For the past few weeks, there has been a faint but pervasive smell of sour milk in my office that has been getting stronger day by day. I checked all the trash cans, but nope, no milk. I mentioned this to the office mate (just to make sure I wasn't going crazy and imagining it), and she didn't know what could be causing it either.

This morning, the smell was awful. The office mate and I decided to move the bookshelf that was against one wall. Behind the bookshelf, in the small-ish gap between the back of it and the wall, were two open cartons of milk. Two open cartons of spoiled milk, that had been obviously opened and carefully placed behind the bookshelf*, because there was no sign that those cartons had fallen back there. No spills, just opened cartons of milk.

Again, eeeeeeeewwwwwww.

So we got rid of them and put the bookshelf back. The office is starting to smell better, thank goodness. I still want to soak the floor in bitter orange oil or something, but it's getting better.





* Yes, I'm pretty sure someone deliberately left cartons of milk behind the bookcase to spoil and be smelly. You see, the person who was in the office before me was moved because of office drama and politics, and was rather ... er ... drama-queenish in their personality.

From: [identity profile] bork.livejournal.com


Wow. Dang. And I thought my team got petty and dramaqueenesque at times!

From: [identity profile] maidengurl.livejournal.com


Do not mix orange with rotton milk...the smells do not go well together. (Daughter did a science experiment to see if plants grew better with water, milk, or orange juice. The smells were so bad the experiment was banned to the back yard and we wished we had gas masks when we had to feed and take pictures of the plants.)

From: [identity profile] icprncs.livejournal.com


Oh that's charming. Just charming.

May I borrow this (with all names and specifics removed) for the Urban Legends list? It's a twist on a Snopes classic and they appreciate hearing about such things.

From: [identity profile] dxmachina.livejournal.com


Seems to me the drama queen deserves a retaliatory chicken bomb.

From: [identity profile] dporowski.livejournal.com


Trader Joe's produces a lovely air freshener air-spraying thingie. Comes ina bottle, it's non-aerossol, etc. Smells like citrus, seems to cover EVERYTHING, including "litterbox".

From: [identity profile] bork.livejournal.com


I can vouch for the spray.

Also, completely natural and nonallergenic (to me, at least. YMMV).

From: [identity profile] alexiarnps.livejournal.com


I'd advise a ziplock bag of bay scallops with a few small pin pricks in the top, just enough to keep the gasses from bursting the bag and ruining the 'surprise' and enough to let the smell escape while not allowing too much oxygen to enter the bag and allow for prompt and efficient decomposition. And by 'surprise' I mean at least three weeks of the stench of rotting seafood and a swarm of blowflies.

Adding a teaspoon of baker's yeast to a closed quart yoghurt container half filled with pigs blood will make a human vomit when they catch a whiff of it when the lid blows off. And the stain and smell will never go away. They would need to re-drywall or replace the sub-flooring.

From: [identity profile] the-monkey-king.livejournal.com


I will refrain from asking why you know this, but am filing this valuable information away against future need.

Thanks!

From: [identity profile] alexiarnps.livejournal.com


Forensic Anthropology.

Internships are 9 solid months of 'Who's Grosser Than Gross' among people with an obsession (in the literal sense) of arcane sciences and access to rotting flesh.

From: [identity profile] cupcake-goth.livejournal.com


Which is why, if I ever need to get rid of a body, I'm calling *you*.

From: [identity profile] ozitonaranjo.livejournal.com


I am going to file this away for future reference. You just never know when it might come in handy.

I am in awe.

From: [identity profile] trudybooth.livejournal.com


I am grateful that audiblecell also found it funny because I was feeling particularly evil for giggling.

I agree with DX -- chicken bomb

From: [identity profile] arian1.livejournal.com


So. We get to the revenge now yes?

Please?

:)

From: [identity profile] morbeux.livejournal.com


Wow, well at least you figured out the smell and got it fixed. I am sure bad karma will come to that drama person.

From: [identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com


eeeeeew!

I say you oughta cast her a little spell....

Chris

From: [identity profile] mearagrrl.livejournal.com


Wow, that's crazy. Glad you figured it out, though!

From: [identity profile] erotocism.livejournal.com


How disgusting! I can't believe anyone would actually stoop that low. Yik.

From: [identity profile] sistawendy.livejournal.com


Gimme a T. Gimme an A. Gimme a C and a K and a Y. It makes me glad I have the orkers I do.

So why would the drama queen want to make you & your office mate miserable instead of the people who moved her?

From: [identity profile] bluejay23.livejournal.com


Tin of tuna fish in their light fixture. Or in their heating grate.
Lard on their car door handles.
Duct tape a bag of dog poop to the bottom of their chair or desk, poke holes in it.
Enjoy!

From: [identity profile] ex-pennydrea364.livejournal.com


Hi,
I just joined [livejournal.com profile] sweetly_spooky thought you might be interested in this community as well :)
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