Mine is a pretty tame example: I never minded the smell of garlic was fine around it… but I took a job for DHL and they had these large tubs of garlic for horses that had to go out to people. There were about 10 of them coming down the belt.
Now I can’t stand it. I’m just reminded of how strong that smell was I was actually gagging. The tubs were heavy, the handles were feedble. Some of the tubs were damaged so I got a bit on me.
I stunk of it for the rest of the shift. It wasn’t even a normal garlic smell it was just so powerful and nauseating.
I can’t stand the smell of pickles and vinagre anymore. I worked in a pickle factory for two months when I was in uni, and I smelled of vinagre 24/7. I also had some sort of alergic reaction where a billion pimples popped out on my face, and it wasn’t a good time.
The jalapeño production line was especially bad, as the hot vinagre dropping on the jalapeños releases this very strong smell that quite literally felt like it scratched and cut your throat as you breathed in.
Pay was good though, so I powered through those two months. I dont really eat pickles anymore.