Does he ever take a bath?

If there is no-one who has the guts to say something you all have two options: - make a collection and buy him some super bath salts and perfumes for his birthday and tell him to try them all out and then you will all contribute again to buy him the one he likes the best - if he lets you know within a month - all get together and you all, except him, start wearing gas masks in the office

How about a gift basket...with body wipes...and other things that could make the atmosphere a bit more pleasant...like candles....things that might give him the hint that he needs to pay a little attention to what he does for hygene!

Unless you are really close to this person, I really don't think there is much you can do that would not be taken as being mean. You work in an office so I really think it should be up to your boss to maybe take him aside and say something. Maybe you all could privately say something to the boss???

Well, first you have to know what he's going through in life. I mean, he may not have enough money to pay for the water bill that's why he stinks. You should know that. There are deeper levels we should consider before judging someone in general. He may stink but that doesn't mean that he has a poor hygienic routine. My point is, you'll never know.

I have a housemate that does not bathe regularly, and I just outright tell him he needs to bathe. I feel I am doing him, and everyone in his circumference, a great favor. I would take him aside and simply tell him as politely as possible that perhaps he needs to practice hygiene more efficiently and often.

I was in your shoes. I had a colleague whos feet used to smell bad. Everybody at the office used to make fun of him when he was not there but when he entered the office all the people got back to work and we were all forced to bare the bad smell. I thought it was better if a male colleague talked to him about his problem but none of my colleagues was man enough to speak frankly with the problem-colleague. I didn't feel confortable to tell him about his problem face to face but I searched on-line for some remedies for bad smelling feet and I sent him an email containing all those links, explaining that he needed all that information. I can say that things have changed since then, his feet don't smell like before and he is not a subject for my mean colleagues any more.

buy him a perfume dear,and ask him to use it.I don't think you saying it to him face to face will have a dramatic effect.Habits die hard

Hi. BannedHelsing. Welcome to myLot! When a person smells bad, you want to make sure that you don't hurt their feelings. When I was in sixth grade, a boy in my class used to be so stink. So one day, one of my friends brought him a bar of soap to use to wash off with. It is not much you can do, but just to stay away from him so that you can't smell him. If his funk is too offensive, then you may need to talk to your boss. Maybe the boss will let him know that it is very important that he washes off before coming to work. I also think that, the boss should be understanding of his reason for being so foul smelling too.

I think you talk to him straight to the point. Just tell him "Dude! take a bath will ya?!". He needs to know that he's not the only person in the room. Although it may be awkward or difficult to say this to him, it's better than keeping it to yourself and suffer from it. You can tell it to him in a nice way and a not so harsh way that'll deeply hurt his pride. :]

hello bannedHelsing! You have a stinky problem. lol! If I were you, I would directly tell him or her about it, but discreetly, so that no one can hear it, except us.

i think it is not a good way to tell it straight to him. i think you should make a topic in your worktime,when he also can hear your topic.you should say:"this week,every night,i take a bath,i feel very good.you don't laught at me,last week,because haven't enouth time,so i taked bath only once,i thinke maybe you can feel the bad smell of my.

I think you need to tell him straight his hygienic problem in a good way & not in offensive way where he will not be insulted. Maybe there is reason why he only takes a bath once a week.Probably he has water shortage i his house or he has phobia in bathing.

tells directly to your office mate that he has to change the status "stinks to good odor" as friend with kindly words.

I have a teacher who stinks like that, And sometimes, we(my classmates and I) wonder if he ever takes a bath. We even joke about gifting him a 'super' expensive Deodorant. Till now, we haven't been able to do anything about it. We couldn't tell him directly since he is our teacher an we were partly afraid of being offensive. We know that he doesn't know that he has such a horrible body odor. It gets annoying, but we have learnt to adjust and stay as far away from him as possible. Our classroom has a lot of empty benches, so most of the pupils take the back benches in his class. We are yet to have a daring person who can go up to him and tell him about his stench. But in your case, since all of you are equals(I'm guessing?), one of you can break the fact to him in the nicest way possible. You can slowly bring up the topic or leave small hints. If the person still fails to catch up to the hints, the you can get a little more straightforward. But if you are too afraid to offend the person(as in our case), then it's best to ignore(sigh) and stay away from him. Oh wait, a stupid light bulb just went off in my head! You can leave an anonymous note. In that way, he won't know who wrote it and you don't have to expose yourself(if that's what your worried about). Ah! Good luck anyway. I feel for you. LOL...

Well, someone close to him should tell him that he stinks. Maybe he doesn't know that he stinks, or there's something in him that stinks. But it is necessary that it be addressed, lest no one will go near him anymore or the office will forever be contaminated with his smell that stinks.