Apparently I'm allergic to cleaning supplies!

[happylabs]

I feel your pain! I cannot tolerate a lot of scented things either. Perfume really bothers me.

And, oh my gosh...I think this woman's sister is working in my office! Mine jumps up every time a fax comes in and delivers it, usually to the wrong desk. I finally had to ask her to leave my faxes at the machine because same scenario as yours, I'd be walking around asking whether someone took my fax confirmation out of the machine.

She sounds like the type that doesn't listen when you are talking either.

Can you send her for training to another country for a couple months?

[robinh]

I work for the state in a large office building in a complex of buildings. A couple of months ago, they decided to clean the air filtration system and I got so sick. When they accidently dumped Orange Glow near the intake on the air conditioning system, I ended up with a horrible migraine. I keep a cleaner that doesn't bother my allergies at my desk and when someone wants to clean their office, I give them my bottle of cleaner. It's cheaper than going to the doctor.

This woman sounds very passive aggressive.

[Medusa]

Some air fresheners are downright awful. I have a difficult time even walking down the aisle of cleaning supplies in the grocery store. And Pine Sol is the absolute worst for me. I had an episode when I had my house cleaning business. I hadn't used Pine Sol in years and the client asked if I would mind using hers and I didn't have a problem w/it, until I opened the bottle. My head started swimming and I thought I'd pass out. I had to go home and go to bed. I drove w/all my car windows open and it was January! I stayed in bed for 3 days and could taste Pine Sol for two weeks. If I walk into some place and I get a whiff of Pine Sol, I leave immediately. So I feel ya.

[happylabs]

Pine Sol is pretty wicked. I scrubbed my bathroom floor with it a couple weeks ago. I accidentally dumped way too much into the bucket. By the time I was done cleaning I was in la-la land.

My favorite thing to clean with are the clorox bleach products. For some reason that doesn't bother me.

My daughter is funny, she loves the smell of bleach. If she comes in and I have used it in the wash or to clean the kitchen sink she says oh I love the smell of this house.

[pomtzu]

Bleach gives everything a nice clean smell. Kinda like hanging the laundry outside to dry on a breezy day, rather than using the dryer.

[Asiel]

I love the smell of Javex for exacly that reason, the spring fresh smell. My cleaning products are mainly baking soda, and vinegar, some of those bath and shower cleaners are just too overpowering. I get rashes and hives from most of those heavy duty cleaners and they don't do such a great job sometimes.

[mrspunkysmom]

By the way, my throat is still very scratchy and I'm still covered in hives. Sigh.

Did you go to the doctor? he needs to be in on this. This protects you health-wise and legally for your job,. He can write a note, typed formally on office stationery, stating the exact problem.

Also, there might be better meds to help the allergic reaction subside.

Good luck and feel better.

[pomtzu]

Pine Sol is pretty wicked. I scrubbed my bathroom floor with it a couple weeks ago. I accidentally dumped way too much into the bucket. By the time I was done cleaning I was in la-la land.

I like PineSol to clean my bathroom, but I don't like the original pine scent. There are several different scents you can get now. The one I have now is blue in color and called "sparkling wave", there's also one that's purple in color and smells good, but can't remember the name of that scent. I just think the pine is too strong and overwhelming.

[catnapper]

You'll love this -- Clean Freak told my manager and coworkers that I am a Drama Queen Apparently, I was in a grumpy mood and used her cleaning as an excuse to cut out of work early.

Based on who it came from, I am simply choosing to ignore the comment. She's clueless most of the time.

BUT one of the higher ups called today and said, "wow, you sound so much better! how are you feeling?" I spoke to that guy Friday right before the cleaning incident and right after. At the time he was concerned how I went from sounding normal to all itchy throated in ten minutes flat. Allergies, thats how. And somehow, those allergies make me a Drama Queen according to Clean Freak

[Karen]

Hey, ask her to try breathing through an ace bandage wrapped tightly around her throat, nose and mouth for 20 minutes and ask her to react calmly to that!

My family used to compare allergy/asthma attacks to a boa constrictor squeezing tighter and tighter. And adding the itchiness and hives is just insult to injury.

At least as a Drama Queen, she's admitting you are royalty!