How do I politely remind the female coworker next to me that she has bad breath?
It's an awkward question!
By not telling her, you have to endure this pain yourself, but the other person doesn't realize it's affecting you, so it's a bit of a sin to suffer.
Telling her could hurt feelings and lead to a distant relationship.
My point is that it's okay to tell her, but it has to be done in a person and a time and a place, and not only will it not affect the relationship, but it will become a close friend.
Sub-personal: See what kind of personality the other person is. If it is an extroverted personality, but say no harm, sincerely tell each other, explain their own feelings and those around them, and put forward some feasible suggestions, such as the use of painless and non-invasive gold micro-needle radiofrequency treatment. If it is an introverted personality, it is better not to tell her. This is because her introverted personality may be caused by the fox odor. When you mention it again, it will make her ashamed and seriously hurt her self-esteem, and she may become a lifelong enemy with you.
Timing: what is the best time to tell her? When she is sweating, such as after playing ball, running, hiking and other sports, which is when the smell is the worst, because that is when she herself can smell it. When you mention it, the other person won't be particularly offended because she can smell it herself, let alone someone else. But when you tell her, be sure to add to: usually can not smell you have fox odor, that is not serious, and is not a serious disease, have time to go to the treatment on the line. Be sure to show that you care about her and don't leave her alone!
Occasion: This is the most important! Fox odor, a relatively private thing, but like a tick on a bald man's head, visible to everyone but the bald man. Why is it a private thing? Because the person with fox odor usually can not smell their own body odor, because the human sense of smell has adaptive, when a long time in an environment, it will be insensitive to the smell of the surrounding environment, can not be smelled. And fox odor patients also know that the smell is not good, will affect the people around, so always hide, lest people know she has fox odor, so the psychological inferiority complex. And the people around are sensitive, although not willing to approach, but as colleagues, friends, sometimes must be close contact. However, they are embarrassed to say it out of face. If you want to tell her, it must not be in public or in the presence of a third person. Since it is private, it is good for two people to know. (In fact, we all know that if we see through it and don't tell, we are still good friends.)
How to say it? Principles: plausible deniability, empathy, understatement, and seriousness of speech.
Specious: ###, seems like you have a particular odor? Are you sweating too much? It's a sweaty odor! But it's a little more specific.
Same thing: I have it too. When I sweat a lot and don't shower in time, I have a sour odor.
Lightly: it seems that there is a skin disease called fox odor, and it is not a big disease, I heard that now there are many ways to treat this disease, including surgery, radio frequency, injection, etc. can be, the efficacy is also very good.
The words: although this disease does not affect the health, but quite affect interpersonal communication, and people are always afraid of affecting others, others are also more taboo to mention. Some people lost their jobs because of this, and some people have not been able to find a boyfriend because of this, so take advantage of the fact that everyone is not paying attention now, find time to go to the hospital for treatment, it will be fine. It is best to choose the painless and non-invasive micro-needle radiofrequency method, which does not affect the work.
The above suggestions are for reference only. Let you no longer suffer from fox odor and let your colleagues out of the psychological shadow of fox odor.
I'm in the same situation as you, but I won't tell anyone, at least not within the company, because it's a normal physiological phenomenon, it will hurt self-esteem to say, then again, there is no such thing as a perfect person in the world, anyone has his shortcomings and strengths, I believe that the other side also knows their own physiological defects, are adults and still say that they are unkind and boring!
Actually, this question is unnecessary. Why do you have to remind her? If you remind her, don't you think the communication atmosphere between you two will be quite awkward? She has fox odor she should know herself, everyone is not perfect, you remind her may make her inferiority complex, because everyone does not want to, will make her feel that you are looking at her in a different way, she will have even less self-confidence, will become introverted, unwilling to communicate with others, born to be a human being, feel the same!
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