albion1971:
Nothing worse than a cab stinking of BO. it is personal hygiene for god’s sake. They should do the same as they do with smokers.
Ban them from public places.
Us proper people do not want stunk out. Farters that ■■■■ in public can join them as well.
Sorry about that. I should not have had that kebab on the industrial estate last night.
“sorry drive, any chance you can step back? your burnin the ■■■■ outta my nose hairs” always works, failing that, hand him a bar of soap 
Upon entering a room or queue of drivers and noticing one or more were a bit niffy, I always used to say “Cor ■■■■ me, someone’s over done it a bit with the night heater” I never got into a punch up over it, but it was amusing to watch people having a sneaky sniff to see if it was them that was kicking up a stink.
You can’t really go around sniffing people to find the noxious one, or doing much more than making a flippant remark, not unless you’re willing to step outside and get down to it. If it’s a work colleague though I have adopted a different approach, if it was a mate then I would mention it in a ■■■■ taking jokey way, if it was somebody I didn’t like anyway then I would just tell them to ■■■■ off with their manky armpits or dog breath.
Fortunately I don’t do driver waiting rooms anymore, so the only assaults on my nasal passages are from my own arse and we all have to live with that.
Us proper people do not want stunk out. Farters that ■■■■ in public can join them as well. 
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Really? Only drop them in the privacy of your own home?
So hows that gonna work, then? 
We had one at our place , I think he may have been cured now tho 
You wouldn’t want to be downwind of him even when it was blowing a gale !
We had a list on the wall at work asking what drinks we wanted at Xmas , with tick boxes for , beer wine cider etc and a box with "other " to fill in . I wrote "Lynx gift pack " under his name 
Mind you I think he’s taken the hint 
After working full time for many years on the same company i knew all of the drivers, a couple had a body odour problem, some had the weeks breakfast spilled down the same shirt he wore on monday, and now it was friday, so when i retired and started a 3 day week, i got to drive the trucks whose driver was on a day off, so never got to see the driver of the truck i was going to drive…so i got and worked this truck for the day, without seeing the driver, and it stank to high heaven, but i suffered it, and at the end of the day left him a note to tell him about his hygiene problem, and i didnt mix my words, Dear <<< just to let you know that your truck is a total disgrace to the human race, your bedding needs throwing away, and if i was in your position of having 2 days off, i would as per usual, take home my bedding and place it in the washing machine, yours however, i wouldnt let my dog sleep on it, as for yourself, i have noticed how you prefer to leave traces of your mon - fri breakfast down the front of your shirt you wear all week, and i know for a fact you have 3, and can apply for more, so there is no excuse, you are a effin dirty smelly c u next tuesday, who at your age should have learnt by now how to wash/shower and look after your personal hygiene, your brother is the complete opposite and is a pleisure to work with, and his truck a pleisure to drive.
The next day i was off, and he returned to find the note, took it to the T/M, like a cry baby, and when i went in the nexrt day, was immediately suspended, and await a disciplinary hearimng the following week ( all on full pay ), i was sacked instantly after the hearing, and told never to set foot on the premises again…bit harsh and over the top if you ask me, but i wasnt bothered, at the meeting however the higher ups or suits, did ask me how they should treat someone with a B/O problem…and that itself beggars belief.
Juddian:
Immigrant, you wouldn’t smell the smoke residue, smoking destroys your sense of smell and taste.Doesn’t worry me that people smell different, the hypocrits with irony by-passes here are amusing though, i’ve known smokers get all uppity when someone breaks wind, they utterly fail to see the similarities.
i used to like going on the ■■■■ in the shot ( aldershot! ) late 70s early 80s and ■■■■ in their pockets in the para pubs! I didn’t smoke, but I hated smelling of their smoke! so I knew they wouldn’t mind stinking of my pish! 
ironic yes, they don’t know irony! 
A " REGIMENTAL BATH! " is needed
You have moral rights to complain about them only after you have spend full day of classroom training (H&S, CPC, etc) sitting in small room next to them.
