B.O. Man Strikes....

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Way back when I was in high school, there was a girl who was notorious for her BO. She was in choir with me for 4 years. For 3 and a half, I was assigned to sit next to her. *Gag* There were days it got so bad people would throw up, and days when she would get sent home to shower. Good Lord, it was awful.

There was a guy in my high school band who was like that. I wasn't next to him but was close enough for his BO to hit me right in the face like a wet fist. Before concerts the band teacher would tell him, right in class in front of everybody else, to shower.

And then I was unfortunate enough to also have him in one of my science classes. I was kinda behind him and in addition to his BO, he'd cut the nastiest, mud-bog you'd ever smell.

And then before senior year he was arrested and convicted of sexually assaulting little boys :SHUDDER:

[XCashier]

It seems to me that those who do have actual medical problems, know about them, and they're the ones doing their darndest to try and stay as fresh as possible.

That does seem to be the case, and even if daily bathing doesn't eliminate medically-caused BO entirely, it does tone the smell down.

[chainedbarista]

ideally, we should have the option to refuse service; it is unhealthy and offensive to those around them. as for the sneeze guard, maybe there's some issue (assaulting a defenseless sneeze guard with his unwashed body?) that would allow you to 'request him to leave' but knowing how corporate/management acts, not likely.

[Andara Bledin]

And while it is true that in some cases, there's a medical problem, most of the time it's due to lack of bathing, brushing teeth or washing clothes.

My boss used to know a guy that stank to high heavens. In his case, it was a medical issue, but not the kind you're thinking of. He would bathe several times a day; using something other than water (either vinegar or rubbing alcohol). He was both a germophobe and hydrophobe. I neither envy him nor the people who had to deal with him.

^-.-^

[Sapphire Silk]

Oil of peppermint nebulized into the air does wonders for odors like that.

We used to use it all the time in the ER when we'd get some homeless drunk in to sleep it off.

[Anakah]

Ewww I know how you feel. This guy today smelled like rotten salami. He was still in my window and I turned my head and did one of those accidental silent gags. I was one step away from hurling all over the floor. I have a weak stomach.

[searssoulslave]

ideally, we should have the option to refuse service; it is unhealthy and offensive to those around them. as for the sneeze guard, maybe there's some issue (assaulting a defenseless sneeze guard with his unwashed body?) that would allow you to 'request him to leave' but knowing how corporate/management acts, not likely.

It is actually against the law to discriminate against a person's b.o. There is a man out in NJ who's successfully sued a couple of different companies who kicked him out of their property for his offensive odor. You cannot deny a person service because of their stink which I personally afflicts other people's rights to a healthy environment than a single person's liberties. But you know how it goes in the U.S.

[telecom_goddess]

It is actually against the law to discriminate against a person's b.o. There is a man out in NJ who's successfully sued a couple of different companies who kicked him out of their property for his offensive odor. You cannot deny a person service because of their stink which I personally afflicts other people's rights to a healthy environment than a single person's liberties. But you know how it goes in the U.S.

aww that's bullshit...I don't doubt it's a true fact but it's dumb!!!! I think anyone with b.o. like that needs to be dumped out the door post haste.

[Ironclad Alibi]

My former office once had a new guy start work who had really bad BO. After a short time, he was given a bar of soap, told how to use it, and ordered to do so.

Equally bad are those people who never take baths and try to cover up their stink with perfumes and oils, which only makes it worse.

[tropicsgoddess]

and why do these stinky ass people never learn??? When people are recoiling from you...maybe there is something wrong! How can they not smell themselves I'll never know.

Too bad you can't give them those tree shaped air fresheners as a "gift" or a bar of soap. I was riding the bus to work and since there were no seats open I had to stand and hold up one hand on the metal bar. I saw a lady holding up her hand on one of those bars in a tank top and her armpits looked like cousin it sneaking dough from a bakery. *This was 6 years ago*

[laborcat]

Ugh. Kinda off topic, but while I was stuck cashiering I got a woman and her daughter (?) that smelled so strongly of cat urine, that their money smelled also. I tried my best to get that money out of my register as quickly as I could, but nobody would take it as change. It was really bad so finally I had to ask the lead to come switch it out or something. I was ready to puke. When I came back from break they put me on a different register and shut the other one down.

On a different day, I saw them get out of a cab. I could smell them across the parking lot, so I couldn't imagine what that cab smelled like inside. Gross.

How do people live like that? I would die if I smelled that bad.

[telecom_goddess]

Too bad you can't give them those tree shaped air fresheners as a "gift" or a bar of soap. I was riding the bus to work and since there were no seats open I had to stand and hold up one hand on the metal bar. I saw a lady holding up her hand on one of those bars in a tank top and her armpits looked like cousin it sneaking dough from a bakery. *This was 6 years ago*

oh god....

[morgana]

I saw a lady holding up her hand on one of those bars in a tank top and her armpits looked like cousin it sneaking dough from a bakery.

Ewwwww. Well, that mental image should help with my diet. Thanks.

[dalesys]

...her armpits looked like cousin it sneaking dough from a bakery....

Repugzel, Repugel, get down some Nair!