• marcos@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    TBF, there are lots of things with a smell similar to cockroaches. Some of them wouldn’t be a red flag to be found at a restaurant. Also, smells are very localized, and I doubt your friend walks through the kitchen.

    But yeah, I’ve gone away from restaurants because they smelled like cockroaches.

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      8 months ago

      Smells are very localized

      Smells are airborne. They move with the air.

      You can walk into a house and tell they’re cooking dinner, just by smells that have traveled 50 feet from the kitchen to the front door.

      • marcos@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Dispersion varies widely due to the kind of smell, intensity, and air circulation.

        Most smells do not travel 50 feet.