But I don't think I'd accost someone in an office about it!

But my barber brutalizes me for it.

"What the fuck is that I'm smelling"?

Old Spice.

"What are you wearing that shit for"?

Nine years and the whiffs are a rare exercise that keep me from completely crumbling.

She opens it and smells it once in awhile. Even though I use the same stuff, she keeps his bottle and smells it.

He passed in 2009...and she still does that.

I'm very sorry about your husband's passing.

Have read it is generally the last of our 5 senses to go as we age. I keep my husband's hair brush wrapped in a couple handkerchiefs tucked away. Sometime I have to take a hit of that too.

It breaks my heart when my wife does it.

She'll go into the bedroom, open his bottle of aftershave, and just stare at the bottle.

I appreciate and understand why she does it.

Smell is so closely tied to memory. I smell cinnamon and suddenly I'm with my grandma again.

I know how powerful the sense of smell is and you must miss him terribly. My heart goes out to you. Do you have family or friends you can talk to?

it's just alcohol based aftershave that evaporates quickly. The smell of that goes away quickly. It's not a cologne. I usually don't wear cologne because I am aware of sensitivities.

I don't think it's the aftershave they are smelling...it must be the deodorant.

But yesterday, they seemed more focused on the "shower" smell.

All of this got me thinking how mortified I would be to get a prostate exam without showering first...and got me wondering how people do that without showering.

I'd mention it to the doctor, but then I am one of those people who thinks staff in a professional office should be a little, well professional

How do I put this...

There are many reasons why I would not complain...

The main reason is the rigidity of this large organization. They would get fired at the drop of a hat over that if I complained.

complaining about other patients, and flashing the lysol around is just beyond the pale.
both r unprofessional, but how many ppl hearing that figured they were talking about them?
dont know what kind of practice this is, but if that’s a common issue, do they have a lot of homeless or mentally ill patients? seems like something is going on if this is a common thing.

lucky is the kind of guy who wouldnt want someone to lose their job, but damn. they at least need some education. sensitivity training, maybe. how many ppl hear that, and dont come back?

This is not ok. Sounds like these women were clerical not medical.
If they were medical they would have known there are many conditions as well as medications that create an odor. Many cancer drugs do.
How do you think those other patients felt.

There was a label on the side of an Old Spice deodorant stick that said:
"If your grandfather didn't wear Old Spice, you wouldn't be here right now."

Now that I've aged/mellowed considerably, I don't sweat much and don't smell anymore (can't smell anymore.) No perfumes for me!

Trust me.

It sounds like a large percentage of people who go to dr Jellyfinger don't shower.


Sounds like a strange experience at a doctors office but it could have been weirder I suppose. lol

Glad to read that your PSA is on target 🎯

I'm off to clean and organize!

Such as cancer. Which some medications can create an odor. My son is in hospice for terminal cancer and I do not find this funny
He has been on many medications, some of them caused excessive sweating and odor and I assure you he showered often.
Illness is not funny.

It's a very tough road, and many here know what you are expressing.

No one here is talking about illness.

And the women behind the window were definitely not talking about illness.

While I question the professionalism of the women behind the window, they were in actuality speaking about people who do not bother to shower before a visit to the office.

Peace to you and your family.

But I have worked with people in my past who never showered or washes their clothing. It's not always a medical factor.


I'm sorry to hear about your son, I wish him well.

I literally get complimented on my eyelashes every day by strangers.

It's the only good part I have left.

bear the burning and stinging.

I jam the entire working end of the stick deodorant into my eye socket.

I use a toothbrush.

I dig a bit of the deodorant off the stick with the toothbrush, and just dab it on my eye.

I don't use the brush end of the toothbrush.

I use the other end.

Surely you got an eyeful before the phosphenes lurched into view.

like a little red Hershey's Kiss.

When I take it out of my eye, it looks more like a teal colored Hershey's Kiss with sprinkles on it.

I don't know what that is all about.

I usually just press hard on my eyelids while listening to hockey on the radio.

You know how when someone gets a hat trick, and the crowd throws their hats onto the ice?

I throw a container of Old Spice deodorant.

By the way, when I go to a hockey game without wearing any deodorant, they call a 5 minute major penalty on me and hand me a stick of Old Spice in the penalty box.

If I refuse to apply it, they call a game misconduct, and eject me from the arena.

low stinking.

It is weird, though.

But others might see it differently

usage of “stanky”.