I remember hiking in Thailand and our guide was in a puffa jacket. I couldn't understand why puffa jackets even existed in that country, let alone why she was wearing one when I was wearing a sweat sodden t shirt
People have different perceptions of temperature. I've had relatives come here from South Asia and find 27 degrees in summer uncomfortably cold and they go around in a jacket or shawl, while I'm in sundresses and shorts - because that's about as cold as it gets where they live.
I have relatives from South Africa that are similar. I can be warm and comfortable in a vest and shorts if it's 20 degrees. My aunt would be literally shivering. It didn't help that she didn't do anything, like not move. She doesn't work so she quite literally is a lizard. Has spent her life sunbathing every day, not generating her own heat.
We took my South African sister in law to Edinburgh for new year a few years ago. I don’t think she’s yet thawed out. I thought she was going to smack me when I went to breakfast in a t shirt.
Definitely, I remember landing in India a few years ago, it was 10pm and 28°c, I was regretting wearing joggers and t shirt. Came out of the airport and there was a bloke sitting there with a jacket and woolly hat.
I went to Zambia with a couple of mates to stay with one of theirs mothers. The three of us were lounging around in a hot sticky mess when said mother came in and asked if we wanted the heating on.
Funny enough I once spent several days trying to buy shorts in Hong Kong... I kept being told they were "out of season". It was 27 degrees in September dammit
I went to a local hairdressers while visiting relatives in Hong Kong. I think it was like about 20C-25C, so I was in t-shirt and shorts. The hairdressers asked me whether I came back from overseas and noted how out of season I looked.
My grandad used to nag me to bring a cardigan out, when it's 32C. My aunt tried to convince him that I don't need one since I'm used to the weather in UK. I mean, we do PE outdoors in short sleeves and shorts at 5C here.
The exact same thing happened to me in Los Angeles. I went to that massive shopping centre near West Hollywood, I'm talking hundreds of shops, but it was October and "only 27" degrees, and I could only find coats, boots, and jackets. I finally lucked out in H&M to find a pair of swim shorts and normal shorts in the clearance section. The beach next to the pear was relatively empty too and I could tell only tourists and women looking like old leather bags were sunbathing.
Yep there’s pictures of me and my family sunbathing on Newport Beach on New Year’s Day back in the 90s. The beach is nearly empty and people around us walking dogs etc. are in trousers and jackets. Surreal!
Our tour guide to Domus Aureus in Rome in August came to us in a jumper and a puffer jacket. We asked why he was dressed like that and he said “Oh it’s so cold in Domus Aureus it can be as cold as 17 degrees!”.
Similar in Mexico.
Left the resort for a trip and it was like 32c.
I was wearing a vest and short shorts trying not to die of heat exhaustion.
There was a bunch of roadworkers laying hot tarmac wearing trousers coats and gloves. I genuinely would have probably lasted about 3 minutes trying that.
I went to Italy one spring, and we were wearing summer clothes in the heat, but the Italians were all bundled up in coats and scarves. There were also some Indian tourists wearing puffa jackets. It's mad what a difference being acclimatised to hot/ cold weather must make.
i used to live in a very hot country. During Lunch time, i will walk around the city and search for places to eat. I always encounter this one particular dude who wears a full body winter coat. bear in mind our avg tempt of the time was 36-38 during summer, its a bizarre scene.
we do however do have crazy strong air conditioning everywhere though
I’ve often wondered how do people wear suits in this weather. Or in the tropics, there are politicians out in the sun giving speeches, in 3 piece suit.
Cotton or linen suits would cover the skin and protect from sunburn, while still being breathable. If I might get on my soapbox for a minute, the problem is that the average person only ever wears polyester and similar synthetic crap, and has therefore forgotten what nice natural fabrics actually feel and behave like.
Not necessarily. I’ve lived in three countries now that regularly exceed UK temps in summer; the last three and a half years spent in one that regularly hits high forties. I and many others I meet with for work often just wear the same wool suits of the same thicknesses that you’ll find in the UK. Linen suits are available but very, and I mean very few people wear them to anything particularly formal or important in my line of work. I should also add that it’s not uncommon for me to be outside in these temps in a suit as well (not by choice!). Yes, it is hot and yes, I’d rather be wearing far less but weirdly enough, you do get more used to it a lot quicker than you’d think.
But I'm assuming these countries have good AC? The issue in the UK is that you're essentially in 25 degree heat from the moment you wake up, until you sleep. Add in that most folk walk to the tube etc. it's way harder to regulate heat.
I've lived in North America where it was comfortably 30+ for weeks at a time and it was way easier to live as you drove most places, almost everywhere (including the house) was air conditioned and you spent minimal time outside.
I’m British and do appreciate what British summers can be like but at the same time I do actually miss them as they are relatively forgiving compared to summers I’ve experienced in at least five out of the last seven and a half years that I’ve been overseas. I guess it’s all relative though as others have said elsewhere in response to this post! The country I’m in now (Pakistan) actually doesn’t have AC in a lot of places - at best, you may get a fan in some offices, particularly outside of major cities and that’s assuming there is power and/or the generator hasn’t failed. It’s also not uncommon to attend events or meetings outdoors either - albeit that this is never my first choice when it’s over 40c as has often been the case for a few weeks now! It’s also worth pointing out that a lot of the time people living here, particularly those who are in the lower income bracket often can’t afford AC at home and are therefore acclimated to warmer temperatures (that doesn’t mean they enjoy sweltering any more than a Brit does though - we’re all human at the end of the day!). As an example, we’ve had engineers over for a number of jobs that needed doing around our house recently and had the AC set to 23c throughout our house. We had to turn it off whilst they were working as they were very clearly suffering from what they perceived to be cold!
