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I don't mind light perfume in a normal setting but not somewhere where I get "stuck" and have to breathe it in. If I'm in a store and someone stinks, I can easily move. At the gym, I have to abandon my machine and my progress and possibly my workout depending on whether or not I can get away further enough.
Ah, the perfume police. You do have the right to move to another piece of equipment, just the same as the person next to you has the right to use scent.
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I know it would be impossible to implement, but a "no perfume/cologne" rule in an environment like this would be awesome.
Good luck with that.
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Really, though, the smell on some of these people is so strong that I could see it causing someone to become physically ill or even pass out, which is a lawsuit waiting to happen if someone gets hurt while on a piece of moving equipment.
Good luck with that, too. It's not one person's responsibility to ensure that the person next to him/her does not have a nose too sensitive to tolerate a little cologne.
Ah, the perfume police. You do have the right to move to another piece of equipment, just the same as the person next to you has the right to use scent.
Good luck with that.
Good luck with that, too. It's not one person's responsibility to ensure that the person next to him/her does not have a nose too sensitive to tolerate a little cologne.
Oh, right. Having a sensitive nose and feeling nauseated when people like you use half a bottle of perfume (too much by the way) is called being the "perfume police." It's actually called common courtesy. It's the reason why doctor's offices and other places actually post a sign requesting that you not wear perfume in their facility and some even not allowing staff to wear perfume. We get it. You have a stench to cover, but sometimes your normal body stench is actually less nauseating than your cheap perfume.
What you, or I, or Joe Sixpack likes or doesn't like, or anyone's sensitivities, isn't the point.
The point is that someone else's cologne is none of my business. And if I don't like it, I can go elsewhere because it is that other person's right to slather on cheap cologne if that's what he or she wants to do.
What you, or I, or Joe Sixpack likes or doesn't like, or anyone's sensitivities, isn't the point.
The point is that someone else's cologne is none of my business. And if I don't like it, I can go elsewhere because it is that other person's right to slather on cheap cologne if that's what he or she wants to do.
It's not rocket science.
Strong chemical fragrances absolutely can and do trigger allergy and asthma attacks. That is not rocket science, it's medical science. I don't think one person's desire to unnecessarily slather themselves in a toxic chemical outweighs my right to breathe. Unfortunately, the entire gigantic pool I normally swim in - all 8 lanes of it - is frequently contaminated by perfume so badly that I have to get out and end my workout. I can't just move. And I can't get away in the movie theater or the grocery store line, or on the treadmill when there are none others available (that aren't also next to stinky people). So it IS my business, because it's interfering with my ability to live my life normally, while not wearing perfume would have no effect on the stinky person at all.
And I can't get away in the movie theater or the grocery store line, or on the treadmill when there are none others available (that aren't also next to stinky people).
Those who object to another person's scent can move to another seat, to another line, or to another piece of equipment.
If the people at the gym are that objectionable, perhaps it would be best to work out at home - the one and only place you have absolute control.
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So it IS my business, because it's interfering with my ability to live my life normally, while not wearing perfume would have no effect on the stinky person at all.
The only person responsible for you living your life 'normally' is you.
Any smell that's not clean is so offensive. If you bathe regularly and use deodorant you fit in with society. If you stank, you're disgusting. NO EXCUSE! (an shame on you)
Perfume? Wear it so whoever wants to put his nose to your neck can enjoy it. The rest of us struggle to inhale when you walk by. imo
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