Hygiene Tip #1

Friday, July 21, 2006

If an Indian ever passes you anything made of paper, newspaper, letters, money, documents, etc...remember to wash your hands after that. They like to lick their fingers before flipping through papers to make the task easier. The papers in India must be so sticky (but I don't think so...it's rough actually) that they need their fingers to be sticky with saliva before they can suck up the papers.

I was going through the Work Order with my "understudy".
Me: Can you look for the Work Order #581333?
Understudy:
Lick finger, flip to page 2.
Lick finger, flip to page 3.
Lick finger, flip to page 4.
Lick finger, flip to page 5.
Lick finger, flip to page 6.
Lick finger, flip to page 7.
Lick finger, flip to page 8.
Finally finds the Work Order.

I must tell you that the ink from our office printer doesn't really stay well on paper. Imagine how much ink they lick in everyday.