Monday, February 28, 2005

Of BO and Fresh Air

You woke up in the morning, took your shower which last for ages (wouldn't help u reach the office early when u woke up 45 mins before office starts), dressed nicely with ur sleek shirt and pant which still smell of the fabric softener (softlan lah, what else?), sprayed urself 2-3 puffs of those EDT and off u went to the LRT station.

Then, the train came and you boarded slowly. Suddenly, u caught a faint smell ... which was kinda nauseating to the nose. Oohh what was that smell, stench, reek, stink? And, overcoming the sleepiness u're feeling and coming to ur senses ... u're facing with the horrid dilemma of public transport. It's the attack of the BO again!!! Ohh God, 20++ minutes ride to KLCC felt like forever in there.

I'm not gonna finger-pointing here, but don't these people realized they have problems with their body exuding not-so-nose-friendly odor? Even if they knew, why can't they do something about it? Just being ignorance and oblivious to ur surrounding huh? And let the other poor souls out there (including urs truly), to suffocate and gasping for fresh air everytime the train's doors open ... aiyahh, do we need to bring our oxygen mask next time?

And this happened in the morning, where we could expect everybody is fresh and clean. Just brave urself (and ur nose) to undergo the fear factor of public transport in the evening ... people going home after one hard day at work, do i need to say more?

What can we do apart from drive ourselves to work? Be patience and go through this ordeal every day, morning and evening. Stay near to the door so u can gasp for fresh air whenever the train stops at a station. Or, if u really could not endure anymore, cover ur nose with ur hand or handkerchief.

If u're generous enough, u might wanna buy a lot of deodorants and give'em out free to those u suspect having BO problems. Even that, would you walk up to the person and tell him/her about his/her problem? Kinda embarassing for us and them isn't it? So, as the old saying says .... "sabo jelah!!!"

posted by isman @ 12:57 PM Comments: 5