You could be repelled by this post, but thats the experience I had in the morning

To cut a long title short, there was this guy in my Office bus. There are many that guys and this girls and that girls too, but I digress.

I usually sit in the aisle seat until someone decides to occupy the remaining seat in the 3 seater that my friend and i share.

'This guy' boarded the bus in the last stop and when he was near my seat, my surgically altered nose picked up a scent that I usually experience after running 10kms in peak Chennai summer. That is of course, assuming that I do run.

But you get the idea. The chap was emanating a foul smell some 5 feet away from me. I somehow had a fear that he would like to occupy the vacant seat next to me. And by jove he did.

And I let him occupy the middle seat with the noble intention of letting my friend suffer, what I would otherwise have had to suffer on my own, if I had moved to the middle.

Man the guy stank. Did he not bathe this morning? Or does he not use a deo? Or has he been wearing that shirt for many days - daily or alternate days or some such frequency - without washing it?

Whatever it was, 'twas quite painful.

My friend who was till then enjoying the window seat, must have felt her olfactory system being put to good use. So she decided to open the window a bit more to grasp some fresh air - fresh with the day's first exhause of CO,PbO and the likes. Still a welcome relief from what I had inside.

So now imagine my plight. An open window meant that, I was on the leeward side of this guy. So I started to get the stench in spurts from my right side. What must also be noted is that these days, not many windows are open and so the circulation of air is quite low. Especially in my row of seats, there was no scope of cross ventilation.

Then came the breaking point. The two seater next to me across the aisle had two guys who discussed and agreed that, instead of opening the window, they would switch on the small fan installed on the sill. And when they did, I could feel air hitting me from the left side.

At first I thought - ah its so nice to have some air on you. The joy lasted some 1.5 nanoseconds. Why? Remember I said the guy was emitting near toxic air on my right side which was getting pushed with full force due to the open window on the right side. Now with the fan pushing air from left to right side, the net impact was unbearable. I had stale air lingering around my nostrils for what seemed like eternity. I was going to start preparing my will, when better sense prevailed.

Also the fan guys switched it off, thereby reducing my torture by 50%. And I turned my head to a 10-11 'o' clock position to minimise the effect of the stench.

I pray that this guy doesnt come to this seat tomorrow also.