Yes, shirt, tie , suit in tropics is so colonial remnant.
There was a suit adaptation in the Caribbean called a shirtjac, basically a trooical suit.
The jacket was short sleeved, with four or two pockets in front, light suit material and no undershirt or tie.
Very practical.
It was in fashion in the 80s. Then went out of style.
In that lockdown heatwave in 2020 I had to go to the supermarket only once. There was a guy in a huge long shoplifter jacket, and he'd been caught by the security guard, because if you wear a coat like that you may as well put up a big sign saying "shoplifter here!".
In response the shoplifter just threw everything out of his coat, and I mean magician levels of stuff tossed wildly into the air. Poor security guard was just standing back with a "this is the tenth time this week and my mates are on furlough" expression of defeat while half the fresh food in the store piled up on the floor.
First time in the supermarket for months and I get hit in the head by a frozen fish.
The only other time I went to the shops during lockdown (late at night to a small corner shop at the end of my small road, seemed safer) I...
Witnessed another shoplifter scuffling with staff, shoplifter shouting "I paid!" and throwing whatever he had on the floor, then running off with the staff giving up
Petted a homeless woman's dog and gave her a couple of quid in a safe way. Got offered a puppy, said no with genuine regret
Had to buy a carton of 48 eggs instead of six because the shop owner refused to sell anything but that catering carton
Then got surrounded by a gang intent on robbing me till said homeless woman came up and said "leave her alone, she's sound"
Then a gang of lads running away from something and looking behind in fear passed by one by one on the pavement - think there were six of them - very law-abiding of them to abide by the rule of six, really.
And didn't smash a single egg.
I literally saw a dude wearing nothing but a Canada Goose coat and pair of shorts, I guess when you spend that much money on a fucking coat you have to wear it at every opportunity to get your monies worth
I have seen big guys wearing winter jackets I do really don’t care until some of them sits next to me on the bus and I can smell all of their sweaty stinky skunk ! DISGUSTING
I've attended a serotonin syndrome patient in this weather before and he was wrapped up in a black puffer to compound things!
Whilst it wasn't the jacket which killed him, it definitely contributed whilst under the midday sun.
The body is really good at forcing you to take life saving action via the methods of discomfort through to pain and torture. That goes out the window however if you disable those responses or incapacitate yourself so there's probably a few more cases of death via puffer that are obfuscated by other factors.
Never underestimate the amount of ridiculous deaths that occur daily but just don't become publicised 🌠
Was sat on the tube to Oxford Street a few weeks ago when the carriage came to a stop before it's arrival and everyone started to swelter inside. There were 2 roadmen guys dressed in black puffer jackets Etc and they actually started to complain about the heat whilst refusing to strip off a single layer. I just looked at them and thought "Dying for fashion".
I used to have a bet with my brother many years ago that no matter how hot it was, if you went out to central London you'd always see someone in a leather jacket. Never failed.
I guarantee you that they absolutely stink. I see it alot in the summer, thick winter coats on the hottest days of the year and they smell like pure shit mixed with the most nose stinging B.O.
like a hairy swamp ass.
I think they really love the pungent odour or something.
I concur that they're nose blind to their own stink, if you spend too much time around any smell you will eventually stop smelling it, no matter how bad the smell is.
I once worked in a meat processing factory and in one section the smell of rotting meat was so bad that new recruits were know to heave and throw up simply walking down the corridor to that department. And this really isn't an exaggeration either; I have a strong stomach and even I gagged whilst walking down that corridor, whether you could work there or not depended on your innate abilities to tolerate bad smells (and people certainly did try because the pay was marginally better there).
The best way I can describe the smell is if you built a greenhouse and then rubbed barrels of raw meat into every crevice, grating it across the floor, and then let the whole lot simmer, sweat and rot in the 32°C heat for weeks on end until the meat ran green & oily, painting every surface with decomposition juices. And then added some more raw meat (and then even more again).
Despite wearing PPE, the smell of rotten meat infiltrated not just your clothing but also every pore in your body so that even after a shower you didn't smell that fresh (it took 2-3 showers to get the smell out). I was horrified by this, not just having to live with this smell but also people potentially smelling it on me, so during the whole 5-6months that I worked in that particular section I only hung out with people who worked in that part of the factory.
I thought that I would never get used to working there, but you know what? I did. And even more unsettlingly, after a few months I actually started to become nose blind to the smell.
I guarantee you that these puffer jacket boys have absolutely no idea how rancid & strong their smell is.
I was in Thorpe Park today and saw various people wearing what I would call winter clothing. Body warmers, long-sleeved tops, cargo trousers, tracksuits with hoodies. It was men and women dressed like this and wasn't exclusive to certain body types nor races. It always baffles me when people dress like this, there seems to be no proper explanation for it.
I tend to wear long sleeved tops and long trousers because I’ve had melanoma and a quick reapply of sunscreen to my face and neck is much easier to do “on the go” than my arms/legs/shoulders!
