how do u tell someone that they have an unpleasent body ordor?

Answer 1

tell it to them nicely when you two are alone

Answer 2

After carefully thinking it over and you truly want to help this person. Here is what you do:

You walk up to them and say: Pssssssssst... excuse me, can I talk to you in private?

- ok, assuming they agree and no one else can hear you...

You kindly say: I am terribly sorry to have to tell you this but I really feel someone needs to say something...

- pause raise your eyebrows in a non-threatening manor take a deep breath

Then say: Your deodorant is just not working you. Perhaps you need to change brands or something. There are so many different products available that smell soooooooo good...

- Quickly (while they are still in shock) you finish by saying:

This conversation is just between me and you. I just thought you should know. Thanks for your time and good luck!

- Then just walk away. No need for any more embarrassment.

This situation happened between me and a co-worker. Everyone talked badly about him due to his smell. You could smell this guy before you could see him coming. YES, INDEED IT WAS BAD!

The next time I seen him he smelled really good. I made sure to tell him how nice he smelled. He grumpily replyed, "I aught to smell nice this bottle of stuff cost me a whole two dollars!" I just smiled big and said, "but you do smell nice".

Answer 3

Very tactfully. I used this as a role playing situation with my camp staff quite a bit (to teach them to communicate better). Imagine that you were the one with B.O. - how would you want someone to tell you? Make sure you're somewhere relatively private. Tell that person you care about them and would do anything to help them (if that's the case) - or that you're just trying to be helpful and don't want to offend them. Let them know that you noticed the body odor and wanted to share that with them before others noticed too. Of course, if it's someone you don't like, you could just say "you stink, go away." Just kidding, of course. Always abide by the Golden Rule (treat others the way you want to be treated).

Answer 4

If I am in public with someone and they smell bad, I say something stinks and then I procede to do the armpit check (sniffing to see if deodorant is still working) usually the smelly person I am with gets the hint, does the check, and then cleans up a bit if they can. I always carry deodorant in my purse just in case I should ever become the stinky person.

Answer 5

Take them aside and gently tell them. My mother had a friend who's daughter-in law noticed a bad odor on her. She finally got the courage to tell her, explaining to her mother-in-law that she knew she was a clean person, but there was an odor coming from her. My mom's friend thanked her daughter-in-law and went to see her doctor. They found ovarian cancer. The odor was from the cancer and the reason she didn't smell herself was because she had become accustomed to it and just wasn't aware of it. They caught the cancer in time and she is doing well. Thank God her daughter-in-law had the courage to gently approach her.

Answer 6

I don't know that there is a nice way to tell that to someone. What I've always wondered is ..... CAN THEY NOT SMELL IT THEMSELVES?????

Answer 7

Hand her a can of Right-Guard and say, "Go to town beotch, 'Cause you are Stink'n".

Answer 8

How would you want to be told? Just use some tact.

Answer 9

say "go to walmart and turn on the deoderent isle... You'll know what to do from there."

Answer 10

"Damn man... you smell."