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wolfen · Nov 16, 2004, 08:46 PM

So I moved into a new place. There were 3 guys here, already, and I'm the 4th, so rent is really really really really cheap.

Anyway, after about the 1st week I noticed there was a smell in the air. Some days stronger than others. It was like bad cooking or rotting food or...I don't know. I checked the trash all the time, the cupboards, the refrigerator. I looked all over for the smell and I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. Lingering. Taunting.

So tonite I come home and the place WREAKS. It's putrid. I thought for sure someone baked up some leftover mexican food or something. It's bad. So I ask one of the guys in the kitchen -- and I realize right as I'm about to ask that it's him. He smells. How can one person's BO permeate everything in a 4 bedroom home? HOW?!

The whole time I've been here I almost never see the other two guys -- they lock themselves in their rooms every night. The smelly guy is the only one who roams the place, and now I know why.

Yes, the rent is that cheap. $300 gets you utilitities and broadband wireless. There's washer and dryer, the works. So I'm in a jam, now, because the smell ISN'T GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON, DAMMIT. This is so unfair.

Signed,
Tortured Soul

MacMan4000 · Nov 16, 2004, 08:52 PM

buy a ****-load of Fabreeze, then when hes sleeping, you and the other non-smelly guys attack him with it.

tooki · Nov 16, 2004, 08:59 PM

You may need to delicately approach him and tell him that his hygeine needs some improvement. This may be easier if your other housemates join you in the effort.

It may also just be that his clothes don't get washed enough.

And consider this... some people have a damaged sense of smell and honestly don't realize how, um, fragrant they are. Work from that assumption when talking to him.

tooki

ambush · Nov 16, 2004, 08:59 PM

Originally posted by MacMan4000:
buy a ****-load of Fabreeze, then when hes sleeping, you and the other non-smelly guys attack him with it.

Febreeze.

ManOfSteal · Nov 16, 2004, 09:04 PM

Economy Size:

MacMan4000 · Nov 16, 2004, 09:06 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
You may need to delicately approach him and tell him that his hygeine needs some improvement. This may be easier if your other housemates join you in the effort.

It may also just be that his clothes don't get washed enough.

And consider this... some people have a damaged sense of smell and honestly don't realize how, um, fragrant they are. Work from that assumption when talking to him.

tooki

Sounsa like an intervention...

wolfen · Nov 16, 2004, 09:11 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
You may need to delicately approach him and tell him that his hygeine needs some improvement. This may be easier if your other housemates join you in the effort.

It may also just be that his clothes don't get washed enough.

And consider this... some people have a damaged sense of smell and honestly don't realize how, um, fragrant they are. Work from that assumption when talking to him.

tooki

I think he knows he smells. I think he does what he can when he feels like it. I doubt I'll be changing any of his habits, so I'm fked. He's definitely immune to his odors, though.

I would seriously shower every morning and night if I smelled like this. EVERY friggin' atom in the house smells. There are subatomic particles collapsing to other dimensions just to escape.

At least it keeps the bugs away. They poke their nose in and say "No, fki'n way. Let's go to the scat-lovers next door."

I long for the moth-ball ridden environment of my grandparents storage room.

I'm thinking of using my dog's puke as an air freshener.

Landfill workers near the NJ Turnpike will soon mock me with postcards that say "Wish you were here."

I feel bad for the guy. I really do. Can't imagine what he's had to endure for the past 30 years. But he can't imagine what I'm enduring now.

alligator · Nov 16, 2004, 09:12 PM

In college we took a guy's sheets and washed them - he hadn't cleaned them the whole semester. They stunk. Man was he angry when he found out. I don't recommend it. You can always move, it's easier (but not cheaper). I also heard that if you stuff two cigarettes up your nose, you can breathe and it filters the air.

ambush · Nov 16, 2004, 09:17 PM

Originally posted by wolfen:
I think he knows he smells. I think he does what he can when he feels like it. I doubt I'll be changing any of his habits, so I'm fked. He's definitely immune to his odors, though.

