Just Call Him George
 

I live in the dorms, and University Wisconsin Whitewater. Down the hall lives a 380 pound heap of a kid. Im not hating on him being fat (im also a big guy) cept that; he smells like rotting meat and up until he was confronted, he didnt shower. Also, he has nooo social skills at all, he whines, hes annoying, and worst of all.......he is a republican with absolutely no politcal understanding or background. He is beyond conservitave, yet does not understnad the things he supports. We tried being nice to him, because who really needs enemies....but finally he became too much, he wouldnt NOT EVER shut up or leave..he would barge (literally, like a boat) into our room and start rambling.......what the hell should we do with this kid.??


ps, he smellls the whole hall up so bad that we had to buy cologne from the dollar store and spray it in the hallway to counteract the stench.

Man that sucks...

Lock your door, and leave him alone. Eventually he'll get the idea.

We tried for a while, he just knocks until we answer...we finally had to just crank our music so we coldnt hear when he knocked. He comes around a bit less now.

:lol:

oh man. sucks to be him. i have a real weakness for ineptitude. i would probably befriend him out of pity, then regret it forever.

just get a bunch of guys and force him into the shower..

I'm GetRdone's roommate and I can guarantee guccilvr that it isn't that easy.

Our room is right next to the bathroom, and we can basically see everyone walking around, we generally know who's around, and where people are. So one of the things we see is people that go to the shower. Well, we talked to his former roommate about a month ago and we came to the conclusion that there was absolutely no evidence what-so-ever that he showered at all since we moved into the dorms in late August. Eventually the harrassment from people walking on our floor for the first time ("JESUS CHRIST, this smells worse than a barn") seemed to get the point across. So he went down to take a shower all in his towel, fucking announcing it to everyone on the floor, knocking on doors, "I'm going to take a shower!" I swear to god he looked like a fat ass five year old that was excited to take the first shower in his like just like his parents. The worst part was, when he was done the smell didn't leave. We've considered using a high-pressure water pump to spray him down, but the logicistical problems of touching him are just too great to overcome. Honestly, I don't want to have to boil my hand just because I tried giving this guy a shower.

I don't know who to feel sorry for, you or him. You would think people like this would get a clue, but they seldom do. Sometimes, the interaction you are giving him is the only kind of interaction he knows so he continues to not understand his own social ineptitude. I don't have any suggestions except to be a good person to him and karma will prevail.

Last time i let karma prevail i got arrested, long story.

This is disgusting and hilarious. I used to hate taking a bath.... when I was 8. Now, I beat myself up if I ever smell the slightest bit of BO. You should chronicle this guy, give him his own webpage. Make a little counter.. instead of those "Days since last accident" posters on the wall at your local union-run institution, you should make a digital "Days since last shower" counter. Then, make a place where people can express their disgust and sign a petition... even donate some Borax... anything to get this guy to clean himself.

What about the dorm supervisor? is there one? I'm ignorant of how state schools are run. I went to a very conservative college where students could get campused for not getting their hair cut right or girls got in trouble for getting boy style haircuts or not shaving their legs. But I digress. Go to an authority at your school. School counselor, dorm supervisor, who knows. Get the school involved. This looks bad for the school for parents to walk into a dorm that stinks... To find out their kids are living with a pig... To find out that the guy will harrass you till you respond to him... You've tried to deal with him. Now try to get authority to deal with him. You're his peers. Maybe he needs his parents or some authority figure to deal with him before he'll listen.

If nothing else you can take consolation in the fact that since he cares little for personal hygene or respect for others and seems this dimwitted he may very well flunk out and end up leaving.

I hate to hear of people like this. I had a student once with a similar problem. I ended up calling his parents and they brushed it off saying he couldn't help it and they tried their best, etc. It's likely he's not known care from anyone else. Sad to say, now it's probably too late.

