Got told I stank whilst in Tesco!!

ColandMe said:
When my children were younger and I'd go straight from the field to pick them up from school I'd hold open my arms for a cuddle, they'd run towards me then swerve at the last minute to avoid me. Their looks of disgust said it all :D
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Lol i love the discription :D

I always go to tesco's in my yard gear, but i try avoiding people so they cant smell me!! But alas there are to many people to avoid lol ... The smell of smoke bothers me so i guess horsey smell bothers other people to but i would never say anything.
 
having lost my sense of smell 19yrs ago i miss the smell of horse - mmmmmm that sweaty smell of a hunter coming home an sweaty tack he he e he he he he - whilst to some it may be offensive it is natural which is not case of some ppl you walk past smothered in perfume the taste makes me gag sometimes urgghhhhhhhh
 
custard said:
Indeed, how do some people always find the money for beer, fags and a dirty great couple of dogs but the budget never stretches to a bar of soap!

As for the old dear I think I'd have said, better to smell of hard work and horse pee than smell of your own!
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where did it state that the lady smelled of pee? One of these days , you too will be of advanced age. I hope you arrive gracefully.
 
i get told i smell even after iv had a good wash in the shower :o
and my dad has the new gti, so makes me stand outisde the car giving me intrustions were i can put my feet and dont touch anything then lets me in :o :p
 
i'd have been so, so embarrassed if that had been me - as much as i'd love to say something witty back, i'm much more likely to have just gone red and tried not to die of embarrassment!

to be fair, i try so hard not to go out in public places - like shops/supermarkets in horsey gear for fear that i smell and look like a scarecrow (but then, i'm one of those people that always wears perfume, so i probably would offend people on here with my smell :D ) but if i have to, i'm in and out, with my head down and desperately hoping no-one notices the stains and smells on me ...!!
 
I have to say I think there's a big difference between popping into Tesco on the way home from the yard (god, if i didn't do that we would never eat in our house) and going, say, into town for an entire day's shopping spree.

For what it's worth - I am aware that not everyone enjoy's the smell of horse - that's why I make sure I get my shopping done quickly and don't get too close to anyone. The old lady in this case was exceptionally rude, though. So much for the elder generation having better manners! I would have said "and are you aware that you have a very offensive manner about you?"

Elderly or not, no one should get away with being so damn rude!
 
Seahorse said:
I once got asked if I was Pippa Funnell in Sainsbury's because I had my riding stuff on!
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Classic! I don't usually go into Sainsbury's in my riding gear, I try to aviod it. However, if my father needs to run in there whilst I am in my riding atire then I have to go with him. (Don't get too many funny looks as we usually go in there at about 6:30/7:00 when it is less busy and when he has finished work).

As for your situation I think I would have just imagined I didn't hear it, at the fear of being hugely embarrased. I do find it particularly rude that she said something though, I wonder if she'd said something if she was standing next to somebody with BO. Horse smell, to me is far less offensive. I will admit though, if I am dressed up (and smelling sweat) and walk past my yard coats they do stink! So I can only imagine that is what it is like for others. :rolleyes:
 
A small Sainsbury's opened near us, the staff seemed a bit surprised at the beginning, at the number of people wandering round in wellies, but they seem to have got used to it now. Sister and I once called in to a rather posh kitchen and bathroom showroom, after we had been for a lesson at a local RS, it was a rainy day so we both had long waxed riding macs on, as well as breeches and long boots. Never before or since have we had quite as much attention from sales people! We think they thought we had money! Shows how much they know about horse people! :D
 
ha, ha I think the worse thing is when you have been to the stables and arent in riding clothes! if you are in the 'gear' ppl still stand 2 foot away from you but kind of see why but when in jeans i feel llike carrying a sign saying "I have horses!"

I would have just come back with a comment, like yes I do have an 'odour about me. Its called owning horses - which in your day would have been classed as high social standing... but then I dont suppose you would know about that....
 
proctor said:
Some well to do old woman was stood next to me choosing carrots when she turned to me and said, you have quite an offensive smell about you!! So I simply said, well maybe you should try shoveling horse s**t all day and see how you smell. Maybe you should try it, after all it gets you through the ques at the checkouts quicker!

HA, thats one to me!!!!! :D
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You should have said, yea and your ugly, but I can have a bath, what you gonna do ? :D
 
God people seriously need to just get a life! What about the people that go in the shops stinking of BO or worse.. fish?! Surely horse shi*e smells much nicer than that!
 
