Olfactory Challenged

I usually get to work at such a time as to avoid the mass entrance of most of the 800+ people that work in my building. That being said, occasionally I run down for a breakfast snack and get caught with this rush of arriving employees.

That being said I have to say that there are times when I truly wish I had an oxygen mask or some other form of personal air filtration system. Not that anyone has B.O. issues, quite the opposite. Apparently there is some store, website, or other vendor with GREAT prices on perfumes and colognes. He/She/They must be selling by the gallon because there were not one but two, count them, two people on the elevator with me this morning who absolutely fought to be the most obnoxiously smelling employee of the day. I'm talking, DOUSED themselves with some of the nastiest smelling scents known to man. I'd prefer to smell a skunk, I think.

So here is a bit of advice to anyone who happens to read this and ... overindulge in the "smells good" stuff ~ for the sake of all who work with you and pass in your wake, don't put it on with a hose or with an aerosol can. The best rule of thumb is less is more.

Thanks from your non-olfactory challenged co-workers.