I had forgotten...
...until horribly reminded by a post on this thread.

At a former employer, I had a colleague we'll call L. L, for want of a better word, stank. He owned one shirt, which he religiously washed every weekend whether it need it or not and then wore it all week come rain or shine. As far as I know, he never bathed his person, nor did he brush his teeth. It was often possible to tell if he was in the building when you walked in, even if he wasn't in the same room.
His lunchtime involved a crisp butty every day - he'd wander round the town centre bakeries asking if they had anything from yesterday they were giving away free. When HR recieved complaints about his stench they talked to him about the complaints and he refused to beleive he had a problem, instead he complained in return that he was being persecuted.
I once asked why he had a job - apparently he did the work for half what anyone else would have cost. I'm not surprised.

You think I'm making him up. I'm not. It gets worse.

One day, my Aussie colleague Dave wandered into the toilets to find L standing at the sink naked from the waist down, washing his underpants in the sink.
I'll repeat that: He was washing his underpants in the sink.
"Strewth!", cried Dave. "What the **** are you doing?!"
L pointed at his underpants. "There's a stain", he replied, as if that explained everything.

When L was finally given the hoof, he sued and got a fat payoff for constructive dismissal. It still beggars belief.
(davywavy, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 12:25, Reply)