Stuck in an elevator with the smelly people?
By heero_yuy2 •
Surely at least one of you might've had an experience of riding an elevator with a mix of body odor when there were like 8 or 10 of you people inside who cannot tolerate being stuck along with them that the only hope you got was to get out of the lift as soon as possible.
We can guarantee that this is probably one of a kind experience for everyone who's ever been to the Middle East.
And I thought somebody who silently farts inside the elevator was intolerable.
Gypsy, you are almost corect. The combination of soju and kimjee of any Koreans BO is unbearable.
funny...but a little mean though isnt it ??
someday that little deed might turn around and come back to you.
hats off Kareena74 & co.
U know what we did.. A new lady joined our department who used to stink like a sack of onions.. So one day when she was away for lunch.. We typed on a sheet of paper " YOU STINK" and kept it on her desk along with a a can or rexona deodrant spray and a roll on.. LOL
i know some people who don't use deodorants, but they dont have body odour... ;)
I notice that everyone has talked about soap and water and I certainly am a fan of both, but people need DEODORANT. That will take care of 90% of what this discussion is about.
Mandi
I can't imagine why people can't look after their personal hygiene.. I have so many ladies working with me who stink really bad.. Not only that, there are so many ladies who are plain dirty.. They don't wax their arms and maybe not even legs but i can't say since i cant see their legs under their shalwars but so many of them wear half sleeve shirts and u can actually see hair on their arms an inch in legth atleast and jet black.. Most of them don't even thread or wax their upper lip.. They look like teenage boys who just started grown hair on their face.. They look so disgusting.. How can their husband tolerate them..
...when you reeeeeeeeally cant take the smell anymore, why dont you cough like mad!!(like u have some really bad lung disorder ) that way the people who stink will think you are MORE disgusting and probably get off a couple of floors earlier to get another turn till you are out of the way!! If u get good at it, you might end up having the elevator all to ureself in no time!!
LOL skdak!
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in such circumstances and times u break a full bottle of chloroform in elevator and the agony of everyone will be solved.
maybe they don't use water when they go to the toillet. using paper is not hygienic better wash...washhhhhhhhhhhh with water!
mittzzy, i really held my breath really.. :P
Xena, i don't think they are locals although they are wearing thobes...
men smell so good - sometimes oud, but mostly really nice perfumes. I have a couple of male Qatari friends and their perfume collections rival mine - much larger number and more expensive brands;-)
Sometimes the ladies will wear something too strong and then I get an instant headache...
"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME
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***LOLzzzz...mj...I will pray not to experience that for am afraid to faint...;o)
and you really hold you breath....haisssttt....
Mitzzyy Mitz '09
mitz, be thankful you haven't experienced it yet.. the first time i arrived here, we went to City Centre and when we got in one of the elevators, few men in thobe went in as well and we were like trapped and i thought i was gonna be suffocated from lack of oxygen coz i had to hold my breath because of the smell...
I haven't experience like that...stuck in the elevator with too many smelly people!!! I bet I will be in the emergency room of Hamad because I fainted...
Here in the office, we always have a visitor soooooooo smelly that you want to put a clip in your nose and that is everyday...freaking everyday here in the office...grrrrrrrrr.........
Mitzzyy Mitz '09
my female boss likes to wear her outfit for many days in a row. one time she had on a blouse for 3 days straight. the worst thing is, her blouse looked liked the type you wear on a night out, black and shimmering. so for 3 straight days, she looked as if she had gone straight to the office after a hard night of partying. ewwwwww.....
mo lang!
This isn't related to the elevators, but we had a maid once who smelled really bad when she showed up at 8am. She cleaned the upstairs first, then came downstairs. I went upstairs after she was gone for the day and my bathroom REEKED of BO. It was horrible and stayed for 2 days. Needless to say we let her go.
Motherhood...The hardest job you'll ever love! : )
Common. Disgust is also all in the mind. If some people really cannot help the BO, then just detach from the smell and after a while, you won't notice it. I do it whenever I have to. No problem.
/Well said, Loulsy
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Don't want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
.hi heero.
.by the time you were trapped, did you wash your hair that day? lol ;]
seriously
i actually followed your advise, not to shampoo everyday.
.the effect is very good, iv got better hair now.
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.on the day i dont washed it, i feel unconfortable even though its not smelling bad at all, honest.lol
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.that's all......
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meet with really bad smalling people and I'm always wondering for how ling time they have to stop showering or bathing to smell like that?
It's true that had working hadn't killed anyone yet, but why to take risk?
Arein & BritExpat.. Dirty minded old gits.. lol
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HE WHO DARES WINS
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Dear heero,
seems u only experienced this in ME.. i guess you havent travelled much as this is common all around the world when ur riding the elevator wtih laborers or ppl who have been working outside under the sun rather than in cooled Office room..
WYSIWYG
"Keep it up" ?????
Well I cant complain been stuck in a elevator with a few Qatrai female colleagues.. Even when I leave the elevator my clothes are smellying of their purfumes.. The elevators smells nice all day..
