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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These threads are so weird to me because I am definitely "scent sensitive" in that I notice smells very easily and more than others do. But I have no allergies or medical issue that make the smells affect me. I just notice them, even subtle smells, good and bad.

But I don't view that as a reason to demand other people stop wearing perfume. That's bizarre to me. I get if you have an allergy or similar and therefore can't work near someone wearing strong perfume. In that case, ask for an accommodation -- makes perfect sense (scents, ha!).

But to demand that all the old ladies at the Kennedy Center stop wearing their perfumes? To get angry about smelling someone else's perfume in a waiting room or standing on line at the post office? This just seems so controlling to me. Sometimes other people's perfume bothers me, but it's a temporary annoyance, something I notice and then forget about. I don't go home fuming about some woman on the bus and her heavy perfume.

These complaints are like eavesdropping on people and then complaining that their conversation is dull. Just move along. It doesn't concern you.[/quote]

Here, this is the right answer. [/quote]

I generally don’t complain but your answer is too facile.  I had some guy with cologne sit next to me on the metro and I triggered an ocular migraine.  Walking from the metro station to my office, my eight decreased so I only had about 5% of my field of vision by the time I reached the office.  I was about to call 911–it was really scary. 
And on airplanes it’s often not possible to be reseated.  The flight attendants are not super helpful on this stuff.  It’s almost never an issue on business flights—it’s only flying to vacation destinations.  [/quote]

Did you walk to the other end of the car, and change cars at the next stop? [/quote]

+1 On what planet do you not move if seated next to someone on the Metro doing something that bothers you? [/quote]

+2. PLEASE be the Karen who calls 911 because some dude wore cologne on public transit. Be sure to talk in great detail about your "5% vision" (are you sure it wasn't 8%?) and other details so that it can get picked up by local news and go viral. [/quote]

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