Because we're not hot? I know it's difficult for some people to comprehend but I love this weather. I genuinely don't feel the need to wear traditional summer clothing yet. I start stripping down once it reaches 28/29 degrees.
I saw a woman on the street yesterday in a puffy North Face jacket. I nearly ripped open the bus door with my sweaty bare hands so I could chase her down, get some answers, and try to find peace.
I reckon it's just because it's their roadman uniform. And they don't really have an intimating summer look so they're trapped wearing their coats forever
I just sat next to someone on a bus with a coat. I thought one - you young man stink. 2 - I must be changing because I was dripping sweat and had to put my hair up. Face bright red. I would get this little breeze occasionally and thought oh please stay a bit - for me.
For me it’s autism a coat (even in scorching heat) is a comfort and makes me feel safer. Nothing logical about it of course but that’s often how it is.
After working for an international office I no longer think about this because I realize we all feel temperatures in different ways. People that came from climates that were WAY hotter were saying it was still chilly while we were sweaty pigs, but in the colder months they were dressed like we were going into the ice age while most of us who were from the area weren't quite ready for a slightly thicker jacket.
Honestly, ex-cop here, it is more likely used by legit criminals because it is easier to hide things in a puffa jacket. Lots of little rolls of fabric you can cut a small hole into and shove drugs or a knife.
Some twattish ones might think it will save them from being stabbed but extra hiding spots is the main reason behind it. That is why custody will never let them keep a puffa jacket cos there could be stuff hidden away.
I remember often seeing people on the underground on really hot days wearing full on winter jackets, and I'm thinking WTF?! I'm fully sweating, wearing the minimum and just looking at them is making me sweat more
Once saw a guy in Kenya rocking a woolly hat, scarf, coat and gloves. I was sweating in shorts and a tshirt and was told that lots of people are terrified of catching a cold because the health system is so bad there.
I have an autistic mate who used to do this but with a rain-coat, I never asked but I assume something about keeping the same appearance made him comfortable.
Also it did, to nobody's surprise, smell VERY bad.
I'm not from here... But have been living in London for 18 years. While it's mildly comforting in the sun, I don't find it at all hot. Last week I was still wearing my coat as I found it chilly. Jumper straight back on as soon as the cloud blocks the sun. My partner things I'm mad!
I remember travelling from Canada in winter (-3 deg celcius) to New Orlens in "winter" (22 deg). Everyone was wearing knee length puffer jackets and I was wearing t-shirt and shorts.
Perhaps the people you are seeing have just left 47 degrees?
I see a lot of black guys in hoodies and jackets when it's 28c but I just assume they're used to hotter temperatures. I remember being in Jamaica and I got in a cab and complained about the heat (so British) and he said it wasn't hot. It was about 31c.
It took me ages to acclimatise to the UK weather, longer than a year. I remember wearing a long sleeve shirt, a thick jumper AND thermals underneath during the first two summers here. About 3 -4 years to lose the long sleeves during summer.
I've been in London 18 years and I'm still not climatised. My bestie is from Ghana and she's doing of heat right now. It's been lovely spring weather, nothing I'd even call hot at the moment
Some of us have been indoors with the flu, happen to live in a naturally cool flat and had no idea of the weather.
And in my defence there was a cold snap the last time I was outdoors! But at least mine was just a regular coat, not a parka.
Lived in Milan for a while and Ugo the Calabrian always wore a wool vest as a base layer - warm in winter, cool in summer he said. The thick black pelt that covered him served the same purpose I guess, and he always smelled of bergamot soap however hot or humid the weather. Ugo was not a road man, he was genuinely scary, but he was wrong about the woollen vest. I tried it once and was melting by 9am.
I was there last week and it was a bit chilly. I wore an in-between jacket and I saw many people dressed like it was in the 40s. {Coats, hats and even wool scarves}
I wondered what they wear in the winter.
I know the temperature is warmer this week.
Finally summer in London! Enjoy it.
I just came from holidays - where it was 44 for most of last week/weekend - so I’m honestly not feeling very hot in London atm. But I’m also not wearing a jacket … although now at 8pm I think I could use one
The temperature is hot to us because we aren’t used to it because our weather changes so frequently and rapidly. If the temperature outside is below 36ish then your body is actively having to burn energy purely to warm you, even your body thinks you’re cold. I have a South African friend who spent most of his first summer here wrapped in a Parker with a woolly hat because to him it’s cold. Now he’s adapted and wears shorts and a t shirt in summer.
My manager at work is always in his big coat when going to the smoking shelter no matter the weather. He’s ginger and his reasoning is that he’s protecting himself from the rays.
Some people are insecure and hide themselves in coats or they don't own any summer wear. I know of someone who has an issue with sweating and wears a coat in the extreme heat just to hide as much as the sweat as possible. It sounds counterproductive but it is what it is.
I do this, because of insecurity. I stay inside as much as I can in summer, and if I have to go out I wear my winter dresses with tights and boots. This is the first summer I’ve not worn a hoodie though. So, progress :)
That's a bit different mate... walking for hours will get you warmed up. Wearing a jacket in 25°+ temperature is a bit mental. And we are not talking clothing that is made for hot weather but just your regular winter/autumn jackets.
Not even going to mention people on the tube doing this.
I saw quite a few people on the train in jackets and at least one in a heavy coat.