Thanks girls keep it up..
I think it must be a bottle day for these ladies..lol
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That's the garlic. phewwwwww.
You forgot Kimchee!
when your home is not properly ventilated, all the kitchen smell from your cooking stick everywhere including your dress that even if you take a long bath when you go out all the smell come with you...
Nope the worst thing ever is being stuck on a elevator with old Korean men who reek of soju (alcohol), garlic and BO.
Awhile back in KSA, we have a workmate who smelled really bad and we hve to ride with him in the company bus everyday. So we suggested to him to take a bath in the morning and in the afternoon, that means twice a day. And what do you know, the bad smell went away. But every time he perspires the smell magically re-appear. At least he smells good in the morning. His an asian. :)
Some people are turned on by "Odour".. Also there is "Hoboeroticism" Are you one of these..
They iron the same dress everynight without washing for the whole week, that's the reason it smells that way.
Its not just food , Its the clothing too sometimes. If you dont use the quality cotton stuff at this heat and you sweat.. thats it. When its good cotton material and even when you sweat, peole will be spared..
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4 days in a row? that is just eww,.... with the extremity of the heat here, people sweat twice as much and i cannot even imagine wearing the same shirt from yesterday, it just doesn't feel right to me...
a week ago, i have to endure an officemate without bath for 2 weeks and wore the same outfit! i wonder what's keeping them from water...:(
I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. ~Charles Schulz
Yes one of the contributing factor is because of the food they eat. One time, my friends were so into eating their food (they were doing this for a week or so i think) that they smelled like onions eventhough they took their bath and brushed their teeth.
yes mj, one of the reasons is the food they eat.
i had an office mate once, he reported for work on a sunday and had a new shirt on, everybody complimented him because the color was also nice and he wore that shirt until wednesday!
maybe his favorite motto was: SAME SHIRT DIFFERENT DAY
=Dura Lex Sed Lex=
is it true that "one of the" contributing factors why they smell is because of the food they eat?
lol UkEng....
Heero I think it is time you have a shower boy...lol
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HE WHO DARES WINS
ewww... i can't even wear the same shirt 2 days in a row... :P
my colleague wears her dress 5 days straight from sunday to thursday... same same pcs. of cloth from head scarf to skirt... you can just imagine when she comes back from the heat of the sun esp during summer after her daily duties outside... :(
times like these i wish i could just spray air freshener without offending anyone.. :/
How about letting it go...loudly in the lift....and all guys trying to figure who it was....ROFL....
Gross! early morning i come to office and i read about smelly people...now i need extra coffee.
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
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this should be included in fear factor hehehehe
good morning everyone!
=Dura Lex Sed Lex=
i read this from a friend's blog...they were eating breakfast (eggs) in their office's tearoom when a colleaque of a different nationality came and said we cook the same eggs but why does your eggs smell bad and she replied to him, we use the same water when taking a bath but why do you still smell bad?
i could spill spoiled milk all over and that would still smell better... hahaha!!!
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my lazy typing!!! she sprays dolce,or dior or whatever is in her purse.dross?lol
My campboss here wore the same shirt for three consecutive days, I hope it will not be the fourth day tomorrow...
"I don't go back on my words, That's my way of the ninja"
shoeaddict..you mean to say a Sheikha wears such dross as D&G? Oh my word!
What I meant was their personal 'methods', not you giving them some methods. LOL :-)
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
a close personal friend (sheikha) also did the same thing; if she smelled something really bad,she would grab her purse and out comes d&g light blue or dior.she doesnt spray it on people.i like that she likes good scents.likey-likey........
rotten eggs......ewww you win..did you also notice the armpit stains?
my boss likes it soooo much....
Uhh, they usually forgot to remove the body odor first before applying the perfume...and that was a weird smell when it mixes...specially when you're inside that small elevator cabin with them.
But I'm not being racist. Just an experience only. Hope no harm may come to them after 'enforcers' may read it here.
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i haven't heard from you for quite a while my friend. where have you been?
this afternoon i was stuck in an elevator with 4 rotten egg smelling guys. one of them was an officemate of mine and i notice he usually uses the same shirt for 3 days straight. from the smell of it, he hasn't been taking a bath for a week in my estimate.. i wish i could have told him to take a bath or something but i usually just try to neglect the fact that he stinks.
so which is better for you the silent fart of a guy or the smelly body odor?
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remind me not to use the cambodian oud when we see each other.lol
i know what they had for breakfast,lunch and dinner+owww and garlic,armpits,whats yours?
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i was referring to our workplace....the karwa bus i have yet to experience...
the elevator, was way back in hongkong where i was working during summer, the peeps there they dont bathe as much and its NASTY...lol
i have the same experience...
That one you mentioned was a bit stating the obvious on Friday afternoons in the Karwa Bus station.
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what about getting stuck with 100 smelly men from work 13 hours a day?would it top your thread?lolyoure my heero!!!