Post by CarolinaCutie on Aug 26, 2003 20:01:43 GMT -4
Smelly Employee Fuels Hygiene Policy
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - City officials say one smelly employee is responsible for a new policy that requires all city employees to smell nice when reporting for work.
The Murfreesboro City Council adopted the good hygiene policy Thursday:
"No employee shall have an odor generally offensive to others when reporting to work. An offensive body odor may result from a lack of good hygiene, from an excessive application of a fragrant aftershave or cologne or from other cause."
City attorney Susan McGannon said the problem had never come up in the 11 years she has worked for the city. But one employee, who was not named, has a problem with hygiene despite repeated counseling.
"They were stymied," McGannon said. "This (amendment) further details the city's authority."
The definition of body odor was left intentionally vague. City Councilman Toby Gilley said the standard would be the same one a U.S. Supreme Court justice used to identify pornography.
"We'll know it when we see it," Gilley said. "We'll know it when we smell it."
Murfreesboro is about 30 miles southeast of Nashville.
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A lil' soap and water with a side of deodorant would've settled this matter.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - City officials say one smelly employee is responsible for a new policy that requires all city employees to smell nice when reporting for work.
The Murfreesboro City Council adopted the good hygiene policy Thursday:
"No employee shall have an odor generally offensive to others when reporting to work. An offensive body odor may result from a lack of good hygiene, from an excessive application of a fragrant aftershave or cologne or from other cause."
City attorney Susan McGannon said the problem had never come up in the 11 years she has worked for the city. But one employee, who was not named, has a problem with hygiene despite repeated counseling.
"They were stymied," McGannon said. "This (amendment) further details the city's authority."
The definition of body odor was left intentionally vague. City Councilman Toby Gilley said the standard would be the same one a U.S. Supreme Court justice used to identify pornography.
"We'll know it when we see it," Gilley said. "We'll know it when we smell it."
Murfreesboro is about 30 miles southeast of Nashville.
Yahoo News
A lil' soap and water with a side of deodorant would've settled this matter.
