Hygiene in Pharm School

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I have a question for everyone. Most of you are in class all day like myself. What do you do when the person sitting next to you have extremely bad BO. This isn't just a couple days out of the month when you might forget to put on some deodorant, it's every day. This person sat next to someone different and she thought she was going to get sick.
Do you think this person is making his studies a priority over hygiene? Does anyone else have the same problem? Any suggestions as to how to confront this person?
Thanks guys.
 
possible ways to deal with it,

Don't sit by them again.

take the person to your place and wash them thoroughly

or you could just drop them an anonymous note and be polite. I don't know if you have open mailboxes like we do.

Pharmacy school is not so tough that it leaves you no time to freshen up.
 
Gearhead-Rx said:
possible ways to deal with it,

Don't sit by them again.

take the person to your place and wash them thoroughly

or you could just drop them an anonymous note and be polite. I don't know if you have open mailboxes like we do.

Pharmacy school is not so tough that it leaves you no time to freshen up.
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A note into the open mailbox is a quality idea.
I don't know how people can be unaware of their own stank.
 
All4MyDaughter said:
Can you elaborate on the cultural issue?
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Cultural or not if you are stinking the place up you should be told, discreetly at first....
To elaborate, working and schooling I have noticed that many mideastern peoples have strong smells that honestly sometimes makes me run to the hills. It is a smell of patchouly oil and something else incredibly strong. This group of guys use to come into the pizza shop I worked at and you could get a wiff of this smell from over 10ft people! I felt bad but I was in charge so I would always make other people suffer through serving them, th came in everyday of the summer too. Nice guys, tipped well but the "cultural aroma" difference was too much for me.

When I was an engineering student I also experienced this all too often in computer labs and classes, I would just get up and move, eventually I just got tired of it and honestly wasn't very nice about it, but it made my stomach turn and still does.
 
All4MyDaughter said:
Can you elaborate on the cultural issue?
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I worked with an Indian and had class with another Indian. Both had body odor problems. Really, really bad BO problems. It's ok in their culture not to wear deodorant. The classmate was so bad that I ended up moving seats. Really nice guy but I just wish he would have worn deodorant. The girl that I worked with had someone complain to her boss about the odor problem. Her boss took her aside and politely mentioned she needs to wear deodorant. She started wearing deodorant and even perfume.
 
I would change seats but all4mydaughter has first hand experience in how many problems that would cause 😉
I was leaning towards the anonymous note in the mailbox.
Thanks
 
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My vote would to be leaving a stick of deodrant in his mailbox with the anoy. note!
The air freshner idea is a great one!
 
All4MyDaughter said:
Can you elaborate on the cultural issue?
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I am specifically referring to the fact that deodorant usage is not the norm in many cultures. There are some parts of the world where someone with what we consider to be serious BO would be considered well-groomed and non-offensive. I still think it's worthwhile to bring the issue to the attention of the person in question, but it's important to consider that they may find your comment really offensive.
 
Tired Pigeon said:
I am specifically referring to the fact that deodorant usage is not the norm in many cultures. There are some parts of the world where someone with what we consider to be serious BO would be considered well-groomed and non-offensive. I still think it's worthwhile to bring the issue to the attention of the person in question, but it's important to consider that they may find your comment really offensive.
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Yes, be politically correct. Just let them know they are "aromatically challenged." You wouldn't want to offend anyone now would you? When in rome, do as romans do!
 
If it was me I would just move seats...

Although, I once sat next to a girl who would slather herself in Victoria's Secret lotion everyday during class. I like some of their scents, but this one was crazy strong, especially in a closed classroom setting. I made a small joke out of the fact that I got a headache everyday during class and finally realized what was causing it. She didn't care and kept right on using it so eventually I just moved, despite the fact that I liked my seat! LOL
 
pharmagirl said:
If it was me I would just move seats...

