city bans offensive body odor!

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So nice to see excessive perFUME applications are now being considered

offensive!

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (Aug. 26) - 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 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.

08/26/03 10:22 EDT

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