6. Rotten Fish – I hate it when you are working in an office and someone cooks/heats up fish for lunch.  You can smell it as soon as they take it out of the foil and as soon as they put it in the microwave.  I swear either those people have no sense of smell or no common courtesy.  What is worse is when you have old fish in your fridge or garbage.  My dad used to fish all the time and he lives like a bachelor, so whenever I would come over I would find old fish in his fridge – DISGUSTING!  How could he not smell that?

5. Sweaty week old sports socks – Obviously you sweat while you are at the gym, playing soccer, running, etc. especially your feet.  It is so disgusting when you leave your workout socks in your workout shoes and the smell just reeks up your apartment. WASH THEM!  Personally, I do laundry once a week, but if I have nasty sweaty socks, I do a load of laundry asap!  No one wants to come over and smell nasty socks.  I have a guy friend who whenever I go over to his place, it just reeks of sweat – disgusting!

4. Bad BO – Have you ever run into those people who do not use deodorant because they are “allergic” or do not believe in it? Or who do not think they have body odor?  OMG, the worst is when they go to give you a hug and you do not want to hug them, afraid that their smell will rub off on you and you’ll smell like BO the rest of the day.  One of my good friends doesn’t use deodorant, she’s an all natural type of girl, and OMG, I love her but I hate hugging her or being around her when there is people who do not know us, because then they are not sure who the smell is coming from and I would prefer them not to think it was me, because I do use deodorant and I am self aware of any smells. I also knew a guy in junior high who couldn’t use deodorant because he was allergic to it.  Everyone liked him, but he smelled disgusting.  By high school he had found something he found some form of deodorant that he was not allergic to, thankfully.

3. Dog crap – Any pet owner knows that dog crap does not smell good, but you put up with it because it is your dog. If you are a non-pet owner, especially if a dog craps in your yard it smells atrocious.  What is worse is when you are running or walking and step in dog crap, especially when you do not realize it until after you had brought it into your house or car. 

2. Cigarette smoke – Especially if you are a non-smoker.  I am so glad that they banned smoking in restaurants in Washington state and California. I hate it when I am out, like the other day I was at a water park, where little kids are running, playing, etc and there are a group of smokers, smoking away, blowing second hand smoke into these children’s faces.  My boyfriend and I were at a carwash the other day and we were just sitting having a nice conversation while the guy finished up on our car when this man sits down next to us and lights up.  Do you have no common courtesy?  We are obviously not smoking, please do not sit down next to us and light up, especially when there were plenty of open chairs further away, or hey maybe that cigarette will kill you and it will be your last.

1. Baby Vomit – I used to nanny for two little toddlers.  A few years ago they both got sick with the flu, one of the families kept their toddler home, but I still had to watch the other toddler.  She was not feeling well and I had just fed her some breakfast.  She was sitting in her high chair when all of a sudden she vomited- projectile style. I can handle vomit, but OMG – baby vomit is the worst!  Luckily, her dad was home and he cleaned up the vomit mess in the kitchen while I undressed her and took her up to the bathtub.  Poor little thing was crying.  The vomit, though, no matter how many times we washed the fabric on the high chair, smelled so horrible that they had to buy a new one.