Today, I started my new job at a fragrance store. While training, the manager had me smell all of the scents to become familiar with the products. Before my shift was over, I'd had three asthma attacks. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I started my job selling perfume in a department store. I decided to be creative and sprayed a little perfume towards the first person who walked by. She had an allergic reaction, and an ambulance had to be called. FML
Today, I was working in a call center when I smelled perfume. I'm allergic, and it triggered my asthma. When I came back, some jerk had sprayed it all over my work area. I couldn't go near it for the rest of my shift, therefore I had to go home early, and got my paycheck docked. FML
Today, I discovered I'm allergic to the new perfume I bought and now I smell like a hospital. FML
Today, I had to train a new guy whose body odor was killing me. After he'd left, I had to run two industry size fans to blow the stench out of my office. FML
Today, I started at my new job. My manager, upon meeting me, hugged me and sniffed my neck, then commented that I smelled "natural" and told me how much he loves that. I have to work with this creep until god knows when. FML
Today, at the coffee shop where I work, my supervisor smelled "something weird, like sulfur." I spent the next ten minutes pretending to look for the source of the smell with her, rather than admit that it had come from me. FML
Today, I used so many different perfume testers that I passed out on the bus. FML
Today, I have a new office-mate. I'm not particularly sensitive to odours but he wears so much cologne, I nearly throw up every time he walks in. Only 8 more hours till fresh air. FML
Today, I realized that I needed a new job when I had to take anti-anxiety medication before meeting with my boss. Last time we met, I had a panic attack. FML
Today, I picked up an extra shift at the store. It was also the day the store's ventilation system shut down, resulting in carbon monoxide poisoning for me and two co-workers. FML
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Top comments
ManInTheMachine 20
Unless you're suicidal, this isn't the job for you. I think you'd be better off working on a farm, with the nearest pharmacy miles away. But then again, Monk was a fantastic cop, so... Just keep an inhaler handy.
NothernNightmare 18
Fragrance stores usually have a lot of different perfumes, so I'm not surprised anyone wouldn't get sick after all those strong smells. Sorry OP, get a new job so your health won't be compromised.
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Comments (99)
Grimmerie 31
Why would you apply at a perfume store in the first place when you know you're asthmatic?
yahoowizard 16
And you'd think he would quit after the first two asthma attacks x.x
jovizzle 8
I smell.. a workers comp suit.
outoftown 27
*claim.
I_lost_the_game 25
Have you been injured at work? Then call the number on the screen, now, and get the claim you deserve! ... I hate these adverts.
priceyfml 7
Maybe you should find a new job if your life could be in danger.
dog1999 2
Don't breath in so deep next time Geesh it's not like taking a hit.
sarah6786 14
After the first one you should have stopped smelling. YDI for putting a job over your health, no matter how bad you need the money, nothing is more important than yourself.
Kimitte 1
Well, I have to agree with you. I don't understand why OP decided to work at a fragrance department if OP knows he/she has asthma. I also don't understand why OP would continue smelling perfumes after the first asthma attack.
its_love2 31
OP sorry but you deserve it for even applying there in the first place ...
Turtle_rebellion 10
You applied for a job at the fragrance store when you have asthma? A wise choice.
christopherryan 0
They let you continue to work?!? I would think after the second one the manager woulda sent you home and tell you to make sure you have an inhaler when you work
outoftown 27
OP didn't say she had asthma before this job. Three episodes suggests she was not sure what was happening. The manager letting her continue to work suggests her reactions were not unique.
Everclear92 2
yeah....but OP's name suggests that SHE is a guy...
TrinityisLife 22
If the OP didn't know he had asthma, how would he know the reactions were asthma attacks?
MissMae93 23
74 - Josephine, Joselle, Joline, Jo-Jo, Johanna, Joelle etc. Joe could stand for any of those. It's the same as Riley, Morgan, Ryan, Jordan... There are thousands of names which apply to girls and boys.
interesting33 37
OP probs had an inhalor. You can still have an asthma attack and an inhalor. They are there FOR when you have an attack
christopherryan 0
This is true, considering she probably wouldn't have been able to keep working if she had an attack without an inhaler. Good thinking, way to think outside the box