shah269 0 #26 January 25, 2012 QuoteLooks like a job for HR and management. They're supposed to had the mad skilz to handle these kinds of problems. It shouldn't be your fight. Went out to CVS for lunch grabbed a few bottles of Fabreeze. Bumped into his boss....a woman who rocks the sweat pants, flip flop look and thinks that monetary compensation is nothing compared with the emotional compensation of working on "exciting" ideas....and informed her that perhaps she should speak with the new guy regarding showering and personal hygiene it is what it is....and that's all i'm going to do about it. untill the economy heats up and I skip out of engineering for good....that day I'll show up naked!Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 892 #27 January 25, 2012 are you a complete jerk to everyone you meet, or just the coworkers? Maybe try NOT putting down everyone on the planet. Find good in life. Stop spreading hatred. This ain't the middle east..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #28 January 25, 2012 Quoteare you a complete jerk to everyone you meet, or just the coworkers? ..... Just dorky control freak engineers. I love everyone else though.Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #29 January 25, 2012 Quote Quote And I know not all engineers deserve this level of visceral dislike after all I am an engineer and I'm freaking dead sexy as hell and I know a few engineers who look me in the eyes when they talk to me and I respect.... Oh shut up, you're as much as an engineer as an astrologist is a scientist. ROTFLMAO!!!"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #30 January 25, 2012 You have trouble getting to your point in a way that's efficient, concise and (assuming you're not shit-stirring) without putting-off your audience. What you need is either an editor, or a ghost-writer. I've done both. Had you come to me first, here's how I'd have recommended you phrase your OP: "I have a co-worker in my office who has very poor hygiene. He doesn't bathe, he always has very offensive body odor, he brings very stinky food for lunch that smells up the whole place, and using the men's room right after he does is like being in a gas chamber. I am not his supervisor. I'm not sure if he's being inconsiderate or simply oblivious. I'd like to be proactive and try to do something effective about this, but I don't want to either over-step my bounds or be mean to him. Can anyone give me some constructive suggestions? Help!" In response, the tenor of the rest of the thread would probably have been a good deal different than it is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rifleman 70 #31 January 25, 2012 When I was in the army, someone like him would get told once (and not politely) to take a regular shower and if he failed to take any notice then he'd be given a regimental bath. See here for definition http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Regimental_BathAtheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #32 January 25, 2012 QuoteYou have trouble getting to your point in a way that's efficient, concise and (assuming you're not shit-stirring) without putting-off your audience. What you need is either an editor, or a ghost-writer. I've done both. Had you come to me first, here's how I'd have recommended you phrase your OP: "I have a co-worker in my office who has very poor hygiene. He doesn't bathe, he always has very offensive body odor, he brings very stinky food for lunch that smells up the whole place, and using the men's room right after he does is like being in a gas chamber. I am not his supervisor. I'm not sure if he's being inconsiderate or simply oblivious. I'd like to be proactive and try to do something effective about this, but I don't want to either over-step my bounds or be mean to him. Can anyone give me some constructive suggestions? Help!" In response, the tenor of the rest of the thread would probably have been a good deal different than it is. True true...but what's the fun in that...engineers all over the country are now pissed off and for me...that's a good thing!Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ifall 0 #33 January 25, 2012 QuoteYou have trouble getting to your point in a way that's efficient, concise and (assuming you're not shit-stirring) without putting-off your audience. What you need is either an editor, or a ghost-writer. I've done both. Had you come to me first, here's how I'd have recommended you phrase your OP: "I have a co-worker in my office who has very poor hygiene. He doesn't bathe, he always has very offensive body odor, he brings very stinky food for lunch that smells up the whole place, and using the men's room right after he does is like being in a gas chamber. I am not his supervisor. I'm not sure if he's being inconsiderate or simply oblivious. I'd like to be proactive and try to do something effective about this, but I don't want to either over-step my bounds or be mean to him. Can anyone give me some constructive suggestions? Help!" In response, the tenor of the rest of the thread would probably have been a good deal different than it is. Thank you good sir! I think he's trying to be funny or even a smart ass to get some laughs but he just sounds like a jackass that is high on himself... