MGibster
Legend
I've never confronted someone about their hygiene in a personal capicity but I've done so professionally and it's always super awkward. In HR, I've had to talk to employees who smelled so bad their coworkers complained. I don't beat around the bush, I try to be polite, explain that there have been complaints and odor, and I alway ask if there is perhaps a medical problem. Sometimes people do have illnesses, conditions, or are on medications that lead to bad odor and there isn't a lot they can do about it.In terms of body odor related to poor hygiene, I'd be interested in how many people would openly confront someone about this, especially at a convention game. I would feel it to be impolite to do so with a stranger at a FLGS or convention game. Even with people I know fairly well, it would have to be pretty egregious before I would bring it up.
The other time I had to deal with it was when I worked at a museum. We had a visitor come in, probably homeless, and he smelled so bad it stung the nostrils. Now I never had an objection to homeless people coming into the building, it was a public facility and they were more than welcome to visit, but this guy had an unholy stench that was unbearable. I was able to locate him in the building just by following his stench. I felt like Wolverine or Daredevil. As politely as I could, I explained to him that his odor was extremely off putting, that I could still smell him in the room he just walked through, and that he would have to leave but was welcome to return once he was able to clean himself.