One of our loyal readers once mentioned something that peeved her – the perfume samples often included in magazines. It is true that the samples come in sealed paper, but often the smell leaks out anyway. As my friend points out, this can really bother people who are sensitive or allergic to smells.
I am not sure what would be a better solution, though. How can perfume-makers market their goods without offering samples? Still, I agree that it can be very annoying to have to deal with stinky paper, especially if it makes you sneeze or otherwise bothers you.
--Curly
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Two writers stop e-mailing each other about what irks them in publishing, teaching, and other realms, and start sharing their thoughts online.
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- Peeves and Rants
- We're Curly Curmudgeon and Prunella Peeve, writers who became friends in graduate school. For the past few years we've maintained our transatlantic friendship mainly via e-mail, where we often share pet peeves and rants about aspects of writing, publishing, teaching, and many other topics. Now we're making it all public. Why? We're not entirely sure. But we hope to find at least a few more like-minded friends in cyberspace.
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2 comments:
thanks for poting my peeve. I not sure what they can do to can the way they market thier samples
A realted peeve is people who were too much perfume or colonge. yestreday when i was out to dinner with my parents the four women sat in the table behind us. all four of them smelled like a perfume factory. people should think about those around them i could not finish meal becasue the smell of there perfume turnd my stomache.
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