DEAR DR. GOTT: Now that the flu season is here, could you please print a word about my pet peeve — clerks and cashiers who cough in your face when handling groceries or those that spit on their fingertips to ease opening plastic bags? Even young school children have learned to cough into their elbows.
DEAR READER: And the word is GROSS! Everyone is aware how easily germs are spread through telephone receivers, doorknobs, shopping-cart handles, TV remotes and droplet spray from a cough or sneeze. The interesting thing is that the very people who do the dastardly deed are those who complain when someone does it to them.
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