How are grown adults in 2019 not aware that this is almost exclusively how infections are spread? Even toddlers know to cough into the crook of their arm. I work in retail and every day I have to deal with it, I keep a bottle of sanitizer and Lysol wipes under the counter, it really aggravates me.
shareYes, it's gross
Slightly off topic but I work with a guy that doesn't wash up after peeing...I like the guy and all but I may strangle him some fine day
Also, can we all just agree to stop shaking hands??
What's wrong with a 'how are 'ya?' nod or a fist bump even?
Anything but a clammy palm:(
Yes I constantly create awkward moments when I decline handshakes or offer a fist bump instead
shareI hear you, I'm awkward with handshakes too
Fist bumps all day, handshaking is gross
I have a few work friends that I really like that insist on the whole handshake deal...I put up with it because I try to be polite in public
I'm going to be the bad guy here and say ... No.
What sort of infections are you afraid of? HIV? Ebola? Bird flu?
One way or another you are going to be exposed to infectious people. If you sneeze into your arm, you now have a wet cloth that is harboring all kinds of nastiness, while if I turn my head and sneeze down in the opposite direction of anyone, that stuff will fall and settle on a surface no one touches and die a quick death. And people blithely think simply sneezing into their arm somehow prevents germs from flying in all directions?
Just because someone is polite and puts their hand up when they cough doesn't mean they are automatically infectious. People have been coughing into their fist for centuries, I imagine. What next, yawn into your knee?
No disrespect, but you sound like a germaphobe, which I don't think is a healthy trait.
I agree. My mom was livid with my aunt for "getting her sick" and I just shook my head. If you spend time around people, your going to get sick now and then. Its part of life unless you avoid all human beings.
shareIt's actually good for you. Your body has to be ready to fight off disease. Of course, we all want to be courteous and not sneeze on people, but that we now prescribe how people should sneeze sounds like the pendulum has swung a bit too far.
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It's better than coughing or sneezing into the air.
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Real customer service means diving in like you're taking a bullet, intercepting their own hands so they can sneeze into your hands instead.
And then you take a snot coated palm and slap that infested germ hotel across their filthy snotty face.