mimi03
May 28, 2008, 06:59 PM
I have a small problem with a co-worker, I need suggestions!
SORRY THIS SO LONG!
I work at a Nursery and she and I care for children ages 2,3 and 4...
She seems like a fairly nice person but she's overweight (I would venture to say obese) but this certainly isn't the problem. My issue is that she has a terrible body odor, we interact with the children in opposite ways (so our styles do not match) and her clothes do not fit her properly...
Ok so about the BO, I thought about telling our boss that she had a hygiene problem since she started working there but didn't feel that it was my place but it became worse and now the entire room starts to smell like her BO by the end of the workday... so I finally told our boss and she said she'd pray about it... still nothing has changed and just the other day I over heard a couple talking about the odor in the room, I was embarrassed and wonder if there is anything more I can do about this... the smell is overwhelming!
We interact differently... what I mean by this is: I refuse to yell at the children but she does all day long! She does not play with the children or participate in any activities she just sits around, she barely participates at all besides yelling across the room... some are still in diapers, she never changes their diapers EVER... at the end of the day she doesn't help clean the room (we have to keep things as sanitary as possible) she doesn't contribute... the list goes on
And about her clothes not fitting her properly... the crack of her behind is constantly showing as well as her stomach and sometimes I think she doesn't wear a bra (these days she has worn a jacket though, but it was unzipped)... the children notice her unprofessional attire and have even made comments about her dirty feet... one child even said "why are you so fat, you are sooo fat"... I immediately stepped in and led him out of the room and gave him a nice but stern talk about saying that to her, I made him come back in and apologize and then I explained to the others that we do not call each other names. Later she told me that, what I did was unnecessary the kid is stupid anyway...
So, what should or could I do to make this work environment better. Is it my place to talk to her about this OR should I just tell our boss everything and hope she works it out?
ANY suggestion will be greatly appreciated!
SORRY SO LONG!
SORRY THIS SO LONG!
I work at a Nursery and she and I care for children ages 2,3 and 4...
She seems like a fairly nice person but she's overweight (I would venture to say obese) but this certainly isn't the problem. My issue is that she has a terrible body odor, we interact with the children in opposite ways (so our styles do not match) and her clothes do not fit her properly...
Ok so about the BO, I thought about telling our boss that she had a hygiene problem since she started working there but didn't feel that it was my place but it became worse and now the entire room starts to smell like her BO by the end of the workday... so I finally told our boss and she said she'd pray about it... still nothing has changed and just the other day I over heard a couple talking about the odor in the room, I was embarrassed and wonder if there is anything more I can do about this... the smell is overwhelming!
We interact differently... what I mean by this is: I refuse to yell at the children but she does all day long! She does not play with the children or participate in any activities she just sits around, she barely participates at all besides yelling across the room... some are still in diapers, she never changes their diapers EVER... at the end of the day she doesn't help clean the room (we have to keep things as sanitary as possible) she doesn't contribute... the list goes on
And about her clothes not fitting her properly... the crack of her behind is constantly showing as well as her stomach and sometimes I think she doesn't wear a bra (these days she has worn a jacket though, but it was unzipped)... the children notice her unprofessional attire and have even made comments about her dirty feet... one child even said "why are you so fat, you are sooo fat"... I immediately stepped in and led him out of the room and gave him a nice but stern talk about saying that to her, I made him come back in and apologize and then I explained to the others that we do not call each other names. Later she told me that, what I did was unnecessary the kid is stupid anyway...
So, what should or could I do to make this work environment better. Is it my place to talk to her about this OR should I just tell our boss everything and hope she works it out?
ANY suggestion will be greatly appreciated!
SORRY SO LONG!