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Originally Posted by Sliver
I understand the cost. It's not like it would be a nothing for me, but if I can find a way to do this I would be happy to pay because I think the cost to their life by not doing it will be far more substantial than the cost to my life to do it. You can't save everyone and all that, but in this case it's a person who has been handed every difficult hand a person can be handed and the dental issue is almost the physical/visual representation of a good person getting a raw deal. I would pay to make that go away for them.
You're right about trying to 'trick' them, though. They'll see through it. I'm honestly not sure that - barring them actually asking me for help - there is a way to do this that won't crush them. Maybe I'll have to wait for teeth to start falling out and then offer to assist.
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I think maybe just be blunt. Say you had an employee with bad body odour had really foul breath that knocked you off your feet when they talked to you? Surely you could say something in that case for the good of potential clients or other employees?
So instead of going with subtlety, just say it. Or, if he doesn’t have very good breath, despite the appearance, it would be a good ice breaker into the conversation. I can’t really think of anything appropriate to say in that situation, except like, “whoa, your breath, dude”.
It kind of reminds me a little bit about a difficult conversation I recently had with a friend who had been serving some really overcooked bbq. I started it with kind of faux serious, like “we need to talk about something” and then started in with the bbq’ing, and to just trust the thermometer and food safety. I think it was a good convo. He later started confiding in other stuff that he wasn’t sure about because I was honest there.