Smelly people

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Not talking about a homeless guy or a construction worker at the end of a long summer day, I'm talking about the casual but well-dressed people you might come across on the subway or at the airport. How is it that these folks don't know they flat out stink?

 

[cmanole]

I walked by a normal looking older dude (60 - 65 ish) and his wife in Publix last night and one of them smelled like excrement...

 

[TennNole17]

People become nose blind. I feel like the worst offenders are dog people; and people who live in mildewy houses (I’ve been a victim of later)

 

[Finance85]

There are some people from other countries who customarily don't bath every day. There are also people whose diets influence their body odor. I worked with a guy for awhile who ate Italian food regularly and he smelled like garlic. There are many people who don't have a cultural or dietary excuse, they just don't bathe enough. Unfortunately I seem to end up sitting by them on planes. Almost as bad are elderly women who wear way too much perfume.

 

[FSUdawg]

I have a good friend (from a foreign country) that doesn't wear deodorant. Instead he showers 3-4 times a day, depending on his activities. Unfortunately about an hour or two after the shower, he smells like it has been a week since his last shower.

 

[LesClaypool]

I have a good friend (from a foreign country) that doesn't wear deodorant. Instead he showers 3-4 times a day, depending on his activities. Unfortunately about an hour or two after the shower, he smells like it has been a week since his last shower.

I’m skeptical of anyone who claims they shower that often. Logistically, that’s just not something you can pull off that many times a day on average.

 

[noleit]

My MIL reeks of perfume.

 

[billanole]

It can’t be as bad as some of the man scent that some guys wear. Jeez.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

I’m skeptical of anyone who claims they shower that often. Logistically, that’s just not something you can pull off that many times a day on average.

It also would pull so many oils off the skin that it has to be unhealthy - esp if they're using hot water.

 

[Gonolz]

Not talking about a homeless guy or a construction worker at the end of a long summer day, I'm talking about the casual but well-dressed people you might come across on the subway or at the airport. How is it that these folks don't know they flat out stink?

By chance were you on the Metro in Paris in the summertime?
How in the world have Old Spice and Secret not broken into that market yet? How can a city have both the best food and the smelliest upscale people?

Lesson learned, always walk to dinner in Paris.

 

[FSU4FUN]

There is older lady at the gym I go to who has must choose not to wear deodorant. If she stays on her stupid stationary bike it’s ok but when she starts moving around it’s a trail of stink that make me want hit her in the head with a dumbbell !

 

[tolkien1]

There was a dude at the gym who reeked so bad people would avoid the area he was in until well after he left.Thankfully, he eventually stopped working out. How do you not know or care you smell that bad?!?

 

[SoddyNole]

It can’t be as bad as some of the man scent that some guys wear. Jeez.

I agree. Most of that stuff makes my eyes water and smells up the area for hours after they are gone.

 

[FSUTribe76]

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[DFSNOLE]

When I was in high school I worked a night job in the stock room of a department store. They hired a teen from India to join our crew. In his culture, they didn't bathe as regularly as we did nor did they use deodorant. We had some interaction with customers by carrying out packages. I was nominated to let him know that he sometimes smelled badly.
He told me that he had never purchased deodorant and doing so would be embarrassing because that would be admitting he smelled. I let him know that whether he wanted to admit it or not he did. I walked him over to the sundries department and made the first purchase for him.

 

[BarryB1081]

Kind of OT, but what’s with people that don’t wipe down machines after use at the gym? There’s paper towel dispensers and disenfectant bottles within 20 feet at every location in the gym. Signs everywhere asking people to do it. The worst offenders? Women.

 

[noleclone2]

Yeah. The worst is sometimes being near someone who smells like a$$. As in they apparently do not wipe well enough.

Another related thing is that coworker or friend who has horrific breath. All the time. And they don't have to be invading your personal space either for you to be getting the mouth blasts of rotting flesh mixed with coffee topped off with cigarettes. These type of people are why I constantly have to have breath mints/gum. Nobody wants to be that person.

 

[BarryB1081]

Yeah. The worst is sometimes being near someone who smells like a$$. As in they apparently do not wipe well enough.

Another related thing is that coworker or friend who has horrific breath. All the time. And they don't have to be invading your personal space either for you to be getting the mouth blasts of rotting flesh mixed with coffee topped off with cigarettes. These type of people are why I constantly have to have breath mints/gum. Nobody wants to be that person.

