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Old 04-16-15 | 01:52 PM
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Stay sweaty.

I ride to work and cool off at my desk. I sweat profusely, but usually there is little odor associated with it, outside my personal space, certainly nothing which would cause others to note it or comment on it as offensive.

A few concessions:
- I keep dress shirts at work and change from typically either a wool shirt and/or cycling outerwear into a clean shirt on some days. Other days, I wear what I rode in with. Typically, those shirts hang in my office for months before they need a wash due to odor.
- I keep a change of formal clothing -- suit jacket and slacks, decent shirt, socks, belt, and shoes -- at the office, just in case.
- I tend to stay away from cotton in life, favor wool and synthetics, and weed out clothing which easily shows sweat salt stains.

We have a shower at work, which I have used on occasions when sleeping over due to weather, but have not used it merely regarding a commute. Others in the office (all women) often work out at lunch -- show up business casual, change to workout clothes at lunch, stay in them until end of work -- so I am not exactly alone in my sweatiness at work.

When I worked at a bike shop (with a shower), I basically existed the same way. I don't think I want to complicate my life, adopting some hygiene routine or schedule at work, so I believe I will stick with work situations which don't require such...
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