someone smell bad in office, what to do??

Since they are trainees, i am sure that some pointers on how to groom for the office would be welcomed by them. Maybe you can have it as if it's an orientation for the two of them. That way, the one who has it will not take it personally, but as part of their orientation.

If you are really certain that the bad smell indeed is from one of your apprentice's underarm, the only option really is to inform him or her about it. If you're the one supervising or mentoring these apprentices, I think you should tell that person about this since I don't think they have friends yet at your workplace. It is indeed a sensitive issue to most people and it should be handled with tact and a bit of discreteness. There's really a good chance they'll get embarrassed by it and might even feel piqued but it's really the only option to take. It doesn't help to just give hints that the person smells bad. He might not even be aware that he does.

Lol...that is bad! Why not try talking to that person in private. Just make sure that you do it in private so that he would not feel embarrassed about it.

Send them perfumes on their birthdays? or something like that......

I think I have no idea how to solve this problem without hurting her. You have to be very careful if you mention it to her. I used to work in one office with a colleague who smelled very bad. We didn't have the courage to tell her, so just suffered silently. It's hard to bring it up.

Hello mrswhitfield.... awww such a bad situation you have got, if I were you of course I couldn't stand around them for a long time . I wonder why s/he doesn't realize their smell or what, maybe they are comfortable with the smell . ok, try to spray air freshner around your room or hung up other air freshner in front of the air conditioner and open the window as wide as it can so the circulation will be clear.

well, i will tell the person in private honestly as it is for his/her own good... of course i will tell the person in a very kind and nice manner so that he/she won't be offended... take care and have a nice day...

That's hard uhmmm well you can give them welcome gifts? 3 months late though, or training certification gifts. Well you know what to give them haha... Goodluck...

good day mrswhitfield, it is quite hard to work in an office with a bad smell. hence, this will really annoy you eventually. i remember before when i was still an employee and working with a group of people having a terrible body odor. that, according to them, those odor coming from their body shows a great manliness in their country. wherein, these guys are claiming, having a bad odor for the guys denotes how machismo they are. so they dont care how bad their smell. and working with them is like working in a surroundings with a full of garbage. the smell is indeed annoying, most often times, i cannot take it anymore so i am putting a menthol oil at the tip of my nose so i cannot sniff off the very bad odor coming from them.

Is that a man or woman? Because I suggest there must be one HR officer or manager especially the one who interviewed that person to talk with apprentice privately about your problem with his/her odor. The one who should also tell must be the same gender. I mean if that is a woman then it must be a woman who should tell then if that is a guy then it goes to the same thing. It could be better to tell the truth with that apprentice straight to the point, but then he/she must face the criticisms because that is really a constructive. If he/she would be offended then FACE IT! that is reality. You are telling that to person because you want to help, not because you want to offend. It is for her improvement as well and the fact that hygiene is really important. It is also a reflection for a personality as well. What if she is going to face a client then that could be a big turn off.

Oh my, you are in a very hard situation and it's hard to confront them, in that situation, I don't know what to do with that. I'm still thinking on how to approach and officemate with bad smell.

It happened to me,when I was working,and I went to my boss and told her.Since I was working in an office where we were dealing with customers,the boss called that person in the office and told them that it was not acceptable to smell. There are plenty of deodorants,and soaps and water,to keep a body clean.I would not care if they would get their feelings hurt! They are hurting everybody with their odor!

Oh I have an idea! As I was reading down the page, you said she was a she. OK heres what to do, you know us ladies love to talk about which perfumes and fragrances we love to wear, All you need to do is, mention that you love a certain perfume, In most department store you can pick up free samples of the latest designer fragrance, next time passing grab a couple of samples, go back to office get her on to the conversation of perfumes and fragrances, and say oh you might like to try this new perfume out just now. It does work, she'll end up loving perfume! I had same problem with a girl in college, thats how I went about it. She ended up knowing more about designer perfumes that a beauty counter assistant :0)

for me, I will talk to that person in one on one basis. And tell the problem to him or her in a nice way.

Whoooo! Have I been in that situation before. Many, many years ago I had young airmen working for me that lacked in the hygiene department. A couple of co-workers complained about it. I waited a couple days just in case but on the 3rd day after receiving complaints, I had to call him into my office and be totally honest with him. Turns out he would shower as soon as he went home after work and then participate in various physical activities prior to going to bed for the evening. He was not aware of the order at all because he was used to it. I suggested a shower each morning and another one on the days he was active - problem solved! I would give the apprentices that first day just in case one of them may have been very nervous or in a rush to get there and forgot to put on some deodorant. If it happens on the 2nd day, it's time for the supervisor to step up and do the dirty work (no pun intended). If I was on probation and told I smelled, you best believe the next day my boss would be getting complaints about me wearing too much cologne whether my feelings were hurt or not! Cheers, Stan