Please, stop using cheap cologne & stop turing the thermostat UP!!!!!

The BBQ Pit
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I work in a male/engineering environment. There is this older engineering contract worker who reeks of foul aftershave and smoke.

I’m pregnant, so I know I’m smelling things more strongly than usual. But the burning sensation in my nostrils is overkill and is pissing me off.

I kindly refrain from saying anything, and turn down the temp on the thermostat so the air cirulates in the small office/cubical area.

Needless to say, some other MALE (sorry guys) engineering nitwit comes along (about 10 min after I turn it down) and turns the thermostat back up.

FUCKER! DON’T FUCK WITH A PREGNANT WOMAN!!! I’M CARRYING 50% MORE BODY FLUIDS/BLOOD THROUGH ME AND I’M CONSTANTLY HOT!!!

(sorry):rolleyes:

The air down here is stagnant, not to mention the cologne smells horrible, along with a touch of added smoke (and the nice sounds of smoker’s cough that goes with it).

The humidity outside does not help either, as the plant door is near the door to our cubical area (back door of the cubicle area is also left open by the above mentioned nitwit engineer).

God help me.

I only have 11 weeks left. I think I can make it.

Any advice? I don’t usually get this pissed off at something so trivial, but it makes for an uncomfortable situation.

Thanks for listening. I know this rant is lame, but I had to rant somewhere!

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Bring in a little fan for your desk, maybe? Wave your arms around a lot? There’s gotta be some way to circulate that air. :wink:

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Wow, so in this situation the female is having problems keeping male coworkers from making the air conditioner run less? Sounds like bizarro-backward-world to me. To bad you couldn’t get a job in any other male office in the world, where we usually like to keep the thermostat at an even 42 degrees or so (but females make us turn it up) :D.

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I think what’s really happening is all that cheap cologne is making you hot. :wink:

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Maybe next time he turns it up just shout out in a joking manner “Hey Bob, I’ve got something in the oven here!”
I know that was cheezy.

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Um, just a suggestion but how about saying “Could you please leave the thermostat where it is? I feel sick when it’s turned up past where I have it set. I appreciate that.”

It’s really not that hard. Why make it into a huge conflict if it’s not one? Speak up, for heavens sake.