Halifax is infamous for being “scent-free.” When will people learn, I wonder, that “scents” are not limited to perfume, shampoo, and deodorant? I am referring to the stink of SMOKE. If you’re coming into a movie or a play or a classroom or a bus or whatever, please don’t smoke right beforehand. It’s so gross and distracting. I know this sounds lame, and I’m sure a zillion people have already bitched about this, but why would we ban pleasant scents if we were willing to smell nicotine and tobacco on people’s clothes? There’s nothing more disgusting.
—Nick Naylor
This article appears in Nov 5-11, 2009.
Yeah, and don’t fart or eat garlic either.
There are so many things that rank on the “smells disgusting” scale that cigarette smoke hardly stands out. The Halifax Harbour ranks on that list. I once worked in a “scent free” office environment where it was quite alright to eat fish or liver and onions or cabbage at your desk EVERY SINGLE day. I’ll tell you what they told me as I greened around the gills trying to adjust to obnoxious aroma… get OVER it.
take your nicotine sensitive beak somewhere else then.and don’t forget to bathe in a 45 drum of that douchebag deoderant some of you asshole love to wear. fucking stuff is enough to gag a maggot.
um…you know that “scent free” isn’t actually about eliminating “scents”, right? It’s about minimizing allergic reactions to scent bases used in perfumes and whatnot.
In my politest voice – go fuck yourself.
I’m all for scent free but…it’s gone WAY too far these days. I don’t wear perfume, but if you can smell my shampoo and conditioner (I use redkin real control which doesn’t have a strong scent anyway), or my deodorant (I have sensitive skin so I can only use one type and yes, the unscented version reacts with my skin) then tough for you. I’m not smelling like BO in order to be “scent free.”
Also: not saying everyone’s like this but…I know quite a few people who are a bit dramatic with their scent intolerance — kind of like a “if they don’t see it they don’t get sick” type of drama.
PK— the OP sounds like that type of person. “wahhh! Somebody smells different! It’s making MY life terrible!” It’s clear that Gen Y is still the me generation. Fuck.
Wait, who the fuck is Nick Naylor? I’ve heard that somewhere before.
the google says he’s from “Thank you for smoking”
Thanks Paul Rudd. I even watched that movie before… *facepalm*
It can get to a certain level where it’s just too much though. Just like guys who don’t know when to stop with the body spray, there’s a point at which smokers start to reek too heavily.
Haha that was a good movie!
I like to think I don’t smell too much like smoke – when I exhale I generally do it in the direction of other people, away from myself….and so perhaps it is you that smells of smoke?
Ack! Wet dog who laid on your jacket the night before! Ack! Unbathed masses and their radiating stink waves! Ack! Hair gel & flowery shampoo shit! Ack! Fat fuming farts that cling to wool coats! ACKACKACKACK!!!!Give me a fucking break, OP, there are all kinds of reeks out there that blast smoke smell right out of the pond. (apologies to Bill the Cat)
The worst comment I ever had was from someone who complained about the smell of my sunscreen, which I put on before I went out to lunch… and I basically said they should avoid me then, because I’m very fair skinned and need to wear sunscreen (this was in the summer). I’m personally not a huge fan of smokers, but I still think the whole scent free thing has gotten out of hand. It’s too much to ask that smokers don’t smoke before a play or movie. It’s their spare time, and it’s perfectly legal for them to light up outside.
Wasn’t Nick Naylor “pro tobacco”?
I think he was “pro-biotic” as well.
That’s it, I’m done being the “nice smoker”
If you don’t like it, don’t breathe!!!
In Defense of Smokers:
http://www.lcolby.com/
Can we stop posting these bitches now? redundant and rediculous. Pretty much what everyone else just said.
Jeez, are they blowing it in your face? No. So shut up about it.