Like, I travel around for work and I’ve met plenty of people from all backgrounds.

Why is there a demographic of people who don’t seemingly bathe regularly, or at the very least wear something to cover up their BO? I could understand if it’s an allergy, or even religious reasons (though the people I’ve met that smell bad are usually you’re average American young adult man) but recently (like in the past week, recently) I’ve met a concerning number of people who don’t seem to wear any kind of deodorant or possibly don’t even bathe regularly; it’s starting to become an issue for me, as I don’t even want to interact with them when I can smell them walking up from 3+ feet away yet I need to for work.

Does anyone have any possible insight?

  • FaceDeer
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    -41 year ago

    And I saw someone being an asshole regarding their preferences.

    • Deceptichum
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      101 year ago

      Preferences?

      Not stinking up a whole room goes beyond a preference into a biohazard warning.

      • FaceDeer
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        -61 year ago

        Make that two, I suppose.

        What is it with this extremism? People don’t instantly turn into heaps of rotting garbage the moment they neglect to put some chemicals on their underarms.

          • FaceDeer
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            01 year ago

            Yes. Is “biohazard warning” not hyperbolic in the extreme?

          • FaceDeer
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            01 year ago

            No, calling a smell that you find unpleasant a “biohazard” is extreme.

            If, hypothetically, I found body piercings to be distasteful, wouldn’t it be kind of an overreaction for me to demand that paramedics come fix the “stab wounds” on people with piercings that I encounter?

            • @Zahille7@lemmy.worldOP
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              21 year ago

              I mean actual shit smell is a biohazard, though. Like if someone didn’t wipe well enough, that’s a biohazard (very minor, but still).

              • squiblet
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                41 year ago

                Covering that up with perfume wouldn’t help though.