Chriselle 158 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Remember a few years ago I was complaining about the co worker with BO. Well, now I'm yet again tormented with a co worker sitting beside me that reeks.... except this time with the worst bad breath. The dude needs a dentist or something. I'd rather have a smoker blow smoke in my face all day long rather than whiff this guys foul "I got a dead racoon in my mouth" stench. What to do?? What would you do? Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Give him a mint! What happened to the BO person? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 She moved on. Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 If it were a girly girl then you'd be saved by the covering mouth to talk thing going on. There's a girl in my office and she refuses to speak to anyone without covering her mouth. It's ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I was thinking about this today on the train......some people have foul breath. A horrible mix of rotting stuff and coffee......do they not realise?! It's bad when everyone in a 3 person radius can smell your death breath Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 I think it's worse here in Japan. I never really notice it too much when I go back to Canada. I guess people don't realize or worse....don't care. Also, what's up with the "old man" oyaji smell?? That's off the charts as well. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Also, what's up with the "old man" oyaji smell?? That's off the charts as well. With all the bathing you'd think that wouldn't be a problem. Must be the clothes. After all, they often don't put lovely smelling things like Comfort in their cold water washing machines. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Well clothes certainly don't clean properly here with the silly cold water washing machines. I connect a pipe to the hot water tap or soak my clothes in hot water in the bath with the laundry washing liquid to make sure they come out clean. Most Japanese including my wife insist cold water cleans as well as hot though! Maybe thats why many have smelly clothes. As for bad breath, that is just so punishing, thankfully I don't need to work in an office with anyone, but I remember many years ago back in the UK there was a lady in the R&D office that absolutely reeked of sweat, but that was apparently due to her sweat glands being over active and nothing she could do about it! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Just reading about the old man smell...... Starting at 40....Yikes, maybe I have old man smell. For your reading pleasure http://inventorspot.com/articles/japans_aging_population_deals_with_old_man_smell_16746 Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Lots of smelly people here. Mainly I think because they can't be arsed to take enough showers/baths. They no doubt don't know themselves. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 why are the washing machines not hooked up to hot water?? Before coming here I thought everywhere used hot water in their machines Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Same here! First time I came to Japan and saw that the machines were only connected to cold water, I thought how backwards! Japanese people don't seem to like using hot water to wash their clothes. My wife and mother / father in law are all the same they only use cold water in the machines! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I think probably most of us were surprised when first coming here about the cold water washing. I'm surprised that it's still that way (or have hot water washes increased in modern machines?) Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Don't think so, are machine is only three years old but that does not come with a hot water inlet and it was not a cheap one either Just how it is here it would seam. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 The washing machines are only cold but they make up for the lack of hot water washing by beating the shit out of your clothes. T-shirt necks are usually trashed inside six months.... And clothes dryers......we have one that a friend who owns an electronics shop gave us. But most people don't have them. It's nice to have undershirts, underwear and socks nicely dried when the humidity is high ....and the Bounce dryer sheets leave a nice fresh scent on the clothes. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I can cope with the breath more than the general ponginess. One of the other bad things about summer where that is just so much worse. Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 bad breath is often caused by gingivitis, where gums are infected. Even if they brush regularly, if the gums between the teeth aren't cleaned adequately, this causes bad breath - hence the need for floss etc Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Bloke at work comes to work without a brush over in the morning. You can tell too. He seems somehow proud of this. Curious ne. Link to post Share on other sites
systemsguy 0 Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I sympathise. It really is awful having to put up with that. Used to have a guy at work who was pretty bad in that way. Didn't wash his clothes enough either it seems. Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts