Can't be the Flu....or the Cold.....

[Snowbird]

One of my former managers was terribly allergic to perfumes of all sorts, even strong soaps and detergents. Needless to say, I spent quite a few years not wearing any scent and doing all of the detergent based cleaning. Great lady, so it was worth it.

People are very paranoid about illness but insisting that the coworker be removed was going overboard.

I was sick and out of school for two months as a teen, the doctors couldn't figure out what it was either. The nurse, however, insisted vehemently that it was mononucleosis even after negative test results... twice! I never did understand that.

[dawnfire]

I am one of those individuals GIFTED with the ability to rattle windows and utterly DESTROY nerves when I sneeze. When I sneeze, every muscle in my body is involved.

sounds like me. when I get going I end you with a sore throat (i'm a full blown sneeze I yell). I have alergies so it can be pretty nasty at times.

[MoonChild2007]

okay, more details, please. What did the customer do to be kicked out?

[BookstoreEscapee]

I actually threw out a woman today for accusing one of my co-workers for having the flu.

How you can mistake a sneeze, then the cashier going for the sanitizer warrants a flu accusation, and then sticking to your guns is beyond me. Asking yes after the cough, I think is 50-50, but outright not believing the guy after he denies it and then try to get me to eject him is pushing it.

Yes, because bookstores are never dry and dusty, or anything like that...

On the other side of the coin, I once had a customer coughing all over my counter, while she was telling me about how her daughter was waiting in the car because she had mono and mom was picking up a book she needed to read while she was out of school. I couldn't really say anything but once she was gone I wiped down my counter with a Clorox wipe and then went and washed my hands real good.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

The Funkstain would get to sneezing sometimes and good LORD would he rattle the windows. I mean, the man would sneeze 30 times or more in one sneezing jag.

That's not something the guy could help, but he would also scream when he did it. It was ear shattering. Guy can't help sneezing, but did he really have to make quite that much noise? Sheesh!

We'd be running camera on a show and he'd suddenly lock down his camera and run out of the studio. You could could hear him, very faintly, out in the hall through the sound proof walls. Director would be all like "Pan left, camera 2" and one of us would have to run over there and grab the thing, saying "Uh, C (Funkstain) is sneezing. He'll be a while, gimee a minute."

[blas]

Hey, at least you aren't one of those who always farts whilst sneezing.

[aurelemsrealm]

WAHAHAHA, Blas!!! My dad raised hogs when I was younger, and they rip one everytime they sneeze or cough. It's really quite funny to hear them sometimes -- sneeze, rip, sneeze, rip, cough, rip, cough, rip.

Anyway, whenever I sneeze at work, I usually make a comment that I'm just allergic to work.

[McGoddess09]

I'm cursed with squeaky sneezes. A few times at work, we have been accused by customers of having a cat in the place when I sneeze. Then I would explain that I sneezed and then they say "Awww. You sound so cute when you sneeze. Here kitty kitty."

[sanchopanza65]

I tend to sympathize more with those who are afraid of illness, as I am one of those people to some extent. I mean, if someone mentions that their stomach hurts, or they feel nausous, I will avoid being near them for the rest of the day. But asking that the worker, who wasn't even helping them, be removed is a little extreme. I'm not sure from your post, but if the woman wasn't being obnoxious about it, I don't think you should have thrown her out, but that's just me.