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Coughs and sneezes spread diseases

Catriona

I was reminded of this earlier when I went to the chemist. A man sneezed and didn't cover his mouth with a tissue and I saw the snot go all over the table in front of him. He sneezed again this time in to his hand and then was joined by another man, shook his hand with the sneezed on hand. 

*Shuddering* 

This - this is why I have a huge fear of even going near people. Germs are a big trigger for me.

When I got home I washed my hands and changed clothes. There's a lot of germs going round at the moment.

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  • I felt a bit queasy reading some of that, I won’t even have hankies in the house, since the advent of tissues there is no need for them.

    We have an elderly gentleman come into the village pub, without fail he brings the same hanky out and blows his nose, the hanky is grey ( was once white) and bits fall off of it. He sort of uncreases it, I’ve had to go to the toilets before as I was retching. The staff put his change on the bar top.

  • in reply to Roy

    My Grandad always uses a hankie. He never leaves home without them and always lectures me on keeping one on myself haha love him he's a great bloke.

    I keep tissues on me and have disinfectant, medicine and a first aid kit in the car, just in case.

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  • in reply to Roy

    Agreed mate! I don't see the point in reusing a dirty handkerchief over and over again. 

    My Grandad has an old Rayburn with a line above it which he hangs his handkerchiefs on with pegs, to dry them after washing them. His house is like it's from the 1930s... time moved on but somehow it forgot his house.

    Stepping in there is like walking through time.

  • in reply to Miff

    I just find tissues cleaner, after use they are disposed of, I can’t see the point of putting an infection in your pocket.

    I think my other dislike is a childhood memory of a large pan on the stove with hankies boiling n it.