coworker constantly sniffing

Shes definitely being annoying about it, but its possible she doesnt work in close proximity with anyone else for it to be an issue. I think you could explore the suggestions of others above about fragrance in unlikely places like a coat or jacket, or on your chair. Im sensitive to even small amounts. His family would get so angry about it when he was younger. The owners were awful about maintenance, the bosses called OSHA in and they had a Big Bird sized canary over the safety issues. I dont think its reasonable for her to avoid a scent just because someone somewhere might hate it. I wouldn't blame anyone for dunking their heads into a basket of feral man meat hammocks. For the most part, he leaves juuuust late enough 4 days out of 5 that it happens either as everyone else is about to leave or has already left, so no one has ever said anything to him about how unpleasant it is. Love the Smelly LW title! Sometimes I notice smells will stick around for a few days, even after I have showered. I want to clarify that my But I agree that patchouli is one.of.those.smells. line meant that most will either love it or hate it as evidenced by our two opinions here. I agree with you, and I think that so many of the suggestions here were way over the top. Instead, shes making an ass of herself. :/ And yeah, patchouli, being one of my favourites, definitely is one of the more intense and stronger scents that helps beat down the ammonia smell of cat wee, thats for sure. Dolores found other things to pick on, but she stopped going after me for phantom scents and basic hygiene. As I see it, LW is the victim of a bully at this point. Im crying foul. The scent I was wearing suddenly started being unbearable right after I received a promotion. She refuses to move. So, cutting out caffeine completely helped a lot, but doesn't help completely. Sinus infections famously cause your head to pound and your eyes to throb. *Hugs* to you. Requesting a coworker to not wear perfume or oils to work is reasonable. But Id be pretty cranky if someone at work told me I had to stop using some hygiene product unless it was REALLY egregiously strong-smelling (looking at you, beloved Soap and Glory lotion that I wont wear in public). I would only put it on the wearer if they were not respecting my desire not to be around it. You might have to accept it for now, since you cant reasonably ask her not to wear her favorite perfume on dinner dates, nor can anyone else dictate her showering schedule for her. I would abstain from actively putting on perfume before work, but I wouldnt get up early to shower before work if that wasnt something I felt like doing. Sniffle. Concerns are shared. Fortunately he was in no way attached to the stuff hed been using, but if I slept in his bed I got a rash from his sheets. Febreeze is the worst. We ended up deciding to go scent free office because both of them was sensitive to different things. To be driven mad by a colleague. I told my supervisor and somehow it got handled. How To Deal With A Coworker That's Interested In You I have to agree. This only hit home for me because it was related to scent sensitivities, and this issue just happened to me today. I have spoken to my manager who has spoken to my coworker several times but . I only hope people can try to understand and have some compassion for people like us. I used to use cloth menstrual pads and wash them in the shower with soap, and to this day I cant quite tell the smell of menstrual blood apart from the smell of Ivory soap. :( Its not a fun boat to be in, and she has it worse than I did. /ramble. You can tell her, You said the smell was on my purse and now I have a new purse, so I dont think youre being fair. Secondly, this smell process should embarrass her enough to put a lid on the sniffing and the comments. Like the cheese thing, this blows most peoples minds. (No, sorry, people reading this, your grandmothers literally award winning fried chicken is still going to make me gag.). Have a colleague who won't stop sniffling, all day every day, for weeks on end, he doesn't even have a cold. I agree. When used often enough, this technique can make your colleague think twice about the . The common cold is a viral infection that most people recover from in a week to 10. The ones made with essential oils seem OK, its the more chemical created scents. The last time she used baby powder on a babys bum was approximately 31 years ago. I thought he did it brilliantly well even though it was a tough thing. Still I'm on the fence as to what is more annoying - blowing the snot or sucking the snot. Curiously enough, the first symptom I get is irritability, and my fight or flight response kicks in. SoIm thinking that could be the problem. LOL I do admit Ive had that urge. (Sometimes I feel like a hypochondriac, since I have so many medical conditions, but I swear Im not! They Don't Like You If its not an allergic response but a sensory processing thing, for instance, there is some therapy for that, but Im not immediately finding independent measures of outcome; if its an allergy, its tough to identify just what component of scent does it if you dont test positive for