She can’t smell the customers

By ShannyBananny

@shaggin (71673)

United States

March 3, 2023 10:27pm CST

My oldest daughter lost lost of her sense of smell when she has corona over a year ago. The baby and I went to visit her today and look around the thrift store where she works. Unbeknownst to me I think three families got met online last month and planned to stop showering and then meet up on this day at the thrift store before taking there next monthly shower. I didn’t see these families talk at all but it had to be a plan they set up ahead of time. I wonder if they came up with a good slogan for their outing. The odor was so bad I was trying not to vomit as I walked around. Body odor like you would not believe and cat urine. I thought it would be a nice place to work until today. My daughter for this reason only is very fortunate to have very little sense of smell. She could not smell these odors at all. I know the one family who comes often and the workers have to spray the store after they leave to try to rid the smell. I think they needed to just evacuate the store today instead. The photo is of a cup I got my husband at a different thrift store on Wednesday for $3.

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@DaddyEvil (137142)

• United States

4 Mar 23

Oh, wow! That would gross me out! I know there were some people who came into Walmart that hadn't bathed in a long time... I'd gag when they got too close to me. I couldn't help it.

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@Laurakemunto (12862)

• Kenya

4 Mar 23

For me I would move away or excuse myself

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@DaddyEvil (137142)

• United States

4 Mar 23

@Laurakemunto The gag reflex is involuntary. I couldn't help it. I did move away as soon as I realized they were approaching.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

5 Mar 23

@Daddyevil that is hilarious. You are right it’s not something you could help. I told my husband if I worked there and saw them come in I’d have to wear a mask.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (58197)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Mar 23

I'm not understanding why the three families did that then met up at that thrift store? Some weird pact?

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

4 Mar 23

@sallypup I was actually just joking around. It just was my dumb luck to be there when so many smelly people were in the store at the same time. I don’t think the families even knew each other.

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@jstory07 (134752)

• Roseburg, Oregon

4 Mar 23

That would be something that I would not want to smell.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

5 Mar 23

@jstory07 I’ve been worried about losing my sense of smell like my kids did like legitimately phobic about it but that day in the thrift store I was thinking hmm maybe sometimes losing my sense of smell would have been a good thing.

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@DianneN (247219)

• United States

6 Mar 23

That's so disgusting! I guess all that could be done is spraying after they leave. I had a student stink so badly, I had to send him to the nurse who in turn dealt with his mother. He stunk up my room. Cute cup!

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@DianneN I had a friends whose sandals were like that. She was always saying rude things to me and the last day she was at our school (her family moved a little further south) I told her off and told her how nasty her feet always smell. She cried. I felt bad days later but not that day.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@DianneN I remember a teacher I had would spray her classroom with something after the seventh grade classes left. She said they would smell terrible after gym class.

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@DianneN (247219)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@shaggin I can understand that. My student's sneakers reeked every single day. It was gag-worthy.

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@JudyEv (326434)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar 23

I don't understand how people can get so smelly and be happy with it. It's good your daughter can't really smell it.

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@Laurakemunto (12862)

• Kenya

4 Mar 23

Imagine I really wonder too

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@FayeHazel (40246)

• United States

6 Mar 23

Oh.... gag. Just.... why?

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@FayeHazel I’ll never understand how someone can live with being so dirty

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

7 Mar 23

@FayeHazel I would assume so I can’t stand the itch if I have to skip a shower I don’t know how they can deal with it

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@FayeHazel (40246)

• United States

7 Mar 23

@shaggin I mean, if you stink like that isn't there other sensations that tip you off that you should shower? Like itching or something? UGH

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@celticeagle (159650)

• Boise, Idaho

4 Mar 23

I wonder if this family knows that they have this odor. Nice mug you found.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

5 Mar 23

@celticeagle so many people lost their sense of smell from corona that they may not be able to smell how bad they smell. I was hanging out with a guy once who smelled terrible. I told him and he said he wasn’t aware of it. I was shocked.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@celticeagle I would assume so

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@celticeagle (159650)

• Boise, Idaho

5 Mar 23

@shaggin .........I wonder if this isn't the issue many times.

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@sjvg1976 (41131)

• Delhi, India

6 Mar 23

I wonder how can people live without taking bath for a month. The weather is warm here and I don't think there is anyone who doesn't take a bath here daily. There are days when we take bath twice daily.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@sjvg1976 it’s winter here and quite cold but no excuse not to clean themselves. I don’t really know how long these people go without showing but it has to be a long time to smell so bad.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@sjvg1976 of course they can I don’t know why they choose to be so filthy!

