Posted on 03/17/2010 5:50:29 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
In 2008, a city planner filed a lawsuit claiming a co-worker's perfume made it challenging for her to do her job. Susan McBride filed her lawsuit under the American with Disabilities Act, because she said he co-workers' fragrances made it hard for her to breath.
She was awarded $100,000.
"One of the things the city is going to have to figure out is how they enforce the policy they've agreed to," said attorney John Holmquist. "The city is going to have to get involved in hygiene, I'd guess you'd say, which no employer wants to get involved in."
A notice will also go in the new employee handbook and be written in the Americans with Disabilities Act training.
There will be warning placards in the buildings.
The warnings will be in the Cadillac Square Building, Coleman A. Young Municipal Center and First National Building.
The signs will ask employees to "refrain from wearing scented products."
Scented candles, lotions, even perfume samples from magazines, spray or solid air fresheners will also be banned.
Rump-rangers and bull dykes make me sick; where’s my $100,000 for being FORCED to have to accomodate their agenda?
I understand why everyone wants to wear strong fragrances in Detroit. The place stinks.
And they said it wouldn’t happen.
“When they came for the smokers, I wasn’t a smoker, so I did nothing.”
Whores and Pimps hardest hit. </ sarc
Freedom of choice is DEAD. Our society has become so damn wimpy.. First, smokers.. Now, perfume? WTF? God forbid anyone at school have a peanut allergy. Schools have banned peanuts! This is what Obamacare is all about. Stripping everyone of their rights. Marxism in it’s infancy is difficult for most to see.. But it’s right HERE in this story. Wake up America.
Wow, now see this would be a challenge for me.. because I am SO SICK of this culture of victim-hood, I would be forced to sneak in some REALLY nasty smelling cologne or perfume and spill it at random around the office.
These control freaks really tick me off. I don’t even wear the stuff and I am ticked off. If it bothers someone so bad, then work at home in a bubble. When are people going to say enough is enough.
That’s what happens when Democrats are in charge. The country goes to hell in a handbasket.
Exactly. I decided against putting that in my comment, but I am glad you did.
Sounds like she should be offered a different position in an office somewhere, not force everyone to change for her.
What if I’m offended by the bums at the public library and their stench. Can I sue for 100K?
Can I sue my doctor because the alcohol, betadine, and developers fluid used in x-rays makes me ill?
I’ve smelled shit, piss, love residue, sardines, skunks, phartz,sewage, and various non-human-species-in-love. I find none of these pleasant.
Nevertheless they do not debilitate, as do the various concoctions people slather themselves with in hopes of disguising their imagined(for the most part} olfactory insults.
Good intentions gone bad. It’s an industry.
What about the “Fresh Country Air” that will come from the new farms and dairies in downtown Detroit?
Might want to stick cloves up your nose when visiting Detroit.
Wow,sounds like you live on a farm too.
Megyn Kelly was on O’Reilly and she said this ban prohibited scented deodorant (which most are), lotions, hair sprays....lots of products used by workers each day.
Can you imagine the popularity of this woman after this policy is implemented? I would hope they would put the most odoriferous (BO) office worker next to her from here on out.
This article doesn’t pass the sniff test....
Ok, bad attempt at humor, but I agree with you. I understand what it’s like to have instant allergic reactions to fragrances. But c’mon. When it became a problem at work, I had my cubicle moved. When shopping, I avoid stores that smell of scented products. At Christmas, the woman at the top of the escalator with an atomizer of perfume scares me silly. But it’s my issue to deal with - and I do. Do I have a disability? No. This new law is stupid.
But enough about Democratic Underground..."
LOL
In Texas, the women are pretty and smell good. And they’re nice.
In Detroit, the first two aren’t an option, and the third is an impossibility.
Somehow that just proves something is right in the world...
One person complaining can change an entire city???
Like hating Christmas?
BTW I was there when the woman who hated Christmas in my town was screaming about it ......
However, I do reserve my right of free speech to tell you that you smell like a cheap whore, & your odor makes my eyes water. If that doesn't work, perhaps I'll get some eau-de-turd & wear it until everyone’s nose bleeds.
Part of the reason these laws take hold is that people have so little respect for others.
Years ago, while attending a seminar in NY, some attendees & I went out for dinner. The restaurant seemed nice, & it had a dance floor & DJ in another part of the building. Midway thru dinner the DJ got started & the place filled with punk rockers who absolutely stunk. I asked the waitress what the foul odor was, & she said the punks like to wear deer urine as cologne. She also warned us not to dance, as the punks will throw the urine on us, too.
Just the other day, I pigged out at Wendys, & my wallet still smells like Lady Gaga from the change I received back on my twenty.
Part of personal responsibility is not being offensive to others. Unfortunately, personal responsibility is sorely lacking in our society. If someone’s appearance or odor is disruptive in the workplace, I say the boss is free to tell the offender to remedy the situation, or find another job. If the boss wants to make some rules regarding this, I have no problem with it.
OTOH, if an employee constantly whines about work conditions that offend no one else, then that employee needs to find another job.
But we don't need any more stinking laws!
>>>I asked the waitress what the foul odor was, & she said the punks like to wear deer urine as cologne.
Well it’s a product for people of limited income. You get it for a buck.
I read of a study years ago which determined that the human brain only recognizes a scent for 20 seconds and then ignores it. I have found it to be true. However, if you leave the scented area and then return you will have to endure it another 20 seconds.
Anyone working around an employee for an extended period would not be bothered by the odor continuously.
No, I commuted to a job in Philadelphia awhile back.
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