When someone smells really bad, Are you the type to say something or keep it to yourself?

[Finchie40]

Me personally says something to them , if someone smells like shit I am going to tell them they smell like shit , If I smelled like shit , I would want to know that I smelled Like shit so I can go clean up, I know it can be embarrassing but I rather tell someone the truth instead of them walking around all day smelling like garbage. Are you the type to keep it to yourself or are you the type to tell them? My one employee today smelled like a sewage dump , another employee said WTF is that smell , the one that smelled look so embarrassed, I pulled him aside and said go clean up , I said you can’t be going to see customers smelling like that , I know it’s embarrassing but it’s more embarrassing walking around all day smelling like garbage , Did I do the right thing?

[MCheetah]

I keep it to myself, because they usually know how bad they reek.

I'd only say something if it was REALLY bad, and they had no idea. To be honest, not to offend anyone, but MANY Koreans smell bad. Both with bad kimchi breath that lingers like death in an elevator long after they've left, or the fact they don't wear deodorant in Korea. Many people don't know this, but Koreans supposedly don't produce body odor due to a gene mutation.

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/world/2016/05/182_205177.html#:~:text=But%20it%20turns%20out%20that,culprit%20behind%20the%20odor%20problem.

However, I can tell you, even if they don't have smelly underarms, they smell in other ways. Again, not to be rude, but I smell it daily on elevators. That terrible bad breath or musky BO smell.

Anyway, I'd say you were right to tell the person how bad they smelled, as long as you did it with tact and didn't embarrass them.

[BullShark]

If there's one thing I always say on GaG, it's that on top of it all, I'm always a clear-cut, no bs kinda guy and I don't beat around the bush. This can also make me come off as mean to others as well, sure, but at least I'd know I'm not lying to anyone about anything.

And yes, when someone smells bad around me, I am the type of guy to tell them about it. There was this one girl I knew when I was still in the first year of my college. She was pretty and used to hang out with our group because she had a crush on one of my friends, but maaaan did she stink of B. O.

It was in fact so bad, that you couldn't sit next to her, look at her in the face and talk, and whenever she'd sit next to me (which was often because she revealed she liked me too), I'd always be forced to sit away from her. Then one day, she caught me scooting away and asked me if I was avoiding her. I pulled her to the side and told her that I wasn't and it's just that she kind of smells bad and I don't really mean to offend her, but that's just how it is and the weather of our city is terrible so I don't blame her. She looked surprised but didn't say anything and thanked me about it. She then went to the restroom and came back smelling like cheap perfume, which somewhat solved her case.

After the semester was over, we stopped talking and I really didn't give it much thought why because I didn't feel the same way for her anyways. I later learned from a roommate of her's that I'm not the first person who's pointed out to her that she stinks and the other girls are wayy more neaner towards her, but she waves them all off. Also the reason she smells this way, as the roommate told me, is because she never showers or shaves and just wears perfume, to mask her body odor. As for her hair, she'd occasionally wash it in the bathroom sink and call it a day. That fact alone disgusted me and I started avoiding her from that day onwards. Gross!

[MCheetah]

I'm curious what a young, college-aged woman who smells like BO, looks like. Was she overweight? A certain ethnicity? Man I am curious!

[BullShark]

@MCheetah she was 19 at the time, I guess, as I had just turned 20 and she'd say that I was a year older than she was. She was also slightly overweight but not by much, lots of makeup, and brown hair which were dyed a blond color - which did NOT suit her, at all. As for ethnicity, she was a country girl and a bit brusque and very open-minded. She was also kind of annoying, now that I think about it lmao.

Oh, and trust me. The first impression may make her seem "cute", but after just one whiff of the air around her, you'll be bending over backwards. Yes, it was THAT bad

[MCheetah]

Hmmm... I'm thinking she looked something like this and had a country/Georgia accent.





Her being southern would make a lot of sense in having BO like that. Farm/country girls aren't as "fresh."

[BullShark]

@MCheetah well pretty much, but not THAT fat

[BlueScorpio]

There's a guy at my job who unfortunately smells like boo boo. I even pulled him to the side one time and told him he needs a bigger shirt cause his stomach was hanging out, he's a big guy and people where talking about him behind his back. He's really nice and I hated heqting people saying awful thing about him behind back. Well that didn't last very long cause he went back to having his stomach hanging out again.

