That Sickening Scent

"You smell and I'm so sensitive I have to go home sick" is the message being given, according to the Associated Press, in a lawsuit filed under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) by an employee in the City of Detroit's Planning Department. The employee also claims that a plug-in room deodorizer only made matters worse. She wants a ban on strong scents at work.

We've all been there. You know, in line where the person next to you or a few people behind or in front smells like someone who was playing in a perfume garden and couldn't figure out which one to wear, so she/ he decided to wear them all. Unfortunately, the one with the real disability and the one who's sick isn't you the in line. You only have to hold your breath or inhale and then run for the coffee beans to preserve what's left of your olfactory nerve endings. The one with the real disability, the real sicko, is the one who doused on all that eau de crap in the first place.

But then, of course, the City fathers will get the blame for failing to control the eau de crap in the Planning Department. It seems like all Planning Departments have their share of eau de crap, and maybe KW is no different.