ClubMan said:Are there any extenuating medical psychological circumstances that might explain matters?
BlueSpud said:This is a small company, 3 people, and I am HR.................................
damson said:would be ideal (polite but direct - not just hinting). Unfortuntely, I'm not sure the service is still running... the actual site seems to just have a load of sponsored links. However, I'm sure you could compose a letter/email along the lines of the sample in the link (for BO rather than nose-picking) and send it anonymously yourself.
Sample Letter
October 9, ____
You have a friend that respects you and cares about your well-being. This friend wants to bring your attention to your habit of picking your nose in public. Your friend wants you to know that there is no malicious intent in sending this letter - just a sincere desire to help you with a problem about which you may be unaware. Many of us feel unable to bring up this subject face to face because we are not willing to risk embarrassing our friend, nor are we willing to risk a valuable relationship. As a neutral party, CoWorkerHints has been asked to kindly intervene. Please read further.
During a recent survey, over 90% of the respondents admitted to picking their nose. So, it is not an uncommon practice. However, it is one that needs to be done in private.
In the workplace, just as in our cars or on trains, subways, and buses, folks often feel that no one is watching them, and so they begin to clean their nasal passages. Usually, someone is looking. And the one looking is feeling discomfort and embarrassment. At work, this habit is distracting and can cause stress for those co-workers who have to witness it on a regular basis.
Unclean fingers in the nose can cause problems. Nose picking, on the one hand, could result in a cold or other sinus and respiratory discomforts. Germs on the fingers can be transferred to the body by putting them into the nose. On the other hand, if a fingernail cuts the membrane inside the nose - even a microscopic prick - a serious, even deadly, infection could result.
It is best to use a tissue to clean nasal passages. To make it less likely to have to pick one's nose in public, one should use a tissue each morning - and as often as necessary, but always in private - to gently clean the nostrils.
On behalf of your friend, I wish you much future success.
Sincerely,
Carole Shepard
Director, CoWorkerHints.com
podgerodge said:You stop washing for a week or 2 and when he complains about you smelling tell him you'll wash when he does!
BlueSpud said:This is a small company, 3 people, and I am HR.................................
DrMoriarty said:You could keep a can of Haze in your desk and, every time he approaches, spray little squirts around the place while ostentatiously holding your arm across your nose and feigning suffocation..?
ninsaga said:AS for the nose picking then you may need to be more direct ie. refuse to handle something that he has passed to you as you can say that you saw him stick his fist up his nose.
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