I even asked a few of my male employees if they could speak to him about the body oder problem and they said they did but he doesn't change. So unfortunately I have to keep my distance from him cause he literally smells like poop. I noticed men at my job definitely tend to have oder problem, not all of them, but quite a few.

I also have a few employees who cone from different countries that don't wear deodorant. I know it's culture thing but they really do smell bad sometimes. But nobody says anything.

[Finchie40]

Yea just some people don’t know what hygiene means or they don’t care , Most jobs I been at in my line of work state it in their policy and procedures that you need to have good hygiene coming into work , or the company has the right to send you home. Me personally hates going a day without a shower , I don’t feel refreshed , I won’t even have sex with a girl if I don’t feel clean lol so that’s another reason I shower every day you never know what is going to happen lol

[BlueScorpio]

A clean man, is a sexy man

[Finchie40]

I try, I am sure I have bad days as well depending on what I ate or if I am sweating my ass off so if someone told me I smell like shit the first thing I am going to do is get my ass in the shower , I don’t want to gross anyone out especially myself lol

[sage2021]

Our group at work had a guy that smelled like b. o. everyday, like he never took a shower 🚿 or wore deodorant. So the boss and all of us in the group discussed it. We decided he needed to be told. Our boss took him aside and just told him you have to come to work everyday showered, teeth brushed, deodorant, etc. And then the guy was fine and did what the boss told him. I think he was just lazy.
He was married to a lady from our group and we used to wonder how they did the nasty and how could she stand to be around him everyday.
Then we were at work one day, and she was wearing a flair out type of skirt. She was standing up, then decided to squat down to pick something up off the floor, and when she bent down real fast, her big flair skirt flew up and we all got a whiff of her. She smelled just as bad as he did, only she smelled like a red snapper fish. 🐟 P. U.

[MadClown]

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

[Finchie40]

I am Gagging just reading this lol , Maybe they both stunk so bad that they adapted to each other’s smell? , it is fowl thinking about it , why most companies clearly say in the job description hygiene is a must, And this is the reason for that policy , I use to work with a guy and his wife that took care of cats , they always smelled like cat piss to the point it was so wicked in the office , my boss at the time told them they aren’t allowed to come to work unless they clean themselves, It was that bad. They had no clue they smelled that bad, they were so used to the smell I guess to the point it didn’t faze them. People can be raunchy as shit and don’t realize It I guess some people grew up not having much guidance on how to clean themselves is my guess , so be embarrassed all you want, you smell like shit you smell like shit , clean your damn self lol

[MCheetah]

@sage2021
I'm going to be honest here. Men tend to smell bad more often, but when women smell bad, it's WAY worse!

[MadClown]

@MCheetah I agree.

[Finchie40]

Sorry to say but yes women’s restrooms smell worse then guys restrooms , when I use to work security and I had to patrol rooms , Going into the women’s rest rooms were way worse then the men’s lol I use to put my shirt over my face before I enter lol

[MadClown]

I want to know why they stink!

[Finchie40]

You got me In trouble @Madclown , I answered on the wrong post lol , Dirty vaginas is my guess lol

[MadClown]

😂😂😂 i feel ya

[sage2021]

@MCheetah I have my own theory about women's smelly vagina's. Keep in mind it's usually a 🐟 smell, like a carp maybe. Okay, so here is my theory.
When we have sex with a guy not wearing a condom then we roll over and go to sleep all night, you're bound to smell like a baracuda! Why you ask? Because HIS little swimmers from his sperm are dying inside of her all night. Because usually a woman won't smell down there until she's had sex and his tadpoles died inside of her while she was innocently sleeping like Sleeping Beauty.
The problem is, they have all kinds of feminine hygiene products to buy, but doctors tell women not to use them because they aren't healthy (douche). So, there's the delima! Women have to decide to disobey her doctor about down there, or use douch, which is unhealthy to use. Then again she could just make the guy wear condoms and he can keep his bodily fluids to be contained in the condom and let him m worry how to dispose of his own stuff. Questions?

[sage2021]

@Finchie40 would you please explain what the women's restrooms smell like when they stink? Is it fishy 🐟, b. o., 💩, or something else?

