“I always think, “how did we survive back before people regularly bathed?””
People didn’t spend much time jammed together in metal tubes flying through the air, building were generally not sealed like today and much draftier with much more air movement, and finally, I imagine people just got used to the stink around them. Don’t forget at one time our streets were full of horse crap, proper sewage systems were not so common, and so on.
I don’t know if it’s diet or genetics or personal hygeine, but some people who work in my building who come from a certain ethnic group really stink. I’m guessing a combination of diet and hygeine habits. I know there’s a big guy who works out down in the gym at lunch time when I do, and after running and cycling (i.e. sweating) and lifting weights and such for an hour, he changes clothes and goes back to work - no shower! I’m glad my cube isn’t next to his.
I feel bad about being sensitive to stinky people but...yuck.
yeah if everything smelled like horse crap, nobody will notice that you haven’t showered in days
On a flight I was on, they removed the seat after they asked the passenger to deplane. It was a United flight, about 1.5 years ago.
When smoking was banned on flights, HVAC money could be saved by reducting the cabin air replenishment rate.