Body Odor Complaint Gets Store Worker Punched

Bellingham police say a store employee was punched in the mouth after he told a man that customers had complained about his body odor.

Police spokesman Mark Young tells The Bellingham Herald that police went to a Cost Cutter store after a report of a fight and found employees holding down a man.

The newspaper says customers apparently complained while the man was in the store Sunday, and the employee decided to discuss it with him when he returned the next day. Young says the man snapped and punched the worker, causing a minor injury.

The Herald says 31-year-old Christopher Boehringer, of Ferndale, was booked into the Whatcom County jail for investigation of fourth-degree assault.

[Noval53]

To stink or not to stink. An employee that stinketh, cannot provide odor free customer service. It's an olfactory fact.

[doesmyopinionmatter]

Uh, I beg your pardon, sir, but it has come to our attention that you really really stink!

[scubbasteve01]

I guess he doesn't know what a shower looks like. Maybe he spent time in prison and is afraid of bars of soap dropping on the floor. Maybe liquid soap doesn't agree with him. Maybe he doesn't like to use his SpongeBob SquarePants scrub-be when he's showering! Who cares?
The stupid jerk is in jail right? That's all that matters! Have a nice day!

[rwsmith29456]

I worked in a store once and it was funny as heck because a guy came in and people were literally falling by the wayside as he passed like something on TV. It was some kind of sewer/sulphur dioxide smell and some people just about puked.

[ianlou]

He should have put the clerk in a headlock.

[skarrzpop]

Toooooooo funny...a friend recently got back from D.C> where she was a chaperone for a high school band...While there she said that a group of about 8 asians were on train and there was such a stench, her group wasnt sure where it was coming from until this group of 8 left train..within moments the stench was gone as well!..INCREDIBLE...dont people realize t hey have BO?..LOL..It happens alot in the St louis area with people from eastern europe..especially folks from Bosnia and that area....NO, Im NOT trying to cause hate & discontent..I just want people to bath more often and respect those around them!!

[blindersoff]

Why was the fact that they were asian important? Your last sentence belies what you said. When people are "not trying to cause hate", they don't need to stress they were "not trying to cause hate".

[askagain]

blindersoff - If they were Asian, there is no reason to avoid stating that fact. This is the problem with political correctness. We feel that we must avoid saying what we mean because it may not be politically correct. Political correctness is just another form of censorship.

[NowBeWithThat]

Everyone in aisle 5 who used deodorant today take one step forward. Not you, mister!

[U_S_Drug_Addict]

uhh dude, your a.ss smells like you.

[tsigili]

Doubly offensive.

[jackp32]

Excuse me. Do you know where that obnoxious odor is coming from?