Having good hygiene isn’t optional... It’s mandatory.

Showering, brushing your teeth, wearing deodorant, and changing your clothes is not optional... It’s mandatory.

Nobody wants to talk to somebody who decided to roll out of bed in the morning and skip out on the toothpaste, any more than they want to sit by the kid who hasn’t showered in three days let alone touched their deodorant.

It seems like common sense, right?

You’d be surprised.

Unfortunately, not everybody is blessed with the care products to maintain good hygiene or even healthy hygiene for that matter, so this does not apply to everyone... But for those of you that are, and still choose daily to “skip out”, this is for you.

The number of people I sit next to in classes, get stuck behind in line for coffee, and even just pass by on a daily basis that reek is concerning.

Now, if you usually shower every morning and wake up late without the extra time and have to make do with yesterdays shower... that’s a lot different than skipping out on necessary body care for the entire week.

If you look (and smell) like you dove head first into your local McDonald's deep fryer, it obviously isn’t because you were lacking time in the morning.

I’m sorry, but you’re not fooling anyone.

If you have to question whether it’s you or somebody else that smells like skunk roadkill, re-apply that deo.

If you can’t remember whether you wore your grey t-shirt to the gym or your black one.. Go with the red.

I can’t be the only one with a strong nose, so chances are if you smell something and think “eh, It’s probably passable”, it’s not. What might not smell too bad to you, can easily make somebody else gag.

So, from the stranger in the room with a strong nose...