Sneezing, Coughing…Keep It To Yourself!
Tagged as: Aug 28This past weekend was quite an ordeal. I saw many instances of disgusting behavior that even more solidified my belief that people are just gross. Is it because I live in a fastidious society that elevates cleanliness to godliness? Perhaps it is. But it doesn’t matter because I am still grossed out by others no matter what the reason.
Sneezing is a naturally occurring action. Our body responds like that because it is trying to rid itself of something that does not belong. Perhaps it is because we are sick and it’s trying to expel some germ-infested mucus. Or more than likely it is because there is some dust or other foreign particle caught inside of our body. So the body is doing a great thing when it reacts with a sneeze. However, there is no need to be at a swap meet and turn to the side to sneeze. The reason that there is no need for that is because there might be other people standing near there. And those people might not appreciate your nasty disgusting expelled mucus even close to them. Thanks.
Coughing is a similarly outstanding action that the body uses to save itself from harm. It can happen in order to keep the windpipe clear so that we can breathe. Well I guess it can also happen in order to signal someone about something. But that is not what I’m thinking of. I’m thinking of that hacking repeated cough that some are so inclined to do. You know where you don’t do that? At a buffet. A place where everyone essentially shares the same food. You don’t cough on your hand. You know why? It’s because you are going to use that same hand to get your food. That is sick. You also do not sneeze all over food. It doesn’t matter if you don’t like it. It doesn’t matter what you’re doing. You can feel it (it doesn’t sneak up on you) so please just put anything in your hand down so that you can cover up. That is even more sick! I hope that you don’t know what you are doing and what germs are because if you knew and still did it, you should be so ashamed.
I do not appreciate when people are inconsiderate. Have you ever noticed how easy it is for us (in general as people) to truly only care about ourselves? It’s our natural carnal tendency, whether you’d like to admit it or not. Some acknowledge this and try their darnedest to fight it. Some have been changed. And some just don’t care. I’d hope that I’m not the latter ranting and raving against my own.
So next time you cough, sneeze, or in some other way do something that can affect others, think about what you’d want others to do. And put some hand sanitizer on that mess.
A friend & I left a pizza place last week because the guy at the counter picked his teeth twice and picked his nose before holding up a piece of pizza to us to demonstrate the size!! :-0 Yeah gross.
@Jill
Oh man that is so disgusting! I hear about these kinds of things going on in other parts of the world besides the U.S. (which is why other places have higher occurrences of things like Hepatitis C, E. coli, etc), but I think that it’s especially gross where I can see it. Partly it’s probably because it affects me more directly, but I also just cannot believe that people could still be that ignorant!
When will people learn? I’m not really sure. I wonder if they do it because they don’t know that it’s gross (you would think that someone in their lifetime would have informed them that it was) or if they just don’t care enough to change.
Some people don’t take the time to teach their kids respectful behavior either. There have been several times where I’ve seen kids at a buffet or salad bar, with their parents, and they’ll get the food out of the trays and bowls with their hands. And the parents say nothing.
Yes, I agree. People are gross, and what is even more distressing is that I live with a gross person, that being my 16 year old son. I’ve tried so hard to teach the boy manners, but I’ve failed.
Not only does he not sneeze properly, but he expells mucous from his nose by putting a finger on one side of his nose and blowing it out the open nostril onto the ground. It is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen. I’m going to make him read this post!
@dcr
Ah parents and kids, there is a breakdown somewhere. May I direct your attention to my post a little earlier this month Now Now Children? There is so much that parents have to do in order to be doing alright! What a difficult path they have ahead of them.
@Jennifer
Good luck with dealing with your teenage son! It’s going to be quite a task trying to get him to do all that you say. I must admit that acting gross has the benefit of grossing people out. Now I’m not saying don’t be grossed out, but I would say that a lot of the people that are gross (and who are doing it knowingly) are doing it for some kind of attention. Would you say that’s fair to say? I guess I can only speak of what I know, though.
When you say that he does not sneeze properly, are you referring to the fact that he doesn’t cover his mouth? Oh and good luck trying to get him to stop the “snot rockets.”
Feel free to make him read this, and make sure that he knows that I’m not some old fogey who “can’t stand these young ‘uns” but am in fact hopefully speaking on the same side as many others in the world.
Snot rockets. LOL! I honestly don’t think he’s trying to gross people out (although he does seem to enjoy doing so at times) but that he just doesn’t think more than a millisecond into the future. No impulse control either, and he doesn’t remember anything I tell him. Is this normal teen aged boy behavior? He’s my first, so I’m just not sure. And by not sneezing properly I mean he just lets it fly, and then it hangs there until he can figure out what to do with it, which is usually when I step in screeching, “Go get a kleenex!”
@Jennifer
Well, at least from my experience, that you have yourself a fairly normal experience with your teenage son. And good luck to you because it is a path not often successfully completed! I’ve read that peer relationships at that age are everything (and I’d tend to agree) so until something happens that he listens to a peer or he finally realizes that you have wisdom, things will probably stay fairly the same.
If he sneezed like that around me, he’d definitely get to see me make a disgusted face at that. Saying that “it hangs there until he can figure out what to do with it” just sounds gross!
Wtf Jill, I would’ve burst out laughing if someone picked their nose before holding up a piece of pizza, I just can’t see how anyone that does that can be taken seriously at all haha.
Today my Mum made Keesh (spelling) Chips, and Peas, for my tea. In my family we have trays, so my Mum put the plate on my tray bla bla, I picked it up off the work top and then my Dad, who was coming towards me literally stood about 10cm away from the tray, put his head down and coughed all over my tea!!!!
My Mum didn’t tell my Dad off because she’s too busy worrying about Christmas, although My dad should know by now NOT to cough when there’s food about.
My Dad was then making excuses saying it was an “accident”
Dirty old man.