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Polybius

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29. One of my coworkers has it bad

Sat Nov 23, 2024, 02:21 PM

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He can't take any kind of unnatural scents. Management had to accommodate him and remove all of the Glade air fresheners, even the one in the bathroom. He even gets off the day after we do our monthly extermination fogging for insects. The extermination crew comes in at night, but the next day he has to be off. I can barely smell anything 8 hours later, but he can.

I'm friends with him, and while I miss the Glade's (especially in the men's room lol), I understand. The rest of my coworkers don't, however. They make fun of him behind his back, calling him a whiney baby.

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Any one else have scent sensitivity? [View all] thinkingagain Nov 17 OP

My sense of smell is weak. Probably weak from working in a chemical plant for years. Emile Nov 17 #1

Scented candles cause my throat to constrict MaryMagdaline Nov 17 #2

Oh! I forgot about that. Mossfern Nov 17 #4

Yes they use to not bother me thinkingagain Nov 17 #16

I have a similar issue Bettie Nov 17 #20

My sister was like that when we lived together Polybius Saturday #30

I do Mossfern Nov 17 #3

Yes, heighten sense for things like smoke or something is fine thinkingagain Nov 17 #12

Certain perfumes Rebl2 Nov 17 #13

Yes Mossfern Nov 17 #19

I have fibromyalgia Faux pas Nov 17 #5

Yes I use the Vicks thinkingagain Nov 17 #11

Here's some info for you Faux pas Saturday #26

Thanks for sharing that thinkingagain Saturday #34

I used Vicks also. Learned about that when I started working the shipyards decades ago. haele Nov 17 #22

It's hard when you can't Faux pas Saturday #25

Same here. And migraines as well. OnionPatch Saturday #27

Wearing a mask around people who overuse scent helps. Lonestarblue Nov 17 #6

I only buy unscented laundry soaps thinkingagain Nov 17 #17

OMG - Lilies! Mossfern Nov 17 #21

Yes! Jrsygrl96 Nov 17 #7

Yes! Blaukraut Nov 17 #8

After I was poisoned with Malathion by a city worker womanofthehills Nov 17 #9

Interesting on the vita c thinkingagain Nov 17 #10

I teach a boy who has it. no_hypocrisy Nov 17 #14

How about an air purifier on your desk? flamingdem Nov 17 #15

Been thinking about an air purifier thinkingagain Nov 17 #18

I lost my sense of smell back in 2004 MagickMuffin Nov 17 #23

I sure do canetoad Nov 17 #24

Ye are not alone! Strong perfumes, smoke, and plenty of things Tadpole Raisin Saturday #28

I might have to try this thinkingagain Saturday #35

One of my coworkers has it bad Polybius Saturday #29

Suffer Arthur_Frain Saturday #31

I do, although it's not terrible. Laffy Kat Saturday #32

I used to have a problem walking through perfume departments in department stores. rsdsharp Saturday #33

Nope nose broken too badly JanMichael Saturday #36