Is it rude to wanna throw a breathmint in someone's mouth while they're talking?

Haha that's too funny, I've noticed the same thing. It's always the people with the worst breath who want to stand in your personal space and talk forever. Working in retail, I experience this a lot. Customers will get close to my face and I almost want to pass out from the horrible smell. It seriously grosses me out and I don't see how people can just go out and not brush their teeth. Even if I stay at home I make sure I brush my teeth once I get up. If not, my mouth just feels gross. I guess other people have their hygiene habits on low priority.

Well, halatosis is a problem. On the Kardashians the other night Kim was trying to get CLoe husband to go to the dentist because she could smell his breath when she hugged him goodbye. I guess she has a gift for being able to SMELL cavities in people's mouths. I would have offered him a breath mint like you were just being polite because you were having one.

I think literally throwing the breath mint in their face might be a little rude, but I would definately back away if I needed to. If it was bad enough, I would probably want to throw up so I'd end the conversation quickly if need be.

NailTech, I am having to pick my self off the floor and wipe away my tears of laughter in order to make this post. I work directly with the public (face-to-face) and I encounter the same problem on many occasions. Sometimes I put mints on the counter and offer them to people that I am helping. When I am out of mints, I walk around a lot when I am talking to them to try and out run the smell. I try to never let on that the customer's breath is kick'n. You are right about them being chatty and wanting to get up close to speak to you, and this is a problem. I try to give them the benefit of a possible illness because you never know what a person's story is; but as soon as they leave the office I break out the air freshner and spray, spray, spray them away. What are ya gonna du?

I have no idea why this happens. and you are right, they often want to recite 'war and peace'. I am constantly aware of this as i am a coffee drinker and i get annoyed when others don't. best thing to do is put one of those car air freshners round your neck half way through a conversation.

To want to do it is not bad but doing it can be. How would you like somebody throwing something into your mouth while you're sitting there ? Not only that but the person may not know what it is you're throwing in and get the wrong impression while it's happening.