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Don’t Be The Villain Of The Steam Room

The downside of the great sauna boom is that it might turn your local sweat box into a tin of sardines—and some of those sardines will think it’s acceptable to blast their relaxation mixes with no headphones.

But it’s pretty easy to avoid being the buzzkill of your sauna or steam room. Common unspoken rules include:

Rinse before you shvitz.
Don’t wear sneakers or sweaty gym clothes.
Keep conversations quiet and close the door behind you.
No eating or drinking (except for water). You don’t want to be the “obnoxious slurper.”

Much like the Finns, LinkedIn users tend to take sauna etiquette seriously. So, if any of the above behaviors sound like you, you might inspire a rant on the platform that usually celebrates disruptors of spaces. Recent screeds mention:

Walking into a sauna “like it’s a WWE entrance,” real estate entrepreneur Andrew Rhatigan posted.
Placing scented wax melts you brought from home on the sauna rocks, or “watching trashy reality TV” on your phone, as SaaS recruiter Hannah Kerrigan put it last month.

But…everything can be a personal growth opportunity if you try hard enough. “You’ll never be upset when you move in harmony with the nature of public saunas,” sales trainer Josh Braun recently posted. “The real heat isn’t from the rocks. It’s from the resistance we bring with us.”—ML

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Don’t Be The Villain Of The Steam Room

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