Work Colleagues Deodorant/Cologne/Perfume

jonnygee2 · 30 June 2019 at 7:51PM

I was asking should I bring it up with my boss - because I can’t breathe through my nose, it irritates me, gives me a headache and makes me non productive at work.

Offices are never perfect environments. There's always a smell, a noise, a flickering light, wrong temperature etc etc.

Office workers need to learn to cope with this kind of stuff.

I think if you say to your boss that a smell makes you unproductive she might well question whether you are suitable to work in the office at all. I would.

Les79 · 30 June 2019 at 8:45PM

Littleonesunshine wrote: »

Hi Les. The guy in question wears tight fitting clothing, he doesn’t have visible sweat patches and also likes the heat.

I’m not sure why you are so determined to spin the medical problem issue, when it’s not. Medical treatment for sweating doesn’t include strong smelling sprays, it includes Botox, medicated roll on deodorant etc.

I wasn't determined to spin it! You fed the explanation to me in dribs and drabs, instead of in your first post

I just like to think about both sides of the coin to be honest....

Anyways, just speak to your boss. If you have health concerns then put them out there! Also, have a look at your handbook and see what it says about this; you might be able to point out some rule that your manager is neglecting.

Grey's_Anatomyfan643 · 30 June 2019 at 10:59PM

@ OP - Get over it and move on, would you rather him smelling of BO? Can't win with people these days, people like to moan at the smallest things. Least he is taking pride in his appearance!!

Littleonesunshine · 30 June 2019 at 11:48PM

Wow so much negativity.

People don’t need to have a ‘shower in a can’ and BO is avoidable: no one else on the team smells.

Littleonesunshine · 30 June 2019 at 11:50PM

Hi swingaloo such poor form to eat smelly fish at your desk. And instead of praising me for working around that issue, you decide to say I’m the issue? Vic’s can’t be smelt.

Dox · 1 July 2019 at 12:32AM

Littleonesunshine wrote: »

Vic’s can’t be smelt.

You really do have olfactory problems - Vics reeks to high heaven! Maybe your colleagues find that far more offensive to their noses than this poor chap and his attempts to maintain personal freshness.

Missmarie · 1 July 2019 at 12:57AM

The OP is like Norris Coll. The busybody off Coronation Street.

swingaloo · 1 July 2019 at 7:09PM

Vicks cant be smelt :rotfl:

Sea_Shell · 1 July 2019 at 7:12PM

A workplace that stinks of both tuna AND Vicks.... I'd get my swimming nose clip out!!;)

System · 2 July 2019 at 10:27AM

Working with children, it can get pretty pungent at times. You soon get used to it though. In fact my tolerance for bad smells is quite high now, in fact my wife often mentions it (for example in a queue etc.) before I notice. I think it's something you do get used to so my advice is to persevere.