Thursday, August 25, 2011
55 - caught in the crossfire
a sticker on the bookstore bathroom
mirror reads:
Expect Resistance
(just above the hand washing sign)
i envision scum handed employees
sticking it to the man, all the while,
unleashing germ warfare
on innocent bystanders.
fleeing, i hear,
"can i help you?"
but don't look back,
unwilling to become collateral damage
in a misguided revolution.
Tell a story in 55 words. Give it a try or just read more, go see g-man. He opens it up at 8 pm tonight.
Over at dVerse today, Gay and special guest Poemblaze are writing much more eloquent poetry. It is sestina time at the poetry pub. Check them out.
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LOL! Good one!
Misguided about sums it up. Ick. Just... ick!!
ha, I always wonder why they need to be reminded to wash their hands whenever I see these signs , I mean dont you just do it automatically? Now you know why I dont shake hands.,..ever :)
Actually I couldn't help but laugh after a read this one. I was expecting that some "fight the power" seriousness was your intention, but this was funny to me.
hahahahaaaaaha
EWWW! I don't even want to think about that one!
I always have hand sanitizer on me!
There are enough rumors about what goes on inside a restaurant kitchen without adding this to the mix. Ack!
haha! that's very funny.
still, it would be nice to be part of any sort of successful revolution:)
i just worry about them touching the dirty doorknobs with those dirty hands. ug.
-- OCD in Austin.
xo
I mean with those clean hands.
--Still OCD in Austin :)
This is why one of my friends won't frequent libraries...germophobic. I love libraries but they are quickly becoming computer labs.
I just hope no one brings books into the bathroom with them. (seinfeld)
Now you have reminded me how dirty some employees can be...waiters, waitresses. I am going to pretend I live in a perfect world.
This was cute, though now I'm not going to be so comfortable at restaurants. Why do people need to be reminded to wash their hands? Ugh!
smiles. tryign to lighten the mood...too man..."this made me cry" comments this week...saw the sticker and my imagination took over...
Hello there. I just stumbled on to your blog today. I'll keep an eye on it, as I like what I've read so far. Take care.
expect resistance, i like, i think that is what i'll put on now.
HA! That's as good as "Question Authority!" Great concept--somehow, not so much with the hygiene, however. ;_) Loved it, brian.
I don't even want to imagine...:) nice!
I hate eating restaurant food for that very reason!
Excellent Public Service 55 Son..
Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End....Pops
No tears today, all smiles, lol. That's good stuff. "Expect resistance." I'd kind of like to meet the guy that placed that sticker there. He must have an excellent sense of humor :)
This is one revolution I will NEVER EVER join
Not even for coin
Ok maybe I can be bought with a load
But it take a lot to make me go down that road
Just nasty that some mooks have to be reminded to wash their hands
Thinking of what them shaking yours and imagining them touching their ummm glands
And then not washing coming to you
That is just one big ewww
Look you made my ocd flare up
Another reason I avoid resturants and never drink from an unknown cup..haha
Now this is a poem that can be read on more than one level if you're a bit neurotic like me. Wash those hands! Reinforces my OCD.
Scum-handed employees? Eww, Brian!
I wrote a post about this once because I left a Pizza Hut after an employee pooped and didn't wash!
What Eva said - "Good one!"
Hi! Brian...
Good one Brian...I have to second the notion and response like some Of your commenter and say...Ewww!
Thanks, for sharing!
deedee ;-D
Visions of "You're not the boss of me!" flashing through my little mind.
LOL... that was funny.
My friend used to be a health inspector, I hardly ever eat out after some of the stories I've heard from him...nice one, Brian.
KB
ha ha - uggg- I don't like think about that...but you are soooo right! i like the pic, too!
oh yes, and I agree with happy girl....ill never forget that seinfeld episode! :)
lol! that was fun!
Too funny!
Too funny!
I always picture an employee insisting on washing MY hands.
mother's training... hehehe... got used to it til now...
JJRod'z
Try working with money all day long, I cringe every time I accidentally lick my finger as I count the cash out. (I haven't had the flu in 2 yrs, I must have a strong resistance)
gosh I am pretty sure I would run too! By the way Brian I hope your birthday was great, 38 is no big deal wait til your 48 then you can say Crap!
heehee
=D
This brought a smile to my face!
Hehehe :D If only you knew what they must be eating at a restaurant! :D
It is genius the way you worked in different things to make up your 55 words: intro, sign, poem commentary. Wow, Brian.
I knew a guy who was a server in a fine restaurant during law school. One of the other servers got stiffed a tip by a large party one night. He followed them out of the restaurant and said to the man who had paid the bill, "I spit in your soup." I was never clear on whether he had done that or if just the thought of it was payback...
Yuccky. I would do the same. I love how creative you are. I just do. :)
And I can't just tie my shoelace and walk out of my house because I am in Saudi Arabia right now. A place where a woman/girl is not allowed anywhere outside alone. You need to be accompanied by a man you are related to. Also, it is so hot I am scared I will die of sun stroke or something. Hence the lamenting. But. Traveling to India soon so don't worry about me. :)
Again. Wonderful stuff. Also, I am jealous you got to travel with Offsprings. There. I said it.
