That Smell

[NEPAKevin]

Yesterday, my secretary walks back into the main office with this "ewww" look on her face so I ask her what's wrong. She says the customer at the reception window reeked of drugs. So this morning, over twelve hours later, I open the front door and am greeted with the acrid smell of crackhead. Out of idle curiosity, does anyone know WTF causes that smell. I am guessing it is from the brimstone fumes that leak back through the vortex as part of the tweaker's soul gets sucked into hell.

And for any of the younuns who might not get the "that smell" reference:

[blues]

Hard to improve on "the smell of death surrounds you".

[JHC]

I'm clueless of any drug smell except pot smoke. Crack is "acrid"? Burning tires acrid? What does it compare with?

[blues]

I'm clueless of any drug smell except pot smoke. Crack is "acrid"? Burning tires acrid? What does it compare with?

The sulfurous smell of hell. (A combination of body odor, whatever poison oozes through their pores and the stench of the fumes.)

[JHC]

The sulfurous smell of hell. (A combination of body odor, whatever poison oozes through their pores and the stench of the fumes.)

DA FOOOK???

Damn.

[JodyH]

Meth heads and meth labs smell like cat piss.

[Hambo]

The sulfurous smell of hell. (A combination of body odor, whatever poison oozes through their pores and the stench of the fumes.)

Yep. Neglect hygiene, don't wash your clothes, hang out in funky, nasty crack houses or shooting galleries, the smell of cigarettes and cheap booze, then add in some bodily fluids and excretions.

[Peally]

You're just smelling an urban feral is all.

[Nephrology]

My favorite is "homeless patient with trench foot"

Trust me, it is rather unforgettable

[Totem Polar]

I was told by an ER doc friend that an especially toxic example of a methhead customer can necessitate replacing furniture. Shit gassing off the human body gets weird quick when the going gets inorganic. How about it, @Nephrology, does that sound about right in your experience?