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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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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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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TADspace 30
Find a new job. I sneeze a lot when I merely walk past a fragrance shop in the mall. Couldn't imagine working in one.
SamanthaCassieL 10
If you know you have asthma then why are you working in a store that sells items that can trigger it? Even if you didn't smell them, you're gonna have customers who will spray the fragrances.
tomakobriefs 11
Dude, I have asthma and can't even walk by one of those stores because of it. I have no idea why you thought applying to work at one would be beneficial for your health but you should quit.
SqueakyChipmunk 22
You need to go, Joe.
Eiregal2 10
Chipmunk,I have a question. If you could be a biscuit what type would you be and why?
MissMae93 23
58 - FML has this wonderful thing where you can send personal messages back and forth so that you don't post unnecessary comments all over.
Shadow_Phantom 26
You applied to a fragrance store... and you have asthma? As a fellow person who has that, I say "wtf?" FYL, but you had it coming. x.x
TheDrifter 24
As an employer, I cannot put a known asthmatic on the outdoor service roster, as it is considered an unsafe work practice by the wcb. Having an inhaler with you and taking a job like that is like a diabetic ordering a 7 kilo, 9000 calorie burger and a gallon of syrup but saying "it's ok, I brought insulin".
Schizomaniac 24
Damn, people. Please read as least some of the previous comments before commenting. Everyone is saying the same goddamn thing.
TheDrifter 24
Perhaps also in different areas. I own a heavy diesel service shop and the wcb won't let me send a "medicine dependant" asthmatic on out of shop service calls unless I send a trained medic with them (training the asthmatic doesn't count). So technically I COULD send one... at twice the cost of any of my fully capable techs. I know it sounds cruel, but asthmatics and anyone with a seizure risk get all the worst jobs in construction and mechanics, because it's considered too much of a risk to the wcb or insurance won't cover them.
Fmylife107 5
Your own fault for working at a fragrance store, perfumes set off asthma like a volcano
Bemilu 4
Its your own fault, if you know you get asthma attacks from fragrances, why would you even consider working there?