#the worst is that i can't even carry around a perfume or anything to cover these up. cause any perfume light enough that i can 'handle' it | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

clenastia · 2 months

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my least fucking favorite thing is absolutely rank smelling people sitting at the table next to mine in a cafe.

in this case a fucking smoker.

like i understand as someone extremely prone to scent-based sensory overload (can't focus, building nausea, if i dont get away from the smell soon enough migraines) that like. it's a part of life. You can't reasonably avoid ALL strong smells, nor can you be reasonably accommodated for that.

Especially when it's not just bad smells like sweat and cigarettes but even 'good' smells like perfume and cologne or even like. febreeze shit. If the smell is strong it WILL fuck me up and expecting the whole world to cater to that... disability? of mine? like using disability feels wrong but also i literally get migraines so maybe that's just my anxiety of being perceived as In The Wrong acting up but like.

Logically the whole world can't cater to that for me.

But also. Please. There are open tables elsewhere. Please. Sit fucking anywhere else. I can't handle this.

I'd move myself but there is only one table in this entire cafe that has an electric socket and my computer dies if I don't keep it plugged in so I don't have any other options unless I go to a different cafe.... :(

#the worst is that i can't even carry around a perfume or anything to cover these up. cause any perfume light enough that i can 'handle' it #isnt going to be strong enough to cover up the absolute fucking STENCH of whoever the fuck is sitting behind me #i know that stinky people can't stop existing. and that people will NEVER stop wearing perfumes.#but if both of those could become true.#i'd really be living in paradise :(#the best i can do if i don't want to give up and go home #is hope that they move away before i hit migraine territory #i cant focus well enough to write. but if its just nausea but not migraines i can at least write LATER once they're gone #but a migraine will mean immediately going home #if there were any other cafes that had more than one drink i like on their menu i WOULD just leave #but starbucks and beans n brews i only really like their hot chocolates. and you can only have so many cups of that before you scream #most boba places dont seem to like you hanging out for hours at least in my experience #this place at least has a wide variety of drinks an electric socket AND ive been a regular for almost 10 years so they dont mind long stays #which make moments like now all the more awful fuck please random stranger i have too much social anxiety and fear of being #seen as Rude (tm) to ask you to move #but please detect my vibes and go the fuck away

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