I go into Sainsbury's stinking all the time, in fact I pretty much stink of horses (or hens) all the time. I love the smell, always have, ever since I was a kid and shared a bedroom with my sister, she used to moan all the time about my saddles and jods in the built in wardrobe!!
 
I don't see the big deal. No-one has ever said anything to me, but it's completely normal to see people in boots and jods in the town where I ride. In fact, it's so horsey that the local post office has a giant SJ mural painted on the front window.
 
At least she said it to your face :p Last time i popped into the shop on my way back from the yard the people behind me were complaining that i stank to each other, which is even ruder imo, as they knew i could hear them. One of them even started wafting the air with the magazine he was carrying :mad:
 
I do like the "better a horse smell than old lady smell".

Cheap perfume drizzled to excess and cologne slathered on smelling like Rumania....these offenders can't stand in one place without leaving a puddle of scented liquid.

I had a comment at a store one day, I was in full hunt kit and was muddy from a fun day out....two women in front of me made a nasty comment about male riders and how they shouldn't allow foxhunting. I smiled at them and asked if they were prostitutes since their working parts were evidently not their brains.

I was taught by my grandfather when ever anyone made a comment about an agricultural-linked smell to just respond, "That's the smell of money."
 
I'm always popping into local tesco's, haven't had any comments but was wary when paying on the one day i couldn't scrub dirt off my hands, looked like tramp.
My local one stop shop has always got horsey people and dog walkers in weelies in it i have to admit that before i started working with horses again and just had to ride one i did notice the smell on another woman in there once, now it's just another part of my life again!
 
We call in at Tesco on the way back from the yard sometimes...one bonus of all this snow is we're currently not the only people in there muffled up to the eyeballs and wearing wellies. We called at the vets once to pay a bill before the weekend and I was just about to apologise for being in muddy, stinky horse gear, when in walked what looked like the Abominable Mudman with large clods of mud and muck falling off him everywhere. I only know it was a "him" because he had a long beard which was clotted with nameless substances. I felt SO much better!
 
Gosh, i would have been so embarassed. I usually do my supermarket shopping in horsey gear (it is on the way home from the yard, and I simply don't have time to go home, shower and change, then head back out again). Though I do hose my wellies off before leaving the yard, and I do leave my gloves and coat in the car though as they are the worst offenders. I did notice I had filthy hands one day just before paying at the checkout so I apologised to the lady there, fair play to her she didn't bat an eyelid and was very polite (yay waitrose!).

I did feel very bad though the other evening in church though. I didn't know it was the carol service, but we noticed we were there at the right time and so went in for the service. It was only when in there under the lights that I suddenly realised that I was muckier than I thought. I really wanted to attend the service though so put my gloves on the floor and had my coat on my lap so I hope it didn't offend anyone.

I totally understand that people can find such an animal smell rather off-putting, but BO is gross, and I find the smell of smoke particularly offensive but would never dream of mentioning it to the person. What ever happened to basic manners and a 'live and let live approach'? It's a supermarket, not bloomin' harvey nics!
 
Answer (to be given in your best, haughty voice):

'Madam, I am going home for a shower. You, however, will remain rude and obnoxious for the rest of your days. Under the circumstances, I would rather be a bit whiffy than be you.'

I march around the supermarket in country clothes all the time, I live in a rural area, I'm not exactly the only one that does it! And the only remark I ever had was 'Have you just been riding? You're so lucky to be able to do that - I love horses!' from a couple of lovely checkout ladies:)
 
I often end up in local supermarkets in full horsey gear, I've never had any bad comment or received any horrible looks either, I'm also not the only one who frequents shops dressed like that!

In fact the Co-op in my village has more customers dressed in full horsey/farmer/shooting/country gear than anyone else!

There's a difference between politely noting something, and being rude - the woman in question was being plain rude imo!
 
Where we live, its unusual to find anyone who does not smell agricultural or wear wellies in the supermarket, even the staff LOL who are allowed to nip home if a cow is calving.

However, my vet student daughter who rides and hunts year round and usually stinks not only of horse but formaldehyde and other vet student smells asked me to rescue her from the snows of Dublin as she was scared to drive home after three weeks of gruelling exams. So me and trusty jeep battled the elements for 4 hours to get there and there she was freshly showered ( have had no running water at home for a week!!), lip gloss and in city mode and first thing she says after a month of not seeing Mummy - "Mummy you stink of horse p**s" ungrateful brat.

I said "don't worry darling 24hours and you too will be stinking of horse p**s and worse as we have no water and the heating oil has run out!!:)"
 
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