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Coworker with breath problem - different but similar:
I wasn't trying to give him a clue at all but here's what happened one day:
I kept breath mints around.
One day I offered him one.
He said, you're not tryin to tell me something are you?
I said - "I use 'em for myself - I'm self conscious, too, ya know - aren't we all?"
So we had a silent moment and then he started bummin' mine that day and next day he brought his own and used em regular from then on...
Since that worked (inadvertently) once for me - my suggestion would be to bring some deodorant and put it on my desk and sort of get things steered to the same interchange and expect the hint would take.
Not that I'm not confortable with confrontation or truth-telling - I am. It's just that I sort of stumbled on this one so I'll pass it on. Some people aren't able to be as forthright as would be necessary for direct communication on this. Just an alternative approach...
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