something simple like lemon. Maybe a (different) co-worker, in case the smell is lingering around the OPs work station as mentioned below. I feel like Id want to get to the root of the problem. Patchouli is a STRONG scent. Even though they say unscented many of them still have a scent. Unfortunately, I have a colleague with whom I work quite closely who wears a perfume/scent that Ive become quite sensitive to. Thats a good idea! I dont like using them, because they seem very anti-social, but I will in places I cant get out of and have no chance of controlling like an airplane or in a taxi. My sensitivities dont entitle me to that kind of control over another person, the LWs coworkers dont either. She needs to figure out a way to disperse the smell at work (with a fan? if there was someone I work with who had a scent sensitivity, Id be sensitive to that. Ive tried to explain to my coworker that basically nothing I use is scented anymore, but she makes exaggerated sniffing noises and says things like, Oh, patchouli AGAIN? when I get near her. Yes, my indie oils are my perfume. That usually means they are fooling around or are a snitch. (Which is why, if I were her coworker, Id be looking for accommodation. I live in DC and its more black women here. I have a friend who I trade clothes with regularly when we get sick of stuff in our closet and I have to wash the clothes that come from her several times over before I can even stand to wear them, and several times over again before I cant smell it at all. You see, it seemed the more I tried to accommodate, the more entitled she felt to make me accommodate her even more. Really!). This woman is over the top. I like the idea of having her walk into the office blindfolded and walk by OP and around the entire workforce, as I read earlier in this thread. But never together in a million years. Im all for reasonable accommodations but they do need to be reasonable. I had wondered that as well. What she doesn't know is that I love to sniff all her friends shoes. LOccitanes lemon verbena is beautiful (and keeps mosquitos away..). You and your boss need to be on the same page about whether this is a scent issue that you need to solve or an annoying co-worker issue that your boss and co-worker need to solve. This. That just made my phantom smell issues like 10x worse because I was right one time.). If most people cant smell whatever your current perfume load is, then its not your problem if one person is bothered. ), Or, more likely, the company will discontinue it or reformulate and I will buy up every tub of the old stuff I can find and then spend another year or so searching for a replacement. It's perhaps the most direct sexual display a man can make towards a woman. Well, rose and lime and the mens Eau des Baux are good, their neroli scent is like death. Thats why I like Alisons advice. My jacket? Other sniffle-inducers include growths and anatomical issues, such as: Chronic sinus infections. All rights reserved. you said exactly what I tried to say, but much more eloquently. Time to go on the offensive here. Even if she were aware the problem was on her side, the sensitivity would remain the same. I HATE floral scents in virtually all forms, but I dont have severe allergies nor do I get migraines. HR will work on an accommodation & there will be a doctors note provided that actually talks about the fragrance sensitivity. And people tend to become immune to the smell of their own parfume so they wear much more than they need to..which is essentially overkill and obnoxious to everyone around them. It's driving me crazy at times. I had to have an accommodation that I was warned early enough to take PTO for the day of and the day after, and that it HAD to be approved at no penalty to me, because I just could not be there. I have found literally one laundry detergent that doesnt make me break out in hives. I agree that it seems that this person is harassing or bullying her. Im not surprised. Heh, I actually really hate the smell of Febreeze myself. At least nowadays you can attend virtually if youre that sensitive. It can be very painful and isolating to have this kind of sensitivity. I believe it also has been done with similar results for people of color. If youve been sniffling for weeks or months, you can rule out a cold, Dr. Reisman says. Sniffing is one of my triggers to, whenever I her even one small sniff I get a huge panic attack. Go stand in the snow for a bit and it will seem so nice and toasty in here when you come back!. Although one important difference was that the LW in that case was the allergic co-workers boss, so they needed to be able to have private conversations some times. So, if you use patchouli at all at home or on the weekends I wouldnt be surprised if its noticeable to people. Occasionally I feel like I can smell the soap my first boyfriend used, and it still makes me feel on edge (the relationship was, unfortunately, abusive). Dude knew he shouldnt smoke and tried to quit repeatedly, and it is not like he didnt take steps to try to mitigate, but having a coworker complain repeatedly about him was mean. right now, but Ive had this schedule for about 10 years now, so my hair is used