# For those who work day jobs (shower habits)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-work-day-jobs-shower-habits/612646>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 13, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-work-day-jobs-shower-habits/612646 "2012-02-13T00:31:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-work-day-jobs-shower-habits/612646/41 "2012-02-13T18:59:03Z")

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A shower helps me wake up, so morning for me. If I am very dirty of sweaty I’ll take a really short shower before bed.

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**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-work-day-jobs-shower-habits/612646/42 "2012-02-13T19:12:18Z")

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I shower the night before to get all my shower business done. I would rather do it in a more leisurely way in the evening than rushing in the morning.

However, depending on circumstances, occasionally I will hop in the shower in the morning in addition – to wake up, or in the summer, to cool down. But that is like literally jumping in the shower, having a general rinse, and jumping out.

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**Author:** ![Krouget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Krouget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krouget)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-work-day-jobs-shower-habits/612646/43 "2012-02-13T20:05:19Z")

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I exercise in the evenings, so I always shower before bed. Even so, this is still my preference, as it allows me to just get up and go in the mornings.

That said, if I have to shower in the morning, I have no problem with doing that, too. Depending on what I’m doing or where I’m going, it can also be necessary.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-work-day-jobs-shower-habits/612646/44 "2012-02-13T21:29:48Z")

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Even if I’ve showered before going to bed, I’m usually just a bit too ripe in the morning to consider going to work without showering. So I just shower in the mornings on weekdays.

I’ve got the hair problem too, but I can fix that in two minutes, by quickly soaking my head, then toweling it off vigorously. There are times when curly hair is an advantage.

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