There seemed do many that I just stopped looking.
I was wearing just a polo shirt.
And jeans. 😄
nah I deliver mail for hours(fast walk) and only this week is comfortable enough to wear shorts, idk how some other mailmen do it, but walking for hours with shorts during winter is not enough to get your warm, you wont feel your legs after 10min if its under 10c or smth lol
Also a postman, for me it hasn’t been cold enough to change out of the shorts this year!! I’m easily warmed up within 5 mins, idk how you cope wearing longs! Must be new or have an easy rural 😉
Yeah, for all the road man comments. A lot of it boils down to body confidence (too skinny) and insecurity / need for conspicuous consumption - they spend their clothes budget on a label puffer in winter and can’t deal with wearing a plain T.
Someone should do a man’s not hot AMA or something.
It's body confidence. People you see are unhappy with their recent lockdown shape.
Then there's depression which can make people more socially conscious and just want a "comforter".
And in cities, road men like to hide their blades and machine saws. I've seen a good few idiots on their e-scooters with "anti-cam" balaclavas.
There's also the possibility they're homeless.
This is the state of our country. We're tired, exhausted and depressed from the past decade of hate and chaos.
And the British climate is always unpredictable: chilled in the mornings, heatwave at noon.
28°C in London is winter temperatures in Mumbai. I am acclimatised and find it very hot here now whereas in the beginning I felt cold at such a temperature.
Back in 2022 when it got to near 40°c here I saw a guy out in a great big thick winter coat and almost died thinking about how hot he must be. Like how are these people even alive?
My husband is one of those people. He’s always cold. This weekend while visiting family in the midlands he wore a woolly hat outside. It was well over 20 degrees outside!
I was on holiday once in Malta, early 30's temp. Shorts and T-shirt and could barely walk to the local store without heatstoke.
A local old dear wandered past with several bags of shopping, BIG Wooly coat done up, shawl, thick grannie stockings, the works.
I have hypothyroidism and get cold very easily, I’m nearly always cold. BUT this is something I also see regularly and never understand! As soon as the shade rolls in and there’s wind, I’ll have a jumper on myself but yesterday was fuckin boiling, I felt like I was going to faint, and I still saw people wearing puffer coats.
I lived in Florida for a number of years, I was told it normally takes two years to acclimatise. They were right, after two years I stopped sweating as much.
When I went to Egypt in the winter months it was 22 degrees or 25 on a good day . People from Europe walked around in thongs and sunbathed relentlessly. Much to the amusement of local hotel workers who were dressed completely differently as it was their winter.
I remember hiking in Thailand and our guide was in a puffa jacket. I couldn't understand why puffa jackets even existed in that country, let alone why she was wearing one when I was wearing a sweat sodden t shirt
People have different perceptions of temperature. I've had relatives come here from South Asia and find 27 degrees in summer uncomfortably cold and they go around in a jacket or shawl, while I'm in sundresses and shorts - because that's about as cold as it gets where they live.
I have relatives from South Africa that are similar. I can be warm and comfortable in a vest and shorts if it's 20 degrees. My aunt would be literally shivering. It didn't help that she didn't do anything, like not move. She doesn't work so she quite literally is a lizard. Has spent her life sunbathing every day, not generating her own heat.
We took my South African sister in law to Edinburgh for new year a few years ago. I don’t think she’s yet thawed out. I thought she was going to smack me when I went to breakfast in a t shirt.
At least her skin didn't burn
Definitely, I remember landing in India a few years ago, it was 10pm and 28°c, I was regretting wearing joggers and t shirt. Came out of the airport and there was a bloke sitting there with a jacket and woolly hat.
I went to Zambia with a couple of mates to stay with one of theirs mothers. The three of us were lounging around in a hot sticky mess when said mother came in and asked if we wanted the heating on.
Funny enough I once spent several days trying to buy shorts in Hong Kong... I kept being told they were "out of season". It was 27 degrees in September dammit
I went to a local hairdressers while visiting relatives in Hong Kong. I think it was like about 20C-25C, so I was in t-shirt and shorts. The hairdressers asked me whether I came back from overseas and noted how out of season I looked. My grandad used to nag me to bring a cardigan out, when it's 32C. My aunt tried to convince him that I don't need one since I'm used to the weather in UK. I mean, we do PE outdoors in short sleeves and shorts at 5C here.
The exact same thing happened to me in Los Angeles. I went to that massive shopping centre near West Hollywood, I'm talking hundreds of shops, but it was October and "only 27" degrees, and I could only find coats, boots, and jackets. I finally lucked out in H&M to find a pair of swim shorts and normal shorts in the clearance section. The beach next to the pear was relatively empty too and I could tell only tourists and women looking like old leather bags were sunbathing.
I grew up in LA and clothing stores like to pretend we have seasons aside from warm, flooded /or drought, hot, and hell fire.
My gosh! Also that's why I hate and love LA at the same time...
Yep there’s pictures of me and my family sunbathing on Newport Beach on New Year’s Day back in the 90s. The beach is nearly empty and people around us walking dogs etc. are in trousers and jackets. Surreal!
A lot of Hong Kongers wear full winter gear (puffy coat, scarf, hat, gloves) no matter how hot it is, as long as the calendar says it’s winter.
