"There's More To Worry About Than The Swine Flu !"
Well, today at work I realized that we have a lot more to fear than someone passing along Swine Flu on shopping cart handles. As I went to retrieve one of these necessary shopping devices I started to reach in and remove what I thought was a lonely piece of trash from inside the cart. I had to do a double-take: to my utter disgust there lay a USED BLOODY TAMPON--with string attached ! After holding back an urge to barf my breakfast, I called over a female worker to verify my fear; unfortunately I was correct in my conclusion. After covering it with several paper towels, wrapping my hand in our plastic shopping bag, I gently, but quickly retrieved the offensive object and flung it into the nearest trash bin. We sprayed the cart down thoroughly with a cloud of Lysol Disinfectant, and sat it out in the rain to let nature clean it thoroughly. Other employees quickly heard of my experience and we all speculated on just WHO had left his 'gift' and HOW had they done it and WHERE had it happened---did a customer require some kind of customer service in aisle 6 (plumbing) for assistance in relieving a clogged tube? Needless to say, the next time I run into Walmart I'm going to request a "Buggy Condom" to place over the entire cart--nothing else will ease my mind as to what might have been in THEIR carts. Swine Flu on shopping cart handles doesn't sound so bad anymore, does it?