JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for April 06, 2023

My nose – or rather, my canary lungs – know cigarette smoke. I start hacking (or passing out) even from smokers’ clothing.

Dana is the culprit?? You’d think the boss would know better.

The nose knows!

Perfumes, flowers, etc. are banned in many business settings. Never thought of someone burning a scented candle at work, praying for a good evaluation?

I really dislike scented things, especially scented candles and perfumes.

Or she’s pregnant.

A nose worthy of Mortimer.

Scented candles give me a headache, even when unlit!

Scented candles always remind me of a nightmare where I get trapped in an elevator with women who have drenched themselves in perfume.

Allergies to scented products of any kind

Had a coworker who always burned candles at home; several times after arriving she would have to go back because she couldn’t remember if she put them out..

Bad for the lungs.

Rank has it privileges.

Time to fire yourself.

It was the witch’s coven meeting in the basement.

Are there Philly Cheesesteak scent-candles?

At my last workplace there was a clerk that worked in an adjoining room that had on some kind of overpowering perfume or scent that smelled like an explosion had taken place at an Ivory soap factory. I don’t think I could have tolerated working in that room. I’ve had to tolerate less than ideal living and working conditions when I was onboard a ship in the Navy but it was no way as bad as this. I wonder how her fellow workers could handle it.

For some women, isn’t elevated sense of smell one of the side effects of …. ?

Is it the burning or is it the scent? Because anyone can get candle warmers now that melt the wax without using the wick.