Woman lost job for wearing too much perfume
 

What is your initial reaction to this headline:

"A Woman lost her job for wearing too much perfume"

Please vote just on the headline, before you read the story.

Before I read the story: If she was warned that it was a problem and refused to do anything about it, then adios.

I agree with GC. Too much perfume is awful. Gives me a headache.

Sort of what I expected, story wise -- and there are WAY too few facts in that article for me to give any kind of opinion as to the merits of the case. Like maybe the woman was French? ;)

Based just on the headline I can imagine scenarios where I'd agree with either side.

On the one hand some people bathe in the stuff and are a nuisance. Such people are prone to not understand basic physiology and therefore believe the wrong one of these:

1. If I can't smell it, then the smell no longer exists, therefore I need to put on more of this weak ass perfume/cologne.

2. Most of the other senses, a sensation of smell declines in the face of persistent unchanging stimulus. Therefore, even though while I can no longer smell it, I have enough faith in the basic of vapor chemistry to trust that the pleasing aroma still malingers.

On the other hand some people are oversensitive whiners who will bitch and complain and throw a royal fit if any aspect of their environment isn't perfectly to their ideal conditions. Such people are prone to confuse the following statements:

1. I don't like that perfume you are wearing.
2. Since it provide a blunt club with which I can cow the people around me I am allergic to that perfume you are wearing and therefore you must bow to my preferences.

I went 'other'. Yes, I can see where too much is just too much. I worked with a man who wore FAR too much on a daily basis. he too received complaints. so he stopped...and we understood then why he wore so much. :eek:

I also agree with Cherny...too few specifics to make a call based just on the article, however I know more than a few folks who are outright alergic to a great many perfumes and the like.

...and so not to detract from the initial impact and focus of the thread

Perfume gives me a headache. So, for selfish reasons, based upon the headline (per request), good.

Having dealt with this issue while living in a cube farm, I agree, it's a team environment.

Heck, if you've been warned, if it's on the books and if the record states that you can be fired at will, then that's it in a nutshell!

Iinitial reaction - she should have been fired. I'm horribly allergic to some types of perfume. I can't count how many times I've had to step out of church because someone sat near me with loads of something on that completely set me off. Now would I complain to them in church, no, I'm the one with the problem so I step out. In a work situation I would have to complain or I couldn't function.

After reading the article she was warned. Red Door is one that totally sends my allergies into the stratosphere, it's not a subtle fragrance. I agree there aren't many facts in the article but I'd say if she were wearing volumes of the stuff it would be hard for other workers in her vacinity to concentrate.

Before I read the story: Agree, wholeheartedly. Which is why I voted other.... My first reaction was "Ha Ha" a la Nelson.