Why do people spray deodorant round in public changing rooms?

Katiehound

NO, it isn't just you.
The same thing happens in the changing area at our swimming pool. If I am in the next cubicle when someone starts squirting the stuff it makes me cough and my eyes water (they are very sensitive due to an injury long ago.) The area is well ventilated so heavne help anyone in a confined space....
Why can't they use a roll on or stick deodorant??? Don't tell me then you have to wait for it to dry 'cos the stick ones I use don't need any wasted time.

Nick_C

I agree. Its probably even more of a problem in the men's changing rooms, as many men use awful cheap supermarket stuff. A roll on is much more practical to carry around.

DomRavioli

You're oversensitive to it, and they can spray for as long as they like. I can't use a stick deodorant due to disability (you'd be surprised at the number of people who can't even though we look perfectly normal) and use enough hairspray to tame my frizzy mane as I'm not taking my £100 GHDs to the gym for them to get nicked.

Learn to cope with it, its a free country.

There was a thread on something similar years ago about people spraying perfume/body spray in the loos where someone worked. Its better than the smell of sh1te, and I'm not smelling bad because it hurts someone's nose - if its that bad, you need to see a doctor.

selement

I'm the same, sometimes at home when OH is getting ready and sprays deodorant it makes me feel like I can't breathe.
Some brands seem to be worse than others though. I sometimes find even on my own I have to spray then walk to another part of the room lol.
Sadly don't think you ca do anything except remove yourself form the area.

jenniewb

I don't think it's about being oversensitive- gym changing rooms today are very small spaces with lockers side by side and poor ventilation especially when it gets busy and in the past there used to be a gym etiquette where people would stand away from a crowd to put on deodorant- one gym I went to used to have signs suggesting people do this. That sort of etiquette doesn't exist anymore and it's just how things are today.


It's not the only area that mentality exists in; (pre-warning; small rant coming!) people are in their own worlds and other people around them don't tend to figure as real people just as 'things' in their way. The amount of times I've witnessed people walking along/driving along whilst texting or walking into a road whilst on the phone and not so much as glancing at oncoming traffic, not to mention feet on seats of buses/trains and litter being chucked on the street or left on public transport. It's all the same mentality; people are so unable to look beyond themselves and recognise the needs of others that they act in ways that benefit only themselves and often at the cost of others because they've 'forgotten' to recognise that others are even there.


This not a global statement- not everyone does this, but a growing number seem to.

barbiedoll

Those of us who are "oversensitive", really don't have a choice. I once had to leave a David Bowie concert halfway through, because the woman sitting in the seat in front of me decided to spray herself (and most of the rest of Wembley Arena) with a really strong perfume. It gave me an asthma attack and I had to leave.

I don't use a gym but I do go swimming and if people aren't spraying themselves all over with deodorant, they chucking talcum powder all over the place. And this is after a swim and shower. Don't gym bunnies shower after their session? They're not going to "stink" afterwards, and if they do, deodorant is going to cover that up!

I used to hate nightclub toilets for the same reason, if it wasn't cheap perfume, it was hairspray being squirted all over the place. Not nice for the "sensitive" types like me. :mad::mad:

jenniewb

barbiedoll wrote: »

Those of us who are "oversensitive", really don't have a choice. I once had to leave a David Bowie concert halfway through, because the woman sitting in the seat in front of me decided to spray herself (and most of the rest of Wembley Arena) with a really strong perfume. It gave me an asthma attack and I had to leave.

I don't use a gym but I do go swimming and if people aren't spraying themselves all over with deodorant, they chucking talcum powder all over the place. And this is after a swim and shower. Don't gym bunnies shower after their session? They're not going to "stink" afterwards, and if they do, deodorant is going to cover that up!

I used to hate nightclub toilets for the same reason, if it wasn't cheap perfume, it was hairspray being squirted all over the place. Not nice for the "sensitive" types like me. :mad::mad:

I get this happen on buses and trains all too often; I don't get it- at least if you are going to dowse yourself in whatever 'scent' of choice, choose a decent one not a cheap vinegar/acidic version! It's not seen as OK to do this on public transport (especially not in rush hour) though people still do. So why does it suddenly become OK in a gym communal changing room when your standing centimetres away from someone trying to get changed?!

Anoneemoose

DomRavioli wrote: »

You're oversensitive to it, and they can spray for as long as they like. I can't use a stick deodorant due to disability (you'd be surprised at the number of people who can't even though we look perfectly normal) and use enough hairspray to tame my frizzy mane as I'm not taking my £100 GHDs to the gym for them to get nicked.

Learn to cope with it, its a free country.

There was a thread on something similar years ago about people spraying perfume/body spray in the loos where someone worked. Its better than the smell of sh1te, and I'm not smelling bad because it hurts someone's nose - if its that bad, you need to see a doctor.

I think this is a bit harsh. Maybe people have seen the doctor - like Barbiedoll about her asthma. And it's not just noses that can be 'offended'.

Certain perfumes/sprays etc trigger sickness and migraines in me. Doesn't make me just 'sensitive', it means I have a condition that is affected by these things.

You just look after yourself and so what to everyone else - great attitude to have.

That said, it is 'normal' for people to use deodorant after showering etc - I do myself, but it is an unscented roll on - and for that reason, there's not a great deal you can do about it unfortunately.

Edited: Also, in my opinion, it is not much different from passive smoking..I mean why should we have to breathe in a lungful of chemicals just cos someone wants to smell nice?!

DD265

I do use a couple of sprays but I always move away from other people to an empty area to use them and stick to the bare minimum.

A little bit of consideration goes a long way.

Dustyblinds

Our locker room at work is tiny and a few of the girls at work insist on covering themselves in body spray every break and lunchtime, there's no need. It has caused one member of staff to have a few asthma attacks. I do think people need to take more consideration when doing this, I agree with what Jenniewb says, people are just so engrossed in there own worlds they don't see the effect there actions are having on other people around them.