[goodnesswins]

We have a friend whose wife told me he cannot tolerate perfume and even make-up with fragrances, so out of courtesy I avoid perfume when we get together with them. I think being in closer proximity to people/industrial things has made many more people MORE sensitive now.....where in the past we had the wide open spaces.....and less perfumed fragrances also.

[mrsppmrxky]

When I was a teenager and working in a grocery store, we had a man working with us that had horrible BO. He worked in frozen foods, but he was constantly sweating. The manager of the store spoke with him about his hygiene and told him to bathe and use deodorant because the customers were upset.

His smell got worse. He was approached again and he told the manager that what he was smelling was moth balls in his pockets to help with the odor.

NO LIE.....we all nearly died when he came in the break room.