We don’t actually use them at work, as far as I know. It’s just that whoever owned my desk before me seemed to accumulate them. Maybe they had a fear of germs…
Oh–I thought it was SARS-related, not general germaphobia-related. Our middle school librarian carried around a bottle of rubbing alcohol and a baggie full of cotton balls for the same reason, but we all just chalked it up in the “Mrs. Prothman is crazy as a loon” category. Who knew she was so cutting-edge?
Ha! I didn’t even think of SARS. I just thought they were funny in a Douglas Adams kind of way. 🙂
(Although with regards to SARS, I did notice that my pharmacist has a prominent display of face masks near the counter. Damn vulture. Too bad I’ve never seen a single person wearing one here!)
robert
May 28, 2003 — 4:22 pm
ha, i know those little blue packets too well! nothing like the abrasive semll of cleaning products to let you know you’re at work!
Kris
May 28, 2003 — 7:09 pm
We don’t actually use them at work, as far as I know. It’s just that whoever owned my desk before me seemed to accumulate them. Maybe they had a fear of germs…
Max
May 29, 2003 — 7:28 am
Oh–I thought it was SARS-related, not general germaphobia-related. Our middle school librarian carried around a bottle of rubbing alcohol and a baggie full of cotton balls for the same reason, but we all just chalked it up in the “Mrs. Prothman is crazy as a loon” category. Who knew she was so cutting-edge?
Kris
May 29, 2003 — 8:15 am
Ha! I didn’t even think of SARS. I just thought they were funny in a Douglas Adams kind of way. 🙂
(Although with regards to SARS, I did notice that my pharmacist has a prominent display of face masks near the counter. Damn vulture. Too bad I’ve never seen a single person wearing one here!)
Tricia
May 29, 2003 — 8:15 am
The previous desk owner could also have just liked eating sticky foods at work.
Tricia
May 29, 2003 — 8:16 am
Or I could just read the packets better; maybe he/she liked eating sticky foods on the phone? (okay, we’ll stick to the germaphobe theory).