Dear Friends,
The best part of staying at someone’s place for a few days is that you don’t have to ask yourself: “What shall I eat for lunch, or dinner?” You eat whatever they put in front of you! Over the holidays, I did exactly that! I ate what my sister put in front of me, and some! Thus now, every afternoon, I have to hit the exercise room and the swimming pool in my building!
Yesterday, I noticed a new sign on top of the old “Please wipe off the equipment after use.” It read: Please remember (the word remember in bold characters) to wipe off the equipment after use.”
All of a sudden it dawned on me that not long ago I was in Cuba
Although many frowned, no one got sick.
What’s this preoccupation we North Americans have with germs? And yet we are far from being super healthy!
Very soon, either we will have somebody walk behind us to wipe and disinfect everything we touch, or we all will be asked to wear latex gloves!
Very soon, either we will have somebody walk behind us to wipe and disinfect everything we touch, or we all will be asked to wear latex gloves!
Grateful for having kept some of my “developing country” mentality, I took one last look at the two signs, shrugged my shoulders and left.
I don’t wipe off because one, I'm not bugged! Two, I can live with other people's bugs till I wash my hands.
Have a germ-free day everyone!
Aha ! we have another thing in common, I don't wipe the equipment down at the gym either. (Sshhh , eventhough other people do and I know I'm supposed to).
ReplyDeleteWe live in too sterile an environment, as Battista - my scientist hubby- says " a little dirt is GOOD for you".