You could smell this coming: Eau de Lawsuit

[Sharon]

An employee in the Detroit planning department who claims she is severely sensitive to perfumes and other cosmetics has sued the city, saying a co-worker's strong fragrance prohibits her from working.

"This employee not only wore a strong scent, but also plugged in a scented room deodorizer," the lawsuit states. "Ms. McBride was overcome by the smell almost instantly, causing her to go home sick."

The co-worker later agreed to stop using the room deodorizer, but kept using perfume, the lawsuit states.

Stinky phew!

 

[Redskinsmama]

Stinky phew!

i hope the judge laughs this woman out of the courtroom.

 

[nachomama]

Some people I've had to sit with on the Keller Buses should be arrested, not sued. -u:

 

[vraiblonde]

I wish these people would get a bubble and shut the hell up.

Last night when we were leaving the Mall, there was a crowd of people walking toward the same place and this woman beside me starts grumbling - "I wish all these people would get the hell out of the way " Because, obviously, the only person she feels should have the right to go see the fireworks or park in DC is...her.



If you are that sensitive to common substances, stay in your home and don't come out.

 

[RadioPatrol]

Stinky phew!

My Mother has extreme allergies to perfumes and other fragrances ... and can get an instant migraine ......

of course she is not suing anyone .........

 

[ginwoman]

I'm the same way......one whiff of perfume, powder, lotion, etc...instant migraine. Its not fun.

 

[aps45819]

I'm the same way......one whiff of perfume, powder, lotion, etc...instant migraine. Its not fun.

Don't get a migraine, but some women seem to use an excessive amount of perfume. I've had some make my eyes water

 

[SamSpade]

I wish these people would get a bubble and shut the hell up.

Last night when we were leaving the Mall, there was a crowd of people walking toward the same place and this woman beside me starts grumbling - "I wish all these people would get the hell out of the way " Because, obviously, the only person she feels should have the right to go see the fireworks or park in DC is...her.



If you are that sensitive to common substances, stay in your home and don't come out.

I don't know about sensitive - but I've worked with any number of people where their - odors - were bad enough to consider alternative employment.

One was a guy who had a desk about two feet from mine. No kidding. We were in so close when he leaned back I couldn't open my desk drawers. But I could smell this guy coming down the hallway. I am not kidding. He was a very severe smoker, but somehow with him, it came out like raw sewage. Everything about him reeked, and I dreaded him talking to me - it was like having a fan blowing it in my direction.

At the same job was a woman whose "perfume" was clearly a means of avoiding bathing - because you could smell THAT too. Nothing quite like the smell of a cleaning lady whose overdose of cologne *barely* masked the overpowering body odor. Her odor was so pungent, I could pretty much follow everywhere she'd been an hour after she'd left.

 

[hotmomma]

I don't know about sensitive - but I've worked with any number of people where their - odors - were bad enough to consider alternative employment.

One was a guy who had a desk about two feet from mine. No kidding. We were in so close when he leaned back I couldn't open my desk drawers. But I could smell this guy coming down the hallway. I am not kidding. He was a very severe smoker, but somehow with him, it came out like raw sewage. Everything about him reeked, and I dreaded him talking to me - it was like having a fan blowing it in my direction.

At the same job was a woman whose "perfume" was clearly a means of avoiding bathing - because you could smell THAT too. Nothing quite like the smell of a cleaning lady whose overdose of cologne *barely* masked the overpowering body odor. Her odor was so pungent, I could pretty much follow everywhere she'd been an hour after she'd left.

You should of carried a can of lysol. If you directly tell someone they stink it would hurt their feelings but maybe spraying lysol in their presence would make them realize they have an unpleasent odor.

 

[SamSpade]

You should of carried a can of lysol. If you directly tell someone they stink it would hurt their feelings but maybe spraying lysol in their presence would make them realize they have an unpleasent odor.

I don't think cleaning lady spoke English, but with the other guy, I think you'd have needed a priest to exorcise that smell.

 

[citysherry]

I’ll never understand why some women “marinate” themselves in perfume to the point that it permeates the entire floor as soon as they get off the elevator.

 

[pixiegirl]

I’ll never understand why some women “marinate” themselves in perfume to the point that it permeates the entire floor as soon as they get off the elevator.

I know that some people do this (men too) but some people it just must sit on top of their skin or something. My mom uses Beautiful by Estee Lauder and I don't care for the scent at all. I've seen her apply just a couple squirts and she smells like she bathed in it. On the other hand I could literally bathe in perfume and 5 minutes later you'd never know I put any on. I don't hold the scent of anything, perfume, lotion, body wash, nothing.

 

[vraiblonde]

I don't know about sensitive - but I've worked with any number of people where their - odors - were bad enough to consider alternative employment.

If that's the case, then it's time for the boss to have a chat with their smelly employee about personal hygiene - that's what bosses are for, to take care of stuff like that. You don't sue a whole city for something like that.

 

[SamSpade]

I don't hold the scent of anything, perfume, lotion, body wash, nothing.

I don't seem to either, which is why if I use any, I hold the bottle a little bit away and lightly spray my clothes.

I'd heard that perfume was originally intended to mask horrible body odors as an alternative to actually bathing. It's just that some people *really* need to wash their nasty bits at least SOMETIME. Pouring perfume on it is like trying to use an air freshener on rotten fish.

 

[SamSpade]

If that's the case, then it's time for the boss to have a chat with their smelly employee about personal hygiene - that's what bosses are for, to take care of stuff like that. You don't sue a whole city for something like that.

I would never have gone to the boss for a foul-smelling co-worker. Most of my bosses would have done not a damned thing, especially the ones I've had in the federal government. Of course, I wouldn't have sued either.

As for smoking guy, it didn't matter - he got forced to retire early anyway, unrelated to his smell.

It also doesn't help when smelly guy at work IS the boss.

 

[hotmomma]

I think that the majority of people that stink don't realize that they stink. They need someone to tell them or they will never know. I would never have the balz to tell someone they stink.

 

[MMDad]

I think that the majority of people that stink don't realize that they stink. They need someone to tell them or they will never know.

I could literally bathe in perfume and 5 minutes later you'd never know I put any on. I don't hold the scent of anything, perfume, lotion, body wash, nothing.

:shrug:

 

[workin hard]

I know that some people do this (men too) but some people it just must sit on top of their skin or something. My mom uses Beautiful by Estee Lauder and I don't care for the scent at all. I've seen her apply just a couple squirts and she smells like she bathed in it. On the other hand I could literally bathe in perfume and 5 minutes later you'd never know I put any on. I don't hold the scent of anything, perfume, lotion, body wash, nothing.

I'm the same way...Can't hold a scent to save my life.

 

[SamSpade]

I think that the majority of people that stink don't realize that they stink. They need someone to tell them or they will never know. I would never have the balz to tell someone they stink.

There's a biological reason for that, although I don't know what to call it. But it's related to the reason you can't smell your own breath, even though your mouth is right below your nose, and it's because your brain is able to adjust its response.

I can't figure this out, but when I first had to change my boy's diaper, I thought I was going to vomit. It doesn't bother me at all now, except when he gets it all over him, and that's not smell, it's just disgusting. I've adjusted. And I've noticed this every time I've had a smelly job - while never "nice", I was able to get used to it.

George Carlin was the one who observed that your own farts smell GOOD to you.

 

[Lenny]

I can't figure this out, but when I first had to change my boy's diaper, I thought I was going to vomit. It doesn't bother me at all now, except when he gets it all over him, and that's not smell, it's just disgusting. I've adjusted.

I tried to adjust with my son too. But i told him he would would have to stop doing that before he went to his Senior prom.