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

[sweetkitty]

I’m on a train back from London after a few days break and the whole place seemed to smell of BO, I know it’s very hot and sticky but it’s vile.

sitting on this train there’s been several people sitting/standing beside us who have been so smelly they’ve made me feel literally sick. I don’t know how hard it is to wash once a day and stick deodorant on?
There was one man, well dressed stand beside me whilst I was sitting and I could smell what I thought was poo off him like a not wiping/festering in the heat situation. Then there’s the BO/stale fags/stale beer delight we had on the way down.

I know I’m tired and perimenopausal but subjecting other people to your smelly body is horrible IMO

I did yesterday. Showered Monday evening (didn't wash hair) Had another quick one Tuesday morning and washed my hair, put on a clean work uniform and my deodorant. Got home, changed into my semi clean pyjamas to do a few things before I had to put my clean dress, bra and knickers on to go out. By the time I got back I was a bit smelly, not outrageously so but I definitely smelt less than fresh so I had another quick wash.

The showers don't last long if I'm having 2 a day and not washing my hair (I do that every other day) but I'm washing the essentials with proper soap.

You wouldn't be able to smell me from a foot away but if I was crammed onto a train or something like a sardine then maybe.

I have a colostomy and in hot weather it sometimes leaks so I would smell of poo through no fault of my own! Other people may also have medical issues despite constant washing and deodorants! Try not to be so judgmental

I spent today chasing 5 cows that escaped from a field, then fixing the fencing that some scrote had cut, all in the bloody sun. I can assure you that, despite my morning shower, I reeked by 3pm. Luckily my work has a shower, and I scavenged a clean tshirt but I dont think that's standard.

It's dreadful, OP. And it's not sweat from the heat, but the ones testing their deodorant's 48hr staying power; or perfuming unwashed bodies.
Can't stand that stale smell.
If you're physically capable of washing yourself and have access to running water, there's no excuse for not showering daily.

The tube in London is revolting. At the very least we should copy somewhere like Bangkok where the underground and the BRT have hard washable seating, are air conditioned and get hosed down and disinfected. It is rare to have to put up with smelly people in the city.
Fabric covered seats are a health hazard. Especially now we have an invasion of mutant bed bugs.

The op was talking about public transport though, your own car is a bit different if you're going straight home for a shower. But I do think most people should be taking a change of top and deodorant in this weather to freshen up. It won't be perfect but it's better that nothing.

I do think the issue is the great unwashed though, not generally clean people who've got a bit sweaty during the day. Its the stale, days old BO and dirty clothes that's the worst.

I have no idea why anti-perspirants say 72 hours protection etc.

They don’t. Even when it’s mid winter

I can see some people just spraying themselves every 3 days because of this

Yanbu. Some people can't help being whiffy even if they do wash everyday and apply deodorant especially with it being hot but what you have described is vile. I once was on a hot bus with someone who smelt like bad BO and piss, I had to get off and walk because I'd have thrown up if gone any longer.

@CheesusBeesus try wiping surgical spirit on your armpits after shower and before deodorant it stops mine being pongy

I think the worst thing about the situation you describe is the absence of humane tolerance.

It was definitely the worst thing about teaching in the heat.

YABU it’s a hot day, some people will smell by the end of it, even if they washed this morning. If you don’t like it, don’t take public transport.

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have you tried the sure max applied at night? This one

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I think most people with stinky BO are not those who have showered in the morning, put on anti-perspirant and clean clothes.

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.