Why do my farts smell like the place I work?

I work in a nursing home as a CNA while in nursing school. I’ve noticed that my gas has the same “decaying institutionalized” smell that I note while at the facility. This is a departure from the ordinary fart smell to which I’ve grown accustomed over the years. Also, note that I do not eat at there cafeteria, but instead go out for my lunch. Has anyone else experienced their farts odors changing with a change in their jobs or living place?

Perhaps it’s psychological.

My farts owe more to a decaying constitution than a decaying institution.

Maybe your workplace just smells like farts, in general. So when displaced from the situation, your own farts remind of your workplace.

That said, I made a huge pot of Beef Stroganoff on Monday and after daily leftovers, my farts smell like red wine, garlic, and sour cream.

I wonder whether the other staff ask “why does this place smell like Roland’s farts?” Let’s hope they don’t come to the obvious conclusion.

All the senses decline with age, so for the residents to benefit from your gastral releases, the smell must reach the medicare level.

Since your farts have to travel through your clothing to get to your nose (I hope), maybe your clothes smell like your work and your farts are just innocently carryng said workplace smells along with them?

With this insight, I can now propose a solution. A “Roland-a-ter”. A disposable light with an sutomatic ignition. To make it practical, we only need to come up with asbestos underwear.

Heh… I just googled ‘asbestos underwear.’

It’s out there.

I concur with don’t ask about the possible source of the crop-dusting.

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Heh… I just googled ‘asbestos underwear.’

It’s out there.

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Handy if you’ve got Great Balls Of Fire.

Something tells me if I smelled it, Beef Stroganoff wouldn’t leap into mind.

What’s interesting about the OP is he finds his own farts repuslive. This is highly unusual. To quote George Carlin on the subject of his own farts: “That smells…fairly decent!”

No, he says “This is a departure from the ordinary fart smell to which I’ve grown accustomed over the years.”

Hrm. Perhaps I read more into “decaying institutionalized” than I should have.

I don’t think the OP ought to be dismissed out of hand. I often wonder if there isn’t a lot more going on with body chemistry than we really undertand.

Like for instance, I have noted a vague remainder of a woman’s scent can linger with me for days after an intimate encounter. (Not her perfume, but her natural scent.) (And yes, I bathe regularly.)

Maybe there is some subtle, almost sub-olfactory bonding mechanism at work? Like members of a tribal unit developing a similar chemistry as a subconscious marking mechanism?

I’ve got to side with you. I don’t believe he expressed a preference. AFAIK, he might be one of those guys who like to take his work home with him.:smiley:

I’m thinking that some of that institutional air gets into his stomach and adds the aforementioned aroma to the emissions.

There’s always Parosmia and Phantosmia.
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Then again, maybe he just works in the proctology ward. You’d kinda think it would smell like fart.

I’ve noticed certain places have really bad “smellcoustics”, which seem to intensify the odor to a degree. That’s all I’m going to say on the manner.

I think there’s something to this as I’ve noticed the same thing. Both with farts and chicks.