Personal HygieneThere comes a point at which your hygiene becomes less your problem and more everyone else's:
My old school nurse never seemed to wash - instead she wrapped herself in crepe bandages from the first aid kits. The smell was beyond pungent. If you got ill at school, it was better to suffer than try and explain symptoms whilst only breathing out.
When she was eventually 'let go',they had to strip the wallpaper in her office to get rid of the lingering odour.
How scuzzy have you got? Or, failing that, how bad have people you know got?
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chthonic, Thu 22 Mar 2007, 12:40)
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Cultural HygieneThis is not so much about the hygiene of one, but more the hygiene of an entire culture.
I've explained a little about the people I work with here, but basically, with the type of food that these people eat, it can only play havoc with the digestive system. Consequently, in any occaision when I have needed the toilet I try my best to wait until I get home, but sometimes I have to give in. The reason I dont want to use the toilets in the office is because I would be confronted with a Bristol type 7 that has splattered all over the bowl, over the edge, and some onto the floor. These people dont clean up after themselves, and since I joined the company, we are now on the fourth set of new cleaners, because the others have resigned over the condition that the toilets were left in, for them to clean up.
I dont mean this to be a generalisation when I refer to a "culture", but in my job i have to travel and visit other branch offices around the world, and I've seen the state of the toilets there as well. I've spoken to the local staff and they too have complained about the condition that these people leave the toilets in for others. It has to be a cultural thing!
Appologies for length, but it was a long Bristol type 4
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turb0t, Tue 27 Mar 2007, 16:56,
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