Why must I work?

[lovetriangle]

When I so desperately need to be at home sewing? Really now! I actually worked a little on the PDSvN this weekend (shock!) and spent 3 precious days getting one row of trim onto the overskirt. 3 days! Now I don't have the luxury of sewing for any length of time in a row, but still, 3 days for one row of trim because it can't be done by machine.  *sheesh*

The good new is that it is perfectly even and exactly where I want it. If I had been able to do it by machine, the presser foot would have shoved it around and been messy. At least that's the ray of sunshine I'm clinging to for taking so long... 

And since we're on hissy-fit ranting... Oh we're not?

Well we are now!
Since we are regularly being told how we shall think and act and do or not do, and there are hearty fines sometimes when we step out of line - with too much noise, or walking outside the crosswalk, for instance... Then I must ask, why are their no smell police? 

Why is there no recourse when Cologne McStinkerson comes on shift just as my goods are traveling down the conveyor, only to touch Every Single Item I'm buying and infuse it with his Drakar Noir, or some such cheap-ass marinade, so that now my beautiful daughter's Easter basket will smell like I bought it in a whore house?

Is there no law against THIS offense? Is there no fine to be levied? If my interest rate is going to legally shoot the moon when I am 32 seconds late on my payment, is it fair or even reasonable that this mongrel can nasally assault me and my family for days after with no penalty whatsoever?

I can only pray that the abundance of lilies in Church on Sunday will begin to overpower the shoes my girl will be wearing.

Comments

[fioretti.livejournal.com]

>>Cologne McStinkerson
Sistah, I feel your pain. As a scent-sensitive myself, I cannot stand the tacky excessives of the barbarians that somehow manage to infest the lives of the rest of us. When I am Empress of the Universe I will BAN and make punishable BY DEATH all really stinky deliberately chosen scents. Death to Drakar Noir! (And how can you even remember that brand???!!!)

[peggyelizabeth.livejournal.com]

I'm right there with you. I've had to ask friends to lay off the smelly stuff or not visit my house. I just can't take it. I hold my breath when I'm forced to walk through the smelly dept. of stores & I swear I'll file a lawsuit citing the American's with Diabilities Act if some woman spritzes me!