Saturday, August 23, 2014

Q-Tip Dilemna

This is an ethical problem. Someone invites you over their place for a weekend. The next morning you wake up, shower, brush your teeth, use deodorant. You see a cup containing about a dozen Q-Tips. You take one and stick it in both ears and twist. You look at it and realize your ears were perfectly clean.
You are cognizant of leaving your carbon footprint so you debate whether to toss away what is still a perfectly pristine Q-Tip. You decide to drop it back into the bunch for reuse.
You try to enjoy your day with your host, but the nagging thought of millions of unseen bacteria on that Q-Tip that could lead to disease in another guest or the host, this haunts you. You sneak into the bathroom to remove the item, except you don't know which one it is. They all look the same. You decide to empty the cup into an overnight bag you brought. Now the cup is empty.
At some point your host will see this and begin investigating. He will check the garbage, find nothing and make a logical assumption.
You, his guest, are a Q-Tip fetishist.
You will either never be invited back or if you are, instructions not to use the bathroom may be part of the deal.
God must have been in a cranky mood to create ear wax.

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