Yep, I'm posting on a Tuesday. Normally, I don't do Tuesdays, but it's my blog and I can do anything I want.
Which means my post would offend the seriously stupid people who think they are entitled to dictate whether or not I wear a scented lotion or perfume.
Yes, THOSE PEOPLE.
But they don't read my blog, so I get to vent without hurting anyone's widdle feelings.
RWA 2011 conference is just around the corner. Though I'm not an active member, I do lurk. And every stinking year there are people who gritch and moan about various scents and perfumes causing issues.
On an aside: when I mentioned it to hubby, he looked at me in amazement (he's an IT guy and goes to a lot of IT conferences, etc. and yes, dudes wear cologne, aftershave, body wash, etc.). He asked me if I was kidding. I wasn't. He couldn't believe the pettiness of women--neither can I.
Well--IT'S YOUR PROBLEM -- YOU TAKE CARE OF IT!
Geez--get yourself allergy tested. Why should other people be responsible for your well-being?? Get a grip and quit thinking you are special. This is right up there with suing McDonald's for making you fat. YOU MADE YOURSELF FAT. No one shoved Big Mac's down your throat, you did!
If scents send you into wheezing and asthma attacks, then it's what makes up those scents that you are allergic to. Be responsible. Find out what they are and start taking shots to get your body to quit being so sensitized to the random odors.
I'm allergic to cats. Seriously allergic. I'd start wheezing and then my lungs would seize up into a full blown asthma attack. I still can't be around long haired cats--Kato had short hair.
And if you read this blog, then you'll know I had my kitty for 21 YEARS!
How did I survive for 21 years?
1) by being around my kitty, I developed an IMMUNITY to his dander. Yeah, radical concept, huh? Trust me the first month was NOT pleasant, but he was a cute little ball of fuzz.
2) I was allergy tested and started taking shots to desensitize me from cat dander, plus all the grasses that I'm allergic to.
It's your body, your lungs, your allergy issues don't try to pin your problems on the poor sap who happened to sit next to you at the conference or who was standing next to you on the subway.
You are not entitled to tell me what I can and can't wear.
Grow up and take responsibility for your own problems.
Rant for the day is done!
Have an awesome Tuesday, Peeps!
There are those few exceptions - I have a friend with a severe allergy to peanuts. If she's on an airplane and everybody rips open their bag of peanuts, just the "peanut dust" in the air will sent her in to respiratory failure. She has to request in advance that no peanuts be served on her flight. In a case like this, in an enclosed area with reconstituted breathing air, I can see the point of deferring to She With The Allergy.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm with you otherwise - people never want to take responsibility for their part in anything! It always has to be somebody else's job to fix it.
Ah, that's my point, Jody! She knows what her problem is, she requested help from the airlines, they helped her out.
ReplyDeleteBUT if she had forgotten about asking, I bet she would have her epi-pen handy!
Most people who seem to be allergic to scents vs. food allergy usually won't go into anaphylactic shock . . . though there were those times my sister went to the hospital because of a cat. . .
I think everybody should carry an epi pen. You never know what you're allergic to until it's too late! We even have them at the barn for the horses that have allergies.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if hotels, airplanes, etc. have them. They have to learn to use the AED, you would think they would have an epi pen on hand.
ReplyDeleteToo bad they don't have a tranq pen for the disruptive passengers. :-)
Yeah, I'm picturing those tranquilizer dart guns they used to use on Wild Kingdom.....
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