The smell of a client's house can be one of the hardest things to get used to about home visiting. Everyone's house has a smell and, unfortunately, sometimes you leave the house with the smell stuck in your hair and clothes. That was the case during this home visit.
I walked in and could immediately tell that the residents were smokers and definitely smoked inside. After being there for approximately 45 minutes (and after discussing my client's smoking habits with her) I got up to leave. As I was putting my coat on I heard this spraying noise and felt a soft mist on the back of my head and neck. I turned around in horror as I realized that my client had just sprayed me from head to toe in Cool Serenity scented air freshener. The shock and frustration must have been clearly evident by my facial expression (one day I'll learn how to control that...) because she looked at me with pride as she told me that she didn't want me to smell like smoke all day because she didn't think I would like that. Cool Serenity is still burned into my nostrils. They might want to consider renaming it as I'm not entirely convinced it had the kind of effect the name implies. Just a thought, Glade, just a thought.
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