To have thought this was rude?

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At work earlier, myself and another colleague were talking to the daughter of a lady who uses the services.

Colleague leaned over to do something (part of her job,) and the daughter said, 'ugh, you have been eating garlic haven't you, I can smell it.'

Colleague just said she'd had chilli chicken for lunch but afterwards we both said how rude it was!

Don't see the big deal.

I think it's rude. Yanbu

Wait...this exact same OP was posted a couple of weeks ago! I clearly remember it! Odd...

here!

Really similar given the garlic and carer scenario! I suppose it's a thing which could happen often.

I don't think it is rude really....as a carer, I'd not eat food like garlic for lunch. Why should clients suffer my breath?

Erm ok except I'm not a carer

Deja vu?

Yabu to say "myself"

I think inflicting garlic breath on others is rude.

You called?

A bit rude but I couldn't get worked up about it.

YY to what worra and hacked said

It's rude to eat garlic when you are up close an personal with people in your job role!

No need to be all I never said you were a carer but both OPs involve a carer and garlic breath. Chill.

Seriously, why would I post something that I'd already posted?

Are people supposed to never eat garlic, then? Or just when they're going to be spending 48 hours in solitude afterwards?

Well it wasn't a polite thing to say, but neither is breathing garlicky breath on someone!!!!

FFS Daffodils I never said you DID post it already!

I said it was SIMILAR.

I don't think people who spend their time performing intimate tasks for others should eat garlic for lunch no.

Timely, I don't get it, don't get the issue.

You've said 'both scenarios involve a carer and garlic breath' but I'm not a carer :) so I was a bit as it sounded as if you were saying I was the OP of the other thread, or I had read the other thread and decided to post again.

I don't really understand what, but clearly something I have done is wrong.

I think it's more embarrassing than rude!

Yes it's horrible smelling garlic breath if you are dealing with the public

May not have been polite to point it out but perhaps she'll think next time

It is a bit Mingy to get a whiff of someone's garlic breath....I work closely customer facing and avoid certain foods when working next day.

Some people are just direct I guess

I agree with you OP- she was very rude. Lots of foods can make your breath smell of onions, garlic or whatever, it's just one of those things we should tolerate.

I know a girl in DDs class once told the teacher she smelt nasty and was put in isolation for a day.

I thought the girl was rude, and I thought this woman was rude. I suppose, unpleasant as some smells are, it's just obnoxious to purposefully draw attention to them.

How old was the daughter? Kids are more likely to say whatever comes to mind, where as adults have supposedly learnt to suppress thoughts that could cause offence to others.

Oh, she's an adult - about 27/28 I think!

Oh sorry, misread the OP.

If you are going to be in close enough quarters to your clientele (whether you are a carer or not - that better OP?) that they can smell your lunch on your breath, it is not appropriate to eat food that you know is going to remain on your breath.

If you must eat something that will rain on your breath, breath mints and/or brushing your teeth afterwards is a good idea, too.

If you choose to disregard all of this and someone mentions that they find your breath offensive, then so be it - breathing fumes like that on a client isn't particularly polite.

What about bad breath from poor oral hygiene then? Nothing wrong with garlic breath, sign of good food!