Scented sprays / candles / wall plug scent diffusers… at WORK

Típ the office cleaners. They know how to get rid of unwanted stuff.

I thought anything like that is usually prohibited at an office?

Bath and Body works scents are the worst of the worst.

Worse than LUSH?!

Claim a chemical sensitivity or something. Offensive odors deter productivity.

I like scented candles at home but it’s in appropriate in the workplace. I used to work with this woman who smoked and she’d spray this body spray that smelled like malt liquor to try and cover up the smell. It was disgusting

Not ADA compliant ;)

I'm one if those ancient guys who still wears cologne. But I would object to scents being forced on me at work.

Talk to HR. Artificial scents flare up my asthma and allergies. They trigger migraines in some people, too.

Um, EXCUSE ME? I thought this shit was taken out of the workplace LONG ago due to people's sensitivities/allergies. FFS, I was "spoken to" by my Supervisor about some lotion I had applied after my morning shower, and it wasn't even that bad, strong or offensive, and the "scent-free workplace" policy was invoked. This was over 10 years ago, working for city government; I'm sure it's even worse NOW with the delicate flowers we have entering the workplace.

(Side note for anyone that cares: of course, that Supervisor was a bitch-on-wheels who came into Management a year and a half after I'd started, and really didn't want me working in her department anymore. And the feeling was *100% MUTUAL* - she was on a power trip and didn't like me asking questions about old, archaic traditions/procedures. I had applied for a few different jobs within the city to leave that department, but the four-person panel interviews were a bitch and I don't interview well anyways. I ended up leaving that job within four months of that conversation (not because of that) because I was so over working in government after 2 1/2 years and I had another opportunity.)

ANYWAYS, it's unbelievable that's even allowed, and I would start faking apoplectic fits of sneezing until you get the point across. Drop to the floor and cough like you've inhaled smoke to really apply pressure. Or, you could go the other way and find an offensively smelling plug in (I'm SURE they've got those out there, like Skunk-Scent, Eu-de-Garbage or something similar) and go to absolute war.

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r10, DON'T get a blog. I like you posting your blog entries here!