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I was so hungry today on my drive to work and didn’t have time to stop by and pick up food anywhere. The worst thing was that I had to drive behind a lunch truck for a good portion of my commute, with the scent of bean burritos wafting into my vents.

When I was in yoga class earlier this week, I noticed a new addition to the rec room – a big fan blasting cold air at the class members. This girl went up to it to shut it off, but was blocked by this man who was standing close to it, guarding it. This is the conversation that took place:

GUY: You can’t shut it off.
GIRL: Why not? I can just pull out the plug.
GUY: You shouldn’t. I don’t like it either, but they put it here for a reason.
GIRL: What’s the reason?
GUY: (lots of mumbling)
GIRL: (rolls her eyes)

The yoga instructor walked into the room and was just about to turn off the fan when the man stopped her also.

GUY: You shouldn’t turn it off because of health reasons.
INSTRUCTOR: What sort of reasons?
GUY: We need to circulate the air. There’s a foot, hand and mouth disease going around. If you touch it, you’ll get infected. It’s really horrible. You get these cold sores on your hands and feet. Two people got it already.

Everyone looked horrified, but he just kept talking about it nervously, and at the same time had this know-it-all kind of look on his face. The expression said, “Go ahead and try to argue with me, but I’m not the one that’s going to get the ‘foot, hand and mouth disease’!” Just who were these two people anyhow and what gym did they go to??

For the rest of the class, all I could think about was how I was barefooted doing yoga and if I just slipped a little off of my yoga mat, I would get the “foot, hand and mouth disease.” My yoga instructor started teaching us a pose, but then stood up and said, “you guys can do it, but I’m not going to because I don’t want my head touching the floor.” I was paranoid for the rest of the class, thinking about how I should burn my yoga mat when I get home. But what made me really angry was the fact that this man left the class after 15 minutes! He came into class, left us paranoid, and then left, just like that. I bet he wasn’t even a member of the gym.