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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doodlecloud 27
Also, it's a lot better for your health to just avoid allergens when possible rather than run into them and think it's okay just because you have an inhaler. They're not magic sprays that make your body super duper again, they just help your lungs a bit. Doesn't mean you get to act like an idiot.
Metallica36176 16
I work with stuff like that. Bring a tiny cup of coffee beans. Everytime you smell 1, take a wiff of the coffee. Its kinda like a reset button for your nose because it takes the perfume out of your nose completely. We have little jars of it, it really works!
captainburke 5
Maybe you'll build up an immunity and cure your asthma
KiddNYC1O 22
Why would he ask that in one day? I would break it down by day.
tildoorf84 7
ydi, your condition didn't spring up over night
crazyjemjem 6
While we are at it.. Let's put someone allergic to bees in a bee farm.. I hope you don't end up on 'a thousand ways to die'
arj91296 1
oh, I'm sure if this were true, they would have let you go home. that's a liability for them. and if it is true, its your fault for not explaining you have asthma.
TcheQ 12
Sucks you have asthma, but dude, you can't work there
kofeinisti 6
What was the point of this exercise? Your sense of smell stops working after 3-4 different smells. Unless you were sniffing coffee beans in between parfumes you wouldn't have been able to smell anything after a while, so this was completely useless.
SuzyTurquoiseBlu 25
Perfume shop... asthma. Thats actually quite silly, OP. Why didn't you see this coming? : /