to it, and I have a whole network of people I trust to tell me if its time to wash again. . It might help if the coworker could associate a different scent than the patchouli. I personally hate perfumes of any kind, and I know people who get migraines from them. I dont have anything new/useful to add, but it sounds like youve gone above and beyond to accommodate your coworker. Didn't find the answer you were looking for? It wasnt, but now Ill claim it was :-). I saw Gordon Ramsay once tell a team member of a struggling restaurant that he had bad breath. Good idea! Thank you for trying to accommodate her instead of dismissing her, but even if she had a legit complaint, shes been a jerk about it from the start and her comments are uncalled for and unprofessional. They want to make it seem like you are not a good fit for the job. We talked to ear, nose and throat (ENT) physician Tony Reisman, MD, to find out what your sniffles mean and what you can do about them. Then again, here the people rocking the strong scents tend to be older and more senior in the organization. Lots of open space and cubicles and the offices are reserved for leadership. Peachie, you gave it away a little when you said your mother eats with her mouth open. Theres a way to deal with this coworker head on, which involves a level of comfort with direct confrontation that not everyone has. I think OP is referring to all toiletries and detergents (including the indie oils, which she wore as perfume because she doesnt wear perfume in the literal sense). Last week I walked past a spot where an older lady had gotten out of her car and I could barely breathe for the perfume smell. The people who sniff every 10-20 seconds, all day, every day, of their whole lives. He says it's allergies and that the allergy medicines make him drowsybut I'm not so sure it's even allergies. Yep, I worked at a Panda Express for a few months almost 10 years ago. I really can't take it anymore. Agreed. I know he hangs his clothes out to dry, but hes a super cost cutter when it comes to his home, so thats possibly the issue. Thank you! You can smell her a mile away. The runny nose, persistent stuffiness, and postnasal drip of the sniffles are often self-diagnosed as a cold. If things don't improve, tell your boss that things haven't improved. Im very self-aware of scents I give off though, so its easy for me to find a substitute. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. I'm glad to hear that some snifflers have experienced repercussions! Instead, offer practical solutions that can fix the solution for everyone. Whatever brand they use has a very off putting smell. Theres a point at which the OP is entitled to stop trying to change her life to accommodate this, and that point is now, given how unhelpful and rude the coworker is being. Reactions like these to normal everyday stimuli, and those of Firebolt below, are extreme. Its very abnormal, trust no one, he may e ur broda's friend and may e younger than u, who knows whether he's older than u in spirit or devilish act. But not all allergies are as obvious as hay fever. Your coworkers shoot you irritated looks as you clear your throat (again). Oh trust me, I've been trying to get a private office for years. Should I just ask to move elsewhere on the floor? I am only saying this in the hopes that getting to the bottom of the issue will make it easier to figure out a solution. Yeah not really. Glad Im not the only one. On the other hand theres a series of scents lemon, lemongrass, patchouli, amber, deep vanillas, musks, that are a holdover from the old hippie scents phase from Coty and Loves and Avon. You did the decent thing by switching up your products when she first complained, and if shes still having a reaction to something, she needs to explore other potential sources (asking for your help in a respectful way if needed). can I compare attending college to working a full-time job in my cover letter? I stopped wearing it to work when you asked me to. or just Nope, not me. and then either ignore the co-worker or go on talking about the TPS reports or whatever. Oh, its called scent layering? One of the easiest ways to make someone squirm is to imply that they stink. No one wants to be the smelly guy in the office. And if the smell is in your bath towel or sheets, traces of it could be getting on you without you realizing it. up. Honestly, the race to defer to the coworker in comments baffles me. If not, I need you to stop commenting about something that I cant do anything about. Allergies suck man. You have a right to wash yourself in lightly (or heavily for that matter) scented things. She stunk two coworkers cars, a 2-hour townhall meeting, the cinema, and after a brisk walk outside. I understand that fragrances can be bothersome (I dont like many of them myself), but the coworker needs to define whether this goes beyond plain bothersome into I-cannot-concentrate territory. That said, I do have scented shampoo because there are like 3 on the market that are unscented, most of which I cant afford. I do have patchouli-scented perfumes, but nothing like body wash, incense or diffusers. The brain is, if youll pardon the expression, at the heart