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[riseboi]

People become nose blind

Agreed.

When I was still a PT student and had gross anatomy, I got so used to the smell of formaldehyde I could never tell the difference by the time I left the lab. I was usually very hungry after leaving the lab and would go straight to Publix, not knowing I stunk the whole time. Probably got lots of looks when I walked by.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Recently came upon this issue when looking to hire a new developer. This guy seemed to be qualified but was just a really messy hippy dude with an odor for days.
I couldn't in good conscience put him in the same (small) room with our CTO and other engineers. Debated if we should bring up hygiene with the candidate as that was basically the only major stumbling block to the hire. Thankfully at the last minute our dev who was leaving decided to stay and the need to hire rendered moot.

But like what do you do in that situation? And also, legally what's acceptable?

 

[Gonolz]

Recently came upon this issue when looking to hire a new developer. This guy seemed to be qualified but was just a really messy hippy dude with an odor for days.
I couldn't in good conscience put him in the same (small) room with our CTO and other engineers. Debated if we should bring up hygiene with the candidate as that was basically the only major stumbling block to the hire. Thankfully at the last minute our dev who was leaving decided to stay and the need to hire rendered moot.

But like what do you do in that situation? And also, legally what's acceptable?

 

[goldmom]

Kind of OT, but what’s with people that don’t wipe down machines after use at the gym? There’s paper towel dispensers and disenfectant bottles within 20 feet at every location in the gym. Signs everywhere asking people to do it. The worst offenders? Women.

I am meticulous about it, so there.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Kind of OT, but what’s with people that don’t wipe down machines after use at the gym? There’s paper towel dispensers and disenfectant bottles within 20 feet at every location in the gym. Signs everywhere asking people to do it. The worst offenders? Women.

Have noticed this as well - I now wipe my machine down before and after using it.

 

[LesClaypool]

Have noticed this as well - I now wipe my machine down before and after using it.

100% chance those same people are dog owners that don’t clean up their dog’s poop.

 

[BarryB1081]

Have noticed this as well - I now wipe my machine down before and after using it.

Yup, same here, unless I’m waiting on a machine and see them wipe it down well.

 

[TarponSpringsNole]

There was a dude at the gym who reeked so bad people would avoid the area he was in until well after he left.Thankfully, he eventually stopped working out. How do you not know or care you smell that bad?!?

I bet you it was his unlaundered gloves. People wear them and throw them in their bag—for weeks. They get that ammonia/piss smell to them, and most are unaware of the wretched stink they emit.

 

[funksouljon]

I had a roommate that was bad, 6 mos and he was gone. He was a PHD student at FSU and stuck like funky kimchi. I think it was dietary issue tied to a bathing issue. He would leave the room at he'd linger for 10-20 minutes. It was definitely worse during the summers. I didn't really get to know the guy even though we were roommates, 'cause he was so bad I didn't want to be in the same room with him. Eventually his advisor said something.

 

[BarryB1081]

I am meticulous about it, so there.

Well, you’re not just an ordinary woman.

 

[BarryB1081]

Recently came upon this issue when looking to hire a new developer. This guy seemed to be qualified but was just a really messy hippy dude with an odor for days.
I couldn't in good conscience put him in the same (small) room with our CTO and other engineers. Debated if we should bring up hygiene with the candidate as that was basically the only major stumbling block to the hire. Thankfully at the last minute our dev who was leaving decided to stay and the need to hire rendered moot.

But like what do you do in that situation? And also, legally what's acceptable?

An Odor Expert Opines

I checked with an odor expert about his perspective on this case. I’ll give Jeff Charlton, an Environmental Consultant in Greater London, the last comment:

“This is a case under health and safety law … The fart is methane and this has a maximum exposure level which requires controls. As the source is the client he must be controlled to reduce the emissions to the lowest possible levels. I think common assault on colleagues’ olfactory senses would be a case too. It reminds me of the bad old days (40 years ago) when I sacked a female bookkeeper for smelling fishy and colleagues kept up an embarrassing banter and kept putting deodorants on her desk. After she was sacked I found it was an overloaded electrical socket giving off the smell. Obviously, I’m not a lawyer or sensitive employer.”

https://abovethelaw.com/2017/03/smelly-workplace-a-case-of-extreme-gas-in-the-ol-factory/