Forever Stinky

Mentaljr has his first real job at Burger King. He's aiming for full time work since he's done with school for the time being. So far, he seems to like it, and has worked there for 2 weeks.

When he gets home, his uniform stinks to high heaven of some kind of spice mix that must be on the chicken that goes in the deep fryer or something. He also smells a bit of sweaty boy, because he's been working, and it's a 3/4 mile walk to work and back. The smell is so strong that it makes me gag, so I make him change and wash his clothes. A couple of times, I forgot to remind him to wash his clothes or he forgot after I reminded him, and his clothes didn't get washed. A few days ago, poor mentaljr got pulled into the office by his manager who said that he stinks and needs to wash his clothes and, you know, maintain proper hygiene. Mentaljr seemed embarrassed by this and I thought that perhaps we were going to see some changes in his behavior. For example, I thought that he might be motivated to wash his clothes without being hounded, change underwear, or even brush his teeth, etc.

However, the following two incidents have occurred since then that have squashed my hopes:
- Yesterday, mentaljr was dressed to leave for work. Beneath his work shirt was a long-sleeved t-shirt that he had slept in, showered, and then changed back into. I said, "Take off that shirt under your uniform." He said, "But we're allowed to wear long-sleeved shirts under these." I said, "But you slept in that shirt." He said, "Oh, right," and went off to go change.
- I forgot to remind him to wash his uniform last night, so of course it was not done. This morning he wanted to go to the library before work. I said, "Put your uniform in the wash." He said, "But if I do that I won't have time to go to the library before work." I said, "PUT YOUR UNIFORM IN THE WASH." His response was the quintessential sigh of a teenager.

Help.