Are people beginning to become desensitised to sanitising?
I’m only asking because more and more often now I am seeing people walk straight past the table in front of them in shop doorways, either no longer registering the sign asking them to please use the hand sanitiser provided, or just opting not to use it because the threat of contracting COVID-19 has diminished for them and they no longer see the need.
This is not okay, as far as the business/shops are concerned, as they provide that sanitiser because they want people to use it. It is a requirement for entering the premises and I cannot see why some people have such an issue with that.
Well, it’s like this…it’s not just your safety they have in mind, it’s also the safety of every other customer who enters the premises and therefore it is your responsibility to use the hand sanitiser provided regardless of what you may or may not believe about The Bug. This request is not a biggie.
Nor is it a threat to your rights as an individual or a judgement on you personally. It is simply a requirement for entering the premises and your hands will not drop off as a result of following the directive and using it! Why are people having such an issue with this?
The same applies to face masks. At present they are not exactly mandatory in Australia but some shops and businesses are asking customers to wear one if they wish to enter the premises, and that is the store’s right and again, it’s not a biggie, so just carry one in your bag or whatever and don it when asked. No one is stepping on your rights by asking you to wear a mask, but you are violating theirs if you refuse. Ditto the hand sanitiser.
So why are some members of the community who have to make an issue out of it? It’s not a big ask. It’s not difficult to do. It’s not going to ruin your life (if anything, it just might save it one day!). So why the song and dance about following those directives?
But more and more people are. Possibly because some are still of the belief that COVID-19 is “fake news” or some other covert government plot to “control” them, or they are of the other bunch who truly believe if it’s out there it will only infect others, it will not happen to them. Neither is a wise belief and the high number of people who have caught the virus, and the number who have died from it, should be enough to convince us all that there is a virulent nasty making the rounds of the planet and every single one of us is at risk. Unless, of course, we follow the directives put in place to lessen the chances. That’s why they have been put in place! I don’t understand why some people are failing to follow what, to me at least, are very simple requests designed to help us to keep The Bug at bay, and hopefully remain at much less risk of falling prey to it.
In a way it’s just general hygiene. Things like washing your hands should be a given anyway, but while you’re out and about (and hopefully social distancing when you are) sanitising your hands is a good idea because they are coming into contact with doors, with cash and a myriad of other surfaces with which you have no idea about who else has had contact…and whether they were sick when they touched.
And that’s the thing. You have no idea who previously touched the surfaces you touch and that alone should be enough to make you take the precaution of using the hand sanitiser provided for your convenience at the door of the next shop you enter.
It’s not difficult.