Published on 12, July, 2020
Anyone else get mildly irritated when people say "Bless you!" after you sneeze?
For me, it's "Great! Not only was I interrupted by having to sneeze, now you've added the obligation to say 'Thank you' to my troubles!". Also, can we drop the ritualised superstition given that the year starts with a 20?
I have no problem with it. It's a harmless gesture, that I don't really care about.
I do however have a problem with people who sneeze, and cough, without covering their noses and mouths. I was on a bus once and someone coughed, and their phlegm hit me in the back of the neck. I didn't take it too well. I'll just leave it there.
Eww! I’d be so annoyed (and completely grossed out!) if some random person coughed phlegm on me!!
It slapped off the back of my head, and ran down my neck. I was more than annoyed, that's just one level from punching me in the face on my scale. I usually like to have a romantic evening with someone I'm mutually attracted to before handling their bodily fluids, not a bus ride at rush hour!
Fair enough! Sounds like he needed to see this: