


Now, her modern abstract rendition of a “boat,” which looks more like a penis, is on permanent exhibit for everyone in the office to see. Some cubicle culprit somewhere is giggling right now. She just got duped by a permanent marker - a rookie mistake of not checking the marker before using it. She reaches for the eraser to make corrections, but ’s not wiping off. The thick black lines almost make it seem to smell stronger. If you were any closer, you’d start getting a headache. And you’re sitting toward the back of the windowless conference room. It’s a fresh new dry erase marker and the odor is nearing your tolerance levels. Those little white sticks of chalk are now replaced with colorful dry erase markers and whiteboards.Īs the presenter opens the cap to the blue marker and starts drawing out the idea on the whiteboard, the strong alcohol-like odor immediately spreads across the conference room. Today, as a working adult, you don’t have to worry about chalky messes in the conference room. If you’ve ever had the unfortunate privilege of being seated at the front of the classroom as an elementary school kid, you’ll know all about this. And any little inhale makes you want to choke. Things get worse when she uses the eraser - wiping the chalk markings from the blackboard sends fine chalk dust particles into the air. As the teacher is writing on the blackboard, you can see tiny bits of chalk flaking off with each word and falling to the floor.