I would seriously shower every morning and night if I smelled like this. EVERY friggin' atom in the house smells. There are subatomic particles collapsing to other dimensions just to escape.

At least it keeps the bugs away. They poke their nose in and say "No, fki'n way. Let's go to the scat-lovers next door."

I long for the moth-ball ridden environment of my grandparents storage room.

I'm thinking of using my dog's puke as an air freshener.

Landfill workers near the NJ Turnpike will soon mock me with postcards that say "Wish you were here."

I feel bad for the guy. I really do. Can't imagine what he's had to endure for the past 30 years. But he can't imagine what I'm enduring now.

OMG I'M LAUGHING MY ASS OFF

POST OF THE WEEK!

mdc · Nov 16, 2004, 09:55 PM

the thing is that he has probably been around his funk for ages now and his nose is completely immune to it, and he does not smell himself anymore.

i know how hard it is to have to speak to someone about something like this. i was in a similar situation to do with body odor. thankfully my problem went away without me having to do anything or speak to the person.

brapper · Nov 16, 2004, 10:23 PM

im that guy right now...just played hockey and haven't yet showered.
don't think i will for awhile either.

Eriamjh · 06:45 AM

Tell him that you're very concerned about his medical problem and that you think he should seek help because that tumor shouldn't make him reek.

Tell him he stinks.

Move out.

Kick him out.

Sh*t in his bed. Ask him how he noticed.

Sue him.

Call the EPA.

Pay a neighbor to tell him he stinks.

Remember the quote "Pigs don't know pigs stink."

Xeo · Nov 17, 2004, 06:30 AM

I live in a section with 3 other guys. Basically we just share a hallway and bathroom. When the guy directly next to me leaves his door open, the funkiest BO I have ever smelled fills the small hallway. I keep my door and have not been affected and thank god it doesn't seem to linger. But his room smells like it all the time so I feel bad for him any time he has guests over.

wolfen · Nov 17, 2004, 07:16 AM

Regarding "talking to him." I think he has a gland problem. For those unaware, there are people who constantly release an odor regardless of anything they do. I think he is such a person. The issue now isn't so much that he smells (because I don't have to be near him). It's that everything in the home smells. You'd seriously have to wash and vacuum constantly just to keep it down.

But the Febreeze is a good suggestion. I think I'll be spraying the place down regularly and getting an air filter.

Apple Pro Underwear · Nov 17, 2004, 08:33 AM

talk to the other 2 guys first -

get a plan to do something about it together -

and approach it delicately.

unless he owns the place, he is 1/4 of the rent and you 3 have every right to speak up.

lil'babykitten · Nov 17, 2004, 08:50 AM

Originally posted by wolfen:
There are subatomic particles collapsing to other dimensions just to escape.

Apple Pro Underwear · Nov 17, 2004, 10:25 AM

Originally posted by wolfen:
Regarding "talking to him." I think he has a gland problem. For those unaware, there are people who constantly release an odor regardless of anything they do. I think he is such a person. The issue now isn't so much that he smells (because I don't have to be near him). It's that everything in the home smells. You'd seriously have to wash and vacuum constantly just to keep it down.

But the Febreeze is a good suggestion. I think I'll be spraying the place down regularly and getting an air filter.

HE SHOULD GET TREATMENT! or atleast maybe you can have an intelligent conversation and maybe he can do something to help.

badidea · Nov 17, 2004, 10:36 AM

Originally posted by wolfen:
But he can't imagine what I'm enduring now.

I can!!!
Some time ago, a good friend visited me and it seemed that he had an enormous smelly feet problem after a long work day!
The first thing I did was showing him the way to the bathroom and then threw his shoes out of the appartment before he was allowed to enter the living room!

A college in the office next door has a similar problem - I am soooo glad that I don't have to work with those poor guys!!