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Original poster

unreasonable to wash armpits in restaurant toilets?

53 replies

justsosweatyandsmelly · 07/07/2013 18:24

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.

OP posts:
SisterMatic · 07/07/2013 18:56

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 · 07/07/2013 18:59

I would have and have done it.

Lj8893 · 07/07/2013 19:00

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 · 07/07/2013 19:00

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. Grin

Original poster
justsosweatyandsmelly · 07/07/2013 19:03

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 Grin

OP posts:
burberryqueen · 07/07/2013 19:04

yanbu

TheMagicKeyCanFuckOff · 07/07/2013 19:04

I wouldn't have batted an eyelid at that!

Fakebook · 07/07/2013 20:37

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 Grin

sweetsummerlove · 07/07/2013 20:45

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 · 07/07/2013 20:45

^ my point is, people are just stupid.

WafflyVersatile · 07/07/2013 21:05

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 · 07/07/2013 21:40

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 · 07/07/2013 22:49

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 Grin

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

AmyFarrahFowlerCooper · 07/07/2013 23:12

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 · 07/07/2013 23:19

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 · 07/07/2013 23:25

Anti-perspirant stops sweating. Deodorant masks smell.

WafflyVersatile · 07/07/2013 23:54

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

mylovelymonster · 08/07/2013 00:05

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

squoosh · 08/07/2013 00:32

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

Wbdn28 · 08/07/2013 00:44

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 · 08/07/2013 06:51

Sounds like you did it with finesse OP!

Lavenderloves · 08/07/2013 07:04

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 · 08/07/2013 07:12

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 · 08/07/2013 07:31

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

DiamondDoris · 08/07/2013 07:42

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