Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness

This past week at work, i managed to contract the stomach flu or rather gastroenteritis. For those of you who don't know what this is, let me enlighten you. This is an viral infection of the intestines. This is nothing like influenza. This illness causes painful abdominal cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, possible fever, chills, and dizziness. It is no joke. The only good thing about it is that it doesn't last long. By the second day, i was already feeling better. But the first night was hell, I literally felt like someone was trying to yang my insides out. i thought I was going to die. All this because someone either contaminated my food or serving utensils, let me explain. At my current job we are provided lunch on a daily basis. Nice healthy well-rounded meals. So of course everyone takes advantage of it. Last week people started dropping like flies, complaining of the stomach flu and I subsequently became a victim. Stomach flu is highly contagious and is usually spread by interaction with someone who has it, such as kissing, things of that nature; or by eating contaminated food that has been prepared by someone with the virus or by touching things that have been touched by someone with the virus who hasn't washed his/her hands. All this could have been avoided if people would just wash their hands!!! I lost two days pay and went through hell, all because somebody refuses to wash his/her nasty hands. What is wrong with people? I don't know if it was one of the food preparers, although I normally see them with gloves, or one of my nasty co-workers. Regardless, it takes all of twenty seconds to was your hands. I've seen women leave the restroom and walk right past the sink like it's not even there. Why? It's just gross. Washing your hands is one of the easiest task asked of a person. It's all to prevent things like this from happening. Now that I know there are some people at my job who don't believe in washing their filthy hands. I will be washing my hands after I touch anything in that office and i have no plans of eating lunch there anytime soon. I'm also thinking about investing in gloves. I'm no germaphobe but the pain I experienced two days ago was enough to make me more cautious. So this is my cautionary tale. Please be careful of eating out and wash your hands after touching anything someone else has touched. I learned my lesson a little too late, hopefully you won't.