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Odors that fill hallways come mostly from boys who douse themselves in body sprays like Axe, said Mikolai Altenberg, a senior at Minneapolis South High School. He said the smell is “indescribable” and unavoidable.
“You can smell it from 10 feet away,” Altenberg said. “Mostly it’s just guys who just think that putting Axe all over them is a substitute for showering.” Rep. Karen Clark, a Democrat, first proposed banning fragrances in Minneapolis schools, one of the state’s largest school districts. One in eight Minneapolis students has asthma, and school nurses have treated students for wheezing and headaches brought on by the fragrances wafting from classmates, said Mary Heiman, a nursing service manager who runs the district’s asthma program. “We really don’t think it’s a good idea to legislate personal hygiene,” said John Hurson, the group’s head of government affairs.
As someone who cannot stand the smell of perfume, this is probably a good thing. As long as it also applies to faculty, (including the lunch ladies).
Hip hip hurray! I choke, quite literally, on many perfumes, colognes and such. And the idiots these days were enough to cover an elephant!
My rules, based on overall taste and decorum, say that whatever scent you are wearing should not be detectable by anyone further away than arms length.
I coughed and stated out loud “you stink” to a couple in the supermarket the other day. 🙂
“We really don’t think it’s a good idea to legislate personal hygiene,”
– Are they kidding? Of course it’s a good idea. If they can’t teach the kids to read, write or add & subtract, they can at least teach them to clean themselves!
Some of these fragrances can be at least as annoying as indoor smoking.
They should be banned in workplaces, schools and airplanes.
If you’ve ever had to sit in an airplane for 4 hours by someone who is wearing headache inducing perfume or a scent that makes you want to vomit.
It is nice to see this is spreading around slowly.
This can’t spread fast enough for me.
I am sick and tired of the sneezing fits, headache and other symptoms when some inconsiderate guy or gal comes to work bathed in who knows what and ‘hits’ me from 50 feet.
I love how the posters here attack the least little perceived infringement on their personal rights and then this post doesn’t even get a Nanny State header.
Personally, I think some of these air-heads see a .5 oz. bottle and think “one dose”.
J/P-(wheeze)_?
#5 GigG
I am sorry but I don’t think you have a personal right to douse the air with noxious fumes. What about the rights of those with allergies or lung aliments? Should they be forced to work and attend school in another place because someone else can’t use a little self restraint?
Some people don’t understand the concept of “in moderation”. When someone uses so much that it chokes even a healthy lung perhaps a forced ban is appropriate.
Is there no end to the legislation being proposed in this country? Where does it end? If I want to wear cologne, then I should be able to wear as much as of it as I want. It’s inconsiderate to be sure, but at no point should our government be involved in regulating and policing behavior such as this.
Ridiculous!
@#8 “If I want to wear cologne, then I should be able to wear as much as of it as I want.”
You don’t have the right to pollute the air I breathe or constitutes a health problem of some sort to others (triggers headaches/migraines, asthma, allergies, carcinogens in the cologne, etc.).
One’s rights end where another person’s rights begin.
This “right” or “preference” is as obsolete as smoking where ever one wants.
#5 GigG
We are not talking about trivial infringements. There is a real problem with the range of truly toxic chemicals in consumer products. And crying because you cant do just as you please is the act of a spoilt brat. If you hadn’t noticed (and maybe you haven’t)you are sharing the planet with over 6 billion other people, and none of them are like you.
#5 GigG
.We are not talking about trivial infringements. There is a real problem with the range of truly toxic chemicals in consumer products. And crying because you cant do just as you please is the act of a spoilt brat. If you hadn’t noticed (and maybe you haven’t)you are sharing the planet with over 6 billion other people, and none of them are like you.
#8, Brian,
If I want to wear cologne, then I should be able to wear as much as of it as I want.
Sure, and if I want to swing a chain with a 5 lb weight at the end I should have that right too. Here, step a little closer.
I may be old, 57, but I still remember high school. Brut, Jade East, Hai Karate; whatever we thought the girls liked, and they let us know. No legislation will override that. Sounds like more nerd revenge like laws against cruising main street.
mmmmm–lunch lady–mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
As a recent high school gradutate:
They no longer have showers after gym class (because of time restraints\sexual harassment\budget)- so short of dousing yourself in fragrance what is a boy to do?