This guy was smelling
@allknowing (130067)
India
November 12, 2018 7:45pm CST
Suited and booted though he was this guy obviously did not bathe and so he smelt very bad
It was an international conference I was in charge of while I was working for a multi national. He would spend time in my cabin which was air conditioned.
I diplomatically kept my door open and he wondered why I was doing that. I said I wanted some fresh air. He probably guessed and did pose a direct question. I was glad he did. Then the cat came out of the bag. Having come from the UK he mentioned bathing was not a part of his routine 
But I said in India one needs to bathe everyday as the weather demanded that.
I wondered whether I was diplomatic enough. Whatever. I conveyed the message alright. 
But I said in India one needs to bathe everyday as the weather demanded that.
I wondered whether I was diplomatic enough. Whatever. I conveyed the message alright. 20 people like this
19 responses
@marguicha (215177)
• Chile
13 Nov 18
I don´t think that everyone in the UK bathe only once in a while. Some people do and some don´t everywhere. If other people can smell you, surely you can smell yourself too
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
It is others who can smell us as we get used to our own smell (lol)
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@RasmaSandra (73196)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Nov 18
I cannot understand his reasoning. People in the UK bathe as much as anyone anywhere else. In fact it was once said that only those who were individually nonhygienic would not bathe much.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
May be a combination of laziness and cold weather?
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
It is was an Indian he would have denied and not opened.up
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
What are you surprised about. Not having a bath is not a crime I appreciated his honesty.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
13 Nov 18
@allknowing
It is not, yes, but it's one of the proper hygiene we need to do every day.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
I can understand. When the weather is such that they do not sweat the tendency is to skip a bath.
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
13 Nov 18
I have been around people who bathed often enough but did not wash their clothes. It was also very rank. Not pleasant, but I hope you had a positive effect.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
He got the hint and hoped he rushed to the bathroom at the next opportunity.
Clothes and socks are the next culprits. (lol)
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
13 Nov 18
I was in a Supermarket once over here and the guy I went past did not bathe at all you could tell a mile off that he did not. He almost knocked me back and no one else seemed at all fazed out about it and I did my best to be like nothing was going on.
In the U.K, I had a wash every day in the coldest water you could imagine so no excuses there really.
I even had to wash my hair in freezing cold water.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
13 Nov 18
@allknowing
I have been in freezing cold conditions and still washed my hair and myself too.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
@lovinangelsinstead21 There are exceptions to every rule (lol)
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
Cold and laziness is a perfect combination not to bathe (lol)
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@Deepizzaguy (94293)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Nov 18
A person who does not take a bath is looking for diseases that can be harmful.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
14 Nov 18
An occasional miss will do no harm but that could result in body odour
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
14 Nov 18
@Deepizzaguy Me too and specially when they dab a perfume over it (lol)
@Deepizzaguy (94293)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Nov 18
@allknowing Bad odor bothers me a lot.
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@Hannihar (129379)
• Israel
13 Nov 18
@allknowing
So did he catch on that he needed to bathe. Was that his cat and why was the cat in the bag?
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
Looks like you have not come across this expression.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag
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@Hannihar (129379)
• Israel
13 Nov 18
@allknowing
Now, I see what you were saying about the cat and the bag. I think I do not know that expression.
Thanks for telling me what it means.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
13 Nov 18
Good!! That he asked a straight question. Made things easier for you.
We need to bathe daily and I do it twice on most of the days.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
As you know if you have someone who tells you that then you have a good friend as you will never get your own smell
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
13 Nov 18
@allknowing Very true!! That is the reason most people are not aware of their smell or bad breath.
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@dave121495 (1296)
• Philippines
14 Nov 18
It was pretty clever in that situation, it was not that very insulting if you ask me so.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
14 Nov 18
I did nothing - just opened the door but he guessed (lol)
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@dave121495 (1296)
• Philippines
14 Nov 18
@allknowing Well he guessed right. haha lol
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
It happens, It has happened to me. There are days, rare though I have just had a wash.
@ptrikha_2 (45422)
• India
13 Nov 18
Oh it was diplomatic but that person would indeed have minded somewhat!
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
If he was an Indian he would mind but my experience is foreigners are open.
@Letranknight2015 (51498)
• Philippines
13 Nov 18
There's a reason people need to bathe specially if you're going into an event with different people.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
You have a valid point there. It is important to do that when one has to mingle with others.
@LadyDuck (457412)
• Switzerland
13 Nov 18
I think that now in the UK bathing is part of the routine, may be it was not in the past. Here people bath every day, yesterday an Indian young girl wrote a post to ask how many days people can skip a shower and a bath and several Indian girls replied saying that they bath every three days. I would say that times have changed.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
13 Nov 18
That must be where there is water shortage. Indians even bathe twice a day.
@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Nov 18
There are some things that are very hard not to mention in a direct manner. I'm glad he took the hint.
