Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Personal Hygiene....

I recognize that everyone has a different standard of personal hygiene....not everyone wears deodorant or should be required to do so. With that said....

On my 8 hour flight from Belgium on Monday, my sister and I had the pleasure of sitting next to and behind a few individuals who smelled as if they hadn't showered in days. Every movement of an arm evoked a gagging reflex on our parts. Are people who choose not to wear deodorant or antiperspirant immune to their own smells?

Consider this: Airlines provide pillows and blankets on flights for your comfort. They serve food to curb your hunger and drinks to quench your thirst. Why then, do they not deodorize the air? I am not talking about spraying some noxious scent into the air that will cause most to sneeze, but why not run the air of the airplane through a filter?