A few years ago, I worked with someone who did not seem to pay an adequate attention to his personal hygiene. After mulling over this issue for some time, I found myself being compelled to do or say something. This was a delicate matter for me as I did not want to offend the person but I had to consider the fact that we were in business serving people. More than being offensive to personal senses, the unsavoury underarm odour posed a very serious risk of driving customers out of the door to destinations where their sense of smell would not be as violently assaulted. To deal with the matter, I bought a deodorant and gave it to hom in private with a suggestion that he may want to use it. My nose never detected any more lampses in hygienic conduct from the person in question.

Recently, I was assailed by an unsavoury underarm odour as I walked passed an employee of a restaurant I patronised. The employee was in uniform. I took a decision there and then not to patronise the establishment. The issue here is that management should have paid a little bit of attention to ensure that their employees' smells complimented their cuisine. After all, some of us choose a menu partly because of the smell. One may think that the employee was not employed to cook food, but to be part of a process f serving people.