Wow do you STINK!

Howdy Gang!  Casey here with a little story that happened to me at a recent trip to an evening Chamber of Commerce mixer.  Considering I write this blog called The Ideal Networker it is always amazing to me what I see out in the market place.  So let me set the scene.  When you arrived at this mixer you had to sign in at your table (it happened to be a multi Chamber Mixer) and then we were shown into the room where the event was held.  When I was led into the room I was quite literally ATACKED by a lady who said she has heard of me (I admit I was flattered at first) and wanted to “pick my brain” on networking.  That should have been my first clue but I am still a sucker after all! 

Let’s call her Sally (I don’t know why but Sally Struthers just popped into my head).  Sally pulled me over into a corner and proceeded to start her version of “picking” which quite literally meant asking me every question she could about how to get into my network.  Turn off #1.  Turn off #2 which is why I grabbed the picture of a skunk was that she was wearing so much perfume I think I still smell it and the event was last week!  By the way…….it STUNK like wet hair and nursing home!  Now, what she did not know was that I am seriously allergic to hideous smells and upon inhaling her stench I started coughing!  I could go on here but I won’t.  Here is the bottom line for those of you out in the networking scene.  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not wear perfume, cologne, or anything with a strong odor.  It is repelling and can cause the person you are with quite literally choke to death. 

Now, to avoid her, I excused myself into the restaurant where I saw another friend who had the EXACT same comment!  We laughed for the next couple of hours and networked our butts off with the folks leaving the mixer while enjoying a frosty beer.  I hope you never have some one’s internal monologue saying “Wow, do you stink!”