
Wow, talk about not being able to read! rofl

If you're bored then bugger off and stop whittering away like a prat.

stewy68

1,826 posts

242 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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C70R said:
Just the bit about the email to HR
My thoughts exactly!

Hammer67

5,706 posts

183 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Travelling Eurotunnel Freight can be interesting. You park your truck on the train and then jump on a bus to go to the passenger carriage.

40 multinational HGV drivers crammed into a small bus.

Stinksville Arizona.

robsa

2,254 posts

183 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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As part of my job, I was asked to survey a council property once, and the poor girl who lived there was Down's syndrome and clearly not being looked after. I honestly doubt she had washed in literally years; either her flat, her clothes or her body.
Now I have got a pretty strong stomach for this sort of thing but I retched within a few minutes at the powerful odour of rancid, curdled milk and kippers. Luckily I carry an FFP3 orinasal mask for my job so I wore that, and whilst not entirely removing the stink it was bearable.

I went into the bathroom, where I was supposed to remove the bath panel. The bath was full of matter - green mould and slime with a large object floating in the middle. The girl helpfully explained that she was washing her coat. It was a snorkel parka, must have been there months at least. The bore of the toilet was so encrusted with hard, impacted faeces that there was only a hole the diameter of ping-pong ball left, and the seat was spattered with hardened st. In her kitchen, all the work surfaces had a thick layer of sedimentary fat lying on them. And when I say sedimentary I mean multiple strata laid down over a period of years. By close examination you could see her diet over that time due to food debris encased within like a glacial rift. Her diet was entirely by deep fat fryer.

I felt so sorry for her, she was clearly vulnerable.

torqueofthedevil

2,068 posts

176 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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Worked with a greasy haired obese woman who had her own office. She stank of yeast and so did the office after she left. Disgusting