Did You Ever Tell Someone They Smelled?

by minimus 28 Replies latest jw friends

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  minimus

  I did. I was "assigned" by the body of elders to talk to a Pioneer/Ministerial Servant about his B O. He didn't have a car and so was always put in someone's car group. Everyone complained about having to take him. It got so bad that service goers were meeting outside the Kingdom Hall so they wouldn't have to see him (and smell him) and starting out in service earlier.

  When I talked to him about his stink, he got very very offended and copped an attitude. I finally told him that unless he started bathing and washing his disgusting oily hair, he would be removed from his assignments.....What I never understood is how anybody could be told that they actually smelled and yet get pissed off with me!
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  leavingwt

  Honestly, do you think Jesus and his disciples had a pleasing odor?

  My guess is that they stunk to High Heaven.

  Moreover, I cannot tell you how many TOUR GROUPS came through Brooklyn Bethel with BO. Evidently, some folks do not place a high value on underarm deodorant.
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  keyser soze

  I used to work with a dude who seemed to have only two shirts. He would keep one in his truck, and wear the other. When one would get soaked in sweat he would change shirts. He would simply dry the sweat-soaked shirt, and then put it back on without washing it. By the way, he also had unbearable b.o. I wonder if there was a connection.
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  minimus

  This could turn out to be a gross thread.
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  Gregor

  Leaving has a point...to a point.

  We don't live in India. I was part of group of elders who decided they had to confront the old brother, a retired dairy farmer from the Azores who donated the land the KH stood on. He lived next door and loved to greet everyone as they came into the hall. He was also known to take offense easily. Anyway, two elders that were his oldest friends volunteered and it did not go well. Later they agreed that he should have been tolerated in the spirit of loove. Too late. The old guy pouted for a month or two and required several suck up visits to come back. He still smelled.

  Everytime I see the scene in Monte Walsh where the cowboys give the cook a bath in a water trough I think of Old Joe.
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  OUTLAW

  The only thing as bad as B.O..

  Is older Women bathed in lavender perfume..

  At least it keeps the flys away..

  .......................LOL!!...OUTLAW
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  minimus

  We don't use leaves to wipe ourselves either! If JC and the disciples smelled all the time, I would've told them too.
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  Lease

  one brother was interested in me. we went out in service for the first time. we were in his air conditioned car, and i could hardly stand the stench. after we started dating, he comes to my house, i finally tell him he smelled. he was offended.
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  OUTLAW

  

  ..................LOL!!...OUTLAW
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  Farkel

  I never actually told anyone they smelled. Instead I asked:

  "Would you please stand downwind from me? My nose hairs are melting. Thank you so much."

  Farkel