OH and I like Halx idea of donating borax - I'd change that to give him a gift bag of soap, deoderant, shampoo, etc. Could be he just doesn't know how to buy any of that without his parents help. Or he doesn't want to spend the cash or can't. Wouldn't hurt - sundries are cheap.

hahah, its funny you all mention donating soap etc.....we did. People have left shampoo in front of his door, thrown bars of soap into his room if the door was open etc. There really istn an authority to speak with it about.....the RA (resident assistant) just lets us spray cologne or air freshner all over, but i dont think he erally has an ability to write someone up for smelling bad. Oh well, the next step (this is half a joke and half not) is to set his sprinkler off....its 35 gallons per minute, so if we toss in an open shampoo container and hi the sprinkler its a massive power shower....the issue we get into is liability for his posessions if they are damaged etc so this idea will probably not take place.

just a housekeeping tip Febreze would work better than cheap dollar store cologne

I suppose this might be oversimplifying the matter, but has anyone considered sitting him down for a few minutes and explaining that he is being mocked for his stench and that basic personal hygiene would give him a huge headstart towards making friends and actually having a social life?

Sometimes the most direct approach is both the most brutal and most effective...

he just brushes it off his shoulders. weve talked to him (from a distance) a bunch of times, and everytime he thinks we are joking, or he ignores us. it may be beyond hope, ill bring my gas mask from home

Another story coming up: He had a roommate for about the first month and a half of school until the roommate couldn't stand the stench anymore and moved out. He had left an open package of pop tarts and an open can of soda under his bed right before he left and George thought that the food left behind created the stench. So he sprayed an ENTIRE BOTTLE of Febreeze in his room and the smell didn't even disapate.

This smell is inhuman. I'm tempted to call in the CDC and see if we're at risk for living so close to him.

I would feel sorry for him more than anything.

People aren't born like this, they are shaped from their early childhood to become this.

Be polite, but firm if you don't want him in your room. If he asks why, then explain it to him, again in a polite way.

I was in the military with a guy like this. Extremely horrible body odor problem, and even worse foot odor problem. He was a nice guy and all, but no one could stand to be around him for more than a few seconds. One year at Christmas, each person on our dorm floor bought him a bar of soap. He was thrilled to get so many presents until he started opening them. He got the hint, though. He began bathing regularly and his body odor began to go away.

The foot odor, however, never went away so he was forbidden from walking the halls without his shoes on.

Exactly. You give him subtle hints from a distance. Like Lebell said, someone needs to have the heart to heart with him in a firm yet polite manner. Being in the staffing industry, I have had clients request that my consultants take a shower before they come into work because employees comlain about their odor. They usually ask me to do the dirty work. As difficult of a conversation that is to have with someone, it is also sometimes the best thing for them. And you. :thumbsup:

Tell him what you told us. One of two things will happen. He will either wise up and wash his smelly ass or he will stay the fuck away from you. If you continue to do nothing, then nothing will change.

The only thing that is going to improve this situation for you and the others around this guy will be to get him somewhere alone and explain to him, in a compassionate manner, that his odor is offensive and it would be to his advantage to doing what is necessary to rectify this problem.

You can drop hints all day long...it's not the same as just coming out and saying it. Just make sure that when you do come out and say it that you don't make him defensive. Once he becomes defensive none of it is going to work...

There are a few websites out there that will send an e-mail to him explaining his problem or a sample size deodorant, soaps and such for a small fee, so he'll take the hint without you and your floormates having to confront him directly.

http://sendatip.com/ - Has a wide assortment of negative (and positive) traits that you can send an anonymous e-mail to bring to their attention.

http://getevennow.com/revenge/revengebodyodor.asp - For $9.50 (you should be able to raise that easily if that many people have a problem with this guy) you can have the "body odor kit" of a bar of soap, stick of deodorant, and box of Gas-X sent to him.

Good luck!

-Mikey

Do the guy a favor and sit him down for a one on one. Maybe you will help the kid change, and save the people in his future from suffering like you've had to.

about foot odor...there is a very stubborn bacteria that can cause this problem.
Soap won't help. I got rid of it by swimming in a public pool that had a LOT of clorine in it. Maybe this guy needs more than soap (like a doctor).

