A godawful chemical smell was coming from the cabinet under the kitchen sink. Did a plastic bottle of cleaning product leak? Did a container of cleanser tip over?
We checked every bottle and container. Nothing wrong. What the deuce?
And then we realized: we had bought a roll of scented trash bags by mistake. The roll is now close to its end, or center. The smell apparently gets much stronger as the roll dwindles down.
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September 8: Paul Drake dropped in and figured out the real source of the smell: not the now-dwindling roll of trash bags we’ve been using but a new box of bags, yet to be opened. “The smell is coming from inside the box!” Paul exclaimed. “And the box isn’t even open yet,” Perry Mason added.
The box goes back to the store this afternoon, wrapped in a trash bag to keep the smell from stinking up the car.
Thursday, September 7, 2023
The case of the odious odor
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Why oh why are most trash bags now scented? I find their scent to be worse than anything that I might throw away.
Really, I’d rather smell the garbage. And then take it out.
Hideous! I hate those bags! We get them at work sometimes. One customer returned hers to us sealed in a jar, saying it had given her a headache.
I think my boss buys them (in bulk) without even realizing they're scented, as you and Elaine did.
Won't get fooled again!
I use these. Unscented, strong, and supposedly made from plants.
https://www.hipposak.com/trash-bags/plant-based/
Thanks for the recommendation, Diane.
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