How do you politely tell a female coworker that whatever she has on

[silverpig]

Walk around with your wang hanging out.

Her: "Uh, your penis is showing."
You: "Oh yeah? Well you're wearing waaay too much perfume."

That way she gets the hint, but the shock of being told she stinks will be offset by the shock of your wang hanging out.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
go to HR and have them say something. there is no nice way to saysomething like that

Yeah, but that's waaaay too passive-aggressive.

Or you could pull one of these:
You: My God, what is that smell? Oh.
Her: That's the smell of desire my man.
You: God no, it smells like, like a used diaper... filled with... Indian food. Oh, excuse me.
Her: You know, desire smells like that to some people
Other employee: What is that? Smells like a turd covered in burnt hair.
Yet another employee: Smells like Bigfoot's dick.

 

[mitaiwan82]

:camera:s?

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: Vonkhan
is she persian 😀

😕

see 300

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: jagec
You: My God, what is that smell? Oh.
Her: That's the smell of desire my man.
You: God no, it smells like, like a used diaper... filled with... Indian food. Oh, excuse me.
Her: You know, desire smells like that to some people
Other employee: What is that? Smells like a turd covered in burnt hair.
Yet another employee: Smells like Bigfoot's dick.

:laugh::thumbsup:

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
go to HR and have them say something. there is no nice way to saysomething like that

LOL in my company this would be laughed at.

Just man up and deal with it.

 

[Zolty]

super soaker

 

[JulesMaximus]

Ask her if she bathed in her perfume this morning.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
go to HR and have them say something. there is no nice way to say something like that

Exactly the correct answer. For todays workplace.

 

[SZLiao214]

When you walk past her start coughing 🙂

 

[Quasmo]

Just ask her if she got a new perfume, but when you ask, make sure you are 30 feet away from her.

 

[torpid]

Would this be before or after you have told her that you don't approve of the way she dresses?

 

[FoBoT]

wear a gas mask

 

[tfcmasta97]

is she any good lookin?

 

[nutxo]

Wait till she stops wearing the perfume and ya catch a whiff of whatever stench shes trying to cover up.....

 

[Tiamat]

Id find another female coworker to tell her that her perfume is too strong.

 

[orakle]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Id find another female coworker to tell her that her perfume is too strong.

This is probably the best option other than the "safe" way of making HR deal with it. No sexual harassment suit should ensue. 🙂

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
go to HR and have them say something. there is no nice way to saysomething like that

LOL in my company this would be laughed at.

Just man up and deal with it.

I couldn't agree more, if I was wearing too much cologne I wouldn't want some kind of official inquiry opened with HR. Makes the person going to HR look like they can't handle a simple issue and it possibly could affect the other persons bonus/promotion/etc. Sit down and have a private, honest conversation and politely/respectfully let them know how you feel. HR should only have to get involved if it's an extreme situation (sexual harassment, etc) or attempts to resolve it yourself have failed.

 

[TecHNooB]

"Something smells like ASS, who's wearing that?"

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Id find another female coworker to tell her that her perfume is too strong.

That would be a good way to handle it.

If you're on good terms with the coworker, you could also say, "Your perfume is very nice, but it's really too strong for day use."

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
go to HR and have them say something. there is no nice way to saysomething like that

LOL in my company this would be laughed at.

Just man up and deal with it.

I couldn't agree more, if I was wearing too much cologne I wouldn't want some kind of official inquiry opened with HR. Makes the person going to HR look like they can't handle a simple issue and it possibly could affect the other persons bonus/promotion/etc. Sit down and have a private, honest conversation and politely/respectfully let them know how you feel. HR should only have to get involved if it's an extreme situation (sexual harassment, etc) or attempts to resolve it yourself have failed.

Some companies require you to try to work things out on your own in an adult and respectful manner when it's at all possible before escalating it to management or HR. That doesn't apply when someone's being abusive, but when there are pettier problems like the OP's.

 

[ShadoWing]

BITCH STANK!

 

[crt1530]

I freaking hate it when women come into the gym with perfume on. It's at least as bad (probably worse) as the guys who have disgusting BO issues.

 

[Bryophyte]

One place I used to work, there was a receptionist that wore really obnoxiously strong perfume. One coworker complained to admin, pulling the ADA, claiming she was allergic to perfume, and the admin decided that to comply with the ADA, he had to send out a memo to everyone on campus saying that all perfume was banned from the premises, including scented soap, lotion, and shampoo. :roll: He didn't bother to see if the person's "allergies" really fell under the act, whether she was indeed allergic to it in a dangerous manner that couldn't be solved with medication (or if she was really allergic at all), or have the balls to take the offender aside and tell her that her strong perfume was unprofessional and she needed to stop bathing in it. He just punished dozens of employees instead because he was too chicken to deal with the situation. He just expected all of us to buy new toiletries. :roll:

 

[SSSnail]

Walk by her and sneeze uncontrollably, then sniffs sniffs, then a long mysterious Hmmmmmmmm... repeat until point is taken.

 

[torpid]

The OP who, based on various ATOT postings, is a misogynist, and therefore unlikely to be capable of pulling off the "tell another female coworker" approach without cataclysmic results. Therefore the correct answer is, tell a MALE coworker who isn't a misogynist to tell a female coworker to tell her.