How do you tell a person that he needs water and soap?

Well... It wouldn't be a lot of trouble, if it is a classroom... I trust, he already has reached the limits (of stinking) or he may reach in a few days... After which the administration of the school will take the action and if they don't, then you will have to approach the administration about this... I have never come across such people, thankfully, yet. But if I found any, I would take that person for shopping and would buy him a good shampoo and a soap, as a sign to let him know about hygiene...

He doesn't seem to catch any hint at all. The only option. Go and buy some soap and shampoo, wrap it nicely and give it to him. Make sure to add a little card that say: ''Please add water while using''. If that doesn't work, you have a problem. TATA.

well i think you need to work together, handcuff him, make a bubble bath and throw him in it. then scrub him. i think that is the only thing you can do to educate him on this. he can get sick due to not taking a bath. he might even scatter disease from not taking a bath. i can not believe that there is still a person on earth who does not take a bath. i know some that are lazy to take a bath but not taking a bath at all is strange. i think he is scared with water.

One of my friends has a similar problem. He hardly ever brushes his teeth or takes a shower, and my other friends don't want to sit next to him, because he smells. One year my ex-boyfriend and I gave him a lot of soap, different kinds of deodorants etc, but the truth is he never used any of it, and when I visited him I discovered than he didn't even open the things we gave him, so I guess that wasn't such a great idea after all. Now he has found a girlfriend and the situation has improved a little, because she doesn't beat around the bush, and she simply asks him to take a shower.

That is something that's going to be very hard to deal with. You don't want to hurt their feelings but the problem has to be taken care of. If you are friends with this person perhaps ask them out to have coffee or something with you. Then just talk to them as a friend and tell them the problem. Don't do it around anyone else. If you don't know the person well enough then talk to your teacher privately. Then maybe the teacher could set up a conference with them and let them know what's going on. remember there may be reasons for this. Maybe the person does wear deodarant but it's just not strong enough, perhaps they need clinical strength. Either way it's done, someone is going to have to tell them. So long as it's all done privately and in a nice manner hopefuly this person's feelings can be spared as much as possible. The only other thing I could suggest is buy some soap and deodarant yourself and put it in a paper bag and leave it on the person's desk. Don't tell anyone else in the classroom what you're doing so that way when they open the bag everyone won't start laughing. Hope these idea's help you out a little.

It starts in the head. Something is wrong with that friend of yours. I think he needs to see a shrink or psychiatrist because of that. The first thing that a person who is going out of his mind neglects is his physical look. So there. You are seeing and smelling the first symptom. You can probably ask the school guidance counselor to give him some help.

The best way to tell this person with out him getting embarrassed is to send him a letter. Just tell him that the letters is from some concern friend and tell him right away what's the letter is all about. Tell him that he should take a bath everyday because he is not smelling clean at all...he stink and the other people in the class is already affected about it. I'm sure if he will read the letter he will be able to realized what is the problem with him. It's good too that he will knew it sooner to save him from further embarrassment. In fact you are doing him a favor by changing his cleaning habit.

That's really interesting! But I don't see why anyone should care about his feeling being hurt as, if he had any he won't be behaving the way he would. Just take it out with him, call on some of your friends too and make the point clear with him. He doesn't give a damn then why should you bother about him getting embarrassed?

For me I said please get the soap because i forgot and also water please help.

Well,it is rather a difficult situation, because you're torn in telling bluntly the ugly truth and protecting his feelings. If your subtle hints won't work, and it seems he's not taking it seriously, I suggest go to the bath and body section of the supermarket, buy him a package of soap, deodorant and perfume. There are some nicely wrapped packages in the stores that contains the essentials of hygiene. Why not give it to him, as a gift. I don't think it's offensive enough, I personally love receiving gifts for beautifying myself. Maybe his problem is he don't have enough money to buy these things. I just hope he'll get the message across and use it, for everybody's sake. Good Luck!

hi soulburn, if you can have an activity, an outdoor would be great, where everyone gets dirty that would be a great starting point. as for what activity i'm not sure what you normally have within your culture or the area you live in. what about mud-walk? in this part of the world where i live in, where it's hot and humid, it's a reason enough to use water and soap and to bathe.

Give him a gift! A basket full of soaps and and bath products. If it do not work, call him to play anything like soccer, or some sport that can be made in a field, that he can be full of dirt. He'll can't scape of the bath this time! And for end, I lmao with your history.

why dont you approach the person personally and talk in soft voice and tell him/her about his situation and your situation and also if the teacher can help then ask some help i think that the child will listen to the teacher try it

I believe he's too stubborn that not embarrassing him is not an option. Tell him right away that he smells too bad that you can't take it anymore. Tell him you'd hate to hurt him but his smell is damaging.

I don't know as a person like this can truly be embarrassed. People that let themselves go this much just don't care about themselves or what others think so I doubt you could embarrass them. The teacher needs to be blunt and tell him to clean up or else. If it is that bad that it is bothering the entire class then he needs to be told. Don't care about embarrassing him.Embarrassment is the least of his worries. I work in a store and there are a few customers that come in and their scent lingers for several minutes after they are gone. It's horrible and I always worry that people will think that it is me creating the odor. Maybe there is something going on with him emotionally??? maybe you could start there...get to know the guy?

Maybe you can ask how many times he showers in a day. Make it sound like you're just making conversation, nothing else. You can talk about hygiene-related things and make it sound like it's just a normal topic. If he still doesn't get it then I suggest you tell it to him straight unless you want to suffer more from his bad odor.

You can make a prank and have someone pour a gallon of dirty water to him . Just make sure that there are plenty of water reserves and soap so he has no choice but to take a bath in school