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....

[Ghoulish Delight]

Geez. Someone's been bringing bag after bag of guava in over the last few weeks here, and I haven't smelled a thing.

And the LoT smells pretty fresh and clean, so clearly fruit doesn't smell, because lord knows we're full of fruits here.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by JWBear

Does Fruit Smell?

Not if they take regular showers and use deodorant.

[BarTopDancer]

Wow. I wish that our managers would be ballsy enough to send out an email saying quit wearing so much perfume. It is giving your co-workers massive headaches.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Wow. I wish that our managers would be ballsy enough to send out an email saying quit wearing so much perfume. It is giving your co-workers massive headaches.

Well, one word you'd never use to describe this manager is "timid".

[Snowflake]

That would inspire me to bring a Durian to the office!

If you don't know, here's what a Durian is

[Morrigoon]

snowflake: you are an evil, evil woman. I like it!

I had a manager who would pretend things were coming from others to protect her own butt when she had a problem with something.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Geez. Someone's been bringing bag after bag of guava in over the last few weeks here, and I haven't smelled a thing.

And the LoT smells pretty fresh and clean, so clearly fruit doesn't smell, because lord knows we're full of fruits here.

Well, after a long night in the kitchen - I mean, have you ever smelled baking parmesan?

[JWBear]

I just noticed that I left out the word "your" in the thread title. It should read "Does Your Fruit Smell".

Can some kind Mod or Admin fix it for me, please?

[Alex]

Apparently your place of work does not employ a large contingent of Indians. Overripe guava would be much preferred.

Now, I like the smell of Indian food even when it is coming from a microwave but a lot of people don't.