Would you tell some one they smell badly?

loopyloo

Would I tell someone they can't spell??

Would I tell someone they were a bit snipey loopyloo? 😶

My husband yes my adult children yes, DIL would probably start a conversation about being next to someone on the bus n hope she got the hint. Actually would do that with work colleagues too.
I've only ever noticed with OH after a strenuous job he's done at work on a hot day. He showers when he comes home anyway.

I have had to do it on a few occasions at work, and there is no alternative to actually telling the person that there is a problem. I always did it in private, face to face, and as tactfully as possible. Thankfully, it worked, as I think the gifts of deodorant, discussions on various soaps etc had failed miserably!

When I was in my second year of music college, I had a platonic friendship with a young man who was a year younger than me. We were in a practice room one evening and he was humming without opening his mouth. He was complaining that he couldn't get a girlfriend and wondered why not. It was at this point that I took the plunge and, as gently as possible, mentioned his distinctive aroma. He was living in digs and thought he was only allowed one bath per week. I suggested that he could ask his landlady if he could have two baths a week. I also told him that he needed to change his underwear every day. He took it very well and, a few days later, told me that he had bought some new underwear. He never had the problem again.
It is an extremely difficult issue to air and many people will take offence, but it is a conversation that needs to be had occasionally and most people will take heed, even though they don't like being told about it. It is the old cliché about being cruel to be kind.

I would be very gentle about it.
I don’t think the other player smelled at all. She was just being a bitch because she was losing.

In private certainly, but not in public, that's very bad manners.

I don’t know, it would depend on the circumstances. If I did I would certainly do it privately on a one to one basis.
I would be upfront about it, the ‘offender’ wouldn’t have to wonder who put the soap and deodorant in the drawer.
How awful, if it was me, to think that many people were discussing my smelliness. Much better to believe that only one person had noticed.

How rude! I was once tempted to mention the foul breath of a friend (in case she was ill) but stopped myself when I imagined how I would like it from her!

BO was very common in my senior schooldays. Hardly anyone had access to daily baths, clothes changes or even deodorant.

A friend of mine used to eat a lot of garlic and he, quite literally, stank of it. I wasn’t game to say anything but another friend did and now he just takes the garlic tablets which don’t smell ( thank goodness )

I once walked with a fellow who had a really bad odour. One knew where he had been because of the lingering smell. I think he had an underlying medical problem. How he did not notice it I have no idea.

I do not think his boss ever told him, and I never mentioned it to his boss.

He was in a stressful job he did not like, it was daddy who arranged it.

If someone was in close proximity to me regularly, maybe, but in private.
Certainly not to a third person, on a public address system.
It was a spiteful comment and extremely bad manners from one of GB’s top tennis players.

Thank you HQ for correcting the spelling of “badly” in the original title!

Definitely! However in a tactful way. I had to do this several times with staff when I was a Bank Manager.

I ve twice worked with very smelly people but I wouldn’t dream of ever say anything …I d put up and shut up

This has reminded me of something my now 32-year old son said when he was about 6. I’d bought my mother a scented candle. He sniffed it and said “This smells of sweaty ladies.” !!! I had no idea why he thought that!

When I was a library assistant, we had some really smelly people, they always sat at the computer or reading the paper. Once they had left, the air freshener would be deployed, it helped a bit! Couldn't say anything of course!

Not really anything to do with telling somebody they smell is it though?
Gamesmanship.
And unsporting .

Various tactics are often deployed during matches, aren’t they?

Prolonged toilet breaks are commonly used when one player feels the other is ‘on a roll’

It’s often said that psychology plays a big part in determining a winner, rather than simply who is the better player.

Sour grapes ?

It certainly seems like an attempt to unnerve her opponent.

The French player with the alleged problem!

Who won the match?

What puzzles me here is the timescale involved.
As we know it’s only stale sweat that smells so if the player had showered before the match and put on antiperspirant and clean clothes, which surely she would have, there shouldn’t have been a problem.

Plus of course this particular match was very short, possibly under an hour by the score, so even more puzzling.

Anyway Harriet Dart apologised afterwards for her comments, but the problem must have been quite severe so hopefully the other player will take note!

I once worked in an office where the boss had terrible B.O. A few of us waited until he'd left one day, and we put deodorant and soap in his desk drawer.

The answer to the question no I wouldn't. As to the tennis player, she showed herself to be an ugly bully, disgusting behaviour.