Wednesday, July 9, 2008

What do you do when...

...the colleague you are talking to face to face has such a bad odor(mouth) that you can smell it even when you are sitting 2 feet apart. And since he is senior to you, you can't even stop the meeting in between to get fresh air !

...when you see a colleague with a roller up her hair sitting at office and you wonder if she is aware that she is wearing it or has she forgotten about it and doesn't realize she still has one roller up her hair. leaving you in a fix whether you should tell her or not!

15 comments:

  1. LOL at the second one !! You have such a piece around :O

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  2. No solution for the first one though in the second case i would have asked her "Wow,is it a new style to have a roller in hair? You look good"

    By the way you are tagged:)check my blog.

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  3. Tricky situation. Eat a mint yourself and offer him/her one. Hopefully the colleague will get the signal :)

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  4. the first one happens so often. i had a member in the team with whom no one was ready to work and upon digging a little i found this to be the reason it was so embarrassing but i had to caution him but luckily his bad breath was due to cigs so telling him to use mouth freshener after he smokes worked but in the general odor god know what can be done

    and the second one is hilarious cant believe someone can do it....

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  5. For the first one maybe gift him/ her a packet of mouth freshn er or better still a bottle of mouthwash........lol.
    & the second one......lol. On second thought, maybe she is a mother with triplets!.

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  6. ah! would agree with DDmoms sneaky suggestion of having and offering mint!

    second one, i would have just asked! :)

    cheers!

    abha

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  7. it is for this reason that i have anonymous email ids. i just email the concerned person about the issue and also tell him/her to relax after reading the email because i am only trying to save him/her some embarassment through the email while also protecting me from unecessary trouble by remaining anonymous. works everytime...

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  8. umm..while you are at it could you also please find out how to handle smelly socks..its the monsoon in mumbai plus the local train.Let me tell you a deadly combination

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  9. I would ask casually the second person about the roller. As for the 1st person, just move another 2feet away if possible.

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  10. what did u do? I want to throw a hissy fit!!

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  11. leave a mint on the table of stinky colleague & senior.
    as for roller gurl.. d'u like her? if u don't, u SHUD ask/tell! :D

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  13. Follow the nike ad:
    JUST DO IT...

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  14. lol.. been there on that one. DD Moms suggestion is good. Will try it the next time.

    Part 2... never seen such specimens! Gosh, do they exist?

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  15. Easier said than done guys!!

    And I have to bear that bad-breath guy every single day for at least one hour :(

    I will try carrying some mint in my pocket during my next meeting with him..I just hope he doesn't get offended..

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