Stink.

[firecat88]

As the thread title implies, I am not a fan of stink. Now, I don't mean post-workout-sweatiness kind of stink. I'm not even talking about just-ate-a-super-oniony-burger stink. I'm talking about stink of the two following varieties:

1) Haven't-Worn-Deodorant-In-Several-Weeks-If-At-All

2) I-Smell-Like-I've-Been-Rolling-Around-In-My-Own-Shit

I have encountered both of these at various points in my life, and both happened to have been at schools (#1 in high school and #2 more recently every time my video game development class lets out and the students from the next class start piling in).

Anyone else encounter such things?

[KellyHabersham]

Sometimes I'll encounter people like that in the library, although they usually smell like one of two things - they've bathed in the condiments at a hot dog stand, or they've rolled in stale tortillas/Mexican food/Chinese food.

And it used to happen that we'd get school kids come in on certain afternoons, and some of these kids smelled like they were carrying dirty diapers in their backpacks.

[AdminAssistant]

Our town has a great downtown that is unfortunately full of vagrants and hipsters (hard to tell the difference between the two sometimes). I've had to flee stores and cafes before because the stank was so strong. The local Borders is closing down, and I went in a few weeks ago to see what they had on sale. PHEW!!! It was so smelly, not to mention trying to shop around all the people just hanging out and reading (bookstores aren't libraries, people).

I have one friend who never wears deodorant, because he claims that humans don't need it. "I never have BO," he says, "I only sometimes get a little Man Funk." Um, no, you really do smell, and should probably do something about that.

[Boozy]

I work at a wine store that sells 40-proof sherry at $7 a bottle... so yes, I am somewhat familiar with stinky people.

Those customers smell of urine and cigarettes.

Thankfully, they usually come in first thing in the morning and are gone before other customers start coming in to the shop. They come in the second they have enough change from panhandling to buy a bottle, and they know exactly what they want. So it's in and out in 10 seconds for them - I see them coming, I grab their sherry, ring in up, they put their exact change on the counter, and out they go.

If I do it right, I can hold my breath the entire time.

[telecom_goddess]

God I hate stink too.....and I always run into it on public transit. People that smell of alcohol, like they shit themselves, or just general unwashed masses kind of smell. Bleh.

One of my daughters' friends had a really weird odor, supposedly he showered so I dunno.

[Sarah Valentine]

I've experienced something kind of different, there's a customer that always comes into my store and he smells like he bathed for days in whatthehelleverit'scalled and I struggle to breathe. I almost threw up the one time, I understand wanting to smell nice but that is way overkill.

[blas87]

I hate really stinky smokers. Wash that jacket once a week, crack a window when you have a smoke. Just because you indulge in a stinky habbit doesn't excuse you from bathing and brushing your teeth, also.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

On the other side, I hate the little old ladies who bathe in perfume before they come into the swamp.

Their stink radius hits you a good five steps before they do.

[Giggle Goose]

As the thread title implies, I am not a fan of stink. Now, I don't mean post-workout-sweatiness kind of stink.

But it IS bad when you're at the gym near people who are working out hard-core but they REEK of BO! Seriously, people, no one wants to smell that when they're on the treadmill. Put on some deodorant!

[blas87]

I don't really smell funk or BO at the gym, thank heaven.

I have dealt with smelly coworkers before. Unfortunately, the women who bathe in perfume are the reason I can't even wear a splash of body spray without someone running and screaming to the boss.

[BlaqueKatt]

sadly, my coworkers and myself usually smell just horrible.

Not really our fault(and we really can't smell it anymore, it's in our clothes, hair, and skin-we are required to shower daily-day starts smelling like soap), has to do with the job. You know how med students reek of formaldehyde during anatomy class? Well Salmonella and e-coli H:0157 smell like dirty diapers that have been sealed in a hot car for a week-it's RANK, you pick up a biohazzardous waste bag to tie it off, and find out it has a tiny hole in in from a pipette, yeah you're getting doused with "eau de diaper".

[Boozy]

I don't really smell funk or BO at the gym, thank heaven.

I rarely smell BO at the gym, but when I do.... Oh. My. God.

Some people just smell BAD when they sweat. I can't usually smell the sweat on myself when I work out (most people can't smell themselves), but when my husband comes home from the gym, I don't find the smell of sweat on him to be unpleasant. It smells manly and sort of sexy to me.

But every so often, someone on the treadmill beside me absolutely reeks. It must have something to do with their diet or something. Fresh (not stale) human sweat shouldn't really smell offensive.

[blas87]

Yeah, I just don't really smell that too often. But I usually seclude myself in the movie theater, it's a lot cooler in there than in the other areas of the gym.

I still can't get over some smelly coworkers. I'm not sure if they just don't bathe or don't wear deoderant, or if it's their shoes.

I admit, I buy those little balls from Payless that you put in your shoes. I hate the smell of feet, and I think a lot of people have funky feet. I will admit that I do. Every night after I get out of the shower, I spray my feet and my socks, and I rotate the little smell balls around my shoes, so while I'm wearing my work shoes, my gym shoes are absorbing odors and will be ready after work to be worn.

The thing is, my feet and shoes never smell moldy, but I have a coworker who always is emitting this odor that smells like shoes that were left outside in the rain. I think they are just that old and he either doesn't wash his socks, or doesn't take good care of his stuff.

[Gravekeeper]

I have dealt with smelly coworkers before. Unfortunately, the women who bathe in perfume are the reason I can't even wear a splash of body spray without someone running and screaming to the boss.

Yep, same reason my office is a no perfume/cologne zone too. Few years back we had one woman who just marinated herself on a daily basis and it would fill the *entire* operations floor. We're in an office building so its not like we could crack a window or anything. People started having allergic reactions.

[Greenday]

but when my husband comes home from the gym, I don't find the smell of sweat on him to be unpleasant. It smells manly and sort of sexy to me.

Pheromones play a big part of that.