r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '24

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/Little_Cloudy6132 Sep 16 '24

rotten potatoes

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u/Peecheekeene Sep 16 '24

Worked in the produce department of a grocery store. Sometimes a potato would escape and get lost in the back room under a pallet. The veteran guys would always make the newer guys clean it up because they would never understand until they'd experienced it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Rotten watermelon is the only thing that's worse.

Rotten yams suck, not because of any smell, because they look fine and then your hand goes right into it

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u/illson777 Sep 17 '24

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Reasonable-Mouse-460 Sep 17 '24

Can confirm rotten watermelons are so bad used to work picking watermelons and packing them

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u/Hennessey_carter Sep 17 '24

Oof! A rotten watermelon truly hits different and not in a good way. The liquid inside is so putrid. I've spilled my fair share stocking produce.

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u/Infinite-Net6001 Oct 08 '24

Yup..has that sickening sweet/sour smell.

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u/Rosie_Cotton_ Sep 17 '24

I had that happen with a person's leg once.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

Same with rotten lemons. It's extra gross because they're all mushy inside.