16 April 2011
Random Poop Smell
Yesterday proved to be a pretty normal day at work, except for the random unidentified smell that chose to invade reception just after lunch. Manky smell. I was checking in a guest when I first became aware of the smell and I had to wonder, is it another stinky guest? Someone with BO like that one the other day. But the smell wasn't BO. It was something more pungent and, dare I say it, less pleasant. The guest moved on and the smell remained. I then became a little paranoid that it was me giving off the funky odour. That would be embarrassing. I confess that I subtly sniffed at myself, checking to make sure that I wasn't the source of the stench. It was then that I realised, unless I'd soiled myself - which I hadn't - then the smell most definitely wasn't me. Because it hit me that the smell I could smell was the smell of poop. Happy that it wasn't me, fairly certain it wasn't any of my colleagues, I asked if any of the others could smell the random poop smell. There was a consensus amongst the staff. There was a random poop smell and it was in the office. It was agreed that the smell was not good but we couldn't establish where the smell was actually coming from. I whipped out the lavender spray - the one reserved for smelly guests - and gave the air a spritz. It eased the smell but didn't mask it and we were left with air that smelt like lavender poop. What could it be? The drain in the kitchen has been known to emit a pungent whiff but it didn't appear to be coming from that direction. We've had children with poop issues but the reception was empty. No one had stood in poop. It was a mystery. And then, as we were scratching our heads, someone came in and announced the smell was all through the town. All through the town? The whole town smells of poop? We were relieved that it wasn't us specifically but couldn't work out what it was that had caused the whole town to smell of poop. Someone suggested it could be low tide and the foul stench of seaweed drying in the sun. I don't like this smell but I'd never likened it to poop. Luckily for us the smell disappeared fairly quickly. Either that or we all got used to it. The town does not appear to be smelling of poop this morning and that is certainly a relief. But the mystery remains. Where did the poop smell come from? Perhaps we'll never know.
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I used to live near a town on the south coast (UK) where, after storms, mountains of seaweed would be thrown up onto the beach; then local farmers would come and take it all away.
ReplyDeleteOne clever councillor thought that these farmers were getting something for nothing, so decided to charge them for this precious natural product. The farmers no longer came, and the town STANK.
The council then had to contract haulage companies to take it away.... This cost the ratepayers a fortune! Well done that councillor.