Did You Ever Tell Someone They Smelled?

by minimus 28 Replies latest jw friends

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  BadBettie

  In god's organization people are supposed to be clean in every way, but sadly that was not the case where I come from.One KM even went as far as saying you shouldn't have strong food odors on your clothes when you arrive at the meeting!

  A mild one first. One sister, and later others would eat several cloves of garlic before each meeting as it helped "boost immunity", I don't know about that but it kept people away for a 5-10 seat radius. The rest roasted their garlic in such a manner you couldn't tell at all, and they chewed gum which some older sisters scold most for, but not them as it was the PO and his lady.

  The others were people that simply neglected to wash their butt crack properly and would sweat in service, and have it then go into their insufficiently cleaned arse, and you could smell it from far away, unbearable in the car, regardless of offenders weight. As someone who has dated an obese person at one point, I can tell you it is not an excuse at all, and it isn't limited to that. I understand some people can't reach or have difficulty but if you know you have a frequent issue with your butt it may be good to take measures to get it corrected one way or another.

  Also children sent to the bathroom alone at the hall would sometimes play with their feces and put it in the sanitary napkin boxes when done (this was boys over 6 that for some reason were allowed to go alone but only in the womens bathroom). This led to them and the entire bathroom reeking the whole meeting just because Mom couldn't be arsed to take little Stevey to the bathroom during the announcements. I only know this because I used to take care of infants belonging to relatives and you get to see all the f'ed up bathroom behavior of the people there if you happen to be changin a diaper or even just getting a drink.

  Some mothers were really abusive about getting their kids to pee to the point of threatening a spanking if they had to go during a talk as oposed to the song even if they didn't have to go then. Thats just the surface. It may actually be a topic for another thread..........

  In fact in our hall women had boys as old as 11 in the ladies room. WTF? I guess maybe they know about someone I don't? (I should my Dad is a bad elder when it comes to nasty secrets like that and tells us anyway)
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  chickpea

  a long time elder and his pioneer wife
  lived "primitive" and had no running water....
  it was obvious, painfully obvious
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  caliber

  Sometimes no words are required

  "love means never having to say I'm sorry " .....
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  JWdaughter

  I just told my 9 year old-you stink, go take a shower. Funnily enough, even he was offended. This from a kid who is happy enough to announce his flatulence!
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  lisavegas420

  I work with a woman that has an odor. Not every day, but at least 3 days out of 5. I always tell she smells nice on the days she does not smell bad. The other days I don't say anything.

  lisa
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  crapola

  I did'nt tell the person but really wanted to. He was the sweetest brother but he stunk to high heaven. The poor thing died 5 years ago from a heart attack.
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  no more kool aid

  Yes, I have had to address this with patients before, like 'do you use deodorant?" "When is the last time you took a bath or shower?". When I was working with a indigent mentally ill population one of the first things I would do was get them all set up for a shower, nice towel, soap, shampoo and fresh clean clothes. Then coax them to the shower. I addition to these tangible items, I would offer coaching form the other side of the door "wash them pits!" "Scour those feet". "Scrub your backside, now!" Much to my surprise, one day I had a star pupil, he was following all my instructions. I could hardly wait to see him as he emerged. He had followed all of my direction, the pits, bottom and feet were all dripping wet and suds up, however I neglected to tell him to remove his clothing first! This is not an easy topic to broach. Keep the instructions simple (and don't leave out any of the steps).
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  BorgHater

  My boyfriend is like a naughty little kid. He's a serial soap-dodger - always trying to get out of having a shower -yuk! He prefers to have what he calls a 'Bath in a Can' - he just sprays deoderant over his already stinky pits Everyone tells him he stinks but he just laughs and says 'they love it really'. Short of actually threatening to dump him, i've tried everything to get him to be less smelly and scruffy. I think i've actually got used to the smell because when my parents are suffocating from the stench of his BO, i can't even smell it anymore lol. I give up! It's a good job i love him so much

  Oh and btw these stinky stories are hilarious

  ILMAO @ Farkels comment
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  dinah

  If a man stinks for more than a few minutes (before he washes his ass) I'll tell him.

  When I worked at McDonald's we had a cashier who was funky with a capital F. I mean when you smelled her you'd say "F!" We bought her a gift basket (soap, deodorant, the whole nine yards---tied with a pretty bow and everything), she didn't take the hint. That was the hardest conversation I ever had with an employee. She was such a sweet girl, I didn't wanna hurt her feelings----but DAYUMMMM!!

  We had a pioneer to stank too. She was eccentric to say the least.
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  Finally-Free

  I have to applaud the environmentally conscious people who conserve water by avoiding unnecessary washing. They also help to decrease the amount of soaps, detergents, and other harmful chemicals that are dumped into our environment every day. This also saves the lives of untold millions of peaceful microorganisms who would be harmed by these chemicals.

  These people are ahead of their time. One day everyone will adopt this "green" attitude.

  W