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February 14, 2012
Council colleagues in violent clash over scent of a woman
Published: 12 Nov 09 13:38 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/23230/20091112/
Two female council employees in Motala, central Sweden, came to blows after a woman became irritated by another's choice of perfume, resulting in a physical attack and a death threat.
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The incident took place during a lunch break when one of the women lashed out, reportedly grabbing her colleague's throat and threatening to kill her.
The woman has now been suspended from her position and an internal investigation is underway.
Officials from the Motala council confirmed that a person has been suspended and a police report was filed in conjunction with the incident.
"Our investigations are ongoing and we are continuing to speak with all parties involved; the victim, the attacker and witnesses," council spokesperson Christina Welin told The Local.
As the investigation is in its early stages, Welin was unable to confirm which brand of perfume sparked the violent outburst.
"We don't know that," she said.
"Our main task now is to investigate the death threat as we cannot tolerate colleagues treating each other in this abusive way."
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Sounds like two people who should get a room together.
When I visited Dubai, in the malls, some of the women wore some Arabic perfume that really reeked, if they pass you you can smell that stuff for the next 3 minutes... if you are on one of the top floors of the malls jumping over the rails is sometimes considered..
Another rude behaviour is people who insist on taking strong smelling food in trains, particularly those that have a bistro or restaurant car and they take the food to eat in the passenger car instead. Half the other passengers end up hungry and the other half nauseated.
I bet it is celin dion or jennifer lopez s**t....
But there is no problem for the accused lady ... if i am her defense lawyer I would bring an expert witness like a doctor to tell the court that any woman over the age of 40 is approaching menopause .. and experience mood swings often beyond her control ..... so like pms or other syndromes .... .... her hormonal imbalance problem is out of her control ... she will probably get a suspended sentence ... or the charges be thrown out of court for wasting the court time .. this is just some silly school girl fight ... but if it was a man who hit the woman .... ha ha ... is he in the dog house!
It will allow women who have PMS, period, various stages of pregnancy, post delivery depression, lack of sex for longer than 3 months, a zit on the face, ripped stockings, red day at Ullared and low self esteem due to the glamour journals and men in general, to attack anyone... Probably will be accepted in the feminist Sweden...
Secondly, different people react differently to different smells, also some people are more sensitive than others. A drop or two of perfume is ok, infact to me, its not exactly natural but then, to each their own