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How do you deal with someone with bad breath?
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well i have a teacher, and i need help on questions at times. but when get gets near me his breath is really bad. i wanna hold my breath. sometimes i cover my nose but it seems rude. i dont want to offend him. but how do i deal with the smell breath? he doesnt look like a gum chewer. i think its because i have his class after lunch and it smells like garlic. help!!
sorry about my grammer and spelling errors got distracted by the tv
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well i have a teacher, and i need help on questions at times. but when get gets near me his breath is really bad. i wanna hold my breath. sometimes i cover my nose but it seems rude. i dont want to offend him. but how do i deal with the smell breath? he doesnt look like a gum chewer. i think its because i have his class after lunch and it smells like garlic. help!!
sorry about my grammer and spelling errors got distracted by the tv
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December 16th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Take a mint and politely offer them one at the start of every conversation. If they refuse, I would try to subtley urge them (like you do when someone needs a tissue and doesn’t know it).
Peace
December 17th, 2007 at 10:42 am
you just be polite and quietly and patiently deal with it. you can breathe through your mouth to avoid smelling it
December 19th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Hey,
I’ve had this problem of people around me having horrible breath. The best way is to descretely offer a mint. Put one in your mouth and then offer one to them. Most of the time they will take one, because someone, somewhere has told them they have bad breath.
If that doesn’t work and you don’t have the heart to tell them themself, talk to another trusted teacher to tell them.
Another thing to do is to be very subtle, but very slightly back away when they come near. It will save you the full brunt and they will eventually get the idea.
December 19th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
take out a box of altoids and offer him one as you take one for yourself. if he doesn’t take one, just pretend that you are really concentrated on the work and keep your head (and nose) facing down towards the desk.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:29 am
get your teacher some cinnamon flavored candy as a gift or something…try gum or breathe mints
if nothing else. i always tried to avoid my teachers breathe when they got close…..they all had bad breathe.
December 20th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
well, whenever he comes over to ur table just don’t breath out of ur nose and only ur mouth.
and if that doesn’t work than just hope that he runs out of tht garlic stuff.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Bring gum…offer it…if he says “what does my breath stink” Give him the whole pack lol
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Give him a tic tac before you ask him questions.
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:49 pm
I pop a piece of gum in my mouth then I give them one. Don’t give them the opportunity to reject…take the piece out for them and put it in there hand or poke it out of the foil backing and present it to them. With a smile of course.
December 26th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Tell them, their breath is making the hair on the back of your neck stand straight up!
December 28th, 2007 at 5:26 am
Take a tic-tac and tell him: Oh excuse me but I just take my lunch, do you want some? and offer him one or two pills, be subtle and sincere.
December 30th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Well sometimes bad breth isn’t an indicator that they do not take care of their teeth or have an unclean mouth . Diabetes , stomach problems or a lack of saliva will cause it. They may not be aware of it but then again most are and it is a source of embarrassment. I guess placing a stick of gum on the desk or writing a respectful suggestion could help but it is still embarrassing to them to hear .
I don’t know what to say really . You can do it tactfully, you can joke about it in a friendly way ( Whoa, want some gum? ) but it isnt easy to bring up to anyone . An age old problem for sure .
January 1st, 2008 at 6:47 pm
eww thats nasty, offer him an altoid! and then buy his some for teacher appreciation day or something!!! lol
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:53 pm
If he doesn’t chew gum then you can offer him a piece of candy. That usually works.
January 5th, 2008 at 7:00 am
Offer them a mint or stick of gum, I’ll offer and say “Please take it!”
) Or just step back if they step up to you step back again and dont be afraid of them noticing, hopfully they will with out you feeling you have to say anything…you dont want to offend yet their breath is offensive to you…..I’m telling you offer a mint and do it often, maybe that will give them a clue.
January 5th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Take a couple of steps back.
January 6th, 2008 at 4:03 am
Two ways:
1) If you have a couple of mints in your pocket, offer one to him, and put the other one in your mouth. 2) Bad breath can sometimes be caused by need of dental work to be done. If the mint idea doesn’t help, then please consider asking to tlak with the teacher “privately”, if you have a good rapport with him, maybe have one other student with you (a freind of yours, same class), and mention to the teacher your concerns about his breath, and ask him if he has been to the dentist lately, to see the condition of his teeth. Please do this with a lot of respect, and good manners. If you say it with empthy (walking a mile in his shoes) and politeness, it should go okay. That is why I suggest you take someone with you to tlak with him. I wish you the best. If , by the way, you don’t want to talk with the teacher about the dentist, leave a note for another teacher to see (unsigned) by you mentioning concerns for this teacher’s health, due to the bad breath. By the way, I once had a boss come into the office, after eating a 40 clove of garlic dinner the night before, I asked if it was onions, he told me it was garlic. He is Italian too. Must have been a really good dinner. Take care.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Those who advise to offer the teacher a mint/candy/gum and also taking one YOURSELF are correct. If the teacher obliges, that’s great… if he does not, then the mint/candy/gum that you have in YOUR mouth can help to mask his bad breath! Think about it, you smell your candy because it’s in your mouth, before you smell anything else!
January 12th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Search the Internet for Halitosis(bad breath) print the article then mail it to him anonymously. Oh and add a couple sticks of a strong minty gum in the envelope! Hopefully he will take the hint!
January 12th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
It is inappropriate for a grade or high school kid to be privately speaking to a teacher. It opens up questions about the morality of the teacher, even if you request that moment to speak about bad breath.
Do not explain to the teacher that he has bad breath. Unfortunately he might not take it well, and he may retaliate by offering less help or poorer grades, or influencing other teachers to consider you rude.
Leave a polite but anonomous note explaining that his breath is a problem for you in seeking his assistance. Do mention that you believe you are smelling his lunch. If he cares about his teaching, he will take care of it if he can.
Mention concern for his welbeing only if you actually do know and care about him. Your interaction has to do with teaching – keep it focused.
If you cannot get it to his desk anonomously, you can mail it to the school to his attention.
Bad breath can result from all sorts of health problems, as well as bad teeth. It is possible there is nothing he can do about a health problem, or that he cannot afford to fix his teeth. He may be perfectly aware of this problem already.
January 15th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Try returning the favor. Eat some Doritos, garlic, and anything else you can think of that smells really bad. Then wait and see how he responds to you when you talk. Then, do exactly what he did back to him. If he comments, say, “I’m so glad you noticed because I just didn’t know how to tell you, so, I showed you insteead!”
January 15th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
heres a fun way with out hurting their feelings;
say..let’s play a game, then blind fold them and have the other students toss breath mints into their mouth.
10 points for six feet away
5 points for 3 feet away
2 points for 1 foot away
January 17th, 2008 at 5:15 am
I used to put cologne right above my upper lip below my nostrils because I hated the dirty kids who smelled like BO it was nasty to me but my method worked .
January 20th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Go to Sam’s club and buy him a big box of mints.
January 20th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Make a comment like , “So you like to eat a lot of garlic, they say it’s good for your heart. I would eat a lot more, but I’m afraid it will cause my breath to reek.”