in terms of the appropriate sympathetic nervous system response, an e-mail subject line like “big favor” is kinda the modern cubicle-dweller’s equivalent of “saber-tooth tiger outside cave!”
(note: this e-mail, our seattle-area submitter says, is from the very same person who brought us this.)
related: perhaps it’s time for a little group therapy?
195 responses so far ↓
#1
ellemarie
clearly you have an inferior gag reflex. or whatever that it is.
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:38 pm rating: +5
#2
se
sorry, I don’t wipe very well.
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:39 pm rating: +9
#3
Miss Unloop
Somebody brought in some fresh baked cookies, and I darn near puked!
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:39 pm rating: +6
#4
anglophile
If she thinks the perfume is nauseating, wait ’til she smells what it’s covering up!
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:43 pm rating: +35
#5
Canthz_B
I though that was just how the Southside smelled in every town.
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:45 pm rating: +6
#6
snee
dear fragrance hater,
we on the south side of the office would tremendously Appreciate it if you stopped with the crazy random line breaks in your PA email. thank you so much. we were going to ask you since the last time you PA emailed but we cannot stand it anymore.
thank you,
SSO
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:47 pm rating: +21
#7
Canthz_B
Go tell it on the mountain:
I smell it on the south side,
I smell it on the south side,
I smell it on the south side,
Something in here seems dead!
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:48 pm rating: +7
#8
Wade
to the North side of the office:
If you are puking or vomiting or whatever it is - I had to apply extra cologne to mask the stench - I will tremendously
Appreciate if you minimize blowing chunks. Thank you so much
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:50 pm rating: +42
#9
snee
that’s the last time i buy perfume on ebay…from whiteblizzard70.
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:50 pm rating: +43
#10
Canthz_B
Thanks for the e-mail.
I wear this much cologne to escape from your BO. Can you please take regular showers? You’re like walking Mace!
I was going to ask you since last week but I cannot stand it anymore.
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:57 pm rating: +10
#11
aaa
Dear Ms. McGagsalot,
If you are vomiting at every passing smell or whatever it is, please purchase a pregnancy test. We were going to tell you that you were starting to look a bit chunky since last week but we cannot stand your excess fat or your vomiting anymore. Thank you, the South side of the office
Jul 28, 2008 at 10:59 pm rating: +16
#12
class-factotum
I am sympathetic to the writer. How do you get someone who wears a lot of nasty perfume to stop? Perhaps there is a more tactful way to word this note, but honestly — I have noticed that the people who wear the strongest perfumes tend to have the worst taste.
Jul 28, 2008 at 11:05 pm rating: +8
#13
fink
Big favor? Is that some type of Big Job? Maybe that’s where the smell’s coming from…
Jul 28, 2008 at 11:05 pm rating: +2
#14
Troy McClure
It makes you act strange, you confessed
The fault lies with you, not the rest
If you have to vomit
A Muscle Milk™ comet
Cut down on that drink, I suggest
Jul 28, 2008 at 11:07 pm rating: +20
#15
ellemarie
Though the email is too far and I’d never resort to such measures, the subject of her complaint is one of my pet peeves. If you must wear THAT much perfume to feel good about yourself, just stay home please.
[pretend that I did the right thing and posted this as a reply to #12]
Jul 28, 2008 at 11:13 pm rating: +7