Anti Air Freshener

Have you ever been in a public restroom at the same time someone else was pooping. or have you ever been in the stall after someone pooped, or maybe just passed some gas? It's kinda horrible, but the only thing worse than the actual stench is when someone tries to cover it up with berry-scented air freshener. Then it smells like poop and berries. Back in the AP psych days, I used this comparison to remember classical conditioning, who remembered that stupid story about the bell dog anyway? Let's say I'm the kinda person that enjoys the scent of rainflower blossom. Just the sound of "rainflower blossom" makes me feel like I'm running through a field with bouquets of flowers in both hands on a sunny spring afternoon. I run through the field cherishing that scent, it's so magical. Now lets take that scent, put it in an aerosol can and spray it to cover up the poo stench. Every time someone farts, barfs makes a poopy or changes a dirty diaper, out comes the rainflower blossom can. A few weeks later after many many uses, I go running through that very meadow-only this time, I am disgusted by the smell. I have been conditioned to associate this wonderful smell with fowl odors. Classic.
In a recent discussion with an anonymous friend, Malki* who just moved to Washington Heights* she was telling me that her and her roomies unanimously decided not to have air freshener in their bathroom. I feel that it is a risky yet noble move. I wish Sharona* and Melissa* much luck, and I plan on keeping tabs on that over the course of the next couple of weeks, so good luck girls*.
Same goes for those folks who shower every other first Friday of the month, covering up your body odor with perfume works quite well the first 1-4 days.The more you do it, the more residue builds up, the less effective your Burberrry Eau De Toilette works. My grandma used to(and still does)refer to perfume as toilet water. I never knew where that came from until recently. I actually thought that those pretty glass bottle were filled with water from the toilet. There were even times that I smelled the toilet to see what was so great. Sometimes toilets had that blue stuff in it which made sense, because some perfumes are blue. It would rock if toilets smelled like Chanel 5, but they don't. Its probably a good thing. Because if toilets did smell like like Chanel, no one would wear her to weddings.

*Names, places and prounouns may have been changed for dramatic effect.