Hey! *achoo*

[edible_hat]

I had a bad hay fever day yesterday. Which meant every now and then I had to say to customers "excuse me", step away from the counter and blow my nose. Most people were OK with that, some said things like "I hate hayfever".

This one old bee-hatch said "Disgusting!" and glared at me. I apologised but she still stomped off after I served her.

The question is which would she rather - I blow my nose between customers, or get snot all over her credit card?

[wagegoth]

I just watched Robin Hood: Men in Tights over the weekend, so I had a very different take on the title of your post.

[donruss]

Mel Brooks makes the best comedies, doesn't he? As you can tell by my sig, I'm a big fan.

[Enigma]

I love Mel Brooks! I own almost all the movies, but I just saw Dracula: Dead and Loving it for the first time this past weekend!

Anyway, I think you should have punched her in the gut, but that would have resulted in a lot of tedious paperwork and undue apologies, so I hope you just flipped her off.

[edible_hat]

I just watched Robin Hood: Men in Tights over the weekend, so I had a very different take on the title of your post.

haha, I was thinking of the Goodies episode where there's a hey fever epidemic... sufferers sneeze whenever somebody says "hey!"

[Imogene]

Dracula: Dead and Loving it

I thought that was a Leslie Nielsen movie...?

[bainsidhe]

'Tis now the cold season, not just hay fever season. Might you consider using some hand sanitizer? When food service ppl blow their nose and then use hand sanitizer, I still always wonder how much of the "sanitized" boogie is still on their hands, but at least it is a better option and I won't get sick from it. I work as a cashier in a big-box retail store. I got such a bad cold last year, so this winter I am using hand sanitizer if I need to rub my nose/face/eye/anything in order to avoid catching another cold. We'll see how that holds up.

[Jacen]

The question is which would she rather - I blow my nose between customers, or get snot all over her credit card?

Dunno about her... but I know which one I want.

[crazylegs]

Dunno about her... but I know which one I want.

Pretty unanimous desicion really!

[Geek King]

I thought that was a Leslie Nielsen movie...?

He starred, Mel directed and did his usual cameos.

[edible_hat]

'Tis now the cold season, not just hay fever season.

In my part of the world cold and flu season's over for 2007. I'm pretty sure what I have is hayfever, because it goes away when I go to different parts of the city (where there's no whatever-it-is-that-I'm-allergic-to)

[napoleana]

I used to prepare food and I might have to show up a little sick sometimes. Plus, sometimes there was chicken spice floating in the air that would make sneeze. Because we couldn't put our food down or run to get a Kleenex, all the line workers basically learned to bend over, hold the food above their head, and sneeze at the floor. Also, we were trained to keep our hands cleaner than a surgeon's. (If we went to the bathroom, we had to wash our hands in the bathroom AND in the work area so that EVERYONE would know we were clean.) Waiter's did similar, though they sometimes sneezed into their arm if they were in the crowded seating area, but then they'd go wash that off.

Basically, unless I SAW my waiter or food preparer contaminating my food, I trust it's fine even if the waiter's a little sick. My old restaurant was horrible, and if they make sure their workers keep super clean, then surely everyone else does, too.

[Horsetuna]

I used to get bad sniffles in school. Turns out I was allergic to my mom's smoking...

So in class I'd go to the back of the class and let out a really icky honker.

One of the girls one day said "Ewww, Anne that's DISGUSTING."

So, one of my rare moments of being smartassed, I said "Would you rather me drip over the desk?"

Course, the entire class went 'ewwww'. buit the teacher pointed out I /did/ have a good point.

As well, My sneezees are rather violent. I actually take a full step back before letting loose... my ribs will hurt from the violency. Luckily, customers understand, and I try to sneeze into a kleenex or something (One guy said I was FAST when I darted ten feet to the nearst box and got it b efore I sneezed)

That lady though was sucky.

[qaxons]

I sneeze in one of three ways.

AAAAA*coomp* I stifle it and it makes my ears hurt.

AAAACHEW! My voice goes up about three octaves and is hear easily all the way across the building.

ACHOO! Loud and sounds like a cough. I have sneezed this sneeze from the opposite end of the house, and the pans in the kitchen were rattling.

I hate my nose... Often times I sneeze 5 or more times in a row... Sucks when I don't get enough warning and don't get to warn people I'm on the phone with.

"ACHOO!"
"What the hell?"
"Sorry, I didn't have a chance to hit the mute button... NOw..."

[Sparky]

In my part of the world cold and flu season's over for 2007. I'm pretty sure what I have is hayfever, because it goes away when I go to different parts of the city (where there's no whatever-it-is-that-I'm-allergic-to)

YOU know it's allergies, but your customers don't. Seeing you use some hand sanitizer might set their minds at ease. Of course, self-entitled idiots may still complain that having to see/hear you honk is disgusting, and maybe it is, but whatcha gonna do?

Unrelated almost, but sneezes can catch you by surprise. Maybe you have time to find a handkerchief or tissue before you sneeze, but I never do. At some point, I don't know when, I developed the habit of sneezing down the inside of my own shirt. It feels funny when the spray hits me, but I figure this way at least I keep my cooties to myself. Don't know what Miss Manners would make of this though.