Does Fruit Smell?

[JWBear]

A real email from a manager to their staff:

To All Staff,



Some of you are bringing a fruit, Guava, at work to eat. Unfortunately the smell of this particular fruit is extremely strong and unpleasant to a lot of your co-workers. I have been asked to tell you to please no longer bring that particular fruit to work. I realize this is an unusual request but I have had complaints that it smells acidy, like gas, and it makes some people sick to smell the fruit.



If this complaint was coming from one person I would not be making this request; however, it is definitely affecting others. So I am asking that you please no longer bring this item to work to eat. I would also ask that you not approach your co-workers and ask, “Did you tell (manager's name) my fruit smells?”



And you are correct in thinking that I can not force anyone not to bring this item to work. I can only ask and that is what I am doing. I am hopeful that now that the source of the odor has been verified and you have been made aware it is an unpleasant smell to some that you will indeed no longer bring the fruit to work to eat.



Thank you for assistance in this matter.

Gotta love government work....