Spreading Disease for the Holidays

Well a New Year eh? Holidays are over, and I'm back to blogging again and of course after my observing over the last 3 weeks has given me a lot of material.




Can someone explain to me what the deal is with going to relatives houses when people are on their death bed? Seriously. Don't. If you're coughing up a lung from the flu, stay the hell home already and don't spread it to the rest of your family. Why would you want to go to a New Year's party with your kids who are hurling all over the place? The last thing I want is someone sneezing and coughing all over the ham during dinner or ralphing in the bathroom because you haven't been able to keep anything down for a few days because of some bad seafood.

Here's a news flash - STAY HOME. Yes, it's a sacrifice and the holidays only come around once a year. I'm sympathetic... really. But don't put the rest of your family and friends at risk of catching you or your kids infections. Especially since Grandma and Grandpa will be there and catching a nasty little virus that you may not think is a big deal may be the Grandparents last holiday in this world - thanks to your selfishness.

Prime example - I'm at a friends house over the past few weeks and they get some visitors early for the New Years party. The entire group of them look like their going to fall over. Come to find out little Billy's been to the Dr. three times for a 103.5 temperature. Mom and Dad have been living in their bathrooms with all sorts of interesting things pouring out of all their orifices and after a whole 3 minutes in the house little Courtney looses her dinner on the floor. This opens up an opportunity for the dog who starts lapping up the up-chuck then starts licking my friends kids and playing. Well - I know another family who's going to be praying in the bathroom this week. I promptly left and scrubbed with every known antiseptic.

This is the same INSANITY that prompts family members to call and say something like the following:

"Good morning! Are you going to be home today on vacation? Can you do me a favor? Jimmy's been throwing up and I have to go to work - could he come and stay with you today. I have some medicine for him and he'll just sleep all day - thanks!"

Ah... no he/she can't come here. YOU should stay home because he's YOUR kid and YOUR responsibility. And THANK YOU for being so STUPID and INCONSIDERATE as to bring over a sick child to a healthy household - so we can ALSO get sick. No really, thank you.

How about next time I get the splatters I invite myself over and poop all over your house. That sound like a good idea?? No? Then why the hell would you bring over a barfing kid to my house - do I have sign on my house that says, "Viruses and Bacteria laden children welcome!" It's too politically correct to refuse, except by me. I usually say something like, "That probably won't be a good idea. I don't want to get sick." This doesn't usually go over too well, but that's just the way it is. I don't go places, party's or dinner when I'm sick and I wouldn't want that done to me either. Family or not. If it's non-contagious that's a different story - but if it's the flu, colds, food poisioning or something like that - stay the hell away.

It's a New Year and it's a new set of anti-Politically Correct standards that need to be set. This is just the tip of the iceberg.