A new start at my work
has just sprayed himself with deodorant in my office and now I can't breathe without tasting his horrible scent. I made my feelings known quite vociferously only to be met by blank stares and raised eyebrows. Am I alone in finding this offensive ?
(happyjoy last changed sig on, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 10:55, 11 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Get up and scream
that if he had more showers he wouldn't have to mask his vile, repugnant stench with half a can of lynx.

Or just get some impulse and spray him with it so he smells nice and girly
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 11:20, Reply)

lynx is vile
and its not even an anti-perspirant, so you smell like everyone else and also have an underlying smell of stale sweat, ftw.
(Halfy By light alone, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 11:32, Reply)

I am currently trying to convince him that a hardshag is a cleaning tool
then I'll send him next door to the rough printer boys to ask for one . Fingers crossed .
(happyjoy last changed sig on, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 11:34, Reply)

I think
you should go to his office and let out a good healthy fart. It's only fair...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 1 Oct 2008, 13:02, Reply)

Wierd thing
For a newby to do. He'll be using your cup without permission next!! FFS.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 13:03, Reply)

I've not used deodorant of any sort for about 20 years.
I am currently single overwhelmed by the attention of females drawn to my pheromones.



But - seriously - people are much too paranoid about their bodies. Staying tolerably clean is all you really ought to need. (For the record, I shower when I get up, and again when I get back from the gym in the evening.)
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 13:13, Reply)

Like Enzyme
I typically shower in the morning, and again if I do something to work up a sweat. I use deodorant, but it's unscented- and generally speaking I just don't really smell of much of anything. I really don't understand those who douse themselves in Axe body spray and the like. They just kinda trail a strong reek wherever they go. Unless you're in the habit of eating a lot of garlic or other really smelly things, I don't see the need...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 1 Oct 2008, 13:42, Reply)

Whack him over the head
with the can, then he'll know better than to do it again....
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 1 Oct 2008, 13:43, Reply)

He has just done it again
in the toilets this time. I may have to have a word , funny though , I didn't think to ask about personal hygiene or ocd at the interview . Hopefully he's just nervous about being new .
(happyjoy last changed sig on, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 15:02, Reply)

Steal the deoderant
And then conspicuously replace it with a "non-scented" one.

That's what we did to a former colleague, who insisted on spraying himself with a choking cloud of Lynx every hour or so. Yeah, he was sweaty, but Lynx is sooo much worse than BO...
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 15:33, Reply)

Maybe
he's gone and 'done a pooflake', as seems to be the common expression.

Lynx smells bad, no question, but a trouser full of dried turds? I think you're better off with the deodorant.
( Moey, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 15:42, Reply)