The Nose Knows
Apr 17th, 2007 at 12:04 pm by Susie
“I told you: You have to drink more water,” the doctor chides me after peering into my nasal passages. “Six to eight glasses a day.”
This is why I have so many problems with my sinuses, he says. I remind him a big part of the problem is mechanical (a badly deviated septum). “All the more reason,” he says.
Well. Easy for him to say! If I had a bathroom right next to my office, it would be a lot simpler. But no, I have to leave the office and go down the hall to the ladies room, where I have to use my security card to get in.
And therein lies the rub. Everyone I work with is constantly misplacing their security cards, or leaving them at home, which means we’re always borrowing someone else’s. Which means if someone wanders off to attend a meeting upstairs at our other office and they still have your card, you can neither 1) go to the bathroom or 2) take the elevator upstairs to reclaim it, because it’s a security floor.
So you can see why I avoid the water cooler. It just seems the sane thing to do. Well, I suppose that will have to change, unless I want to go through this cold-on-one-side-of-my-face thing again.
On the bright side, even though the generic drug cost $48, I don’t have to beg readers for the money. So there’s that.
What can you do to solve this problem of the missing security card?
Depends….
thanks, I’ll be here all week,.take my wife please!
Good show, old man.
Anyway. Drink the water. Use a straw to drink (that way uses different muscles in your throat). Lie, and tell people you’ve already lent your card out.
I’m becoming a firm believer in lying. Or you could tell the truth, and say it’s doctor’s orders to not let your card out of your hands. TMI will stop them dead.
Get yourself a liter-sized water bottle
and a cup or glass for the office.
It will hold half of your daily dose of
8 glasses, and you can keep refilling it.
Do you have to wear one of those around the neck security tags? Stick your card in there and when people ask to borrow it tell them, “Uh, I just had the flu and I don’t think you should handle it.” You can’t have that many Purell Nazis in your office.
Do you have to wear one of those around the neck security tags? Stick your card in there and when people ask to borrow it tell them, “Uh, I just had the flu and I don’t think you should handle it.” You can’t have that many Purell Nazis in your office.
And you really do need to get that server config problem fixed.
My office is FULL of Purell Nazis. I’m the only person who doesn’t use it.
Ex is a big runner & before we split he was training for his first marathon. I remember that he discovered that your body can only absorb 7 oz of fluid in 15 minutes & everything above & beyond that will just make you pee more (which you DEFINITELY don’t want to deal with while running a race). So I’d say get yourself one of those nalgene bottles with the measurements on the side and drink steadily, but slowly. That should keep your bathroom visits down.