My goodness, normally I have a strange person or bizarre experience to report, but today, I have neither. Instead, I am reporting on Mr. Stinkypants.
Maybe it's just that I have a sensitive nose? Maybe its that you don't have a sensitive nose? Either way, others are suffering. The smell is nauseating, especially on a warm June afternoon. So, Mr. Stinkypants, I'd like to offer you some advice so that you don't offend on another warm afternoon.
1. It's June...plaid flannel most likely (and I say most likely because we do live in New England and I understand the weather is unpredictable), but, really, not needed.
2. You are carrying a fancy backpack with many compartments. Surely you can put some deodorant in there.
3. If either of these steps fail you, under NO UNCERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES are you to lift your arms, let along for any extended period of time. It's just not right.
Your fellow public transportation riders will thank you!
The two people I had stinkface run-ins this week were both women. A very large black girl, who LEANED against me the entire ride on the green... and a VERY large white woman with a mullet sat next to me on the CR. When she got up to leave, the smell from her seat had me gagging.
ReplyDeleteBeing a larger man, I'm always afraid that I'm "Smelly guy"... but I put a TON of antiperspirant/deodorant before I leave the house. and I also dress in shorts and a t-shirt if it's really hot. I can sense when I smell bad, and from what I can tell, I'm not 'smelly guy' on the trains.