When stupid things spiral out of hand...

Archeron

I hate when something gets totally out of hand and spirals stupidly into something it shouldnt have.

Earlier today, someone farted in my office. Most people didnt hear it, but I did. Obviously it was a bit of a stinker, as he pulled out a can of lynx and pretended to spray himself with it to mask the unpleasantness.
Next thing you know, two girls walk into the office and comment about the choking smell of deodorant. They say that they cant eat their lunch in this office because the smell is too cloying and makes them sick. The dude responded with a joke, trying to make light, and one of the girls got in a strop and walked out, to the boss, to complain about other people being insensitive.
So the dude has just got a lecture about being inconsiderate, and a memo has just gone round the company instructing anyone who wants to spray deodorant or such like to go into the toilets to do it. (this depsite the fact that perfume is regularly squirted onto those graceful swan like necks stinking the whole place out and choking all the men).

I know that deodorant can be cloying alright, but I hate to see something so simple just spiral out of control. All that for trying to be a gentleman and mask an accidental wind incident. Now there are five people sitting in the office here in a big huff with each other and the atmosphere is fecking horrible. Wow!

(at least it still smells nice though )

missmatty

I'd rather sit in fart smell than cloying male deodorant smell tbh

humbert

Office environments are often more like playgrounds. Bloody awful way to deal with a trivial issue.

mike65

Open a fvcking window.

Mike

Hellm0

Insensetivity my arse, people need to lighten up. Sure if theres some lackwit spraying way to much lynx around that would annoy me but I'd say it to his face and be nice about it, wouldnt bring in the strong arm tactics unless he was being a twat.

Reminds me of the time I got into fight with a kid in school, cant remember the exact reason but next thing you know his parents come in claiming I was a racist etc. The kid was a pain in the hole, didnt matter where he was from(India).

Rabies

I would prefer the smell of a fart to Lynx.

Archeron

mike65 wrote: »

Open a fvcking window.

Mike

Believe it or not, we cant, they're all sealed shut. There are even bars across them on the inside so you cant even dive head first through the glass.

Not to best room to accidentally fart in I suppose.

Clarehobo

Archeron wrote: »

Next thing you know, two girls walk into the office and comment about the choking smell of deodorant. They say that they cant eat their lunch in this office because the smell is too cloying and makes them sick. The dude responded with a joke, trying to make light, and one of the girls got in a strop and walked out, to the boss, to complain about other people being insensitive.

When he made the joke, that's when they may have been taking him as being insensitive:rolleyes:
They'd have had something to say about the fart too if he hadn't masked it with the deodorant by the sounds of it!

Our office is exactly like a primary school playground with crap like that.
I have to admit though, in general, eating smelly foods or spraying perfumes/deodorants in a confined office space is totally inconsiderate of the other people in the office.

SimpleSam06

Ya tell him to upgrade to Emporio Armani. Instead of running out of the place to bawl to the boss about bowels, the women would have lashed him swiftly and securely to his desk and had him violently in the biblical sense.

dade

Archeron wrote: »

this depsite the fact that perfume is regularly squirted onto those graceful swan like necks stinking the whole place out and choking all the men

Next time they come in circulate a memo "Could X please refrain from spraying her perfume on with a crop duster, it gets hard to breath and besides it can't mask the waft coming from ya anyway"

Dave!

shoulda just punched the moaners in the throat. morons.

Archeron wrote: »

Believe it or not, we cant, they're all sealed shut. There are even bars across them on the inside so you cant even dive head first through the glass.

Not to best room to accidentally fart in I suppose.

Or start a fire in! Bear that in mind!

WindSock

Why don't you stand up for him, OP and announce that he was only trying to cover up his fart and be considerate

Archeron

boreds wrote: »

Why don't you stand up for him, OP and announce that he was only trying to cover up his fart and be considerate

Perhaps I should have lit a match as he sprayed the Lynx. Imagine the fireball of a Lynx coated fart! Although, keeping in mind what DaveMcg said above, thats probably not advisable.

Ghost Train

light a match

...just becareful there's not too much flamable gas in the air

deisedevil

Archeron wrote: »

Now there are five people sitting in the office here in a big huff with each other and the atmosphere is fecking horrible. Wow!

Eat up a big bowl of beans and a head of cabbage then let rip like gale force winds. Send round a memo asking if any could spray around a bit of Lynx, see if there's objections then.

ScumLord

Covering up farts is against Gods law, offices should smell of **** as God intended.

I've been rotten all day, I don't know how I can store so much gas. There not bad smelling but there's no hiding them it's like a group of drunken trumpet players are held hostage in me pants. It's really hard holding them in till there's someone around to appreciate them.

What was the joke?

If it was something like:

Why do women close their eyes during sex?

They can't stand to see a man have a good time

then its understandable.

Kintarō Hattori

Wow Man, that's incredible petty. I can't stand people like that. Do they have nothing better to be doing? Imagine going out with someone like that.

In fairness if I had of been that guy I too would have been caught off guard by the lady coming over and making a remark and I'm sure I would have tried to make light of the situation, as I'm sure alot of people would o. She must be a twat.

bangersandmash

Archeron wrote: »

...and the atmosphere is fecking horrible

:D:D