[Finchie40]

@saga2021 I think you hit the nail right on the head with your answer lol yes it’s like a rotten fish smell and I am sure those dead tadpoles are part of the reason as well lol Also girl’s have different vagina smells with my experiences with girls every girl I been with has their own unique smell , some smell beautiful and others smell fishy , And some don’t really smell at all , usually when I am making out with a girl I do a sniff test without her knowing , if she smells good down there I have no problem going down on her , if she smells fishy I just start slowly kissing her body moving upwards back to her tits , it works every time without her knowing lol I don’t want to embarrass the girl and her smell isn’t going to stop me from fucking her lol

[MCheetah]

@Finchie40
Literally every woman I've been one, except ONE, has had smelly vaginas. However, some are "tolerable smelly" (like vinegar or freshly expired yogurt), while others are pungent and horrible (like carp, the back of a garbage truck, stale piss, or worse).

I hear men CLAIM that some vaginas "smell nice," but out of 30 women I've been with (ten of those being partners/dates), I have NEVER encountered a nice smelling one. The woman I loved had a "neutral" smelling vagina at best; no different than smelling a woman's forearm at 8pm at night. But "nice smelling?" Where are you men meeting these robot women at?

I am aware that female doctors say that a woman's diet directly affects her pussy smell, but I've been with vegans and carnivores alike; obese and petite women; 20 year olds and 48 year olds. None of them smelled "nice."

[Finchie40]

LOL @MCheetah where you finding these girls at is my question to you lol I only had a few girls that I couldn’t
Go down on , Girl’s that I met at concerts and bars/ clubs , Honestly I think it comes down to how many guys a girl has had sex with? , I had a few virgins in my lifetime and they had no odor what so ever , so I had no problem going down on them , the girls that had odor were the ones that been around the block a few times or more lol That’s my guess , I love eating a girl out but I am not
Going down on her if she smells bad down there what so ever , Word of advice the ones that smell good down there try to keep them to yourself at all costs they probably didn’t have that many partners whether that is true or not I am sticking to it lol It’s a turn off to me knowing a girl had a bunch of partners hopping from cock to cock is dirty to me , I don’t care if she was in long relationships prior to me but if she is a girl that just spreads her legs the chances of me wanting a relationship with her is very slim, I try to protect myself from STD’s as much as possible , I love vagina but only vagina that stays loyal to my cock

[Cynicaldreamer]

I am that person that will "politely" offer them a breath mint, lotion, body spray, or ask if they need some shampoo or conditioner for their hair-

What? That's polite while still being honest! Better than letting them go around smelling rancid while others talk about him or her.

[Finchie40]

I agree, but some people take offense to that as well , like you are putting them on the spot that they can’t afford to buy those things , As my job as a boss I have to watch what I say to people cuz they can take things the wrong way so I keep the rest rooms stocked with cleaning supplies , I don’t want to send someone home and miss a day of pay because they smell like shit so go clean yourself in the bathroom lol

[Weapon77]

I usually keep it to myself, but I've changed since one horrible experience. One kid I went to school with smelled like actual death and only got worse during out basketball and baseball practices and games. In practice, coach try to make me guard the kid, but I refused. I had to straight up tell them both he reeked in practice once and I was concerned for his health. The nasty fuck also stalked my sister (his own brother's girlfriend by the way) and asked her for nudes and such. He later died in his sleep suddenly. Something was SERIOUSLY wrong with this kid, and I sometimes wonder if more people had discussed and dealt with his stench if he would still be alive. Kinda sad. But also kinda not since he was a perv 🤷‍♂️

[desidoll]

I think there is no way you can tell them without being called rude or insensitive. If they are strangers, I won’t bother to tell them anything. If they are people who are close to me like my partner or family members, I would let them know that they don’t smell good.

[Sour-rose]

If i know the person, i'm gonna say it. They are probably my friend or associate but still, i feel as if they need to know they smell. And if they are one of those people who walk around nasty, well I'm gonna keep my mask on around them now.

If I don't, i'm just gonna dip. I don't wanna be near them or talking that long too them so nope.

[Minxxie]

I'm low-level autistic so I'm pretty blunt. I try not to hurt people's feelings though so I usually just remove myself from the area if I can and have a mini panic about it alone in the bathroom or in my car.

It makes me really upset and angry so I really just have to get away from them, usually apply some of my own perfume to my wrist to cleanse my nose, and calm down.

