New workmate smells awful

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I have name changed for this. We work in a small office. A new person has started and she smells awful. It is a mixture of sweat and unclean clothes. She is only young, in her 30s. She looks fine but the scent is really bad and gets worse the more the day goes on. We don't share an office but I can smell her when I pass by her office and if she comes into my office she leaves a lingering smell. Most of us have noticed. I have mentioned to the boss but nothing has been done. No HR department. Another problem is that I have migraines which are sometimes triggered by scent. This happened a couple of weeks ago, minutes after she wafted past me I got a migraine. What can we do?

Just to point out though, you say she is very young but also that she is in her thirties so may well be a peri thing if she's mid/late thirties. I hate that everything gets put down to peri but it's certainly a possibility.

Offer to speak to her with your boss together. It may make it easier, and you could suggest it may be a medical issue.

@MumsGoneToYonderLand Cooking oil??
My goodness. I wonder what on earth possessed her to think it was a good idea to use that. The mind boggles.....

Your first case is a good example of why this needs to be handled delicately, by one person (her manager) - asking questions to understand if there's some reason outside her control which is contributing to her BO e.g. maybe she's living in sub-standard accommodation with poor or non-working bathroom facilities?
The second case you quote has left me absolutely speechless - apart from one word - Eeeuuuuuwwwwwwwwww!!! 😱😷

Has she passed her probation period??

I wouldn’t want to be the manager in that situation…

I worked with a woman whose teeth were medievally bad

Her entire mouth was rotting

If she had used a phone, you could tell when you picked it up

If she was in the office, you could tell before you saw her

It was absolutely awful and permeated the entire place

This. The staff need to push him or her to address it.

@coxesorangepippin

If she had used a phone, you could tell when you picked it up

🤢

The second case

They wanted me (and others before me-i was warned afterwards) that they had a thing for threesomes apparently and her flashing was meant to turn you on!

I'm not being a nasty bitch,but
A-im not gay (nothing against anyone who is-i have 3 children who are)
B-she was a plus size lady and she smelt (and not just down there) as she didn't wash properly if at all
C-he fucking reaked-you would smell him coming if he came to pick up the kids

(he once walked past me and dd was stood next to me-i thought it was her and had a word in her ear-she was bloody annoyed when it turned out not to be her!we had this agreement that if either of us ponged,the other would say something quietly)

How they thought they'd get anyone into their bed,I do not know!

I once had to use their loo (never again) and their bedroom smelt exactly like they did so they can't have been washing their clothes/bedding/towels either

The first one-no,he'd just had his first baby (or his wife had just given birth to their first baby!)

He was struggling as bubs was one of those nightmare babies and he was just about holding his wife together (full sympathy as I had one of those babies myself) and had neglected himself-he had full access to a shower,soap/shampoo and a washer but temporarily,these things had slid down the list of priorities (which is fair enough) but the problem was solved with a bit of understanding and support

He's a lovely bloke (ive heard cheers when its revealed hes on shift) and I did feel for him

Other people mentioned it today, it's really bad. She doesn't live in a horrible property or in poverty. She lives with a partner. I just don't understand why her partner or parents don't say anything. It's so weird.