Something smells

[Bubble Boy]

Let's say you shared a class with someone and she smelled like urine, what's the best way to let her know without embarrassing her? I was in the class room the other day and this girl comes up close to me to examine something on the table and as she passes me, the most horrible stench enters my nostrils. Definitely sure I'm not the only one who smelled it, smelled her... because the air was absolutely pungent.

I really want to tell this girl, but it's very awkward. Suggestions? Ideas? Perhaps I should leave a note on her car windshield?

[Clint]

Being passive when it comes to things that are irritating is for pussies. If somebody smells like piss, then you walk up to them and tell them how much they smell like piss.

Tell her to stop using her urine as perfume. Tell her that even though urine is sterile, it still smells like piss, so it isn't the best fragrance to wear.

[GypsyElder]

lol I've experienced this smell. Actually, I experience it every other day, thank you city bus.

A similar situation happened with a boy in my reading class when I was in the 7th grade, but there was really no need to say anything because he most likely got the hint from the reactions of the other class mates. I felt pretty bad because I glanced over later and I could see that he was trying to sneak-rub a piece of deodorant on himself from under the table (on his upper body, he was hunched over.)

There's really no nice way to go about it because one, she probably already knows and two, even if you're extremely polite about it, no one likes to hear that they smell.

Also, there's no telling what could be going on in her personal life. She could be living in a hut with no water for all anyone knows.

Imo, she already knows she smells, I'm sure you're not the first one to want to say something or to hint at it. No one likes to smell like shit, so if it's not the first time she's smelled chances are there's a reason why nothings been done.

That or she really doesn't give a f*ck lol.

[motscroises]

I used to go to school with a guy who stank. We told him every day. He would laugh. When we would say, 'No srsly, it's bad. I may vomit,' he still laughed. It wasn't an ordinary kind of stink. It was the kind of stink that made you wonder if maybe the stink seeps into whatever he touches like some kind of toxic goo. But when we would say, 'Seriously, you aren't coming over to work on this project unless you shower', he would shower. I don't think he used soap or deodorant, though. Because even though his hair was still wet from the shower, he still smelled awful.

Moral of the story: Some people love smelling bad. Caveman instinct maybe?

[che]

Maybe she has some kind of infection or disease? Keel her.

Speaking of smells I just came from the gas station and the guy was like "what kind of cologne are you wearing?" and I said "Lucky", and he said "where did them bitches that were just outside go", and I said "they're in my car, I already took care of that". And he goes "and don't you tell them I said they were bitches. But seriously. That shit smells good." and his partner goes "I can't work with you anymore Larry", and Larry goes "hey man, I smell some shit sometimes on people that walk in here, and I gotta acknowledge when someone smells good."

So I smell good as F followed by 3 asterisks. Just putting that out there. If you like it, you can take it. If not, you can send it right back. I wanna be on you.

[loaf]

Just do something like this...


smelly dude walks by, you say "hey, would you DIAL...my phone?"

Get it? DIAL the soap?

[Unknown Entity]

I went to an all girls school. Puberty isn't the loveliest smell in the world. There were a couple of girls who obviously didn't know how to stay clean and fresh downstairs every second blue moon, and you could always smell it when they walked past you. A lot of the girls at my school would shout out something like "OMG, wtf is that SMELL?!" or "I smell period/dirty vag/bio!" knowing full well who it was, looking in that general direction of where the offence was coming from, and they'd hope they'd get the message. A lot of the time they did. It was kind of funny that the loud mouth girls were always the ones who stank, and constantly sprayed perfume on themselves throughout the day to mask it.

Perfume doesn't mask anything - it just adds a choking, sneezing, eye watering ability from the developing stench underneath.

I told my friend once in private that they were smelling a little iffy, and I did even offer her some products that would help (I was always prepared). She took immediate offence, and we stopped talking for a few days. So... I never bothered telling anyone. =/

My brother almost always smells. He doesn't shower as often as anyone, rarely washes his clothes, and his socks look encrusted with foot cheese and odour. Sometimes it's painful to sit in the same room as him. If you tell him he smells, he gets angry and shouts. So again, I don't bother. If he wants to make a fool of himself at college, he can do just that.

[Rocky]

tell her to close her legs. Problem solved!

[Yoko]

I always find that there's at least one smelly person in every class wherever you go. Some people love the smell. Others don't even know it's there. It's a really touchy topic with some people.

Chances are, they probably know they smell, and since they're out, they probably can't do anything about it until they are home. I know I've had a few run-ins with smell. I hate it. Although I have never been told to my face that there's something wrong. People can be bitches sometimes.

That being said, I don't have a problem with telling someone else that they smell. I've dealt with kids at camps that wouldn't shower. Girls can be a bit better then boys, there's there's always a few. Had to give them my shampoo to help them out. Most of the time, they appreciate it. Others just don't care. If I have to tell someone off because they snap at me, I'll do that too. I don't have much to lose in those situations. Tell them how it is.

Just reiterating what's already been said, you have no idea what could be going through that person's personal life. If you see that person as a friend, you might want to talk to them. If you're a complete stranger, they may take offense to it/ or what may happen if you're a stranger, they may take it seriously and try to do something about it. You really never know in those situations.

[Tallulah]

There is a lad at work, and to put it bluntly, he smells. The managers and supervisors have had a quiet word with him in the past, but they all tend to tiptoe around the issue. He's a nice guy really, a bit of a joker, but still... he stinks! One of the other guys at work, a manager, no less, said of this smelly person: "I know when he's lying. If I phone him up and ask him to come in, if he says 'I'll just take a shower and I'll be right there', he's lying."

Awkward thing is, he's a good friend of mine. Yeah, we rip the p!ss out of each other, and he doesn't care (or appears not to care) what others think of him, which is maybe why he still stinks, thinking on...

He's going through a tough time right now; his dad isn't well, and one day he came in crying when he was about to start his shift and I was just leaving. I tried to give him a hug to reassure him, but I couldn't for long. Argh!

[Unknown Entity]

tell her to close her legs. Problem solved!

Okay, I will do! Although, that might be a bigger offence... I don't want to upset her or anything... so, here goes...

...Close your legs, Rocky.
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[Bubble Boy]

wow I didn't expect responses.

Some of these seriously made me laugh out loud, thanks.

It's really rather awkward because it's one of those things where you JUST KNOW that everybody can smell it but NOBODY will say a word out of fear of embarrassing this poor girl. And it doesn't help that she's one of those "eccentric" types, if you know what I mean. You know the oddball type that doesn't know what's going on in the topical world, but knows all about sex toys? Yes, that's her.

But now I'm thinking maybe she DOES know she possesses a foul stench because I saw her again and she seems to purposely lean into other people's faces all the time. Major personal space invader, but I will take some of these suggestions and try to use them. Once again, thanks for your help and sharing some of your own 'bad smell' stories.

[GypsyElder]

But now I'm thinking maybe she DOES know she possesses a foul stench because I saw her again and she seems to purposely lean into other people's faces all the time.

Wait. If she's purposely leaning over to share her stank, I would tell her to F*ck off and that smelling like Andrew W K's left armpit isn't cute, because she's not Andrew W K.

[Kyreaan]

If it's a personal offense and gives you onion eyes , I'm just going to give a couple of little tips. One option is to simply keep your distance and use some type of spray on yourself, so that it hits the air around yourself and nearby others. If it's not cute to Gypsy as she put it, there's also another alternative. Have someone like Gypsy over there donkey punch the girl with a couple of bars of soap tightly wrapped in the bottom of a pillow case. Problem solved. No Gypsy Elder magic.