[Finchie40]

I’m sorry to hear that it effects ya that way but I guess it’s no different from me gagging lol , I have came across some people that pretty much made me throw up on how bad they smelled and yes I do the same thing I get away as soon as possible lol Sometimes their BO is so bad that perfume or sprays can’t even kill it and it’s so bad I can taste it , like it got inside me and is stuck there , Worst thing ever

[Minxxie]

It's really hard for me not to gag too so I get it! I wish there was an actual required class people had to take on hygiene in school.

[Finchie40]

I agree , that is something students would benefit from for the future , I also blame the parents as well , when I was in school there were kids that were neglected by their parents that came to school smelling bad to find out they were being raised by a single parent that worked a lot and pretty much had no time to guide their kid , on hygiene etc , so yes I agree schools should have a Hygiene class , as well as other things as well , there are classes that school should get rid of and replace them with classes preparing students for the future in my opinion , Manners and common sense classes would be beneficial as well lol

[Paul09]

I have this one Friend. Who smokes a lot and doesn't seem to wash up properly or I don't know. I just straight up told him. And suggested he but more shoes. Which he finally did, I think. But still smells shitty because of the cigarettes. I always wondered how he ever hooked up with women.

[Anonymous]

Maybe if they smell really bad, tactfully. But I mean if it's a hot day and someone smells a little off I ain't saying anything.

[Finchie40]

A little off then no I won’t say anything but when the whole room smells like shit then yes I will say something lol

[AngryCarl]

One guy I worked with smelled so bad I asked to change my shift. My boss asked why I wanted to change so I had to grass him up. The boss must have had a quiet word with him because he started washing or something.

[NerdInDenial]

It sounded like you informed him privately, so yes.

[SphynxUK]

It friends who it is. If I know them very well I’ll find a tactful, respectful way to tell him so they don’t feel humiliated or embarrassed.
I wouldn't tell a stranger. It’s not my concern. I don’t know them or care about them.

[Bethany22]

Yes you did the right thing. I would tell people as well. I'm most worried about my breath smell though

[Finchie40]

The breath smell I can handle I just keep my distance from them , but when you are coming to work smelling like a pile of shit and everyone else is making remarks that’s when I will pull that person aside without trying to embarrass them and let them know what the issue is and tell them to freshen up on the bathroom , I keep the bathrooms at work stocked with hygiene products so I don’t have to send anyone home and make them aware that they need to come to work with better hygiene

[sage2021]

@Bethany22 I know what you mean about trying not to offend anyone with unpleasant breath. It's always good to keep a container of Breath Pleasers - so if your not sure, just pop one on your mouth. If it's the other person's breath that is offending you, offer the Breath Pleasers and you have one too. 🌹

[Bethany22]

@sage2021 haha, good idea!

[Manuel2]

Keep quiet until they upset me. Then they get the soap and water treatment

[Anonymous]

Sometimes people can't help thir smell. I personally suffered from an odor... I have a bath five times a day. I switch deodorants, In one month I have spent about a hundred dollars on expensive clinical deodorant. And they still fail me. I have been struggling with this condition since I know myself. So, please sometimes they cannot help it...

[Finchie40]

I am sorry to hear this , Do you have a disease? Something internal that is causing you to smell?

[Opinion Owner]

No... It's called hyperhidrosis

[chocolatesinpockets]

Nowadays I just keep it to myself and I let others be that person who calls it out for attention, where-as I just keep my demeanour strong and ignore the smell. Lol. 😂

[jennifer_bloom]

I consider my honesty to be a gift and a privilege, its not something I give out for free and I would not endanger myself by telling somebody I'm not close to what I think of them.

[Kryptocyn]

I would kindly ask them if they can smell something too and hopefully that would be a subtle hint to them. It's better than them smelling all day and making people slightly uncomfortable.

[BigschlongEnergy]

Why would I Publicly Shame someone when I don’t know what they are going through they could Be struggling and by judging that person it would make me the immoral one.

[Massageman]

I've been a Massage Therapist for nearly 30 years. During that time, I only came across one person who was particularly "stink-oooh". I hope he enjoyed the extra scented sprays I used on him to hold down the swampiness.

[Avicenna]

It depends on context. If it's someone on public transportation, bad idea. A colleague or friend? You'd better say something to them.

[DiegoO]

If I care for that person, I say something. If I don't, I just part off. If I can't part off, I would politely make that person, know. If that person ignored me, I would have to smack him—if we were in a closed space.

[Crankor]

If it's within the work place then yes I feel it's def necessary to say something. It's unprofessional for one, making other employees uncomfortable, and worse potentially losing business along with a bad reputation.

