Thursday, July 15, 2010

Sweaty, Stinky, Body Odor ... Ick. Public Transportation in the Summer

I will reiterate again - taking the commuter rail and the T to work is WAAAY better than driving was.  Or even better than it was driving to Wellington to the Orange line to go to work.  Why?  Well, first and foremost, it saves me money.  Really!  Pre tax dollars pay for my pass, and I get a ride to the Train station - you know just like high school, just early in the morning.  I also like that it IS 'green'.  I am using less gas in my car and hopefully saving a little chunk of the environment.  A bigger chunk is saved with the recycling I do at my house, but I digress.

What I DON'T like are the smells on the T.  I have a sensitive nose - a very sensitive nose.  I can gag about a smell before anyone else around me smells it.  Which brings me to my complaint about public transportation.  Which is not only the issue in the summer, smells and stinky people certainly do exist in the winter, it's just shall we say, enhanced in the summer.  It's hot, everyone's sweaty, and some just don't use the appropriate deodorant or use deodorant at all.  Bleh.  This morning in fact, there was the faint smell of body odor and I couldn't figure out who was responsible, but I did have to put my nose in my shirt at one point to avoid any gagging.  

But... the point of my post is that no one needs help smelling any worse during the summer, so if you could, please don't work out till you're a sweaty mess, and then just get on the commuter rail.  You do smell, and seeing your shirt stick to you because of that sweat makes me gag.  Please, either rinse off at the gym, or stand in front of a fan for a while.  


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