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I have a coworker I work very closely with all day. Very nice and very smart. Please, give polite answers. What if it is your boss?
How do you tell a coworker he/she has bad breath without hurting his/her feelings?
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haha boss?? LOL offer them a piece of gum…
Tough one. Good luck
I don’t think u can say anything without embarassing them. Maybe keep mints at your desk and offer them to everyone. If that doesn’t work maybe an anonymous, but friendly, note
you can’t……
the best you can do is offer them a tick-tack
just give them some of that gum or give them a tic tack
Always carry some mints or gum and offer it to them everyday, hopefully they’ll get the message.
whip out a pack of gum in front of her.
She sees the gum.
You offer her 5 pieces.
DONE.
The next time you see her, take out a pack of gum or some mints before you meet her. As you walk up to her with the gum/mints in hand, casually put one in your mouth and offer her just as casually, if she’d like one.
If she doesn’t accept, you’re just going to have to live with it. Can’t do much about that without embarrassing her. 🙂
ask him/her if they want a mint
and if they say no, say “you might want one”, and give them a wink
that will show them that you are just trying to help
Offer them tic tacs reapeditly. or you could write a note saying your breath is kickin and leave it on there desk aynomously.
before you ask her, you should do some research first to find out what’s the main cause of bad-breath and then once you’re done you can try asking her/your boss what she eats for break fast, lunch and dinner because sometimes it’s the thing that we eat that maybe the main caused of all this problems.
be polite and when the person start talking to you take a gum out and say “seriously”as you hand them they gum…LMFAO
Don’t do that it is not too nice but funny…
LMAO!
oh man. this happened to me with a close friend..
hmm. ask them if they have a mouth infection or something.
and if they ask why, just be like.. nothing 🙂 LOL!!
No matter how nicely you may tell the person that they have bad breath, it?s still gonna hurt a little because the individual will be embarrassed. In my opinion, the best way to handle this is to say this…
?Excuse me (insert individual?s name), no disrespect, but your breath smells…?
If the individual asks you to repeat the statement, say…
?Your breath smells… No disrespect…
If the individual looks at you with a shocked look, or an embarrassed look, say…
?I know it?s a bit embarrassing, but I just though you should know… just in case you don?t know… so people don?t start talking about you…behind their backs…?
If the individual is responds, ?Oh… ok…. thank you…?, or something similar like that, say…
?Yeah… just trying to help you out… Your Welcome…?
… I think this wraps things up….