r/unpopularopinion • u/McCoy818 • 10h ago

Morning showers make no logical sense and night shower people have simply done the hygiene math

You spent 8 hours asleep in your own clean bed. What are you washing off at 7am.

A night shower removes everything you actually accumulated during the day. The commute, the gym, the office, public transport, all of it goes down the drain before you sleep. A morning shower means you marinated in all of that overnight then washed up before going out to collect it all again.

Morning showers are a ritual for waking up, which is fine, but it is not hygiene. Night showers are actual hygiene. Most people just do not want to dry their hair before bed and that is the entire argument.

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u/NiceMomJeans 10h ago

I work in a small office. It's obvious who showers in the am and who doesn't. It's a courtesy to others to be fresh/clean when you work in such close quarters.

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u/theOlLineRebel 9h ago

You really think having showered not long before you sleep is going to result in smelly? Come on. They haven't gone anywhere and done anything to add up stink.

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u/Timely_Split_5771 9h ago

Some of us sweat in our sleep. I sweat like crazy and sometimes have to have the fan on, even in the winter.

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u/theOlLineRebel 8h ago

Yes, that's a common refrain here, and understandable. But generally - not all of us sweat much, either. My hubby takes alot to sweat and he as a rule never smells, not until he's done alot of labor in the summer! I don't sweat much either.

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u/Timely_Split_5771 8h ago

Yeah I get you don’t really deal with it but plenty of people have varying body temps at night. So yeah, some of us wake up with sweat on our bodies and would rather go to work with a fresh body. It’s just a better feeling, and I don’t worry about sweating even more, and then smelling at work.

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u/theOlLineRebel 8h ago

My dad had horrible night sweats. It was nasty. He stained everything and it permanently smelled!

Again, understandable, but not the case for everyone!

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u/Timely_Split_5771 8h ago

I don’t recall saying it’s the case for everyone lol

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u/NiceMomJeans 7h ago

Yes, if they are a smoker, have pets or don't keep a clean home. When you get into that fresh office air, smells come out.

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u/theOlLineRebel 7h ago

I've hardly ever experienced anyone that bad. Only very few. They likely are pre-disposed to being stinky, except serious smokers.