if your coworker have a very bad strong body odor and you share the office and he is new how you handle it?
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If he's nice then he should be able to take a little criticism. Just be polite and kind and explain to him that his odor issue is becoming unbearable and interfering with your work.\n\nIf he does not do anything about it, it needs to be reported to your superior. There's no reason your work should suffer because of this.\n\nTo get rid of the odor in the mean time, try this stuff called "Approach" (www.approachit.net) it's great for taking BO and any bio odor out of a room and should freshen things up considerably (no perfumy stuff so the guy won't get annoyed). \n\nYou may also suggest he get some of it too to spray himself with. It could be he's trying deal with his odor but hasn't found something to eliminate it yet. \n\nGood Luck!
261979
Dont ever get involved with a coworker. If it doesnot work out you have created an uncomfortable work enviroment.
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I think you should see a doctor.  There are medical conditions (sometimes serious ones) that can cause a person to have horrible body odor.  Don't take the chance of missing something, take him to see a doctor.  I'm sure he is probably very self conscious about it and wants to get to the bottom of the problem just as much as you do.  Kids can be cruel and I would hate for him to be teased for this in school.
715931
Sometimes theres no gentle way to do it.  Tell him he smells and its very unpleasant for everyone around him.  he probably cant smell it any more.
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always be professional, that way they can never complain about you.\n(always be in a position in which you're covered.)\n\nSpeak to your immediate boss about it, see if she can't first talk to the co-workers about it. \n\nAlso check out a book called "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work."
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As soon as you enter the office, say to yourself----"IT's SHOWTIME!"\n    tHen you pretend you are an actor, and that you have to be nice and cool to this co-worker.  Or you can just simply IGNORE HER, close your eyes and ears whenever she's around.  Get an Ipod, and listen to it when she's there.  Keep yourself extremely busy so you won't have space for her.
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Oh man. There's a guy at my office, thank you lord I don't have to go there often, who smells like an old dog. Breath, b.o., the whole thing. Take the curl right out your hair. The bosslady lysols his chair every night, and she bought one of those every 3 minutes air freshener squirt things and it's right beside his desk. She's told him to clean up, she's told him to go home till he gets clean. He still smells bad. And now he's bringing his smelly kid to work every afternoon. Urk.
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Buy a box of candy. Eat the candy and replace it with a wash cloth, a bar of soap and an antiperspirant/deodorant. Leave it in his room, or on his desk, where he will be sure to find it. Just don't let him know you put it there.\n\nTerry
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don't say anything and leave room quickly but with coolness and let them discover the fowl smell for themselves after you’ve left. if it so happens that you "let loose your inner bubble" and you cannot leave the room, laugh along with every one else, try not to point any fingers at a person who is suspected of the noise. If  you let loose a tremendous noise that cannot be discerned from who’s backside it cam forth, say that you must leave the room because you...well make something convincing up and try not to make you voice crack under the strain of controlling your face, stifling a laugh, or collapsing under the weight of embarrassment. hope that helps you in you smelliest moments.
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Bleach or pinesol. You need something that is going to kill the bacteria, that is what is causing the bad odor
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Exerpt from an about.com HR article:\n\n"These are ten productive ways to deal with your difficult coworker. Let's start with the first five.\n\n    * Start out by examining yourself. Are you sure that the other person is really the problem and that you're not overreacting? Have you always experienced difficulty with the same type of person or actions? Does a pattern exist for you in your interaction with coworkers? Do you recognize that you have hot buttons that are easily pushed? (We all do, you know.) Always start with self-examination to determine that the object of your attention really is a difficult person’s actions.\n\n\n    * Explore what you are experiencing with a trusted friend or colleague. Brainstorm ways to address the situation. When you are the object of an attack, or your boss appears to support the dysfunctional actions of a coworker, it is often difficult to objectively assess your options. # Anger, pain, humiliation, fear and concern about making the situation worse are legitimate emotions.\n\nPay attention to the unspoken agreement you create when you solicit another’s assistance. You are committing to act unless you agree actions will only hurt the situation. Otherwise, you risk becoming a whiner or complainer in the eyes of your colleague.\n\n\n# Approach the person with whom you are having the problem for a private discussion. Talk to them about what you are experiencing in “I” messages. (Using “I” messages is a communication approach that focuses on your experience of the situation rather than on attacking or accusing the other person.) You can also explain to your coworker the impact of their actions on you.