ianmac47 wrote:
When its 87 degrees outside with 70% humidity and the subway platform is 147 degrees without any ventilation, people on the subway are probably going perspire, and they probably aren't going to smell very nice either, whether they are wearing deodorant or not.

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JadedJC wrote:
*SIGH* Since people are on a roll bashing brown-skinned people again, I'd like to point out that the Paris Metro on a hot summer day smells much, much worse than anything the PATH dishes out. Combine the lack of AC in the cars with people who haven't bathed or showered in a day or two and who have doused themselves with cologne, and it's pretty noxious in there. They're also wearing clothes that have cigarette smoke clinging to them along with the sweat and perfume. Get the idea??? It's not just a stereotype - the French really do believe that frequent bathing is "unhealthy" and sneer at our Anglo-Saxon obsession with hygiene. One day at work at work, one of my French co-workers looked a bit different. "Thierry," I asked, "Did you do something different with your hair?" "Non," he replied with a puzzled look, "I just washed it." Whereupon my face turned red and I never asked about anyone's hair again as long as I lived there.

Not all brown skinned as some are less shady then others. Also do not judge all for the actions of a few.

JadedJC wrote:
*SIGH* Since people are on a roll bashing brown-skinned people again, I'd like to point out that the Paris Metro on a hot summer day smells much, much worse than anything the PATH dishes out. Combine the lack of AC in the cars with people who haven't bathed or showered in a day or two and who have doused themselves with cologne, and it's pretty noxious in there. They're also wearing clothes that have cigarette smoke clinging to them along with the sweat and perfume. Get the idea??? It's not just a stereotype - the French really do believe that frequent bathing is "unhealthy" and sneer at our Anglo-Saxon obsession with hygiene. One day at work at work, one of my French co-workers looked a bit different. "Thierry," I asked, "Did you do something different with your hair?" "Non," he replied with a puzzled look, "I just washed it." Whereupon my face turned red and I never asked about anyone's hair again as long as I lived there.

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DowntownSteve28 wrote:
I\'ve actually heard of people who don\'t use deoderant because they think it\'s poison. Something about magnesium or aluminum soaking into your skin and killing you? It takes all kinds, it really does.

There\'s some pretty reasonable evidence for this. Did you do any research before coming to this conclusion? Regardless of the health risks, deodorant is pretty unnatural if you think about it.

But the population of JC that smells the worst is the rapidly growing set of Indians on work visas. Showering regularly is not part of the culture there, and it\'s not like they are given a handbook on local hygiene at the border. Even Indians who have been here a while still don\'t use toilet paper. Really.

When I worked at an office that had a lot of H1Bs, we regularly had to have new employees informed of our culture of showering daily. We\'d always have an Indian who had been here do the dirty work, but I think there isn\'t much of a stigma towards smelling bad in India, so you can tell someone that they smell bad without creating much offense.

I don\'t think they were ever asked to use deodorant, just to shower daily (or even every other day). You can still smell someone who showers daily but doesn\'t use deodorant, but only if they\'re right next to you, and it\'s just unpleasant.

I once walked into a conference room to interview a candidate, and didn\'t make it all the way to the table before turning around, running out, and throwing up in the bathroom. They got the job anyway.

DowntownSteve28 wrote:
I've actually heard of people who don't use deoderant because they think it's poison. Something about magnesium or aluminum soaking into your skin and killing you? It takes all kinds, it really does.

DowntownSteve28 wrote:
I've actually heard of people who don't use deoderant because they think it's poison. Something about magnesium or aluminum soaking into your skin and killing you? It takes all kinds, it really does.

Kaylasmom wrote:
It is summer....it is Hot....in most cases you are holding onto a bar above your head....Please shower and use deodorant!!! You know who you are.

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chrischoj wrote:
I was on the train from WTC to Newark around 4:30pm today when a dirty looking guy walked on and asked if there were "any bathrooms on the train". We told him there weren't and he just walked right out the door of the train and relieved himself off the side of the train. He then proceeded to come back in while zipping himself back up. Pure class...

at least he didn't pee inside the train

chrischoj wrote:
I was on the train from WTC to Newark around 4:30pm today when a dirty looking guy walked on and asked if there were "any bathrooms on the train". We told him there weren't and he just walked right out the door of the train and relieved himself off the side of the train. He then proceeded to come back in while zipping himself back up. Pure class...

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I am 1/4 black 1/4 Hispanic 1/4 Asian and 1/4 Caucasian

Gosh, how intriguing. I'd LOVE to see what you look like.

JerseyCityFrankie wrote:
My PATH feelings, in no particular order and distilled for all to absorb:
5) There are no intelligent tourists. All of them are frighteningly stupid.

I am 1/4 black 1/4 Hispanic 1/4 Asian and 1/4 Caucasian

Nice. Had you made the same disparaging remarks about black or hispanic people, I'm sure the righteous would have swept in to condemn you and then congratulated each other on their "courage" for taking a stand - but there's a separate set of rules if the object of your ridicule is poor and caucasian.

Brooklynboy wrote:
Thats funny because I am 1/4 black 1/4 Hispanic 1/4 Asian and 1/4 Caucasian

Yes I check "OTHER"