I don't do OWO so I'm less bothered about genitals being a bit grim, but I've had some hellish armpits in the last few weeks. I tell them that if they don't want to strip off and get right in the shower that's fine, but they need to go to the basin and scrub hard underneath their arms with their fingers using hot water and soap, and that level of details usually gets the message over. If they refuse, they're politely pointed at the door.

I had to stand over a punter and practically do it for him one day a couple of weeks ago and it turned out that he thought he was fine because he'd 'had a shower last night'. This was at 2pm and he'd been to the gym, but apparently thought that putting on more deodorant would be fine. Puke.

He said later that he normally just showered every two or three days, so not hard to guess how he wound up at my door 

I have come across an instance of something similar developing, so have asked the client who I've seen several times to take action plus because I know they sometimes book short notice I will have my own facilities ready and waiting. Sometimes folk just need a nudge, but if it's first time and very bad..... just awful..... and if it continued then a line has to be drawn. Luckily rarely come across anything remotely close these days.

I’ve made a big deal on my profile about hygiene, and in the text with my address I mention it again. You could perhaps say that during the summer showering is an absolute must? Smelly armpits is the most common I think - don’t know what the hell they are doing in the shower some times as how can they still smell when they come out?! When this happens I squirm away from them when they try to put their arm around me and I just say ‘sorry your pits still smell’ and usually they hop out of bed for a thorough shower, and if they don’t I grab a strong men’s deo and start spraying them. I don’t care how embarrassed they are, I do not want my hair and shoulder soaked in sweat ha! If you cringe away from them because of their bad hygiene and take services off the menu, they’re very likely to sort it pronto!

Some bo doesn't wash off. It's caused by bacteria in the skin and a hot steamy shower just gets them sweating. They'll emerge with a sharp, acrid odor but not a stale odor.

The only way to fix it is to kill the bacteria or stop the sweat. Washing under the pits with Hibiscrub will kill bacteria and immediately applying antiperspirant will stop the sweat. I've taken those guys into the shower, scrubbed them with Hibiscrub and then put antiperspirant on them and it does work. But mere soap and water will not work.

Over the years I have been quite lucky in not meeting many stinkers at all but quite a few who were borderline dodgy in the whiffy/sweaty department. I have come to the conclusion that some people and it could equally be women, think if they put on fresh underwear each day that is enough.

Too much trouble to have a five minute shower and downright laziness with little thought or consideration for those in contact and up close in whatever situation.

 

I know...I’m too soft with them.

I usually say to clients, ‘can I get you a drink while you shower’ most of them are very well behaved and go and shower. What do you say to the ones that won’t.

Do you offer a limited service if they refuse to shower?

I was gonna start a thread on this. I’m having the same issue.

I actually told a guy to leave a couple of weeks ago because of it.

He phoned me just as he got off a helicopter from the North Sea after being on an oil rig to see if he could book me when he got back to Glasgow but wasn’t sure exactly of the time so I said it’s best he contacts me when he’s here and we can take it from there.

So he then sat on the train for over 3 hours.

Then he took a wander around Glasgow for about an hour waiting for me and then came to my place.

He said he wanted OWO and I asked him to shower but he refused?

I said for OWO it’s mandatory that you shower on arrival and tbh even if they don’t want OWO, I still want them to be fresh for me.

He said I had a shower before I left and I explained that isn’t good enough given that was hours and hours ago.

He then said fine I won’t bother with OWO but at this point I said your acting like I’m being unreasonable here?

I said I would prefer you were actually fresh for me to do my job properly and why would you deprive yourself of a good service for the sake of being fresh for me? I charge £100 for a half hour so why would you waste all that money?

He said fine I will shower if you get in the shower with me? I said I don’t offer shared shower and the reason you had to take a wander round Glasgow is because I was in the shower and preparing for you coming, I’m literally just out the shower.

He also stunk of cigarette smoke and I’m a none smoker so even his breath was rank.

I told him at this point that I wanted him to leave cause it’s bloody awkward having a stand off with me about this and now we’re totally off on the wrong foot so he left resulting in me losing the booking.

Would this be worthy of a warning in the timewaster section?

But other than him, I do have the odd client that refuses shower and has a bit of a stand off with me but not to that extent.

I find it really disrespectful and rude. I actually had one a couple of days ago who turned out to be fine try refuse a shower at the start but he asked if he could use the toilet for a pee? I said yes you can use the toilet when your in there showering anyway assuming you’d like OWO? He said yes I do want OWO but I had a shower earlier? I said your just after telling me you need a pee and want OWO? So off he went and was ok after it.

Urgh! Grown men arguing over having to wash is ridiculous and they’re always the first ones to complain on reviews that you weren’t as enthusiastic as you could of been.

Oh I HATE when they want to damn shower 🚿with me! No. No no no no no. There's never enough room, it ruins my makeup 💄, to say nothing of my hair😡, & I'm not the 1 who needs it!!!

Why? Why be soooo difficult about this? In the amount of time you spent ARGUING, you could've been in & out, FFS.

And like you said Sophia, they act like you're the 1 being unreasonable. IDGI.

I offer owo but if they smell without shower and after shower or after second shower (!!!), I will tell them that I will be offering ow.