Today, I had a two hour training presentation to give on the MSFT campus. It’s a beautiful day here in the Seattle area: blue sky, bright sun, a bit breezy. So, I wore my new green short sleeved blouse that I bought this winter dreaming of the day I could wear a nice blouse instead of a double layered sweater. Today was the day, the first of the season of bare arms.
I pull into the MS parking lot and I see my client pull in at the same time as me. We both get out of our cars and say our greetings. As we’re walking towards the building we need to be at, we were both surprised to see a gal wearing a surgical type mask. You know, one of those that you wear if you are afraid of catching airborne diseases. Or perhaps you’ve been on a first class train in Peru travelling from Puno to Cusco, where I once saw a family wearing their masks and scoffed at their germophobia…only to wake up to cha-cha-cha the very same evening. Anyway, we’re walking along and chatting about how our first thought was that she has the swine flu and at that very instant….a bird defecated on me! A full on splat. All over my nice new blouse, bare arm, pants and brand new purse. Just before a big meeting where I was the presenter!!
I cleaned up and the training went fine, but today, I’m grateful that: A) nothing landed in my hair and B) I didn’t have my mouth open.
Moral of the story…do NOT scoff at people wearing surgical masks!!! The karma bank will issue a deduction.