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I sent the following yesterday, and it has not shown

up on the groups home yet, so I am resending as I

assume the gremlins ate it! If it ends up

coming twice, I apologize. KD

 

--- CT HERB <Email wrote:

 

> > If they are THAT sensitive, they would probably

> react

> > to most herb teas! IMHO if they are THAT

> sensitive,

> > they are not really that sensitive, but rather

> looking

> > for a scapegoat, a political scapegoat and you

> don't

> > want to be that!

>

> I think that is kind of insensitive to the people

> who do have chemical

> sensitivities.

 

Dear CT Herb: Yes, there are real chemical

sensitivities no doubt. But as you know, more are to

synthetic chemicals than to real EOs, and more are to

a few specific things than across-the-board. Let me

ask you this: Is your sensitivity so bad that if

someone opened a bottle of EO at her desk in another

cube with high walls, possibly 20-40 feet away, that

you would have any uncomfortable symptoms? If so,

then it would probably bother you if Mary Ann ate Thai

food, like Tom Kha Gai soup, in her cube too, right?

Without yet hearing your answer, I would guess that

it's possible but unlikely. Mostly because if it were

that bad, you probably would not be working there.

 

Lest you think I don't understand, I am one of the

ultra sensitives of the world and specialize in

treating same. Although I don't have any of the very

worst cases in my practice like those folks that have

to live in an organic cotton tent 10 miles from the

nearest village or cultivated field, but those folks

probably would not be, could not be, working in a

high-stress bullpen in a law office.

 

Most of the interpersonal problems in Dilbert Land

come from overcrowding and the stress of that

environment itself. Of course proximity does make any

chemical sensitivity problem worse, but what I mean

here and in the paragraph that you site, in its

context, is that such a high degree of reaction is

usually a political problem caused by folks being

literally on top of one another in (what I think is a

literally *sick & toxic*) work environment that breeds

political infighting. Better to remove oneself from

being a target if at all possible than to join in the

wrangling IMHO.

 

In Mary Ann's situation with a pregnant woman right

across from her open " door " then that could lead to

problems if the pregnant womans olfactory sense was

much more acute than usual due to her hormonal state.

Or if her co-worker were one of the people with real

and serious environmental sensitivities, but if that

were the case, it might reasonably be that it's more

in the environment than just a whiff of an EO. It

might be the building itself. Granted that might not

help MaryAnn in the short run, but just an

observation.

 

If Mary Ann had you across from her, she'd probably

want to avoid lemongrass, and you would probably tell

her what was bother you specifically. But from my

long past experience in corporate America's Dilbert

land, it has been my experience that if someone waits

6 months to notice that your oils (or any other usual

behaviour) from across the bullpen of 20 cubes is

bothering her, then it's probably not the oils

themselves.

 

Just a guess. Not meant to target anyone specifically

or any a group with chemical sensitivities--more a

comment on the state of corporate america and how to

avoid political problems if one is forced to work

there.

 

KD

 

 

 

 

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