of a lot of this. But it also brings up the question of why the coworker all of a sudden has fragrance sensitivities if last month was the first time it was brought up. In this particular case, I think the OP has done enough and its time to bring the boss in to either shut down the rudeness or find the coworker a new place to sit. Freshly applied perfume, sure, thats reasonable to ask people not to do. Yep. It didnt occur to me because we do work closely on my project, but I guess theres no reason that necessarily has to be physical closeness. It's best left up to the manager. I got to Let her sniff your jacket or your bag for example. . If co-worker seeks you out to complain about the smell, then shes just being a snot, and trying to stir up trouble. Yeah, I get not bringing scents into the workplace and all, and Id try to be cognizant of it, but I love patchouli and I have a serious smell problem I need to deal with at home that I use a lot of incense and scented oils for (and patchouli is one of the smells I use specifically because its strong enough to deal with it). Guess what? If they were prevented from being able to smell, many many of them had reactions to the smell when they thought it was there and it wasnt and did not react when it was there but they didnt know. I turn on my fan to get it blown away from my desk. Im fragrance sensitive. Another indicates that asthmatics may have worse symptoms if they perceive an odor as irritating their asthma (same scent identified as alleviating to one group and irritating to another, the irritating group all had a much more significant response). One discoveryfat people (and more dramatically women, of course) in the material always resulted in people claiming the scent stank even when they rated the scent as pleasant or neutral when other images were involved. In high school I had a job at a chain pizza place. It's a tell-tale sign that your coworker wants a relationship outside of work. It came on after a bad cold last year. Personally, Im allergic to dogs and Ive had coworkers come in with coats/clothes with dog hair on them and I would never ask them to make major changes to their routine outside of work for me. I would love to see someone tell all my coworkers who smoke that they have to quit because Purple Jello has an allergy.). When he started doing it I did ask him to go and blow his nose and he said why . I have awful memories of the time my luggage was lost by an airline. Ive asked her to stop, and Id like to ask you to intervene if it continues, because its becoming disruptive, and franklyat this point her continued complaints are starting to feel like harassment., (To be clear, this doesnt sound likeharassment in the legal sense that would need to be based on race, sex, religion, or another protected characteristic but its certainly harassing in the colloquial sense. Any chance it could be a shampoo/conditioner/other hair product? Advertising on our site helps support our mission. ), just so she can say shes done everything she can. Give the interrupter . I call them vanilla napalm (since every time Ive had a migraine form at work, Ive smelled cloyingly awful (probably fake) sweet vanilla, even if its supposedly a floral scent) So far, my management or OHSA rep has handled the dirty work of getting those removed. It seems that the OP has taken a lot of measures to make sure that the coworker is comfortable. Decisions are made. Not everything can be accommodated. Ive been even more sensitive to it with the pregnancy, and yet I wouldnt dream of asking students to quit smoking before coming to class because I cant make that request from them. Coworker is being bratty and mean in a way that suggests she feels helpless (so, bullying but thinks she is the victim), and your suggestions were right on target for that aspect of the situation. I had a coworker who happened to have her desk right below one of the (old) building's AC vents, and she would sniffle / cough at least several times every single hour. If some of these ideas dont work, I might try asking her, What, exactly, are you smelling? I just could not handle it. :) All in all, its just frustrating when youve done everything to accommodate someone and they are still abrasive. I empathize with those who have trouble controlling their sniffles because sometimes even the best, most consistent health care cant turn off the faucets in your face, and no amount of tissues in the world will ever be enoughbut f*ck is that repeated sound awful. Been over 10 years now. Even when I blow my nose a lot it doesn't help sometimes. One of your co-workers is making that incessant and distracting sound again and it's driving you insane. I think once in a while isnt likely to be a problem. Im not allowed to wear headphones at work, but occasionally when the boss is out I sneakily put some on anyway and I can hear her sniffling even with white noise, pink noise, and any kind of music at full blast. For me though, I have three cats in a small apartment and I do my best to keep the cat stink under control. Its your co-workers responsibility to go to their supervisor with a request for accommodation, doing the formal form filled out by a physician versus going to you each time she doesnt like the way you smells when you have done everything that you can do to accommodate her. My office chair has cloth arms, and my thought process is that maybe some of the oils are lingering on these items, and when the OP is sitting in the chair, or putting her arms on the desk, her body warmth could cause the scents to be noticeable? 