This is unprofessional, but I wish I could tell my boss he has horrible breath. He drinks a lot of coffee and I think it sits on his breath all day and makes it smell bad, or maybe it's something he eats. Either way, it's hard to talk to him in any type of close quarters, and I feel bad that people at work talk behind his back because he doesn't know. Should I say something?

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I wouldn't say anything. Maybe it's a medical condition he can't fix, and bringing it up will only embarras him more. I would just encourage others to be nicer about it!

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Could be medical. The closest I think you could get away with is something like, “hey, did you just drink coffee? I always get dragon breath after coffee too. Here’s a pack of mints.”
I’m a heavy coffee drinker and I KNOW I get bad breath so I always carry mints around to mitigate it. I otherwise have great oral hygiene so it’s just from drinking copious amounts in the morning.

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Someone needs to leave some Altoids on his desk.

I am a heavy coffee drinker and keep mints and meltable mouthwash strips on hand. I would appreciate someone discretely asking me, “hey, did you drink coffee? You kinda have coffee breath right now.” Just like if I had something stuck in my teeth.
It’s a hard conversation to have but shouldn’t be. You’ll just have to feel it out. Otherwise just leave an anonymous note at his desk with some listerine strips.

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