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@sjvg1976 (41131)

• Delhi, India

6 Mar 23

@shaggin but still they can wipe their body to keep themselves clean and hygienic.

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

4 Mar 23

Oh my goodness. I don't think I can handle that kind of smell for too long

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@rakski it was nauseating. I can’t stomach it for long either.

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

6 Mar 23

@shaggin oh my. I'm happy for your daughter

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

only in this case when she has to be around horrible smelling people and I happy she can’t smell.

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@Marilynda1225 (80023)

• United States

4 Mar 23

From that aspect I would say your daughter is lucky she lost her sense of smell. That must be terrible to have to spray the store after customers leave.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@Marilynda1225 I know many times I’ve been to the doctors office in town and they have had to spray the rooms after smelly people left as well.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@Marilynda1225 can you imagine that and being a female doctor having to do exams down there

. I could never even on a clean person.

@Marilynda1225 (80023)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@shaggin yikes! that's horrible if you have to be amongst smelly people. I feel bad for anyone working in the doctors office if they have to deal with smelly patients

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

5 Mar 23

Why don't these people shower?

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

5 Mar 23

@RubyHawk I don’t know I can’t imagine living like this. If they smell this bad just walking by them I can’t even imagine how bad their homes smell

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

6 Mar 23

It's a puzzle to me why they don't shower. They can't be comfortable.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@RubyHawk seems like they would get very itchy

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@YrNemo (20261)

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4 Mar 23

I am sensitive to smells too. Every now and then, I would pass by some seniors at the shopping areas who no longer like having showers or changing clothes. Mama Mia!

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@YrNemo I can imagine the smell of that would be awful. I usually don’t see very old people in stores to have experienced that.

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@YrNemo (20261)

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8 Mar 23

@shaggin Yes, like a toilet which has not been cleaned for awhile, with urine soaked through! (I often tried to disguise my discomfort in a polite manner, in case those people got offended.)

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

8 Mar 23

@YrNemo oh gosh so gross

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@Nakitakona (56302)

• Philippines

29 Mar 23

I think there are plants that could absorb bad odors.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

29 Mar 23

@Nakitakona there are ones that help improve the oxygen in a home but I killed all the plants here over the years

. I do not have a green thumb at all.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

29 Mar 23

@Nakitakona I have had so so many and just killed them all. I over water then or don’t water them enough. I gave up.

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@Nakitakona (56302)

• Philippines

29 Mar 23

@shaggin Sorry to hear that. Anyway you don't need to plant. You may buy them and just water them when needed.

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@Laurakemunto (12862)

• Kenya

4 Mar 23

Nice cup. I have been meeting with people with body odor that stinks it's so bad

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

5 Mar 23

@Laurakemunto oh no why have you been meeting with people who are so smelly? For work?

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@Laurakemunto I have no idea it’s so gross

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@Laurakemunto (12862)

• Kenya

6 Mar 23

@shaggin I wonder why they can't take a shower it is a very bad experience

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@allknowing (130233)

• India

5 Mar 23

Crazy trio is all what I can say What type of a bizarre thinking is this?

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

5 Mar 23

@allknowing I was actually just being silly the families didn’t really have any plans to meet there that day they just happened to all be there at the same time which was unfortunate for me.

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@allknowing (130233)

• India

5 Mar 23

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Tina Dalasinski

@Tina30219 (81549)

• Onaway, Michigan

4 Mar 23

Nice cup. Sorry to hear that your daughter lost her sense of smell in some cases it might be good the. She can’t smell stinky smells like that.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

5 Mar 23

@Tina30219 all our senses our important do it truly bothers me my kids can’t smell though but in this case she is lucky

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@Tina30219 (81549)

• Onaway, Michigan

6 Mar 23

@shaggin Yeah I think it would bother me as well if I could not smell.

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@RebeccasFarm (86908)

• United States

4 Mar 23

That sounds as if they are utterly insane and anti social.

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@LadyDuck (459716)

• Switzerland

4 Mar 23

Oh my goodness, I cannot believe that there are people who are so smelly.

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@LadyDuck if they are in the back of the store I can smell them as soon as I walk in

. It is so bad!

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@LadyDuck (459716)

• Switzerland

6 Mar 23

@shaggin I have a very sensitive nose and I cannot stand the smell of dirty people.

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@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

5 Mar 23

I think they have been down here before. Those people are selfish, not thinking about other people puking because they stink.

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@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

5 Mar 23

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@aureliah (24321)

• Kenya

6 Mar 23

I still wonder why anyone would be comfortable not showering for days when they have access to clean water

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@shaggin (71673)

• United States

6 Mar 23

@aureliah I don’t know either it is so disgusting when people get so filthy!

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