I don’t know about y’all, but the last thing I want while in the bathroom is to “Feel the Power.” Just sayin’… Not to mention that this thing sounds like a DC-10 clearing for takeoff. I don’t know how the folks who have offices across from the bathrooms can stand to listen to that thing. (Please click through to the full-sized image to get the full effect.)
In other crankypantsing news, there’s nothing quite like finding out one of your coworkers has a confirmed case of pertussis, and that if it’s the person you suspect it is (the higher ups obviously can’t tell us who is sick), she sits two desks away from you in Ye Olde Cubbe Farme. And sh\’s been sick on and off with respiratory problems for months. And you’ve obviously been well and truly exposed to It.
We are not amused.
Of course, there are only two places in town that have the vaccine. One of which–the county health department–only stocks the preserved version and the other of which–the university health center–we are not allowed to patronize. It looks like the preserved version will be $50 and the preservative free version, when they get it in stock (which will take about a week) will be twice that.
Now, it seems to me that, this being one of those required-to-report type diseases, and it being that the exposure occurred at work, the university would want to cover the cost of vaccinating those who want the vaccine. That’s what they did when there was a measles outbreak on campus a few years ago. So far as any of us know, though, there are no such plans. I find that odd. These are the same folks who push the influenza vax on us. Seriously. Every fall, we get multiple e-mails urging us to get vaccinated, and vax are given out in the library lobby, for crying outloud.
(Tomorrow, I shall attempt to get pix of the crazy signs in the staff kitchen, as well as the infamous sink-in-a-bag.)
red paper boat 