What happened to people?

Everyday I am forced to ask the simple question of "What the hell happened to people?" And not just this person or that person, basically I would venture to say the number I am talking about is roughly 80%. What am I talking about? 80% is the percentage of people I come across everyday when I really start to question how some people even make it out of the house at all.

When did it become okay to smell, I must have missed the memo. Everyday I sit on a train into NYC and next its to the Subway downtown and finally to the street and the reverse to go home. During this time period, lets call it a 10hr window were using here, I must sit next to, walk by, stare at or just smell from a distance at least 20 people who haven't showered or need to shower again, and by again I mean immediately because they smell like an old shoe.

Growing up I never minded showering and as an adult I have come to realize that being smelly is bad. I have never had trouble meeting girls, new friends or even new jobs and why? I wouldn't say its because I don't smell, but I will say none of that would have happened if I did smell. A simple shower is all we are talking about here, not even, put the hose on, run through a sprinkler, jump in a fountain (NYC is full of them) fake it by putting some deodorant on or cologne at least try and mask the smell.

Do people who smell not know they smell, could that be the reason so many people are walking around just reeking? Maybe we should all make a point to let people know that they are a little stinky, you don't have to yell at them in front of others, making them feel bad about themselves. I suggest you pull them to the side and let them know funky is bad, give them a bar of soap and send them on their way.

Please feel free to share a story about somebody who smells like they have died?