In thinking the worst thing about this hot weather is smelly people?

Yes. Some people seem to have very little input with their own personal hygiene. 🤮

What about people moaning and needing a support thread 😱🤔

I can recommend Salt of the Earth deo - it comes in a roll-on and a spray form and my top didn't smell yesterday despite going for a walk in the morning and sitting in it all day at home. I think you can get it from Holland & Barrett among other places.

I work afternoons or evenings. The other day I showered and changed underwear before work. 2 hours in and I could smell myself.

Last thing I want to do after a long, hot day is fanny around getting changed again. I just want to get home and shower. We don't have the chance to just take a shower whenever we feel like it at work (I really doubt most places do have showers) either

YABU.

The worst thing about this weather is that it is a signifier of global heating.

The second worst thing is smelly people.

Ugh yes the tube is awful. I was in London a week ago and deliberately planned my routes around the Circle, Hammersmith and Met lines rather than the Central (also wanted to avoid the Picadilly, Northern and Bakerloo).

Even the night before I went down there I was sure I could smell in my sleep that heavy, dry, too-hot electrical smell of the Tube! It's unlike any other subway system I've ever encountered - anywhere.

So glad I came home the same day, and on a late train which wasn't quite so rammed as usual. London is uncomfortable in the heat: I don't think I could stand living there full-time.

I'd never go to London at any time of year without wipes, change of top and two changes of underwear. I can visit any other city in the UK but when I return from London I always feel dirtier and smellier than if I've been anywhere else.

I was going to ask the same? What's wrong with smelly? Should we be saying maloderous?

What's the adult word? Pongy? 😎

I felt the same yesterday. I was carrying a fresh top to change into before boarding transport home - surely a simple solution for most people?

Agree about (strong) perfume too, it's horrible. And even worse when mixed with BO!

Not BO so much but men insist on taking their shirts off in a confined space and then their hot flesh smells like - well, meat. Bleugh. I feel for vegetarians!

Though last weekend I was in a cafe with my mum and the guy at the next table smelled. I think some men refuse to wear anti-perspirant because it is somehow unmanly.

I think excess deaths is the worst thing about the hot weather, personally. Perhaps you could carry a nosegay or similar device to protect your sensibilities.

Fresh sweat doesn’t smell very much

Thing is if you start sweating at 8-9am then by 4-5pm it’s not fresh sweat is it?

People who smell at 8am on the Tube (into London, so not likely to be shift workers on their way home!)
How hard is it to put on clean clothes daily in a heatwave? And to shower in the morning?

One of the problems is that people are so overdressed in this heat. Your bound to see some people in Winter wear which I can't understand. Jeans, jumpers, bots have no place in this weather

When you were at school you were bought up winter uniform and summer uniform . Summer dresses in Summer and Shorts.
It's all you need in hot weather.
If you went abroad too you wouldn't dream of packing winter wear. It dosent make sense. It's now as hot or hotter than abroad and some people are still in their winter clothing .

There are always people who excuse this. Maybe they have MH issues, maybe they cannot afford to have a shower every day. The vast majority of people who smell are not cleaning themselves properly.

I agree there are plenty of them around. That fusty smell that clings onto their clothes.

The worse thing on this thread is an adult using the word smelly.

On a train as I type, a man got on and sat across the aisle, huge waft of BO and now he has added to the mix by taking off his trainers and peeling his socks back 🫣 Trying not to breath too deeply and off at next stop thank fully!

I think the main problem is that most clothes are made of polyester nowadays. The sweat bacteria just gets trapped between the fibres and is hard to wash out, plus the fabric doesn't breathe so makes you sweat more.

I completely agree!

Being smelly through not washing and not wearing clean clothes is antisocial. It’s disgusting.

Smelly people always seem to think they’re brilliant too! Has anyone else noticed that?

@walkingmywayand @Electricsausages thanks for the recommendations. I’ll have a look.

I use a natural deodorant (Fussy) and it works fine. They do work for many. But obviously we are all different and what works for some won’t work for others.

If you’re on public transport I imagine you’re embarrassing everyone who is anywhere near you.

There’s a difference between fresh sweat on someone who’s washed and put on clean clothes in the recent past and stale BO that’s gone rancid. I had to step away from a man on my train first thing this morning as he was just foul. God knows how his office coped with him. Unusually though, I’ve noticed younger girls being stinky too, and I do think the natural deodorant thing is to blame. I tried one a while ago and it just didn’t work.