Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Maybe I am germ phobic!

As you know the majority of germs are bad for you. Having a sick kid at home just reinforces my so called fear of germs...I am not a nut that wears gloves or a mask but I do constantly wash my hands and I do have a full supply of Purell at arms reach at all times.
My gripe or complaint is to the folks out there who are oblivious to the fact that they are spreading germs and viruses...which can be prevented!!!
I am in CVS the other day going to pick up Motrin for my sick little boy and Tylenol for my dad who was just diagnosed with lymphoma. So both of them have a "bug" and I am on a mission for the wonder drug that will make them both comfortable. While I am in my car admiring all my wonderful coupons that were generated from CVS because I am a frequent customer there and I use my trusted CVS card...I noticed a little man lifting the lid to the trash can. I have no problem with folks who want to go through the trash for hidden treasure as long as they leave things the way they were when they found them. I am on of those nice recyclers that even separated the refund cans and bottles outside of my trash so they don't have to rifle through the dirty trash! I know they appreciate it because they are neat and clean! Anyway...I sit and watch this man paw through the can...selecting his treasure for refunds. Good for him he will get some money for all of this hard work. But as he neatly replaces the lid (thank you) he is not wearing gloves or anything. He proceeds to go into the store touching door handles, products and so forth. I am mortified!!!! This goes for the people that sneeze on the stuff in the stores when you have on a jacket and sneezing into a sleeve is just as easy as sneezing onto the fresh produce at Stop and Shop!!! PEOPLE COLD AND FLU SEASON IS IN FULL FORCE!!!!!
So as I look down at my chapped, dry hands from over washing and Purelling the crap out of them.....I applaud myself for stopping the germ from going past me. Besides..they wont be chapped much longer...spring is coming....right????

1 comment:

Robin said...

People are just inconsiderate and gross! You'd think that everyone would be careful not to spread germs but sadly,that's not true.