GERM-FREE ZONE
[2nd entry today]
i wasn't gonna update twice today, but...
since when did it become kosher to bring your sick child to work, thereby exposing all of your co-workers (and clients) to his/her germs?!?! you won't believe this, but there's a woman at work who has been known to regularly bring her sick kids in with her when they're supposedly staying home from school due to illness. i don't know about you, but in my book, that is so, so wrong (not to mention rude).
does the woman really think everyone else will be happy to see her puking, sniffling, runny-nosed, snot blowing, fever-spiking, watery-eyed child?!? NO! or maybe she just doesn't care? she might as well just let her kids go to school to sicken their classmates. i could NOT believe it: one day as i was returning from lunch, i ran into her in the parking lot as she was leaving. i asked where she was going, and she said she needed to go to school to pick up her son b/c he was sick and had a temperature of 104. one would assume that meant she'd arranged to take the rest of the day off, or at least have someone else take care of him at home. common sense, right?
nope. about an hour later, i heard her voice in the hall. so i stuck my head outside and was appalled to see her son lying on her office floor, moaning and looking terrible. poor thing--it sucks to be sick. but at that moment, i must confess that he was the most unwelcome sight i'd ever seen. i was so repulsed i thought i would puke myself, because there were used kleenex tissues wadded up and scattered all over the floor of her office, contaminating everything. i'm sorry, but that's just gross.
think i'm overreacting? well sadly, this is no exaggeration. so i may need to hang up a sign on my door that says "GERM-FREE ZONE". at least i keep some antibacterial hand-gel on my desk. just remind me not to touch any doorknobs at work. otherwise i could be felled by some scary pathogens.{shudder}
