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My co-worker has really bad breath.... how do I break it to him?

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Originally posted by: ConwayJim
I think i would just offer him some gum / mints
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i agree with this as the first step / subtle approach... it's the nicest way possible... and he should realize if you do it often enough. If after a while he still doesn't get it, then you can just tell him straight out. Someone has to... for his own good.
 
Originally posted by: PoPPeR
tell him he's an ugly motherfukcer with bad breath and it just makes you want to kill him
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bahahahahahha

just look at him sincerely, and ask him, "so how was that bowl of sh!t you had for breakfast?"
 
I'd rather just be told.

I have been told once or twice in my life. "Dude, your breath stinks, go brush your teeth or something."

Assuming it's a guy, he'd rather just be told outright.
 
Originally posted by: Various People in this thread
offer him a mint or something.
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So, on the paranoid side, if someone offers YOU (anyone) a mint, do you automatically assume you have bad breath or they are just being nice. And do you ever decline the mint?

 
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
just tell him. straight up.
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yip. my former classmate had horrible breath, i could smell it standing 4 feet from her and that is the truth. since she was going to be a massage therapist soon i pulled her to the side one day during a class break and told her straight up.

it went something like this

Jill: i have been meaning to talk to you about this for a while, i want you to know that i do not want to offend you but i think you should know your breath is really bad.

she was very receptive and glad that i told her. she later told me that if i smell it to tell her immediatly so she can take care of it.

personally i think she should see a dentist for chronic bad breath.
 
as has been said, polite honesty is probably the best approach. however, before letting him know that his breath bothers you, offer him a mint, gum, breathstrip or etc. if that works, you should be good to go (for today at least).
 
Originally posted by: KillyKillall
(note: parenthetical comment is just an attempt to get some lively discussion in this thread) 😉
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We don't argue fact around here pal.
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My wife is in the other room asking "what's so funny"
"oh nothing"
(as if I dare to let her read my parenthetical comment)

 
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