I work in retail as one of my jobs. About 3 weeks ago they stuck this 1 lady w/ me to help me w/ a specific task. Thankfully, I only have to be around her for an hour before I clock out for the day, but, this lady has a very bad odor coming from her body and, the last few days, the smell from her has gotten worse each day. It's absolutely horrible and I've been gagging bc of how bad it is. I've been trying to either give her something to do to keep her away from me, or, I'll go out on the floor to do something in order to get away from her for the hour. I just cannot deal w/ being right next to her or I may throw up bc of the smell.
Apparently, a couple months ago, other co-workers complained to managers about her smelling, and they called her into the office. She apparently took care of the smell (aka showered) for about a week and then they said the smell started to slowly come back. I complained as well and they said they were going to take care of it but, so far, nothing seems to have been done as her smell is just getting worse and worse.
I'm not the type of person who will blatantly come out and say yo you smell really badly, you need to shower. I only do that if i'm friends or super close w/ a person but, am not sure how to handle this w/ this lady. She does wash her hair. You can definitely tell that about her, she takes good care of her hair but, not the rest of her.
What's the best way to handle this situation w/o offending her and w/o trying to get her in trouble w/ managers.
My mom says she may just have a problem that she cannot help but, if she was able to get rid of the smell for a whole week, that tells me she doesn't have any problem, she just chooses to not take care of herself and makes everyone around her suffer.
Apparently, a couple months ago, other co-workers complained to managers about her smelling, and they called her into the office. She apparently took care of the smell (aka showered) for about a week and then they said the smell started to slowly come back. I complained as well and they said they were going to take care of it but, so far, nothing seems to have been done as her smell is just getting worse and worse.
I'm not the type of person who will blatantly come out and say yo you smell really badly, you need to shower. I only do that if i'm friends or super close w/ a person but, am not sure how to handle this w/ this lady. She does wash her hair. You can definitely tell that about her, she takes good care of her hair but, not the rest of her.
What's the best way to handle this situation w/o offending her and w/o trying to get her in trouble w/ managers.
My mom says she may just have a problem that she cannot help but, if she was able to get rid of the smell for a whole week, that tells me she doesn't have any problem, she just chooses to not take care of herself and makes everyone around her suffer.