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By stink stank stunk - 09/06/2022 13:00 - United States - Hesperia

Today, as the only female manager, I had to talk to a worker about her hygiene. I asked if she had the means and a place to shower. She rolled her eyes and said of course she did, but found daily bathing unnecessary, and that a couple times a month does her just fine. The whole staff would disagree. FML

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By S - 23/11/2016 21:14

Today, the district manager visited. Also today, I got called into the office to talk about "personal hygiene". The assistant store manager asked me if I had some kind of medical problem and advised me to shower regularly because my co-workers have been making comments. FML

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By NeedaNosePlug - 26/01/2012 05:19 - United States

Today, I had to have a discussion with my 54-year-old mother about showering. She thinks it's perfectly OK to shower only once a week. FML

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Extreme dating

By umm yeah no! - 20/08/2021 13:59

Today, I had to have a serious talk with my new girlfriend about her terrible hygiene. In the two weeks we’ve been dating, she admitted to only having showered "once or twice." She doesn’t see a problem with this, even though the first (and last) time she came to my place, she smelled like death. FML

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By uuuuugh - 21/01/2010 10:47 - United States

Today, I actually had to have a discussion with my boyfriend about why he should shower more than once a week. FML

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By SingleStrongArm - 03/05/2013 05:16 - Canada - Oshawa

Today, marks the third week in which my girlfriend has gone without taking a shower. She does this every so often, taking showers roughly once per month. She's convinced baby wipes will "hold her over". FML

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By Pepe - 16/11/2008 05:54 - France

Today, my girlfriend said to me, "You know, you only have to wash 3 times a week to be clean." FML

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Welcome to adulthood

By Jane - 22/12/2012 23:29 - Canada - Niagara Falls

Today, I confronted my 18-year-old daughter about her excessively lengthy showers. She said she didn't see the big deal, considering the water "comes free with the house." No dear, it doesn't. FML

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Stinky

By Anonymous - 13/12/2020 17:01 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, I realized that my flatmate showers so little that the furniture she uses smells like BO. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/06/2016 19:27 - United States - Charlottesville

Today, my coworker cornered me in the office bathroom and insisted that, because she's been watching me, I use the bathroom too quickly and must not be washing my hands, and that I have to wash them from now on. FML

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Stinky

By PUE - 23/07/2022 04:00

Today, I found out I’m the “smelly girl” in the office. Now I understand all those passive-aggressive subtle comments about hygiene and showering made by my coworkers, and why a bottle of Dial body wash randomly appeared on my desk one day. FML

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RichardPencil 30

Friday 10 June 2022 2:31

You can fire her for creating a hostile work environment. No one has to work in an unnecessarily stinky place.

D J's MOM 17

Friday 10 June 2022 13:36

maybe she has a mental issue. talk to hr about the proper steps to get her to bathe without legally causing trouble.

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RichardPencil 30

Friday 10 June 2022 2:31

You can fire her for creating a hostile work environment. No one has to work in an unnecessarily stinky place.

D J's MOM 17

Friday 10 June 2022 13:36

maybe she has a mental issue. talk to hr about the proper steps to get her to bathe without legally causing trouble.

IHaveThePower 16

Monday 26 June 2023 7:21

I'd ask if you worked at one of my former workplaces, but out there the problem was they kept us at work for 11+ hr shifts and no one could manage the ENERGY to shower after that, or do anything but flop in bed and pass out until the next shift...