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Saw this in 7 Days Yeah right. As if they would do this.
In fact thinking about it, they ought to evict themselves first, as they are the biggest culprits! This goes for Brisbane taxi's as well. So, who would drive the taxi? hahahahahahahahahahahaha
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yep, the taxi drivers smell very bad and its very nasueating when all the doors r closed and there is no fresh air ... wonder how often they will take bath ...
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That's the first thing that came to my mind, that it's not the passengers that smell, but the drivers.
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I feel very sorry for the drivers that smell, because the smell very often is unwashed hair. And I think the reason for this is often the extremely long shifts they do - 18 hours in a lot of cases.
Most people feel fairly unfresh after 8 hours in an air-conditioned office, imagine 18 in a cramped little cab, having to constantly open the door and waft the heat and pollution in.
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My observation...
It's not just the taxi drivers who stink in this place...oh my, even ladies from certain parts of asia (i guess i don't have to mention it...and i mean certain parts of asia because they're geographically/culturally related) do stink big time...so how much more the men. Here in our office I have 2 officemates (both ladies) who smell really bad..problem is I don't know how to tell them as they may be offended. Is it because of the food they take (as what most of them claim) or plain hygiene problems? Your guess is as good as mine.
Have you experienced being inside a lift (on a hot sticky summer day)and you're surrounded by a lot of them?...ARGH...
For the life of me I still can't get it why would they smell like that. It only takes a daily bath, a regular change of clean clothes and to some extent spray of deodorant to smell good.....even if you eat a lot of food with different kinds of spices.
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nature_trip - Because not everyone uses deodorant, let alone antiperspirant. It's not because they're "unclean", it's just not part of everyone's culture.
Also it is very difficult to smell garlic/booze/spices on yourself (regrettably). People get used to their own smells quite easily, the aroma presumably builds up gradually over the day, it's other people that get hit with.
However, this doesn't solve your problem. You have three options:
1. As politely as possible, bring the subject up with them (if and only if you are female)
2. Mention it to a supervisor whom you trust, and have them send round a tactful memo to the whole office to remind people that hygiene is important, and perhaps to use perfume/antiperspirant deodorant if they feel a bit sticky/stale by the end of the long office day.
3. Mask the smell by using strong scents yourself, or a little aromatherapy burner if you are allowed it. If not, just rubbing essential oil on a lightbulb, or even a warm part of your computer cage, may do the trick. Or rub it onto your hair and under your nose. I do this on aeroplanes a lot, especially if I'm anywhere in line of the godawful "toilet aroma waft".
RIEL - I just know what unwashed hair smells like. Sometimes you can smell BO, but more often than not it is just this rank, fetid smell that comes from a stale body and unwashed hair. Not the sharp, unpleasant tang of sweat/BO but a more sickly, fusty smell.
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It is however ironic that the world's best deodorant, Mitchums (mega strong but bizarrely gentle on sensitive/shaved skin) is about the only international brand not available in Australia. I found a couple of bottles once at Brisbane Airport, but that's pretty much it.
I bring it in by the dozen, whenever I travel overseas.
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