Swine Flu Hysteria?

[jmc_bks]

Our Facilities Dept. serviced all of the hand sanitizer dispensers in the building yesterday -- seriously, there's one at each elevator bank on each floor.

And today they delivered two little bottles to each office, door to door, with a reminder that more was available if needed.

Also, I love  John Oliver as a swine flu zombie.

Comments

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

Do you work in a public health facility or some other public-dealing place? Otherwise, yeah, seems a bit of overkill!

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

Nope, not at all health related. While there is some public foot-traffic in the building, it is very small and very controlled -- all guests are signed in by a staff-person, are given a photo badge/name tag, and are supposed to be accompanied. The ground floor probably sees the most traffic, because the library and the auditorium are located there, but guests can't really go beyond that on their own, because the stairwells and elevators require security badges.

The sanitizer dispensers appeared at the elevator banks last year, I think at the beginning of cold/flu season. I've never seen anyone actually use them, but someone must be. If not before, then definitely now. Paranoia has definitely set in.