Dear Mary…
Q. I am a consultant to, and former partner of, a professional firm in the suburbs of London, where I do four days a week working in an extraordinarily happy and democratic environment with political incorrectness to the fore. A problem has arisen of a very delicate nature, where it has been alleged that a newly employed secretary – who is extremely popular, hardworking and efficient – suffers from the dreaded BO. How on earth does one address this issue, if at all?
M.W., Gillingham, Dorset
A. To deal with this problem, you must recruit two volunteers without ego problems from within the office. Ask these two to set aside a day to arrive at the office, having eaten onions and garlic and then exercised furiously, or whatever it takes to ensure that they are ‘basting in their own juices’.
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