Perfume spritz sparks mass exit

[arkitect]

Texas… Where the ladies like their hair big and their perfumes even bigger.
Whatever it was it must have been some seriously cheap smelling s**t.

Thirty-four people went to hospital and dozens were treated for sickness after strong perfume was sprayed by a woman in a Texas bank.

Two workers initially complained of having chest pains and headaches.

The bank then announced that anyone who felt ill should leave the building, prompting around 150 people to take up the offer.

Twelve people were taken to hospital by ambulance, after they complained of feeling short of breath and dizzy.

"When the two employees reported their illness to a supervisor, an announcement was made over the building's PA system saying that anyone feeling these symptoms should exit the building," fire department spokesman Kent Worley said, according to a local newspaper report.

Emergency services initially feared that there may have been a leak of carbon monoxide leak but having checked the building, decided that a strong perfume was to blame.

Investigators do not know what kind of perfume was sprayed.

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[Gregg2]

It's amazing that some people are still that dense. For cryin' out loud, who hasn't heard/read about people complaining about this? Get a clue: if you slather it on so heavily that you can smell it, it gags the people around you.

[LizKat]

Yes, exposure to perfume can really sicken people, so that much is no joke.

What's potentially late-night-comic fuel in the report is that 150 people (surely many, many more than were exposed to the perfume spritz) downed tools and hit the bricks once the company offered them that chance to leave "if they felt ill."

Rule one, never show employees even a sliver of daylight