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| Uncle Germ Wants You! |
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Disclaimer: Information changed quickly in the early days of Covid-19 (then known as Corona virus). Please forgive comments that now seem lacking in, uh, judgement and/or empathy.
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Germs Germs Everywhere
I worked a trip yesterday for the first time in a couple of weeks. I asked my crew: "How's it going with the corona thing? Are passengers freaked out?"
"Meh." was the main response. "On every flight there are a few people with masks on, and a few people wipe down their seat areas, but for the most part: same old same old."
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When we did the first service it seemed not many people asked for drinks. When I asked about it my crew said: "Oh yeah. Less people want stuff from us."
I was working the beverage cart with a young man named Bob*. (*Names are changed to protect the guilty.)
Me: Great. I'll just ask if you're feeling better when we pull the cart up to the front of the cabin.
Bob: Perfect. Then I'll cough into my elbow and say I'm feeling a little weak.
Me: We'll probably be able to walk through the whole cabin without anyone wanting a thing."
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We, of course, did not say any of this.
This is because a) we are very responsible and kind servants of the common good, and b) we wouldn't want to get our flight quarantined for weeks.
But it did make us chuckle.
It's, of course, probably for the best that we all distance (as much as is possible on an airplane)...but, yeah, we're all breathing the same air.
Still, there are people who still have to get places.
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Strong Connection Between Agoraphobes and Germaphobes
One strange thing I noticed: The passengers who wear the masks, as a rule, not only won't respond to greetings, instructions, or questions...not from crew members, not from fellow passengers. But, also: they won't even make eye contact.
It's weird. Is it that they think the mask makes them invisible? It's like they are not only safe from germs...but also from the merest possibility of human interaction.
Do they think if they make eye contact with another human being they will instantly be infected?
Ignoring people standing 18" from them makes me want to say:
" Ha! The jokes on you! We only zap cooties at the scaredy-cats. Consider yourself zapped! I hope your affairs are in order. Bwahhaahaahahahahahaha!"
Again, this is exactly the sort of thing none of us say out loud. That's why we get paid the big bucks. Diplomacy R Us. If people think they are less exposed if they don't make eye contact...then it's probably best if they keep their defenses up.
Post 183/aka Half-a-Year Completed!
Somewhere between yesterday's post and today's I hit the 6 month mark on daily posts!
Wow! That's weird.
I'm still waiting for the extra time to actually edit and tweak posts...but that's probably another good lesson learned: time does not just appear, you've got to carve it out. Still, I have carved out the time to write daily.
Even if I'm falling asleep between sentences more often than I'd like. Even if the subject matter and quality aren't where I want them to be....
I'm still waiting for the extra time to actually edit and tweak posts...but that's probably another good lesson learned: time does not just appear, you've got to carve it out. Still, I have carved out the time to write daily.
Even if I'm falling asleep between sentences more often than I'd like. Even if the subject matter and quality aren't where I want them to be....
I'm still here, and feeling good about doing * something * that moves me in the direction of my dreams/best self. Yay.
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