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

Lots of workplaces have showers now so easy to have a shower in the day and freshen up before leaving.

I have used the work showers quite a few times. The best thing is not having to clean it afterwards like at home!

YANBU, I was walking to work at 8:20 this morning and a man smelt so bad I had to stop and physically gagged. How someone can smell so bad in the morning I just don’t understand

For me anytime of the year its the over smell of deodrant and perfumes, on men or women.

Well that’s clever reply isn’t it? As long as you are not dying it’s ok? Chin up and carry on old gals

Omg yes. I’m on a train and it’s not good

Aww I bet all the dying starving children who are scared for thier life and won't see their loved ones again in their war torn countries really feel for you having to put up with this. My heart breaks for you.

I pull the neck of my tshirt up and cover my nose, I don't care if the person gets embarrassed by me making it obvious.

Spraying perfume on my tshirt as I leave the house helps!

Polyester workwear and extreme heat are not the best combo are they? I’m not sure everyone can help it in this weather OP, and a lot of people will be feeling self-conscious about it. Have you tried wearing a neck fan? As a fellow smell-sensitive person I do find it helps to waft odours away somewhat.

But don't you change your top, maybe use a wipe and deodorant before travelling home and subjecting others to the smell.

all I can say is
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Yanbu! We're at a theme park this week and people honk! There are lots of school trips and teenage boys in the queue at 10am this morning stank of BO, that's really not acceptable diet thing. Morning showers, deodorant, clean t-shirt is so basic. Some of them are going around in jeans and hoodies. Those buses back will be horrid 🤢.

I have to say that I normally have no problems but there is something special about the London tube that usually leaves me smelling absolutely foul - are there bacteria lurking in the air waiting to attach themselves to the poor traveller ?

and a side question - how are people meant to cross London with suitcases and rucksacks? It’s hardly out fault that the transport system of the uk is so London centric

It's not unreasonable to find the smells repulsive. However, I think you're being a tad unreasonable in this heat.
Everywhere is roasting at the moment and public transport is even worse for the heat. I'm finding that I'm needing two showers a day now so that I can get into bed feeling clean.
I get the bus to work and in the 20 minutes it takes for my commute, I found that I was sweating so much on the bus + 10minute walk to my office building, that by the time the sweat was then drying on my tshirt, I'd feel like I had BO by mid-morning. Add on an entire workday in an office with no air conditioning and you can imagine how sweaty everyone feels by the end of the work day, even when you have showered and applied deodorant.
The only solution I have found this week is to wear a sleeveless top on my commute to work (so my underarms can breath), and then change into a fresh top once I've arrived in the office. Luckily it seems to have done the trick!

It's unpleasant but I'd hardly say that it's the worst thing about the heatwave when people are suffering and even dying from the heat.

If you shower, put on clean clothes at the start of the day you shouldn’t smell surely?

I'm not currently working. I've done some bits round the house today, nothing major and just had to go change my top after I caught a whiff of myself. Would definitely have been worse if I'd been working and commuting with no chance to do anything about it!

My son was on the tube yesterday and said there was a fug of BO 🤢. I reckon it’s partly because so many people have eschewed traditional anti-perspirant deodorants for ‘natural’ ones that frankly, don’t cut the mustard.

Health reasons I can understand.
Financial reasons for not washing daily?
You can buy soap for less than 50p.

I can't bear the stink either. I watched a TikTok recently where people were actually bragging about how little they wash, so I'm not surprised the heat isn't going to make them any less lazy.
Soap and water work wonders, along with antiperspirant, deodorant, perfume—anything, really.
I just find it disgusting.

I'm with you OP.
It's not the worst thing in the world, but it's unnecessary to be minging.
Fresh BO is one thing, stale BO on unwashed clothes is another.
Reeking of smoke is vile too.

Do people open their windows during the day at work or home ? Or do they only open them in the evening when the air is cooler outside.
But not get any breeze if not ?

The obstacle is price!

I used to commute in London. Very horrid on the tube. Very crowded. And yes, in smoking days. You could feel the sweat trickling down your back. Especially if something went wrong on the tube/trains. You could always bank on someone trying to get on with a suitcase or large backpack during the rush hour too. The slam door rapist special trains were just as crowded and hellish if you had to stand in hot weather.
Late at night when people came out of the pub ( drinking culture prevailed back then) and the air was cooler the worst thing on the train was a chicken leg landing in your lap thrown over the seats. That and people screeching loudly into their mobiles.

So you must also smell

Some people genuinely do have issues that make them smell worse. Some people have health issues or financial issues meaning keeping clean isn't as easy.
Pre 2006, places tended to be smellier due to smoke, but then fewer people seemed to be on public transport/places were often less crowded, so you didn't get as close to people so didn't notice smell as much.