Question about Euro clothing habits

[wyrmtung]

A coworker brought to my attention the fact that another coworker often wears the same shirt two or three days in a row. Being oblivious, I have never noticed this before and I have worked with the guy for almost a year.

I sometimes may wear the same pair of jeans in consecutive days but I've never worn the same shirt on consecutive days. The guy is from the Netherlands so I was wondering: Is this a Euro thing or is it just this guy?

[Diamicles]

I'd say it's more of a Hobo thing

[Senoska]

Poor hygiene is very obviously a euro thing. You've clearly never been around the french or Italians. They smell like hot open ass.

[Surealistic]

company i work for has main office in Sofia, Bulgaria, one of the guys from there came over to train me and my coworker, i swear in the 2 weeks he was here he didnt take a single shower, nor did he take a shower prior to arrival


either that or he sprays himself with ass cologne every day

[sruon]

[Siniroth]

Well where do you work? In an office building or something that's obviously not really socially acceptable, but many people at the factory I work at wear the same shirt while working several days in a row because why dirty more than one shirt while there? Though all of these people then change after the shift and have different shirts every time as far as I've noticed.

[Elesirdur]

If you're on a construction site, most guys I've seen have maybe two pairs of pants and a few shirts. But you're getting dirty and sweaty all day, so who cares?

If you're wearing an undershirt, it's a good way to keep washing down to preserve the fabric. Is the guy's desk a total mess? He could be just a total slob.

[Pirian]

If it doesn't smell, then what's the issue? Especially something like a work-shirt, as long as you're in a climate controlled place. I'll normally wear something 2-4 times (not in a row) before I wash it unless I did some strenuous activity, but this is also just as much out of 'laziness to wash' just as it is 'need to wash'. I also shower every day (I don't really feel awake until I do), and have little body odor, so my cloths aren't getting as much soil from a dirty body.

[Vigilia]

You just met a dirty slob, they exist everywhere.

Having said that I'm kinda inclined to agree that French/Italians anyone from ex-communist East Europe is smellier than average. BUT then I did visit Iowa for a while and the Americans I met there weren't that much better so I return to my original statement. Every nation has their smellies.

[Demosthenes11]

in before the wop

[Fhqwghads]

Well where do you work? In an office building or something that's obviously not really socially acceptable, but many people at the factory I work at wear the same shirt while working several days in a row because why dirty more than one shirt while there? Though all of these people then change after the shift and have different shirts every time as far as I've noticed.

I work in an office and there are plenty of people here who reek with fucking nasty horrifically bad BO. It's disgusting and I hate being near anyone who stinks like a rotten corpse. It's extremely offensive. So yeah, don't assume that just because it's socially unacceptable that people avoid smelling like shit, because it's unfortunately not true.

[Acturus]

I work in an office and there are plenty of people here who reek with fucking nasty horrifically bad BO. It's disgusting and I hate being near anyone who stinks like a rotten corpse. It's extremely offensive. So yeah, don't assume that just because it's socially unacceptable that people avoid smelling like shit, because it's unfortunately not true.

Do you work with video game programmers?

[Dimmauk]

in before the wop

I was wondering if BG's fashionista would pop in here.

[Counterfeit]

Related: I was at a check out and this older gentleman smelt like shit. Even after he left, the air that was around him smelt like shit. I'm in America, what do.

[wyrmtung]

To be clear, my coworker does not stink. In fact, I'm sitting next to him in a conference room right now as I type this. And he's Dutch so no reputation of BO either.

I was just wondering about the wearing the same outfit several days in a row. I work in an office so it's not a uniform thing. Wearing the same thing three days in a row is pretty noticeable. (Well, except for clueless guys like me.) I was not sure if it was a trend in Europe or not.

[Penthesilea]

Related: I was at a check out and this older gentleman smelt like shit. Even after he left, the air that was around him smelt like shit. I'm in America, what do.

You move out of his fart cloud?

[Penthesilea]

To be clear, my coworker does not stink. In fact, I'm sitting next to him in a conference room right now as I type this. And he's Dutch so no reputation of BO either.

I was just wondering about the wearing the same outfit several days in a row. I work in an office so it's not a uniform thing. Wearing the same thing three days in a row is pretty noticeable. (Well, except for clueless guys like me.) I was not sure if it was a trend in Europe or not.

Maybe he's just a huge lush and was too busy banging at random chicks places the night before to go home in the morning and get a new set of threads.

[Obev]

To be clear, my coworker does not stink. In fact, I'm sitting next to him in a conference room right now as I type this. And he's Dutch so no reputation of BO either.

I was just wondering about the wearing the same outfit several days in a row. I work in an office so it's not a uniform thing. Wearing the same thing three days in a row is pretty noticeable. (Well, except for clueless guys like me.) I was not sure if it was a trend in Europe or not.

I'm from Europe and so far this week I've worn two different suits with three different shirts to work. I plan on wearing a third suit tomorrow. Your coworker is a slob. Deal with it.

[Nevex]

Poor hygiene is very obviously a euro thing. You've clearly never been around the french or Italians. They smell like hot open ass.

I beg your pardon? People glare at you like you just murdered someone if you wear the same clothes two days in a row. They also can detect from a mile away with incredible accuracy whether you had your daily shower or not. At least I know I can do that.

[Enedin]

"Euro" is too general, Europe has many different cultures.

In Belgium, most people I meet take good care of themselves, hygiene-wise as well. I wear my jeans several days in a row, my shirts about 2 days, and my sweaters about 3 days (I'm a uni student, no dust/dirt etc). It depends. Sometimes you sweat more, sometimes not at all. I know a girl who was shocked when I told her that I wear shirts for 2 days, but then I realized that she was sweating her ass off every single time.

But yeah, in Belgium (and by extension, the Netherlands), most people wear their clothes several days at a time. I don't trust people who change clothes every day for no apparent reason.