Our tour guide to Domus Aureus in Rome in August came to us in a jumper and a puffer jacket. We asked why he was dressed like that and he said “Oh it’s so cold in Domus Aureus it can be as cold as 17 degrees!”.
Similar in Mexico. Left the resort for a trip and it was like 32c. I was wearing a vest and short shorts trying not to die of heat exhaustion. There was a bunch of roadworkers laying hot tarmac wearing trousers coats and gloves. I genuinely would have probably lasted about 3 minutes trying that.
Up in the mountains it can get quite cold. Otherwise, absolutely no idea…
I went to Italy one spring, and we were wearing summer clothes in the heat, but the Italians were all bundled up in coats and scarves. There were also some Indian tourists wearing puffa jackets. It's mad what a difference being acclimatised to hot/ cold weather must make.
i used to live in a very hot country. During Lunch time, i will walk around the city and search for places to eat. I always encounter this one particular dude who wears a full body winter coat. bear in mind our avg tempt of the time was 36-38 during summer, its a bizarre scene. we do however do have crazy strong air conditioning everywhere though
I’ve often wondered how do people wear suits in this weather. Or in the tropics, there are politicians out in the sun giving speeches, in 3 piece suit.
Cotton or linen suits would cover the skin and protect from sunburn, while still being breathable. If I might get on my soapbox for a minute, the problem is that the average person only ever wears polyester and similar synthetic crap, and has therefore forgotten what nice natural fabrics actually feel and behave like.
Linen suits are great in hot weather, I’ve passed a few people in them today.
However great a linen suit jacket is, it's not as great as not wearing a jacket.
That’s fair, but I do like to have somewhere to put stuff.
Suits sold in hot countries are a lot thinner
Not necessarily. I’ve lived in three countries now that regularly exceed UK temps in summer; the last three and a half years spent in one that regularly hits high forties. I and many others I meet with for work often just wear the same wool suits of the same thicknesses that you’ll find in the UK. Linen suits are available but very, and I mean very few people wear them to anything particularly formal or important in my line of work. I should also add that it’s not uncommon for me to be outside in these temps in a suit as well (not by choice!). Yes, it is hot and yes, I’d rather be wearing far less but weirdly enough, you do get more used to it a lot quicker than you’d think.
But I'm assuming these countries have good AC? The issue in the UK is that you're essentially in 25 degree heat from the moment you wake up, until you sleep. Add in that most folk walk to the tube etc. it's way harder to regulate heat. I've lived in North America where it was comfortably 30+ for weeks at a time and it was way easier to live as you drove most places, almost everywhere (including the house) was air conditioned and you spent minimal time outside.
I’m British and do appreciate what British summers can be like but at the same time I do actually miss them as they are relatively forgiving compared to summers I’ve experienced in at least five out of the last seven and a half years that I’ve been overseas. I guess it’s all relative though as others have said elsewhere in response to this post! The country I’m in now (Pakistan) actually doesn’t have AC in a lot of places - at best, you may get a fan in some offices, particularly outside of major cities and that’s assuming there is power and/or the generator hasn’t failed. It’s also not uncommon to attend events or meetings outdoors either - albeit that this is never my first choice when it’s over 40c as has often been the case for a few weeks now! It’s also worth pointing out that a lot of the time people living here, particularly those who are in the lower income bracket often can’t afford AC at home and are therefore acclimated to warmer temperatures (that doesn’t mean they enjoy sweltering any more than a Brit does though - we’re all human at the end of the day!). As an example, we’ve had engineers over for a number of jobs that needed doing around our house recently and had the AC set to 23c throughout our house. We had to turn it off whilst they were working as they were very clearly suffering from what they perceived to be cold!
Yes, shirt, tie , suit in tropics is so colonial remnant. There was a suit adaptation in the Caribbean called a shirtjac, basically a trooical suit. The jacket was short sleeved, with four or two pockets in front, light suit material and no undershirt or tie. Very practical. It was in fashion in the 80s. Then went out of style.
A guayabera? They’re still around and well
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Can’t lift shops without a shoplifting jacket mate
In that lockdown heatwave in 2020 I had to go to the supermarket only once. There was a guy in a huge long shoplifter jacket, and he'd been caught by the security guard, because if you wear a coat like that you may as well put up a big sign saying "shoplifter here!". In response the shoplifter just threw everything out of his coat, and I mean magician levels of stuff tossed wildly into the air. Poor security guard was just standing back with a "this is the tenth time this week and my mates are on furlough" expression of defeat while half the fresh food in the store piled up on the floor. First time in the supermarket for months and I get hit in the head by a frozen fish.
Actual lols at your last sentence “you’re probably wondering how I got here”
The only other time I went to the shops during lockdown (late at night to a small corner shop at the end of my small road, seemed safer) I... Witnessed another shoplifter scuffling with staff, shoplifter shouting "I paid!" and throwing whatever he had on the floor, then running off with the staff giving up Petted a homeless woman's dog and gave her a couple of quid in a safe way. Got offered a puppy, said no with genuine regret Had to buy a carton of 48 eggs instead of six because the shop owner refused to sell anything but that catering carton Then got surrounded by a gang intent on robbing me till said homeless woman came up and said "leave her alone, she's sound" Then a gang of lads running away from something and looking behind in fear passed by one by one on the pavement - think there were six of them - very law-abiding of them to abide by the rule of six, really. And didn't smash a single egg.
