The Cubicle Times

CONFERENCE ROOM – Have you ever had a coworker who’s got the strongest body odor (aka BO) that once you step into a meeting room, you know he was there 10 minutes ago? And I mean 10 minutes, not 1, not 2, but 10 …

Well, I do, and the sad thing is that no one knows how to tell him that.  My coworker probably has this good habit of saving time, or bad habit of not taking shower, that people tend to Email him or call him instead of going to his office for a talk.  I don’t know, we discussed about how to tell him, but no one seems to have the right answer.

“Hey, you seem to sweat a lot, huh? I have a friend who also has the same problem, blah blah blah…”

or

“Hey, you must be working so hard that you’re sweating so much…”

or

“I heard people complain that you smell a little, so just a friendly reminder, maybe you can… blah blah blah…”

I don’t know, we talked among the coworkers on what to say, but no one wanted to be that person to say it to him.  So …. we still “smell” his presence when we go to meeting rooms, and can also almost see that same dress shirt he wears everyday.  Yes, that purple striped shirt…. >_<’