Re: OFF-TOPIC question about an office thing?

["Rebecca M. Coplon" <rmcoplon -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

I've been unsubbed from this list for several years, and rejoined just in 
time to watch this discussion.  I'm fascinated by how many people have 
responded that they have a strong reaction to various types of perfumes and 
scents.  I can't imagine that this list is an unnatural collection of 
hothouse flowers -- we're probably a very good cross-sample of the working 
world.

I worked for some time in an office space with a woman who wore Tea Rose 
perfume, which not only triggers my asthma but also triggers migraines. 
It's not psychosomatic -- I didn't even KNOW the woman, but her perfume made 
me physically ill (to vomiting) nearly every single day.  I attempted 
various solutions that I could effect, including moving to a desk further 
away, and when I was unable to solve the problem on my own, I approached her 
with it.  Fortunately shortly thereafter I changed projects and locations, 
so it didn't breed too much interpersonal analysis, and I didn't have to be 
in such suffering.

This doesn't strike me as a sitaution that requires too much effort.  I like 
my perfume, and wear it sparingly, but if a colleague told me that even at a 
low level it was making them sick, I would change perfumes.  It's not THAT 
important to me.  If that colleague couldn't be near any scents at all, I'd 
suggest that we talk to HR, because it wouldn't just be me that could be 
causing it, so I wouldn't be able to solve the overall problem on my own for 
that person, but it might be an actual ADA-related accomodation the company 
needed to make.

But the very easy first step is to simply change or eliminate the perfume. 
I don't know if I'd go chasing interpersonal relationship issues unless I 
knew them to exist independent of the scent issue.

Glad to see you guys again, by the way -- I can't believe I didn't resub 
before this!

-Rebecca
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rmcoplon -at- hotmail -dot- com
Rebecca Coplon, formerly Merck
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