Woman’s Showering Habits Become A “Biohazard”, Roommate Gets Her Evicted

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Going to call b.s on it being cultural. I'm betting she grew up in a dirty household and this was her normal. My cousin grew up like this and still does it in his 40s. They genuinely don't care and don't notice the stench because they're used to it. That and they get jollys from having people grossed out by them.

It says that there is a possibility of depression but the she also goes for a 2-hour run everyday? I'm a medical professional, but not a mental health expert. I'm curious to as what I could be possibly be missing if it's truly a depression or depressive like illnesses.

What culture doesn't wash? Once when I was teaching (a huge mixed class of kids from at least 7 different cultures) and said something like they had to bath/shower once a day, they all went, "NOOOO! Twice! In the morning and at night!!!" So if a bunch of Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, Hindu, Muslim, Coloured, Afrikaans and English kids know about hygiene, this woman is nuts!

I love it when people (even sometimes "professionals") find far-fetched excuses for people's unacceptable behaviour. Whether it is depression, a cultural thing or just plain laziness it's irrelevant. Nobody has to put up with such level of dirt. It's disgusting, unhigyenic and a health risk. I understand people have problems, but you either keep a minimum of "normality" or you need to live alone. I would have had her evicted after the first month, honestly.

So if she never showers, and has periods... OMFG she must stink to high heaven. I could not stand myself after a day with my period. How dangerous is that, the filth must be unimaginable. I've lived in the Middle East and many other countries - occasionally you would smell an individual who hadn't bathed, just as you do here in the west. There's no culture that prohibits bathing unless she's talking about pigs - and even they have mud baths!

Lol, I'm so glad when the people see posts about them. Damn right, look at how many people agree with how terrible you are, terrible person.

Even if you don't take a shower how about a birdbath as they call it here in the south. Bathroom sink, soap and wash rag, start with the face and go down your body from there. I'm wondering if this chick even uses deodorant.

I wouldn't even say that showering is necessary, but washing oneself sure is. It may not be as easy, but a sinkful of water, soap, and a washcloth can still keep you smelling okay. I'm also not aware of ANY culture that forbids showering. I wonder what about it is forbidden. Being naked? Touching your own body? Contact with water? Can the water only come from one specific source, maybe? Is it the soap? What is it?

Had a colleague like this - he'd walk to and from work, at least a mile, but wear the same shirt 3 days in a row or more. Credit to my boss who, when it was brought up, responded with "It hasn't escaped my nose either".

When I was severely depressed I actually ended up showering more often as the hot water and white noise was comforting. Wasn't great for my skin or my water bill though. Unless the OPs roommate has some medical issue like water allergy (It's a real thing) or that condition that makes people smell like rotting fish due to a metabolic issue she doesn't have a leg to stand on. There is no culture that I can think of that doesn't practice personal hygiene in some form. There are many ways to wash and clean oneself and it seems the OPs (former) roommate just wasn't taught. It's either an indication of a severe mental health issue or that she was badly neglected as a child.

1 shower too little, too late. She's going to use that next week. "But I showered last week".

Which "culture" is she referring to?

I'm so sick of people using culture, religion and whatever other BS as their reason for just being lazy. She's stinking up the joint, she needs to go.

I worked in a costume shop in city that has it's fair share of hippy types. We would have unwashed people come in and try a variety of costumes leaving us to mitigate the smell or outright wash the costumes after they left. We finally created a policy of people needing to come in clean before they tried anything on.

What culture stop people from showering for months?

I witnessed how a Guy entered the first floor of a Building and the first thing my coworkers who knew him did was as fast as possible close the door of our room and open the Windows, and even then we could still smell his body odor. And that was only him entering the first floor and going his way! Unbelievable how someone can stink like that

I don't understand why she refused to fix this. It's a simple solution. I know of no "culture or religion" that refuses personal hygiene.

As a theatre major, I took the department's Acting Class. On the first day, the professor made the point that in this class, we'd be physically active and work closely with each other, and that, as a common courtesy, to practice good hygiene. One guy--not a theatre major, and the theatre majors didn't know him--took this as some sort of a challenge, I guess. He did not bathe or shower from the beginning of the semester until (I believe) he went home over Thanksgiving break. He had curly blond hair, which gradually turned into short dreads. The rest of the class would quickly group to avoid him. He utterly reeked. The rest of us were able to ride out the time between end end of Thanksgiving break and the end of the semester.

Dog. This is annoying, I just wanted to make a silly cat.

🎵take a bath! Wash yo self! Take a bath! Show me whatchu scrubbin with!🎵 (Shake yo @$$)

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As someone who is autistic & has problems with executive functioning -clean yourself. Even if you can't get in an actual shower or bath, there are plenty of other ways you can clean yourself. Stop being lazy.

I don't know of any culture that currently does not bathe at least once a week. Unless she's stuck on Mars like the guy in the movie or on the International Space Station, the culture issue is a non starter. And if she's from a Southeast Asia culture (I know that calling someone a dog is a real insult in India) she's full of BS, because half the crew I worked with for 13 years in a global firm were from there were very hygienic (and nice). Ditto with our Middle Eastern colleagues.

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What was the point of sharing this, she solved her problem, does she really need people's affirmation of her "rightness" f f s these aita posts are just getting out of hand.