Posted on 03/14/2010 5:20:55 PM PDT by JoeProBono
DETROIT, - City officials in Detroit say workers at three city buildings will soon have to monitor their scents or face possible warnings.
The Detroit News said Sunday that placards will be put up in the three Detroit buildings detailing the new guidelines on employees' use of such scented items as cologne or perfume.
The notices due at the Cadillac Square Building, Coleman A. Young Municipal Center and First National Building will also ask employees to refrain from using air fresheners and scented candles while on the job.
The new regulations are the result of the city's settlement of a 2008 lawsuit filed by a city planner, who claimed she had breathing sensitivity due to a co-worker's perfume.
Attorney Ann Curry Thompson, who represents city planner Susan McBride, said her client's lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act could prove beneficial to others, the report said.
"It's unique. I think it should be used as a model for other people who are having similar problems," Thompson told the News.
A little doe pee....goes a long way.
LOL - Nope, but he is a democrat.
A guy wore that stuff? That makes me want to barf twice as bad as the smell of it...why would a guy who is ostensibly not homosexual wear that stuff?
Either way, it doesn’t make any scents.
Considering the fact that artificial scents have been used for millenia, one wonders what kind of wusses we have become. My guess is that there are a lot of folks with “allergies” that would whine unceasingly if the odor they smelled was naturally emitted. BO stinks more than you may remember.
OMG. I didn’t know. Just a whiff of that stuff makes me sick...
Ahh, #9. It’s up there with WD-40 for that manliest of many scents.
No contest. WD-40 is so pedestrian compared to Hoppes.
I started doing the nasal rinse thing about a year ago. It has helped me tremendously.
That’s “light machine oil”...the kind you’d use on a sewing machine. Hardly a manly scent.
Not really, until recently scents were made by combining oils from flowers, herbs, spices or resins. I have no problem with those scents but the truly artificial scent makes me gasp.
For room freshener I use straight citrus oils. The smell can be quite strong but it does not product the same reaction that even a mild room spray produces.
If I can smell your perfume or after shave from 20 ft away you used to much. It plugs up my nose and makes my throat sore. Ditto for that coconut air freshener.
My doctor shares office space with an allergist, signs up about NOT wearing any scent at all out of consideration to allergy suffers.
I had to sit in the jury pool room with 400 other people...most wearing way to strong scents.......made me quite sick.
A little bit goes a long way, wear it sparingly. Only your partner should be able to smell it when he or she holds you.
If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.
Maybe if the employees showered occasionally, they wouldn’t smell so bad!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.