When you see hoof prints, think horses, not zebras,

Have you talked to a school counselor about this?? They may have more specific advice that might help. If my parents neighbors can report them to the city for allowing weeds to grow rampant in their back yard (it was a patch of "field" since we were on the edge of the city but the neighbors didn't like it) then you surely can do something. The school counselor might have some ideas of how to approad the guy so that he'll listen. Honestly I doubt he thought you were joking. He was probably so thrilled with the attention that he ignored that it was negative and laughed off the negative part.

The other option is simple persisitance. When he comes to your door, open it and tell him he can come in once he showers. When he tries to talk to you repeat yourself. Whenever you see him suggest he take a shower. I know it may sound harsh but he's hurting himself as much as anything. Only thing is - if he DOES take a shower then you've gotta let him in.

As for the foot odor - if he's not showering I suspect that he's got Athletes foot. It's actually a fungus and antibacterial soap won't help. Get a foot spray and spray it in his shoes whenever you get a chance (that is if you ever get a chance) and if he comes to your door with no shoes on - lean down to spray his feet before speaking to him. Enough of this may actually help the odor. Foot odor could be a big reason for this.

Good Luck.

I don't know how the thread got on the topic of foot odor but that isn't an issue because he just has the worst body odor quite possibly in the history of Wisconsin. That isn't exactly an easy title to achieve.

Gee, have you read the "House of God" book? :D

Shit, I'm glad I never went to college.

Many, many years ago, I was on the USS Oriskany.

My squadron's berthing compartment was about 20x30 feet, jammed full of triple-deck racks. There was a youngster who worked corrosion control (he spent his work time grinding paint from and painting aircraft) who neglected to shower for close to two weeks. He stuck so bad that it would wake you up from a sound sleep when he came into the compartment.

One evening some people in the compartment grabbed him, taped his mouth shout, put him in a safety harness, and wrapped him in a blanket. They then tied off the harness to a post on a sponson (a sort of porch on the side of the ship) and tossed him overboard.

No one noticed him there for about two hours. He remembered to shower regularly after that.

Find a really hot chick and have her tell the dude that if he showers everyday and loses 50 pounds by April, she will be his sex slave for his every whim. That would work for a lot of people.

Go talk to the RD. In my college there were requirements on how to handle this. If you did not keep good higine then they would come tell you and you had to start keeping it or be kicked out.

Eliminate Him..........uterly and completely remove him from existance upon this plane of reality. Erase all memory of the stench filled bane of such a creatures pitiful existance, and submit his family to harsh ridicule.

-OR-

Pat his belly and rub him in Coconut oil.

Your Call

Super soaker full of bleach.

I LOVE IT!

Maybe use Lysol instead though so you don't bleach the carpet and everything else around.

I'm going to be chuckling about this one all day. Good one.

print off this thread. remove all user names first & website references.

slip it under his door.


that boy needs to clean up his act or his entire life is gonna stink as bad as he does right now.

When he barges in to your room tell him to piss off he stinks. He'll get the point real fast.

i've known people like this :lol:

with enough pressure, you can change anyone!


you guys all are talking about spraying him with cologne and super soakers full of bleach and febreeze.... what you really need to do is just take the tops off these containers and dump them on him.... put the whole bottle of febreeze over his head at once and then dump a tub of cologne over his head



the last person i known like this took years to fix

when being straitforward fails, your fucked. maybe there is some type of help on campus to enforce hygiene.

My thought, too.

Whatever happens don't feel bad about trying nicely to get him to change.

If he doesn't he may end up like a coworker of mine when I worked in a factory. The guy continually came in smelling strongly of body odor. Finally one day the boss got a wiff just as the guy came in. He told the guy to go home and shower. The guy went and put on deoderant and came back smelling just as bad. He fired the guy.

This guy is only to loose work, friends, income, family (perhaps), and so much much more if he doesn't change now.