Have you ever had someone at your job that

has an oder problem?

Ok so there is this guy at my work that works about 100 miles away from me except on fridays. On fridays he has to come here to the main office. He has been working with us for about 6 months now.

Don't get me wrong, I think he is a good guy, lots of knowledge in his field, pretty bright fellow, But he has the Mathew McConaughey thing going on with the no deoderant and some bad body oder. With a guy this nice its hard to tell the guy that he stinks. I mean he has the kind of smell that lingers around 5 to 10 minutes after he leaves.

We have been talking about it in our office to see who was going to be the one to break the news to him here at work. Nobody wanted to be that person that brings up that conversation to him. Not even the owners felt comfortable talking to him about his oder problem. What if its genetic? What if he does use deoderant and he litterly cant help the way he smells.

How do you start a conversation like that? Think about it. Thats not an easy conversation to have with somebody at work. We dont have a "Human Resourse" program at my work. So I decided to be the one to talk to him. I joined him on a smoke outside. I didn't plan it out very well.

I asked him to not be offended by this question that I am about to ask him. Of course he is like "Sure" with a big smile. Ugh. I ask him "Do you not use Deoderant?".... The look on his face, it was just a fraction of time that he carried that look, but I cant forget it. He had the look like he had never been asked that question before, like he was in disbelieve that I just asked him that. I felt like an ass at that point in time. Seriously, He is like 36 years old, could it be possible that nobody has ever brought up the odor question to him before?

His answer to my question "yeah". Man I could see a thousand questions and thoughts running through his head. I felt terrible thinking that its probably genetic and he cant help it. He asked me, "Do I stink or something" I told him that he had a little extra funk than most people have, That why I asked him that. Of course I did the buddy buddy thing, I told that I would expect the same from him, Like if I had a crusty snot in my nose showing, I would hope that he would tell me.

Whew. Thats over, I only wonder if this will stick in his head and will be more aware of the funk.

5 Things your cell phone might do

5 Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do -- Things That Could Benefit You

For all the folks with cell phones. (This should be printed and kept in your car, purse, and wallet.
Good information to have with you.)

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually
be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:

FIRST
Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of
your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network
to establish the emergency number for you, and this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is
locked. Try it out.

SECOND
Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in
handy someday. . . If you lock your keys In the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home
on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have
the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car
will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be
hundreds of miles away. If you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock
the doors (or the trunk). Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!'

THIRD
Hidden Battery Power... Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#. Your cell
phone will restart with this reserve and will show a 50% increase in battery strength. This reserve will get
charged when you charge your cell phone next time.

FOURTH
How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone? To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following
digits on your phone: *#06#. A 15-digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset.
Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. If your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and
give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card,
your stolen phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but you know that whoever
stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
And finally:

FIFTH
Free Directory Service for Cells Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411
information calls -when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which
makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial:
(800)FREE411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all.

Program this into your cell phone now. This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on
to your family and friends!