I've been in places where that sign would have been necessary. Now I wait for a safer place... like home.
I hate doors that you have to pull open while going out of restrooms... yuk!
Nowadays I think it's impossible to have clean hands unless you keep all the paraphernalia (sp?) in your handbag, haha, and then you still have to open and close it. What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger!
This was somehow funny and reminded me how I reluctantly buy food at small stands at fairs as I often wonder where (if) the sellers ever wash their hands.;))
Have a great weekend dear Brian,
xoxo
Gross, and fascinating! Your perfect adjectives are truly a signature part of your simple and effective style.
Expect resistance! I agree; cheers-
LOVE this! are you going to start wearing one glove now?
{you really don't want to eat at any restaurants, brian. you KNOW what goes on there.....}
:)!!!!!
Thank you for the note at my blog, Brian!
xxamy
Some day there will no more hand shaking, no more touching door handles, no more kitchens in the back in the restaurants, we will want to see what the cooks are touching.
Yuck. Yuck. Yuck. I was heading to the bookstore this afternoon...I guess I'd better pick up some hand sanitizer ;)
Oooo Yuck!
Isn't it awful when you think of what we humans get up to and then don't wash our hands before we do anything else. We are really all ticking timb bombs waiting to pass on all types of disease and, we do!
Nice write Brain. Packs another punch in it's truth.
It's amazing just how many people DON'T wash their hands after using the bathroom - ewwwwww!
Eewwww...
Me too. I want to admire their attitude, but can't.
Thanks for commenting on my latest poem, Brian!
Unexpected and it had me laughing!
Hugs
SueAnn
Ewwww, I'd be running out the door too!
oh i dont even want to imagine! ... good one ... lolz
Yikes! The revolution will not be sanitized!
Brian! You've got Bubbles in the picture! ( he's my favorite trailer park boy!) This is really rather gross...I've paid my dues in the food service sector...oh yes, we indeed have lots to fear..uggg! You made my skin crawl with this one...erase! erase!
This was funny..
Happy day ~
Luaghing hard. I may just stick with ebooks.
ha ha - ya know...i think washing hands is overrated..and i think the washbowl is a good place to train for the big revolutions...LOL
Oh my goodness that's perfect. I've had that very same thought. Although not quite as eloquently as you.
eauuuhh.. lolssss
Perhaps using "sanitizer" should be a mandate..
hugs xo
this maks me think about all we touch which someone previouly touched, whose hands who know where they were... after all we we are immune to lots of germs
I love my Kindle....
Made me grin....I am a germaphobe - especially in public bathrooms!
This was a really enjoyable 55..I am trying to imagine such a scene in reality. :)
nice one... now where'd I leave that Purell?? oh yeah it's right here surgically attached to my knee for times of emergency!!
It's sad when someone reaches to shake your hand and internally you're thinking, "Geez, when's the last time that saw soap and water?"
I loved this one!
Hah, pretty funny, have to say me and my friends used to laugh about stuff like that, daring each to shake the clerks hands. But that was a while ago, still funny and well phrased. Always can use a laugh, so thanks
As an immigrant from Sweden, these signs puzzled me from age 9 when we moved to the US. Why in the on earth wouldn't a person wash his hands? Do they want to get punished??? (Not that the punishments were severe, mind you, most just involved picking up all the trash in the bathroom and then RE-WASHING those offending hands...) But still, why chance it?
Tina @ Life is Good
Expect resistance! I just love that. D
I always washed my hands, but NOT because big brother Barnes told me to, I'm a germaphobe! Now I'm in the libraryworld where the whole dang place is diseased...esp the tech room, oy!
Ewe! I will be thinking of that sign the next time I eat out! Shiver.
A few germs helps build up your immune system! Just kidding but I don't think we would ever be able to get all the germs that surround us! cute! Hope you and yours have an awesome weekend!
ahem, perhaps a little hand sanitizer is in order. A fun quirky post Brian.
Brian, every time I go to Barnes and Noble I will see that sign, think of you, and laugh about the coming germ warfare revolution!
@DAWaters: I've always wondered what was up with those signs as well. Horrifying, though, how many adults don't know HOW to wash their hands... Amy
http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-men/
whoa and fantastic, I saw that once at a cafeteria-type, I wash washing my hands and this toat-maker went to the washroom and then left without washing her hand,the thought isnot pleasant
fantastic!
your brain must be busier than Spaghetti Junction (a very busy motorway junction in the Midlands, UK)
Nice way to paint a click.. Loved it Brian..
Someone is Special
☣ Beware Of Employees With Sticky Fingers...........☢
Sweet!
run, man, run!
Very good! But yes a little icky!
There's one of these in the bathroom where I work also.
We always joke about it as if we, as employees WOULDN'T??
Since when do you moderate your comments?
:(
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