unreasonable to wash armpits in restaurant toilets?

[justsosweatyandsmelly]

Was very sweaty and hot today when went out for lunch and I noticed I had whiffy body odour from armpits despite showering this morning and deodorant etc so quickly washed my armpits in the toilets and two women came in and said it was disgusting? wibu? I didn't think it was that bad really.

[SisterMatic]

I have done it, I would rather that then stink.

Saying that I have walked into a pub toilet to be greeted by a woman peeing in the sink.

Wash away, OP..you have my support!

[BellaVita]

I would have and have done it.

[Lj8893]

I don't get why people think this is so odd!

Have they not experienced the heat we have had today?! And would they rather the OP (or anyone else) went round smelling than having a quick unobtrusive wash?!

Maybe I have missed something....

[ZolaBuddleia]

Was it a bar of soap, or a pump dispenser? One is much less minging than the other for slooshing round an armpit in a communal situation.

[justsosweatyandsmelly]

hehe I didn't use the bar ON my armpit anyway - I lathered my hands and transferred to mingy sweaty armpit, but anyway it was a pump, nice soap too that bayliss & harding stuff

[burberryqueen]

yanbu

[TheMagicKeyCanFuckOff]

I wouldn't have batted an eyelid at that!

[Fakebook]

Yes, I do carry a roll on with me especially if I'm going to stay out longer than expected.

You sound like an expert at washing armpits in the sink OP. good job

[sweetsummerlove]

this thread just made me LOL.


tbf, two young teens caught me barfing in a restaurant loo following a hot day + awful sickness during pregnancy. She tried hard to whisper (in that way teens do) about the 'fat woman barfing in the loo'
I was 38 weeks pregnant and had been barfing hourly for a week. I could have throttled her.

[sweetsummerlove]

^ my point is, people are just stupid.

[WafflyVersatile]

For future ref I find using an anti-bacterial (tea tree oil) wash under my pits in summer helps with this.

The smell is the excretia of the bacteria that noms on your sweat. Reducing the number of bacteria reduces the smell.

Also using oxy action or just dipping the underarms of your tops in boiling water will help if they tend to get smelly after repeated wears.


The women were being a bit silly.

[LouiseSmith]

Since I have put on extra weight I seem to suffer with BO despite how many times I shower or spray so I have started keeping a small one in my handbag.

[Hopasholic]

That's nothing. I once witnessed a shitfaced young lady do a hand stand under the hand dryer to dry her fanjo as there wasn't any loo roll

Nobody told she was disgusting, just admired her balancing skills after a day on the Stella.

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

I feel like a right oddball now because my first thought was GROSS followed by how rude those ladies were to say anything. I would have thought you were disgusting too but wouldn't have said anything :)

[HotCrossPun]

Carrying deodorant wouldn't really have helped in this situation.

If you have BO the only thing that is going to get rid of the smell is washing, spraying on top of it is going to do SFA.

YANBU

[iago]

Anti-perspirant stops sweating. Deodorant masks smell.

[WafflyVersatile]

Anti-perspirant has never stopped me sweating. Reduced it maybe.

[mylovelymonster]

Ridiculous attitude. People can be so prissy. Much rather you were comfortable - why not?????

[squoosh]

Sweat is the least offensive of the bodily emissions most commonly found in bathrooms.

[Wbdn28]

Carry some wet wipes with you and a spray deodorant, then you can freshen up quickly in the cubicle (unless there's a queue) without having to be at the sink.

[Tee2072]

Sounds like you did it with finesse OP!

[Lavenderloves]

If i do this i usually soap my hands and then go into a cubical so that if anyone comes in they can't see me. Then clear off with loo roll.

That's the crazy british way isn't it? I'm always sweaty it's rubbish. Wipes are a god send.

[ClartyCarol]

Botox for the armpits, that's the way to go. My pits aren't excessively sweaty I must add do get chub rub though, but I have heard about the Botox treatment.

Also I agree with Worra - I read so many threads on here about pathologically outspoken members of the public, but I've never come across one myself .

[Selks]

Can't understand why anyone would find what the OP did disgusting at all. Uncommon to see, yes, but disgusting.... Why??

[DiamondDoris]

That's not disgusting. The snipped pubic hair I once found on the toilet seat was. This was a supermarket loo.