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AIBU?

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Original poster

to murder disgusting smell-obsessed woman at work

181 replies

Snuffalo · 16/05/2019 19:42

I swear she has some kind of fetish. In the morning she tells us about the 'whiffy' (seriously) people she encountered on the bus. When she comes back from the toilet she invariably says things like 'smells like someone crawled in the pipes and died'. Today I was just about to take my first bite of some boring sliced edam cheese (that smells of nothing) on a fucking Ryvita and she says 'ooh good, it's your lunch, I thought it might be your feet for a minute there! Cheesy feet haha!' and I was so annoyed and disgusted I got up and threw the whole lot in the trash.

I'm the manager of her manager and I'm seriously considering raising this as a performance issue...

OP posts:
Ribrabrob · 16/05/2019 20:35

You sound so strange, regardless of whether or not you were 'joking' about raising it as a performance issue.

DaphneFanshaw · 16/05/2019 20:36

Now I have to think not feery, not feery, not feery when I say it.

Original poster
Snuffalo · 16/05/2019 20:36

HasThisSoddingNameGoneToo it was only first lunch, I calmed down enough to still have second lunch later (vanilla shake and apple pie from McDonald’s with pie dipped in shake) but thank you Star

OP posts:
HasThisSoddingNameGoneToo · 16/05/2019 20:38

I always read it as "hyper bowl" too! The first time I heard someone say it properly I thought they were being sarcastic.

I always read "all bite" for albeit, too.

SpecterLitt · 16/05/2019 20:39

Maybe she was a dog in a past life..

Now every time you see her imagine that, crack a smile and ignore her what I smell today commentary entirely.

speakout · 16/05/2019 20:39

Your the boss. Just tell her to shut up

Really?

HasThisSoddingNameGoneToo · 16/05/2019 20:39

I think the woman is doing it on purpose because she knows it annoys you. ⭐️

cuppycakey · 16/05/2019 20:39

Gosh you sound like really hard work OP...

Becca19962014 · 16/05/2019 20:39

I've been repeatedly bullied and humiliated by someone in their work place because I struggle with my hygiene due to obvious disabilties - skinky and smelling like a drain would be amongst the nicer things they've said. They've done it in front of staff and customers and because of their diagnosis are allowed to do so. I've contacted managers and the police but no difference, now I have to put up with hearing about her diagnosis and how sensitive she is.

To those saying it doesn't effect her work, if she works in a public role like a shop then yes it could be effecting her working with customers - and yes it can be performance related as well, last time she did it in front of customers who refused to be served by her because of it.

It's not remotely funny. I have abuse from this woman every time she sees me, I know nothing about her except she works in a shop and her colleagues have been very kind to me, but not everyone is. Others join in.

notfromworcester · 16/05/2019 20:40

I bet it's great fun in your office.

Just tell her to give over with all the smell related small talk. Or get her a peg.

isabellerossignol · 16/05/2019 20:40

Smell obsessed woman sounds like about 50% of the posters on AIBU threads about washing and public toilets.

Boffing · 16/05/2019 20:42

Umm, it sounds like a mental health issue - maybe take that route first.

ooooohbetty · 16/05/2019 20:43

I hate you OP for throwing your lunch away. I can't imagine anything making me throw away food. Ever. Smile

Belenus · 16/05/2019 20:48

I kind of took it you were joking about murdering her because it's a light hearted thread, murdering someone seems ridiculous under the circs and if I were going to murder someone I wouldn't announce it on a talkboard. But then you went on about throwing your lunch away and said I'm the manager of her manager and I'm seriously considering raising this as a performance issue and it did kind of sound like you were being serious. So now I'm really not sure which bits of your thread are serious and which aren't. Did you really throw your lunch away? I mean it's wasteful but then again Ryvita is more or less cardboard so not much loss.

She is hypersensitive to smells. You hate to hear about hypersensitivity to smells. I'm sure it'll turn into a romcom script and you'll get it together, fall out over Edam to extend the film a bit and then ride off into the sunset. Perhaps she could have an accident that tragically renders her anosmic thereby allowing your love to blossom.

SpecterLitt · 16/05/2019 20:49

@Becca19962014 Flowers I'm so sorry this person is being so awful. Is there any way you can avoid this shop so that you don't have to face her, or even flat out refuse to be serviced by her to management?

I hope things improve for you.

MollysMummy2010 · 16/05/2019 20:49

Ah what now?

MollysMummy2010 · 16/05/2019 20:52

That was to suninthesky...

Becca19962014 · 16/05/2019 20:53

specter unfortunately not going into the shop even if I had an alternative place to go (I live somewhere very small) wouldn't stop her harassing me on the street - basically she does it whenever she sees me. If I had other options and didn't live somewhere so small then I'd be able to avoid her. Which is why I contacted the shop manager and police.

bebeboeuf · 16/05/2019 20:54

Has she always been like this or is it new? Thinking pregnancy...

KatherineJaneway · 16/05/2019 20:55

Maybe she was a dog in a past life..

If so you could tell her she spent her life sniffing other dogs assesGrin

AmeriAnn · 16/05/2019 20:56

Give her something to talk about. Do this;

JaneEyre07 · 16/05/2019 20:56

She'd hate to work with one of my colleagues. I swear he was microwaving a fox for his lunch today. It stank the entire building out, to the extent that no one else could use the microwave. Can I borrow her for a day??

completely misses point of thread

Nannewnannew · 16/05/2019 20:58

I presume she doesn’t have a dog, although I guess the dog wouldn’t be bothered if she told him he’d just done a smelly fart!

I know people like this can be tiresome, don’t really have any advice apart from trying to ignore her stupid comments. Hard, I know,

keepingbees · 16/05/2019 20:59

Can't you just tell her to reel it in a bit, or jokingly(ish) ask her what the obsession with smells is?
Could she be on the autistic spectrum? That can cause hypersensitivity to smells.

FamilyOfAliens · 16/05/2019 21:00

If nothing in your OP should be taken at face value, why did you start this thread?

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