Lolita Wolf's Predictions & Predilections

I loathe shaking hands. Sometimes it can’t be avoided, like when I am dealing with a customer or at an interview. In those instances I bite the bullet and do it. But I really hate it. Hands are germy. People sneeze in them and cough in them and wipe their noses and they touch used tissues, etc. Not everybody washes their hands regularly. A lot of people don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom. And check out this other stat in that article: almost three-quarters of people say they wash hands after changing a diaper. That means that more than one in four do not. Yuck!

Whenever I go see my doctor, he shakes my hand and that always really bothers me. He is surrounded by sick people and shaking everybody’s hands and touching god knows what else. Does he wash his hands constantly? I have never seen him actually wash his hands. But I always shake his hand because it would be rude to rebuff his outstretched hand. When I took my friend to the hospital and we were in pre-surgery, the doctor and the anesthesiologist both shook my hand. Ugh! It’s a great way to spread germs. I hightailed it outta there and washed my hands right away.

Do I sound like a germaphobe? Maybe. But don’t get mad at me if we meet and I don’t want to shake your hand. I will leave you hanging. Especially now, in cold and flu season. You’ve been warned.