By Joe - 27/08/2012 13:33 - United States - Coalgate

Today, I started my new job at a fragrance store. While training, the manager had me smell all of the scents to become familiar with the products. Before my shift was over, I'd had three asthma attacks. FML
I agree, your life sucks 25 262
You deserved it 5 745

Same thing different taste

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Unless you're suicidal, this isn't the job for you. I think you'd be better off working on a farm, with the nearest pharmacy miles away. But then again, Monk was a fantastic cop, so... Just keep an inhaler handy.

Fragrance stores usually have a lot of different perfumes, so I'm not surprised anyone wouldn't get sick after all those strong smells. Sorry OP, get a new job so your health won't be compromised.

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Also, it's a lot better for your health to just avoid allergens when possible rather than run into them and think it's okay just because you have an inhaler. They're not magic sprays that make your body super duper again, they just help your lungs a bit. Doesn't mean you get to act like an idiot.

I work with stuff like that. Bring a tiny cup of coffee beans. Everytime you smell 1, take a wiff of the coffee. Its kinda like a reset button for your nose because it takes the perfume out of your nose completely. We have little jars of it, it really works!

captainburke 5

Maybe you'll build up an immunity and cure your asthma

KiddNYC1O 20

Why would he ask that in one day? I would break it down by day.

tildoorf84 7

ydi, your condition didn't spring up over night

crazyjemjem 6

While we are at it.. Let's put someone allergic to bees in a bee farm.. I hope you don't end up on 'a thousand ways to die'

oh, I'm sure if this were true, they would have let you go home. that's a liability for them. and if it is true, its your fault for not explaining you have asthma.

TcheQ 12

Sucks you have asthma, but dude, you can't work there

What was the point of this exercise? Your sense of smell stops working after 3-4 different smells. Unless you were sniffing coffee beans in between parfumes you wouldn't have been able to smell anything after a while, so this was completely useless.

Perfume shop... asthma. Thats actually quite silly, OP. Why didn't you see this coming? : /