shame is so in this season

chocolate covered bird flu

there's a gold box containing four medium sized plastic bags of chocolate almond toffee from neiman marcus that is sitting on the ledge of my desk (aka up for grabs). each bag has about 40 bite-sized pieces of the candy, not individually wrapped. (sorry ryry, this is not a math problem - i'm just trying to give some background information). since 10am this morning, people have been peering into this mysterious gold box and ultimately jamming their grubby little hands in one of the bags, leaving with one or a couple pieces of candy and a fake smile, courtesy of yours truly. at noon, the thought of germs crossed my mind. i saw the post-toilet-non-handwasher woman grab a piece. then i saw a guy open a bag with his teeth. now, with every crinkle of the plastic (i don't even have to look up - i can hear it like a snoring boyfriend), with every passing hand, with every "mmm, toffee," i imagine a festering pit of disease neatly packaged in this little gold box with the words "neiman marcus" embossed in burgundy foil.

ew.

posted by erica @ 5:30 PM