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Bad Breath!

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Stuxnet

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I'll admit that I'm particularly sensitive to bad breath. You can blindfold me and put random people I know in front of me, and I could identify them with no problem. I'll even tell you what their last meal was.

It's one of those superpowers you wish you didn't have.

Anyway, one of my coworker's breath is consistently the worst breath I have to contend with on any given day. It literally smells like he snacks on fresh steamy sh*t all day long. I'm not even talking about normal people sh*t. I'm talking about German Shepard sh*t that was produced on a 90-degree day with 100% humidity.

And of course, people with bad breath also tend to feel that it's necessary to stand within inches of your face when talking to you. The worse your breath is, the closer you must stand. I guess it's a rule.

So he was just over at my desk talking to me, and I choking on it. I kept inching back, but he kept inching forward

Finally I just said "Stop... you stay there. I'm going to sit right here, and we're going to talk like this."

He gave me a rather strange look, but I survived the last few minutes of our conversation while I repopulated the oxygen supply in my body.

Do these people honestly not know that they're breath is awful? Do they just not care? I don't care what the reason is, whether it be poor dental hygeine or a bacterial imbalance in their mouths. Not my problem. If you need to bleach your face before you approach me, then fine. Do it.
 
I need to finish my pack of altoids so I can use the tin.

Anyway, I know I have bad breath when I eat certain things (chocolate, some mints (surprisingly enough), coffee, etc.) so I tend to stay away from people. Actually I never get close to another person's face, for several reasons, this being one.
 
Originally posted by: purbeast0
most people I know who consistently have bad breath are smokers.
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This guy actually doesn't smoke. He seems to eat pretty healthy and is in decent shape. However, he has those "gray, transparent" teeth that you see on some people. I don't know what it's all about, but his breath is without a doubt the second worst breath I've encountered in my life. The worst breath was a friend of mine in high school. His breath smelled like the trashcan in your garage after milk was spilled in it and it sat for a week before being noticed.
 
i hate to say this but my great-aunt has horrible breath... i am not sure why, maybe its from her dentures... maybe something else... she is very hygenic, so it comes as a surprise that she has such horrible breath. I dont think she realizes sh has an issue... no one ever told her
 
Hmm, I have no problem with a smoker's breath.


Bad breath can be brutal, yes ? but far more easily avoided than say someone with terrible body ODOR. You know, the heavy-set fellas that never hit the gym, but somehow still manage to have putrid emanations coming off their body at all times. Elevators, closed stair-wells, conference rooms = the WORST. You try to avoid it, you know they're doing their best to conceal that trademark nauseating scent ? but to no avail. It's an audible retching noise that can be heard when the woman 8 ft away gags when the first whiff hits her.


As for bad breath, help him out ? give him a mint, let him know, whatever. People are a lot more receptive than you think, when it comes to situations like this. Obviously, don't be an ass about it; yelling "HELL NAH, YOUR MOUTH SMELLS LIKE ASS" while holding the intercom button down and the door to the rest of the office is wide open is a sure-fire way to make a pretty solid enemy.

 
Originally posted by: guoziming
I know I have bad breath when I eat certain things (chocolate, some mints (surprisingly enough), coffee, etc.) so I tend to stay away from people. Actually I never get close to another person's face, for several reasons, this being one.
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This one guy at work has horrible breath. Worse still, he is a compulsive whistler. He leaves a trail of putridity as he strolls down the hall whistling some uncoherent tune.
 
There was a woman at my last job with just horrible horrible breath. I don't think she was a smoker but she could knock me down with her breath from across a conference table.

Slightly OT - I had a roommate in college that had the most putrid smelling feet on the face of the planet. He literally had to dump baby powder and all sorts of other crap in his shoes. I walked into the apartment one day and he was sitting on the couch with his shoes and socks off. I said, "Christ, who left food out rotting all day?" He got pissed and walked out of the room. The rotting food smell followed him.
 
Originally posted by: ATLien247
This one guy at work has horrible breath. Worse still, he is a compulsive whistler. He leaves a trail of putridity as he strolls down the hall whistling some uncoherent tune.
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lol
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
Slightly OT - I had a roommate in college that had the most putrid smelling feet on the face of the planet. He literally had to dump baby powder and all sorts of other crap in his shoes. I walked into the apartment one day and he was sitting on the couch with his shoes and socks off. I said, "Christ, who left food out rotting all day?" He got pissed and walked out of the room. The rotting food smell followed him.
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LOL, jerk.
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
I'll admit that I'm particularly sensitive to bad breath. You can blindfold me and put random people I know in front of me, and I could identify them with no problem. I'll even tell you what their last meal was.

It's one of those superpowers you wish you didn't have.

Anyway, one of my coworker's breath is consistently the worst breath I have to contend with on any given day. It literally smells like he snacks on fresh steamy sh*t all day long. I'm not even talking about normal people sh*t. I'm talking about German Shepard sh*t that was produced on a 90-degree day with 100% humidity.

And of course, people with bad breath also tend to feel that it's necessary to stand within inches of your face when talking to you. The worse your breath is, the closer you must stand. I guess it's a rule.

So he was just over at my desk talking to me, and I choking on it. I kept inching back, but he kept inching forward

Finally I just said "Stop... you stay there. I'm going to sit right here, and we're going to talk like this."

He gave me a rather strange look, but I survived the last few minutes of our conversation while I repopulated the oxygen supply in my body.

Do these people honestly not know that they're breath is awful? Do they just not care? I don't care what the reason is, whether it be poor dental hygeine or a bacterial imbalance in their mouths. Not my problem. If you need to bleach your face before you approach me, then fine. Do it.
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someone needs to have the balls and step forward and say "your breath reaks. do you have stomach problems, periodontal disease by chance, do you brush your tongue?"
you can tell them you are only mentioning it for their own good.

 
A heads-up for you coffee addicts.... Coffee breath is just as nasty as smokers breath or morning breath, so chew some gum or have mint 'cause you stink.
 
I don't know why, but this thread reminded me of something that happened years ago: (Actually concerning the "other end" of the Gastro-intestinal tract).

I was working with a guy, I came in that morning in obvious gastric distress. F*rting nearly non-stop. Talk about STINK!!!

The guy gets a whiff of one and asks me:"What the H*ll did you have for breakfast, Catsh*t?"

Still cracks me up to this day! Matter of fact, I had to stop typing just now because I was laughing so hard!
 
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