Yeah, that's the depressing part. I'm not sure how I can ask someone to not use fabric softener sheets, but it's the only scent I can think of that doesn't just annoy me, but gives me this strong physical reaction.
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Susan W. - Jan 22, 2008 10:50:41 am PST #4736 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Liese S. - Jan 22, 2008 10:50:58 am PST #4737 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I just mean, I wouldn't think about it, if I were in the position myself. I would think, "She doesn't want perfume & cologne. But I don't wear perfume or cologne, so the problem must not be me." And then I would ignore it and go happily along my way wearing my fabric softened clothes.
tommyrot - Jan 22, 2008 10:51:49 am PST #4738 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, that's the depressing part. I'm not sure how I can ask someone to not use fabric softener sheets, but it's the only scent I can think of that doesn't just annoy me, but gives me this strong physical reaction.
They have non-perfumed fabric softener sheets, don't they?
I don't use fabric softener....
Gudanov - Jan 22, 2008 10:54:01 am PST #4739 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
They have non-perfumed fabric softener sheets, don't they?
Yep, that's what we use.
Ginger - Jan 22, 2008 10:54:24 am PST #4740 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My reaction to the Jedi church is, predictably, "Why haven't I started my own damn cult religion?
The Cult of the Cupcake Goth: Be nice, be original and don't dress like the Crow.
The fabric softener is probably the evil Bounce. Everyone I know with fragrance allergies is sent into spasms by it. I have to come inside if the neighbors are using it. In a lifetime of working, I've never figured out how to address my reaction to fairly ordinary fragrances. I usually just take more antihistamines, but I'm very conflict avoidy.
hippocampus - Jan 22, 2008 10:54:36 am PST #4741 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
We have a microwave AND a toaster oven.
heh.
They have non-perfumed fabric softener sheets, don't they?
totally. Bounce Free (or something like that) and non-perfumed laundry detergent (which also causes issues).
Pix - Jan 22, 2008 10:55:18 am PST #4742 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
We have TWO microwaves and a toaster oven! Fear us.
Ginger - Jan 22, 2008 10:57:07 am PST #4743 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My office has a stove, refrigerator, microwave, toaster and many coffeemakers, since it conveniently moonlights as my house.
Kathy A - Jan 22, 2008 10:57:24 am PST #4744 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
We have three microwaves, no toaster ovens, no (legitimate) refrigerators (but many departments have dorm ones hidden in their cubicles), and NO DAMN FREE COFFEE!!!
Um, sorry about that. You'd think after fifteen years of working here, I'd get used to it.
brenda m - Jan 22, 2008 10:57:42 am PST #4745 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Well, if the fabric softener is perfumed, wouldn't that be included?
That's some slippery slope talk right there. I don't know what the answer is, but I'm pretty sure it's not banning all use of scented products in people's homes.
(I have perfume issues myself, so I'm definitely sympathetic. The smell of Irish Spring gives me a headache, too. But while I think you can delicately ask that people refrain from or be careful with their use of perfumes, I think getting into the vast realm of fabric softeners, detergents, deodorants, hairsprays, soaps, etc. with scents that cling to the wearer is kind of a non-starter.)
ETA: banning is a harsher sounding word than I meant. But honestly, unless you've got Anthony Edwards on Northern Exposure level sensitivities, I just don't think you can go there.
Which does suck, to be sure.