20 years later, Im still not on speaking terms with watermelons. It seems like some people in an office environment get a pet Thing To Complain About and lose track of either the importance or the existence of the Thing, sometimes both. Whenever I smell it, I always immediately feel a rush of joy and then intense sadness, because my grandma wore that powder and I miss her so intently, and when I smell it my brain immediately registers Grandma, and then has to go through the process of grief again. Its one thing to ask a coworker to stop wearing a strongly smelling perfume, its another to suggest that people need to switch out ALL of their personal care products to accommodate a coworker! Being told I smell when I know I dont would make me feel a tad insane and like I couldnt trust my senses. I much prefer it to sniffling. Agreed. We go out to eat Mexican food at least once a week, and each time I remind him at least once to chew his chips with his mouth closed. So its not necessarily a harmless choice for me to switch to unscented stuff. My sister worked a local deli/crab cake place in high school and smelled of Old Bay to the point that shed walk in the door and strip off her shoes and clothes and not take them to her room. While I do believe that those people are offering these suggestions in good faith, I also think that this is absolutely the wrong track to take. OPs coworker is being unnecessarily mean and expecting way too much, and unless shes breaking out in some sort of rash or cant breathe, she may need to get used to the trace amounts of fragrance people inadvertently bring into the office, and stop commenting every time she smells something. But some people never stop being bullies, or they become bullies in adulthood because theyre tired of being powerless. Indicate gently, very gently, why it's a problem. I dont think my colleague is trying to make give me migraines with her perfume. Other possibilities include shampoo/conditioner or lotion. Fine. Hmmmm food for thought. Would you dig up your Mister Lincoln roses for the coworkers sake? I'm 29, she's in her thirties. This is so timely! Learn how we can help. I dislike 99% of perfumes and am allergic to many but I dont go around making people feel like stinky people. Helpful - 0 Comment jms67 I am so so sorry. I work in a normal law firm type atmosphere and several employees are rocking strong cologne and perfume that does indeed linger in the air or on my clothes/hair. Never again. Coworkers complaint was legit, but everything shes done since then is snarky and petty and mean (even if she really can still smell whatever scents OP was wearing a month ago). Let go of the guilt. If a coworker takes your idea and uses it as though they came up with it, without . Anyone anymore advice? If that doesn't do it, HR or headphones. Good luck! If you have to be within my personal bubble of space to even smell my body wash then there is a bigger issue then how I smell, and can be easily fixed by staying a respectable distance from me. Yes Tom Ford has a fragrance called White Patchouli that I refer to as my rich hippie perfume. It was Jack Daniels for me. Um no. You can also suggest an article, book, or other resource on the topic. The sense of smell is one of our strongest senses & it can cause strong emotions. I would be saying you have a problem with the smell of soap and water? OP, Im someone who doesnt always do well with strong scents, and I think your coworker is acting like a jerk. AlsoI used (briefly, because I am sensitive to Aluminium) a non-scented deodorant (Toms I think) and after 5 daysit had a smell and that smell was on me. I dont have a huge wardrobe, so most if not all of my office-appropriate clothes have been washed since then, so Im pretty sure that there are no lingering traces hanging on. It worked like a charm. it. Blowing is fine--sniffling is a killer. It smells nothing at all like lemon though. I think at this point LW is being bullied. I agree that theres a practical limit to how much you can accommodate allergies and sensitivities. Its unreasonable of me to ask a coworker to adjust her perfume when shes not at work.). But we shake it off, and the office culture is such that a person complaining about that sort of thing would be told to suck it up unless it presents a health concern. I was more than willing to not wear perfume and make sure I wasnt wearing any heavily-scented products, but theres a limit. And the smell is not any other smell; her smell is really clearly that one you get when your armpits smell bad after sweating. If shes got a serious problem with it, she needs to talk to the boss and make some sort of arrangement so she doesnt have to get next to you, and also so the boss can make a general announcement about a scent policy. 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