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #34 January 25, 2012 Your reply heightens my suspicion that you are, in fact, shit-stirring. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #35 January 25, 2012 QuoteTL;DR +1"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #36 January 25, 2012 QuoteSo if you were me....and you were trying not to be mean...what would you do? This question is impossible to answer because I cannot for the life of me imagine what it must be like to be you..."There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,110 #37 January 25, 2012 >So if you were me....and you were trying not to be mean...what would you do? Live with it. People live with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SivaGanesha 2 #39 January 25, 2012 QuoteAs many know I'm not racists I just hate engineers of all races and religions. And by hate I'm not talking about just ignoring them I'm talking I'm thinking of burning calculus books in front of their homes kind of hate. Like the "Hey dumb ass I can export your job to SEA for 1/4th the pay and get a better result with none of the smell" kind of hate. You manage engineers, right? And used to be one yourself? Look at it as job security. If engineers were easy people to deal with, then you could probably manage them remotely with a one-hour-a-week Skype call and YOUR job could be easily outsourced and done for 1/4 the pay. As long as you are being paid to deal with engineers face-to-face--and put up with their idiosyncrasies such as B.O. face-to-face--you have some confidence that your own job can't easily be outsourced. Face-to-face interaction can't easily be outsourced but it also involves certain kinds of pain--of which occasional B.O. is but one example--that remote work doesn't involve."It's hard to have fun at 4-way unless your whole team gets down to the ground safely to do it again!"--Northern California Skydiving League re USPA Safety Day, March 8, 2014 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #40 January 26, 2012 Quote Your reply heightens my suspicion that you are, in fact, shit-stirring. You thinkThe following is addressed to anyone who reads it, I've been zininging The shah (KING Of Kings) google it, Told him I refused to call him Shah and would demote him to 269. & if he continued I would demor=te him to #2. Remember when were your mommy tried to potty train you and used terms like #1 (Piss) or #2 (shit). The idiot is a #2 and I was a engineer before I retired. #2 is a whining attention seeking whore and you folks continue to address him as King of Kings. What was #2 doing smelling someone's ass hole unless he a dog. #2 is so bad he had to comment about women in the thread about the Model that walked into the prop and lost a arm.Why are you all enableing A worthless piece of #2 aka shit .? #2 when are you going to post a pic of your momma and sister like I asked before.? PA give me a break, How can you give a PA to a rotten head of lettuce, Am I Going going gone? Maybe, maybe not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #41 January 26, 2012 Well said!!!! He shall now be known as #2!!!!!!! I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #42 January 26, 2012 53 65 65 6B 48 65 6C 70 4e 6F 77 Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missbrz 0 #43 January 26, 2012 Wanna go get a drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missbrz 0 #44 January 26, 2012 Quote Wanna go get a drink? and that's what I get for trying to get Ski to fix my computer. At least I didnt let him make me watch One Tree Hill. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #45 January 26, 2012 Quote Quote Wanna go get a drink? and that's what I get for trying to get Ski to fix my computer. At least I didnt let him make me watch One Tree Hill. You tell me to come over, drink and fix your internet TWICE. What did you expect?"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivecat 3 #46 January 26, 2012 I was so confused.... Until I saw your next post, then it all made sense! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,465 #47 January 26, 2012 Hi Shah, Re: This has been harder than I thought! And here I was thinking you were referring to finding a size 8. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #48 January 26, 2012 Quote Hi #2 Re: This has been harder than I thought! And here I was thinking you were referring to finding a size 8. JerryBaumchen Fixed it for you.I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #49 January 26, 2012 QuoteSo if you were me....and you were trying not to be mean...what would you do? If it's so darned hard not to exhibit your hate as meanness towards others, then perhaps you should work on changing your basic attitude and learn not to hate in the first place. Then you won't have to worry about suppressing meanness. Doh! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 1 #50 January 26, 2012 Quote53 65 65 6B 48 65 6C 70 4e 6F 77 Damn it! You sunk my battleship.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