Although, I once sat next to a girl who would slather herself in Victoria's Secret lotion everyday during class. I like some of their scents, but this one was crazy strong, especially in a closed classroom setting. I made a small joke out of the fact that I got a headache everyday during class and finally realized what was causing it. She didn't care and kept right on using it so eventually I just moved, despite the fact that I liked my seat! LOL
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I know I've mentioned this on SDN somewhere before. There is a chick in my class who uses lotion that smells like deep woods off. It's so foul.
 
unfortunately, our manager just hired a pharmacist with BO.
I have heard she is on her 3rd job since graduating last June....
 
I am an undergraduate student and there is this guy who had many classes with me and he used to alaways SMELL STINK. His BO was not even the only thing, he would come to class with his hair (lots of it) not combed, clothes dirty, and sneeze and not wash his hands. Usually, I do not pay careful attention to people, but this guy was flagrantly unaware of his hygiene and it was quite noticeable.
 
My roomate just looked over this thread and thinks we are all a bunch of babies. He is a Computer Science major and says 50% of the people in his classes have hygiene problems. Ranging from breathe that would put a pig in coma to fingernails on guys that are longer than stripper fingernails to the classic nasty stinch to the coming to class all oily and gross with doritos and pizza stains on your clothes. If you do not respect yourself enough to smell decent and clean yourself up a little before going out, I have no remorse in calling you out on it or making a scene.....
 
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I will change my seat. Don't want to get headache.🙂

Once, I sat in front of a student who always kicked my chair for whole class. Next time, I moved, by not saying anything to that person, so far we still be nice classmates.
 
Hehe - yeah we talked about that. There's a girl in my class who, everyday (even in sub-zero weather), walks in and announces how hot she is. She then grabs a piece of paper and starts rapidly fanning herself. The problem is that she wears so much perfume she has this molecular wall around her. When she pushes those molecules in my direction, I gag. I've started getting to class early enough that I can stake out territory so I don't have to deal with it.

Perfume is just as bad as BO in my opinion. It's always offensive in crowded situations - buses, lecture halls, etc.
 
If I can't change seats, I usually take out some perfume and liberally spray myself with it.

That would be kind of funny if they had an asthma attack, though....of course, then you'd have an excuse to move... :d
 
Had this girl at work once, and there was a time i was about to put on a jacket and she passed by i tot the jacket was stinking and i asked my manager to confirm but he laughed and me and i tot oh no i stink. She passed again and then i caught the smell again. It was really bad. When i asked my other co-workers (who on this day were all males), they said it wasnt new and nobody wanted to take her home after work or they wont sit by her but the car always reaked.

As the lady i was given the job to talk to her about it, I told this lady and she told me she didnt smell dat she used the body spary (which doesnt work as good as the stick deodorants), she actually told me to smell her underarm, i told her no thank u that the stick deodorant would be better (since i tot she has had bad experiences with the liquid roll-on who gives u boil in the underarm). She never talked to anyone of us who worked that night including me till she quit the job because we all made fun of her and the guys didnt even hide the fact that they were making fun of her. The GM actually said he was going to have a talk withthe area manager (who was also a female) to talk with her. and to think were were handling food products.
 
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worked with a pharmacist who would, i think, bathe IN the cologne before he came to work. and he ruined so many good smells for me b/c he would use popular colognes.

i would rather smell stink than too much cologne/perfume
 
tussionex said:
worked with a pharmacist who would, i think, bathe IN the cologne before he came to work. and he ruined so many good smells for me b/c he would use popular colognes.

i would rather smell stink than too much cologne/perfume
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I swear my mother-in-law bathes in cologne. (No not perfume, cologne) I can tell when I get home if my kids have visited grandma because it is that overpowering. My wife says it's because it's the only thing that can cover her "natural" scent. Her son has this natural odor and I can kind of understand. 5 minutes out of the shower and it's like, "Dude, are you sure you used soap?"
 
Farmercyst said:
I swear my mother-in-law bathes in cologne. (No not perfume, cologne) I can tell when I get home if my kids have visited grandma because it is that overpowering. My wife says it's because it's the only thing that can cover her "natural" scent. Her son has this natural odor and I can kind of understand. 5 minutes out of the shower and it's like, "Dude, are you sure you used soap?"
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I hope it isn't a sex-linked recessive trait. 😉
 
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