How do I respectfully inform one of my employees that she smells like a dead fish without offending her?

Question

How do I respectfully inform one of my employees that she smells like a dead fish without offending her?

Answer 1

Buy her a candle or perfume and put it on her desk if that doesnt work find a new job!!! lol

Answer 2

Leave a couple cans of femine deodorant spray, some Summers Eve wash, and a couple douches on her desk (or if you're actually polite, in a desk drawer so as not to horribly embarrass her).  Otherwise, I dunno... you could walk around pleasently offering douches to everyone, sorta like offering people tic-tacs, and hope she takes one.  Or leave a bowl of them on your desk and invite people to help themselves and hope for the best....:D

Answer 3

If stinking rotting dead fish was a pleasant aroma, you would be the greatest smelling woman EVER!

Answer 4

Yeah there is no safe way to tell her this and the only reason i would assume she does is she has a very bad yeast infection or something down under that causes this.  Um how about a random sticky note on her desk?

Answer 5

It's always difficult, but it has to be done.  You don't have to refer to the "dead fish" thing, just sit her down and tell her the truth.  That there is an offensive odor coming from her and she needs to take care of her hygiene issues.  If she is offended, there is nothing you can do about that.  Why should you be offended daily by this odor?

Answer 6

I used to work with a chick like that.  She was a very large woman too.  She was always sick and on antibiotics--I imagine the reason for the stench.  I have a talent for sticking my feet (both of them) in my mouth at any given time.  At lunch, I came in the break room and I thought someone had heated up fish in the microwave.  It reeked.  I asked when the company was going to make that 'no fish at lunch unless it was lent' rule.  I got lots of blank stares.

Answer 7

bring in cans of tuna fish for a week. them the next week soap. do this each week.

Answer 8

have your hr rep with you and have a private conversation with her and tell her that her co-workers are complaining it wont be easy but it has to be done especially if she has to deal with the public

Answer 9

I would be happy to deliver the message, but i have to be loaded enough to do it. Its the least I can do. Ale now please.