Sweaty arses in my coffee shop

JJardan · 10-05-2025 09:45AM #1

Hi all, maybe not a big thing given the state of the world at the mo, but on couple of mornings a week since I retired I like to linger over a nice cup of coffee in my local Costa. Its got handy parking and the staff are very pleasant so it has been a nice place to relax in. But, in the last couple of months a group of middle aged guys have started coming in after meeting up for a run. Whats wrong with that you might say, its sociable and they are getting some exercise? Well before they come in they stop at their cars and get towels, start wiping off the sweat thats pumping off them and come into the shop, still pumping and wiping while they are in the queue. Then they sit down on the fabric seats and have their coffees, maybe 5 or 6 of them, ive seen sweat dropping off tthem as they pass my seat and there is a pretty good unpleasant whiff too. I think its gross but I know that saying anything to them would result in abuse if they are happy to sit there in that state, even though there is a decent outside area they could use instead. So should I leave it alone and change coffee shops, say something to the staff, email head office about it? Or maybe I should join them, being a fat aul lad who spends too much time drinking lattes!

Padre_Pio · 10-05-2025 09:50AM

Smelly arse sweat. Yuck.

There's a reason gyms demand that people wipe their seat.

JJardan · 10-05-2025 10:10AM

Thanks, thought i would be given out to for being oversensitive!

Working class heroes · 10-05-2025 10:13AM

I’d bet if it was young ones in their early 20’s it wouldn’t bother you at all……

elperello · 10-05-2025 10:14AM

Six to one.

Bad odds.

Jog on 🙂

Wanderer78 · 10-05-2025 10:17AM

…..wait till we get to other bodily fluids and human waste, skin flakes etc, that are left lying around the place!

JJardan · 10-05-2025 10:33AM

Interesting reply..maybe some people like leering at people in public, but I dont. Anyway, the issue is the sweaty arse, not who owns it?

JJardan · 10-05-2025 10:34AM

Fair enough, it's just when it's in your face...I'm sure most places are like crime scenes if you got a UV light out!

GBX · 10-05-2025 10:37AM

I overheard a group of runners giving out about old men learing at them when they go for coffee. Can't go anywhere these days

Wanderer78 · 10-05-2025 10:38AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123434365#Comment_123434365

whats not in your face, can be far more disgusting, we really do leave a lot of crap behind us, its just a part of being human, we all do it, you, me, the whole lot of us, we always have, some people dont bath regularly, theyre also using the same furniture as us, this has always been the way

z80CPU · 10-05-2025 10:48AM

An Introvert here OP.

Unfortunately these middle age types pervade my own favorite haunt too. Don't mind the sweaty bums but I really fooking despise the loud chatter and cool stories to each other. Really a first world problem to these fellas and they won't change.

Is there public seating in the middle of that mall? Get a takeaway ??

Wanderer78 · 10-05-2025 10:51AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123434398#Comment_123434398

also a fellow introvert, but why should others have to change, what are they doing wrong, as they are simply fulfilling a critical human need of socialising, and are just using a public amenity to do so?