\n\nBe pleasant and agreeable as you talk with the other person. They may not be aware of the impact of their words or actions on you. They may be learning about their impact on you for the first time. Or, they may have to consider and confront a pattern in their own interaction with people. Worst case? They may know their impact on you and deny it or try to explain it away. Unfortunately, some difficult people just don’t care. During the discussion, attempt to reach agreement about positive and supportive actions going forward.\n\n\n# Follow up after the initial discussion. Has the behavior changed? Gotten better? Or worse? Determine whether a follow-up discussion is needed. Determine whether a follow-up discussion will have any impact. Decide if you want to continue to confront the difficult person by yourself. Become a peacemaker. (Decide how badly you want to make peace with the other person and how much you want your current job. Determine whether you have experienced a pattern of support from your boss.) If you answer, “yes,” to these questions, hold another discussion. If not, escalate and move to the next idea.\n\n\n# You can confront your difficult coworker’s behavior publicly. Deal with the person with gentle humor or slight sarcasm. Or, make an exaggerated physical gesture – no, not that one – such as a salute or place your hand over your heart to indicate a serious wounding.\n\nYou can also tell the difficult person that you’d like them to consider important history in their decision making or similar words expressed positively, depending on the subject. Direct confrontation does work well for some people in some situations. I don’t think it works to ask the person to stop doing what they’re doing, publicly, but you can employ more positive confrontational tactics. Their success for you will depend on your ability to pull them off. Each of us is not spur-of-the-moment funny, but if you are, you can use the humor well with difficult coworkers.\n\n# If you have done what you can do and employed the first five recommended approaches with little or no success, it’s time to involve others. Note that you are escalating the situation. Prepare to talk with your boss. Take notes and address the issues, not as interpersonal problems, but as issues aff
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I was in a simular situation when I was a manager.  I had an employee that was offending customers.  I had no idea how to approach this person with fear that their reaction would be with anger and/or embarrassment.  It wasn't until someone in a higher position gave me this advice.....\n\nThe person who has the body odor doesn't understand the concept of cleanliness as you do.  So, approaching them you will notice that they may be oblivious to the situation.  My experience was that I was educating them on cleaniness.  Once achieved, this should favor both parties.  \n\nAlthough the person I delt with never changed their ways, probably because we weren't friends and that this person was a bad employee.  Your situation is different.  Still, it's worth the effort to educate....\n\nHope this helps you.\n\n:)\nPeace
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Well, if I were your co-worker, this is what you would do:\n\n1.  Eat smelly, crunchy food at your desk.\n2.  Talk with your mouth full.\n3.  Sniff, cough, or clear your throat repeatedly.\n4.  Be obsessive/compulsive.\n5.  Tape everything to your desk because the cleaning people "are always moving things around."\n6.  Before you leave at night, stand at the door staring at your desk for precisely 30 seconds.
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Find some body wash that smells really great (but not overpowering) -- something like Te Tao.  Use it before going in to work.  When you're around your co-worker, make a big deal of sniffing your arm (NOT armpit) and saying "Mmmm, I love this stuff."  Offer her a sniff.  Be enthusiastic and tell her how wonderful the stuff is, the perfect shower companion, and how you can get it at Floopnagel's Drug Store for only $4 a bottle.  That way you aren't telling her she needs it, which would be rude, but rather how much you like it, which gets the message across without endangering her feelings.
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Well whose opinion matters most to him; everyone at work or yours?  Everyone at work might not be as honest as you would.  If he wants to deny it and stink than that's his fault.  \n\nIf all else fails iritate your skin with something and tell him you have a rash and you think its his new cologne.  If he still won't stop wearing it than put some amonia in it.  Maybe when he smells it he'll think "Has this always smelled this bad?"
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They should have given you a form to write down any thing that is wrong with the apartment. If they did not I would just write every thing down and give it to them, make sure that you keep a copy for yourself (have whom ever you give it to sign it and make a copy for you). There are things that they can do to get that smell out.
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I hope it is not your boss doing that. I once had a boss who would come into my closet, I mean office, and close the door, then proceed to rant and rave at me and tear my files apart and throw everything around, leaving a huge mess for me to clean up. I was scared to death of him.  That job lasted three months before I left, but it seemed like three years.\nIf it is a co-worker on the same or a lower level than you, can you go to your supervisor? That is not a good working environment, and could even be harmful to your health, mental and physical.  Until that person either receives the therapy so obviously needed, try to avoid confrontations, and see if you can get transferred to another area, or have your hours changed so you don't work the same shift as the nutcase.  Good luck with all that.  Take care of you and your safety first.