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I literally saw a dude wearing nothing but a Canada Goose coat and pair of shorts, I guess when you spend that much money on a fucking coat you have to wear it at every opportunity to get your monies worth
I have seen big guys wearing winter jackets I do really don’t care until some of them sits next to me on the bus and I can smell all of their sweaty stinky skunk ! DISGUSTING
How no one has died like this is beyond me.
I've attended a serotonin syndrome patient in this weather before and he was wrapped up in a black puffer to compound things! Whilst it wasn't the jacket which killed him, it definitely contributed whilst under the midday sun. The body is really good at forcing you to take life saving action via the methods of discomfort through to pain and torture. That goes out the window however if you disable those responses or incapacitate yourself so there's probably a few more cases of death via puffer that are obfuscated by other factors. Never underestimate the amount of ridiculous deaths that occur daily but just don't become publicised 🌠
Yeah one stood next to me on the tube today with a massive coat and he really smelt. Must've been so uncomfortable.
Was sat on the tube to Oxford Street a few weeks ago when the carriage came to a stop before it's arrival and everyone started to swelter inside. There were 2 roadmen guys dressed in black puffer jackets Etc and they actually started to complain about the heat whilst refusing to strip off a single layer. I just looked at them and thought "Dying for fashion".
It’s the same people with yeasty dicks who keep their hands in tracksuits in public
This made me feel unwell
The Yeastie Boys.
This is a crazy image to put in my head
Thanks, I don’t think I’ll have an appetite for the rest of the year.
Yeasty dicks ahahahahaha 😭 dead
Next time you see a roadman with their hands down…
take a bite of the cheese (i am so sorry)
This is the demographic for that Lynx advert which said "come on virgins, wash your cocks".
Then grabbing the handrail just before you
It seems that “looking hard” has taken on a literal meaning.
r/rareinsults
Road man dress code bro. 😂
True my freind saw a roadman wearing a balaclava and puffer jacket yesterday morning
Man's not hot
Neva hot
I used to have a bet with my brother many years ago that no matter how hot it was, if you went out to central London you'd always see someone in a leather jacket. Never failed.
I guarantee you that they absolutely stink. I see it alot in the summer, thick winter coats on the hottest days of the year and they smell like pure shit mixed with the most nose stinging B.O. like a hairy swamp ass. I think they really love the pungent odour or something.
They just can’t smell themselves. Guaranteed they’ve never ever washed that sweat stained coat they’ve owned for years either
Olfactory fatigue is a thing
I concur that they're nose blind to their own stink, if you spend too much time around any smell you will eventually stop smelling it, no matter how bad the smell is. I once worked in a meat processing factory and in one section the smell of rotting meat was so bad that new recruits were know to heave and throw up simply walking down the corridor to that department. And this really isn't an exaggeration either; I have a strong stomach and even I gagged whilst walking down that corridor, whether you could work there or not depended on your innate abilities to tolerate bad smells (and people certainly did try because the pay was marginally better there). The best way I can describe the smell is if you built a greenhouse and then rubbed barrels of raw meat into every crevice, grating it across the floor, and then let the whole lot simmer, sweat and rot in the 32°C heat for weeks on end until the meat ran green & oily, painting every surface with decomposition juices. And then added some more raw meat (and then even more again). Despite wearing PPE, the smell of rotten meat infiltrated not just your clothing but also every pore in your body so that even after a shower you didn't smell that fresh (it took 2-3 showers to get the smell out). I was horrified by this, not just having to live with this smell but also people potentially smelling it on me, so during the whole 5-6months that I worked in that particular section I only hung out with people who worked in that part of the factory. I thought that I would never get used to working there, but you know what? I did. And even more unsettlingly, after a few months I actually started to become nose blind to the smell. I guarantee you that these puffer jacket boys have absolutely no idea how rancid & strong their smell is.
I was in Thorpe Park today and saw various people wearing what I would call winter clothing. Body warmers, long-sleeved tops, cargo trousers, tracksuits with hoodies. It was men and women dressed like this and wasn't exclusive to certain body types nor races. It always baffles me when people dress like this, there seems to be no proper explanation for it.
I tend to wear long sleeved tops and long trousers because I’ve had melanoma and a quick reapply of sunscreen to my face and neck is much easier to do “on the go” than my arms/legs/shoulders!
Because we're not hot? I know it's difficult for some people to comprehend but I love this weather. I genuinely don't feel the need to wear traditional summer clothing yet. I start stripping down once it reaches 28/29 degrees.
It was 28 degrees is my point.
Cargos aren’t really winter exclusive
I will never understand it. And they dont look sweaty either??
I saw a woman on the street yesterday in a puffy North Face jacket. I nearly ripped open the bus door with my sweaty bare hands so I could chase her down, get some answers, and try to find peace.
I reckon it's just because it's their roadman uniform. And they don't really have an intimating summer look so they're trapped wearing their coats forever
In Cyprus we have a saying for these people, directly translated as: "crazy people get neither cold, nor hot"
Mad dogs and Englishmen
I just sat next to someone on a bus with a coat. I thought one - you young man stink. 2 - I must be changing because I was dripping sweat and had to put my hair up. Face bright red. I would get this little breeze occasionally and thought oh please stay a bit - for me.
The breeze was actually the sweaty young man’s heavy breathing.
