Oct 30, 2012 13:44
Roommate/coworker likely has an underlying health problem she isn't addressing that makes her think she smells horrible- when she doesn't (along with plenty of other symptoms). So some days she covers herself in perfume- enough that she can be detected when she passes through a room, even if not past a person. She cannot take criticism. She shuts down completely at even a suggestion and either gets livid and stops talking to people about it or sinks into a deep depression.
Is it in poor taste to type up a note (so there's no identifiable handwriting) and leave it on her work desk suggesting she use less perfume?
What about adding in a suggestion that if she feels she smells naturally bad enough to need to apply so much perfume that perhaps she should consider changing her hygiene practices?
What about printing out a guide to proper perfume use without a note along with it?
Do you have other suggestions for me?
this is probably a bad idea,
an exercise in tact and diplomacy,
the answer is in the tags,
i smell what you did there...