[Tennessee_fan]

Sorry but I'm saying something I won't be rude about it but still

[Sixgunsound]

I work with middle schoolers, this is an occupational hazard!

[Finchie40]

Yea I think schools should get rid of some classes and replace them with classes on hygiene and manners and common sense to prepare students for the future in my opinion , sad to say but a lot of kids are neglected by their parents , especially single parents trying to raise their kids and work the same time so it’s easy to blame parents for the way some kids act but life happens and shit happens so we can’t always blame the parents , Schools would be more beneficial if kids were taught hygiene and manners and common sense on my opinion , but I know a lot of people would be butt hurt from that lol

[Sixgunsound]

Feminists were butt hurt about teaching kids home economics, and now people graduate college without knowing how to balance a checkbook do their laundry cook their own food or look for a job. Was it really a net gain for girls or boys in public education to deny them life skills classes? Any feminists in the crowd feel free to take a swing.

[DJB72]

I'm the kind who can't help vomiting. Even if I'm trying to be polite.

[TroyDT2]

Depends. Random stranger passing on the street? Keep walking. Someone I know really well who is at my house? "Throw your clothes in the washer and hop in the shower."

[Nikki1989]

I always say something. I have a thing about smells.

[curiousaboutthis]

I wouldn't be the one to say that. Unless it was my brother, lol.

[FilmGuy93]

Only if it becomes a regular thing. Bruh, if you got that recurring stank, I have to say something eventually. You know... for your own good

[Anonymous]

I'm the type to get the heck out of there! Lol

[Luopio27]

I keep it to myself. In the end if the day, the human body is a factory of piss, sweat, saliva, mucus, and other shit. Only difference is iur ability and effort to hide what our race really is.

[18Uma21]

When someone smells bad I get an extreme urge to take a shower, spray some expensive perfume all over my body.
Because I wanna avoid smelling like that

[Avatar74]

I would just keep my distance from them.

If they asked my opinion if they smelt bad I would be honest and tell them that their personal hygiene needs attention.

[red_knight]

My actions would do the talking, walking away/covering my nose or stepping back.

But if maybe honest, women smell gives me a fucking raging banner.. 😍😘

[PainusNdeeAnus]

I love people who say something anyone who doesn’t is not a real friend or they’re a really good friend and think it will be hilarious when I try to talk to girls and I have bad breath 😂

[LovingJo]

Depends on the situation, if you knew them and how you tell them. 🙂

[Rockstarrrrr]

They usually get the idea when people make faces... No need to say it out loud..

[LadiesFavoriteToy]

If I was working all day in the hot sun then shut the fuck up you office douch bag. I know you have tunes of heroic cream.

[Heolurt]

I keep it to myself, don't know what kind of life they live, what struggles they have or what kind of day they've had.

[Anonymous]

I'd rather deal with a person who smells of body odor then deal with someone who bathes in perfume or cologne or aftershave and no i don't mean a couple of sprays i mean a whole damn bottle of it

[Flyingmoon]

Usually I'll keep it to myself or give them a little hint. Sometimes I pretend to ask if they smell something. But if they are smokers I just ask them directly.

[Mangospacho]

A stranger? No way but a friend or a coworker I would probably let them know as a courtesy.

[art84]

Yes like they were a friend or a family member.

[Sparkie460]

I would and have told people that they smell. I even told my boss that he smells one time

[Shy_Steve]

I definitely wouldn't say anything, I would probably just move away from them.

[CuriousMufuxka]

It's an instant nose to mouth reaction! If you stank, I will speak at a distance.

[Anonymous]

im the type who would spray my perfume in the air so the bad smell will be gone

[Lucy68]

Depends on the person I keep it to myself

[Agape93]

I'll say something

[Pink2000]

I keep it to myself….

[AsaKyo]

I'll tell them they smell bad

[lottiebannotie]

Depends on the situation

[Selena1987]

I avoid him/her

[In_Trance]

That depends who the person is

[beautyqueen985]

I tell the person or buy them a pefume😁

[Blackcupcake]

I suffer in silence

[Finchie40]

Dirty vaginas is my guess lol

[Blackcupcake]

excuse me?

[Finchie40]

Wasn’t meant for you lol

[Finchie40]

My apologies i thought I was responding to @madclown lol

[hellfirec]

Keep it myself

[artsy_dragon]

Tell them