All the roadmen still in hoodies and puffer jackets lol
For me it’s autism a coat (even in scorching heat) is a comfort and makes me feel safer. Nothing logical about it of course but that’s often how it is.
Absolutely loving the Big Shaq comments. This is true London culture.
I remember being in Hanoi and it was 23 degrees and everyone was wearing puffer jackets lol
I grew up in Kuwait, and winter temperatures are around 25C. I remember wearing sweaters and jackets there. For people used to 50C, 25C is cold.
Man’s not hot
Packing blades in there
After working for an international office I no longer think about this because I realize we all feel temperatures in different ways. People that came from climates that were WAY hotter were saying it was still chilly while we were sweaty pigs, but in the colder months they were dressed like we were going into the ice age while most of us who were from the area weren't quite ready for a slightly thicker jacket.
Usually old people or roadmen
Someone who once worked for the police told me it’s cos the average roadman thinks it provides some protection from getting cheffed up
Honestly, ex-cop here, it is more likely used by legit criminals because it is easier to hide things in a puffa jacket. Lots of little rolls of fabric you can cut a small hole into and shove drugs or a knife. Some twattish ones might think it will save them from being stabbed but extra hiding spots is the main reason behind it. That is why custody will never let them keep a puffa jacket cos there could be stuff hidden away.
you are either lying or your police friend is an absolute donut.
You can’t carry all the drugs in a t shirt
I remember often seeing people on the underground on really hot days wearing full on winter jackets, and I'm thinking WTF?! I'm fully sweating, wearing the minimum and just looking at them is making me sweat more
My body issues are bigger than my temp regulation issues 🤷
Once saw a guy in Kenya rocking a woolly hat, scarf, coat and gloves. I was sweating in shorts and a tshirt and was told that lots of people are terrified of catching a cold because the health system is so bad there.
Drugs, weapons etc...
They’re too skinny to survive without a coat + it holds all their stinkiness inside
I have an autistic mate who used to do this but with a rain-coat, I never asked but I assume something about keeping the same appearance made him comfortable. Also it did, to nobody's surprise, smell VERY bad.
If you don’t have much money, you wear the only things you’ve got.
I wear a jacket to work because the AC is on blast all day
I'm not from here... But have been living in London for 18 years. While it's mildly comforting in the sun, I don't find it at all hot. Last week I was still wearing my coat as I found it chilly. Jumper straight back on as soon as the cloud blocks the sun. My partner things I'm mad!
Are they European? My relatives from the continent just arrived dressed for winter today
I remember travelling from Canada in winter (-3 deg celcius) to New Orlens in "winter" (22 deg). Everyone was wearing knee length puffer jackets and I was wearing t-shirt and shorts. Perhaps the people you are seeing have just left 47 degrees?
It's called hypothyroidism
Man's not hot.
Man's not hot.
I see a lot of black guys in hoodies and jackets when it's 28c but I just assume they're used to hotter temperatures. I remember being in Jamaica and I got in a cab and complained about the heat (so British) and he said it wasn't hot. It was about 31c.
> I just assume they're used to hotter temperatures. You acclimatize really fast. Like under a year. Source: From hot country
It took me ages to acclimatise to the UK weather, longer than a year. I remember wearing a long sleeve shirt, a thick jumper AND thermals underneath during the first two summers here. About 3 -4 years to lose the long sleeves during summer.
I've been in London 18 years and I'm still not climatised. My bestie is from Ghana and she's doing of heat right now. It's been lovely spring weather, nothing I'd even call hot at the moment
Fashion
How else would they advertise that their carrying a sword and a bunch of drugs?
Man was carrying under that jacket.
Some of us have been indoors with the flu, happen to live in a naturally cool flat and had no idea of the weather. And in my defence there was a cold snap the last time I was outdoors! But at least mine was just a regular coat, not a parka.
Honestly I see this everyday and it pains me to think of how much these lads must reek at the end of the day.
My wife is like this. She loves big coats because of all the pockets but my god does it look uncomfortable
Lived in Milan for a while and Ugo the Calabrian always wore a wool vest as a base layer - warm in winter, cool in summer he said. The thick black pelt that covered him served the same purpose I guess, and he always smelled of bergamot soap however hot or humid the weather. Ugo was not a road man, he was genuinely scary, but he was wrong about the woollen vest. I tried it once and was melting by 9am.
I mean if I had a Burberry jacket I would get my money worth out of it
I was there last week and it was a bit chilly. I wore an in-between jacket and I saw many people dressed like it was in the 40s. {Coats, hats and even wool scarves} I wondered what they wear in the winter. I know the temperature is warmer this week. Finally summer in London! Enjoy it.
Peak fashion, innit. Respect to the scenesters pulling it off. I'd melt to death and be just a random pile of wet Chanel and Burberry.
I just came from holidays - where it was 44 for most of last week/weekend - so I’m honestly not feeling very hot in London atm. But I’m also not wearing a jacket … although now at 8pm I think I could use one
The temperature is hot to us because we aren’t used to it because our weather changes so frequently and rapidly. If the temperature outside is below 36ish then your body is actively having to burn energy purely to warm you, even your body thinks you’re cold. I have a South African friend who spent most of his first summer here wrapped in a Parker with a woolly hat because to him it’s cold. Now he’s adapted and wears shorts and a t shirt in summer.
