Gross, Smells and Work: I want to smell feet

I want to smell feet

By Anonymous - 31/03/2015 05:56 - Asia/Pacific Region

Today, and pretty much every day, my co-worker takes off her shoes while working. The smell of her feet makes me dizzy. I don't know if she's oblivious to the fact that her feet stink, or she just doesn't care. It's affecting the quality of my work. FML

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Tuesday 31 March 2015 17:20

Surreptitiously spray her feet with fragrant disinfectant every time you walk past her. Soon she'll be smelling like Spring Flowers and Ocean Spray, and people will be begging her to walk around barefoot.

giantsfan2010 23

Tuesday 31 March 2015 17:20

You should talk to her about it.

Comments

m5runner 1

Tuesday 31 March 2015 19:41

just buy her a can of foot spray and leave it on her desk. she'll get the message

imbedderdenu 23

Tuesday 31 March 2015 19:48

wow! that's rough! I can't imagine. tell her? In the nicest way possible?

lmbachman 23

Tuesday 31 March 2015 19:48

I had a coworker like that once ... We put the febreeze stand-alone air fresheners in the floor by her desk all the time.

WATERMALONE 15

Tuesday 31 March 2015 20:00

She's gone nose blind ?

Emiweb 9

Tuesday 31 March 2015 20:22

Eep! I hope this isn't about me! As far as I'm aware, me feets don't pong. I hope!

Metthew 15

Tuesday 31 March 2015 20:31

Kindly talk to her and ask if she'd please put on her shoes. If she refuses, explain your problem without making a scene out of it (which she might??) If she still doesn't come to her senses, talk with your boss about. It shouldn't be too much to ask to have people put on their shoes while they work if it affects the other people... I know it's not easy to do this, but hopefully you'll be successful.

Kramer1998 20

Tuesday 31 March 2015 21:06

You could always ask nicely for her to put them on

DedeleMan 21

Tuesday 31 March 2015 21:23

tell her? problem solved

MaT30123 19

Tuesday 31 March 2015 21:33

Just ask her politely to stop taking off her shoes, and tell her how it is distracting. If that doesn't work, bring the situation up to your boss. Good luck OP!

lollypop30001 19

Tuesday 31 March 2015 22:01

Send her email be polite say you may not be aware but your feet stink and every one at work is talking about you and don't want to embarrass you by talking to you in person. Also tell her there products out there to help odor eaters, gold bond foot power, foot sprays also new shoes will help. Good luck no one what to smell some one else nasty feet smell.