A day in my work life....

Well, it only took me about 20 minutes and two or three tries to figure out how to put another post on this darned thing, but here I am!  Victory!  I worked today.  My job these days is as a person in a natural foods store who serves free samples.  Woo Hoo!  Now this is rewarding work folks, let me just tell you!  I think the best part is how self entitled folks can be while taking the free food.  As a friend who loves all of you, let me warn you a bit about the need to use caution while partaking in the free samples of the world.  Excited as you may be when you see them sitting there, in all their glory on the counter with the little sign nearby that says "Free, try it!"...please know what may have happened before you got there.  There are several individuals who feel that it is necessary to pilfer through and look at each sample before finding and taking the largest one.  Also, there are some who additionally feel that it would be perfectly acceptable for them to lean over the samples and eat with their mouth open while food particulate flies through the air and onto the "fresh" samples.  Tongs are definitely NOT used by all and double dipping is not just something to laugh about on a Seinfeld episode!  Beverages are generally okay since they are safe and snug from human hands in the little airpot that most folks couldn't figure out how to open if they tried.  So my advice to you if you wish to have a free sample here and there, is that you generally only take one that has been placed before you at the very moment you approach the counter.  Otherwise, don't be surprised if you come down with some sort of staph infection or worse.  I am able to find a reasonable amount of humor in the whole event, and I have some amazing co-workers who begrudgingly face the worst of it with me while we giggle on the side lines.  Today, I survived again and on to tomorrow... and then ALAS.... an off day!  Enjoy your day... and PLEASE use the tongs!!!