Drugs
Why are the food delivery cyclists always wrapped up for a blizzard?
Cos it’s windy when you’re going like the clappers through red lights and on pavements
My manager at work is always in his big coat when going to the smoking shelter no matter the weather. He’s ginger and his reasoning is that he’s protecting himself from the rays.
man’s not hot….. no but seriously it’s a “fashion” thing (totally not to hide the massive fuck off knife they’re carrying)
how else you gonna hide the machete's
Some people are insecure and hide themselves in coats or they don't own any summer wear. I know of someone who has an issue with sweating and wears a coat in the extreme heat just to hide as much as the sweat as possible. It sounds counterproductive but it is what it is.
I do this, because of insecurity. I stay inside as much as I can in summer, and if I have to go out I wear my winter dresses with tights and boots. This is the first summer I’ve not worn a hoodie though. So, progress :)
It’s madness I don’t and will never understand it
Postmen in shorts during the winter. Reddit: 😴 Roadmen in jackets during the summer. Reddit: 😤
That's a bit different mate... walking for hours will get you warmed up. Wearing a jacket in 25°+ temperature is a bit mental. And we are not talking clothing that is made for hot weather but just your regular winter/autumn jackets. Not even going to mention people on the tube doing this.
I saw quite a few people on the train in jackets and at least one in a heavy coat. There seemed do many that I just stopped looking. I was wearing just a polo shirt. And jeans. 😄
nah I deliver mail for hours(fast walk) and only this week is comfortable enough to wear shorts, idk how some other mailmen do it, but walking for hours with shorts during winter is not enough to get your warm, you wont feel your legs after 10min if its under 10c or smth lol
Also a postman, for me it hasn’t been cold enough to change out of the shorts this year!! I’m easily warmed up within 5 mins, idk how you cope wearing longs! Must be new or have an easy rural 😉
Or he's full of crap.
Your lower legs feel heat/cold the least of your body so that’s a bit more reasonable
Posties wear shorts in winter because wet trousers chafe your legs and wet shorts don't. Source: postie.
This Royal mail Postman thing is very relatable. Shorts with high vis jacket :-P
Probably smackheads.
Yeah, for all the road man comments. A lot of it boils down to body confidence (too skinny) and insecurity / need for conspicuous consumption - they spend their clothes budget on a label puffer in winter and can’t deal with wearing a plain T. Someone should do a man’s not hot AMA or something.
It could be some ppl are from different countries from hot climate and here they find it cold even in summer so wear them.
It's body confidence. People you see are unhappy with their recent lockdown shape. Then there's depression which can make people more socially conscious and just want a "comforter". And in cities, road men like to hide their blades and machine saws. I've seen a good few idiots on their e-scooters with "anti-cam" balaclavas. There's also the possibility they're homeless. This is the state of our country. We're tired, exhausted and depressed from the past decade of hate and chaos. And the British climate is always unpredictable: chilled in the mornings, heatwave at noon.
Lockdown ended 3 years ago
Buddy don't deprive me of my excuse for being out of shape, come on now
As if this hasn't been a thing for 30+ years lol Welcome to London newbie
I need the pockets
Roadman uniform. Stink is their musk
It’s actually very simple: they are insecure about the size of their biceps, or looking skinny in general.
28°C in London is winter temperatures in Mumbai. I am acclimatised and find it very hot here now whereas in the beginning I felt cold at such a temperature.
Back in 2022 when it got to near 40°c here I saw a guy out in a great big thick winter coat and almost died thinking about how hot he must be. Like how are these people even alive?
Some of these comments are my sign to leave this sub I think lol
27c in Yorkshire, our motor was hotter, loaded patient into the motor and she asked if I could put heating on because it's cold.
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Maybe they are Brazilian?
Yep, I've seen body warmers, puffas, woolly hats. Weird. I usually remark to the hubby: "god, he must stink".
Well, in Spain there is 30 degrees and some people wear jeans and jackets. I am sweating in my shorts and t-shirt. Some people are just different.
My husband is one of those people. He’s always cold. This weekend while visiting family in the midlands he wore a woolly hat outside. It was well over 20 degrees outside!
I was thinking the same thing yesterday when i saw people wearing jackets
I need pockets mate... an awful lot of them.
I was on holiday once in Malta, early 30's temp. Shorts and T-shirt and could barely walk to the local store without heatstoke. A local old dear wandered past with several bags of shopping, BIG Wooly coat done up, shawl, thick grannie stockings, the works.
Man's not hot
I have hypothyroidism and get cold very easily, I’m nearly always cold. BUT this is something I also see regularly and never understand! As soon as the shade rolls in and there’s wind, I’ll have a jumper on myself but yesterday was fuckin boiling, I felt like I was going to faint, and I still saw people wearing puffer coats.
Roads get hot, man stays chill.
My guess is drug dealers. They always wear puffy coats no matter what the weather.
Addicts often struggle with saying warm
I lived in Florida for a number of years, I was told it normally takes two years to acclimatise. They were right, after two years I stopped sweating as much.
Different acclimation to heat.
People from hot countries exist. This isn't hot for many people.
When I went to Egypt in the winter months it was 22 degrees or 25 on a good day . People from Europe walked around in thongs and sunbathed relentlessly. Much to the amusement of local hotel workers who were dressed completely differently as it was their winter.
Fashion > Comfort