Contacting them on free movement areas for short periods don’t count as valid reason because you have option to move away…
Spending time in their cabs while you have option of opening all windows and keeping your head outside the window also doesn’t fully count as valid reason…
Try to sit with them full day on boring training in one room, in chair next to them and then complain…
One of our drivers was told today he would of got a new truck if he wasn’t such a mucky sod , to get himself cleaned up or there would be trouble .
I found it very embarrassing to be honest , I think there’s a time and a place to inform someone they need to clean themselves and there truck up ,in private being the best place ,some bird in the t.o shouting it out in front of the rest of us not being very tackfull,dam right rude 
Yeah, and it’s ■■■■ right rude to go around stinking the place out.
peterm:
Yeah, and it’s ■■■■ right rude to go around stinking the place out.
Is that why you emigrated pal?
Different to driving I know but where I work (JLR) if you smell like ■■■■ you’ll be sent home.
all it takes is someone complaining to the union rep and you’ll b sent on your merry way, you’re not expected to work alongside tramps.
and if you come back after being sent home, you best be prepared for months worth of blasting about it
Evil8Beezle:
peterm:
Yeah, and it’s ■■■■ right rude to go around stinking the place out.Is that why you emigrated pal?
Course it is, the place is full of 'em.
I walked into a booking office straight into really strong BO,i had to put my paperwork over my nose as I would rather smell that,i thought about opening the door and leaving it open but another part of me thought I would embarrass the other driver so had to stand there and take it,he on the other hand was totally oblivious to the fact that he smelled very badly,either that or he wasn’t bothered,it takes 5 min to have a quick wash in the morning,there is allways somewhere you can wash,no excuses for personal hygene,why should us other drivers walk away or have to smell other drivers laziness
There was a woman in the office that once sprayed me with her perfume then announced “you’ll smell better now” everybody burst out laughing, reading this thread has now got me wondering.
The only smell that really gets to me is gear oil, the hypoid stuff, it can smell bad, I am fine with other oils and fuels but gearbox oil can really stink, think they add sulphur to it give it extra strength to resist the grinding action of hypoid gears, waterproof grease often has it in too, hate the stuff.
Bluey Circles:
There was a woman in the office that once sprayed me with her perfume then announced “you’ll smell better now” everybody burst out laughing, reading this thread has now got me wondering.
This is in my book anyway a ■■■■■■ advance, a female spraying a male with her scent is to warn off other females and make it known that she is available for copulation in a ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ stylee. However taking into account the evolution of society and political correctness today one would have to be carefull about proceeding to mount said female in the workplace as it may be frowned upon. Probably stop the laughing though.
Although my neighbour was washing her car the other day and got me a bit wet from the hose pipe and her indoors went mental. So perhaps theres something in it.
Dipper_Dave:
Bluey Circles:
There was a woman in the office that once sprayed me with her perfume then announced “you’ll smell better now” everybody burst out laughing, reading this thread has now got me wondering.This is in my book anyway a ■■■■■■ advance, a female spraying a male with her scent is to warn off other females and make it known that she is available for copulation in a ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ stylee. However taking into account the evolution of society and political correctness today one would have to be carefull about proceeding to mount said female in the workplace as it may be frowned upon. Probably stop the laughing though.
Although my neighbour was washing her car the other day and got me a bit wet from the hose pipe and her indoors went mental. So perhaps theres something in it.
I was always curious about that one, could never quite work her out, she would have been early 40s, dark haired beauty, very well spoken always immaculately dressed, way out of my league. I would have been just been late 20s. She was often quite skity in a flirty sort of way, if she walked passed me she would bump into me then politely tell me to watch where I was going, spray her perfume on me and tell me I needed a wash… I think I may have missed a few opportunities there. But she used to put a lot of good work my way, would always get a good paying back load when I called in there, so I had to be careful, mind my Ps and Qs and chew with my mouth closed…