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Post by LaFille on Jun 23, 2009 4:25:12 GMT
You stand in line at the offices where you need to get the papers to renew your driver's licence, and the place is very crowded; you're almost elbow-to-elbow with the people around and there's a good 15-20 minutes of almost static wait before you get to pass. In the row beside yours, just in front of the person beside you stands a pretty young girl in her early 20s with long flowing red hair that you contemplate... And then you suddenly notice that she has lice. What do you do?
Edited to add: you think you're the only one that noticed the girl's lice.
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Jun 23, 2009 9:02:49 GMT
depending on how impatient I was, I might point out quietly to the person in front of me that the girl has lice, and see what the reaction is. I'd also check to ensure that my hair was properly tied up, and when I leave with my licence I'd pop into a chemists to buy some anti lice shampoo for later.
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Post by Galadriel on Jun 23, 2009 20:09:13 GMT
We don't have to renew our license in Belgium so problem solved ;D
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Post by LaFille on Jun 24, 2009 23:01:27 GMT
Then replace the "waiting at the license bureau" by "waiting to get the metro/bus" or whatever, and consider that you can't take your car.  ;D |
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Post by killerzzz on Jun 25, 2009 0:15:05 GMT
You stand in line at the offices where you need to get the papers to renew your driver's licence, and the place is very crowded; you're almost elbow-to-elbow with the people around and there's a good 15-20 minutes of almost static wait before you get to pass. In the row beside yours, just in front of the person beside you stands a pretty young girl in her early 20s with long flowing red hair that you contemplate... And then you suddenly notice that she has lice. What do you do? Edited to add: you think you're the only one that noticed the girl's lice. Huh.  Killerzzz |
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Post by janggut on Jun 25, 2009 3:11:05 GMT
i would tell her. she said,
"How do you know? Yes, i have lice! Flied Lice!"
she's Chinese. ;D
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Post by LaFille on Jun 25, 2009 4:10:57 GMT
Awww. At least, flied lice is better than a lice soup. Killerzzz, why?  |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jun 25, 2009 13:45:55 GMT
What I probably SHOULD do is drag her aside for a quiet word and tell her that she has lice, in case she didn't know (Which she may not).
If I'm honest, though, I'd be far more likely to take the Killerzzz approach and pretty much ignore it as being none of my business.
After all, chances are she DOES already know and the last thing she'd want would be some random stranger dragging her aside, embarrassing her in public and losing her her place in the queue.
So I'm going with 'do nothing' in this scenario...
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Post by Ubereil on Jun 25, 2009 15:22:56 GMT
The thing is, that pretty much everyone in the room will get lice in this scenario. At least the pepole nearest to her, I don't know how fast they can spread, but I know they're in their dream enviroment to spread.
I don't know, somehow advicing everyone in the room to ensure they don't have lice later in the day prehaps...
Übereil
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Post by killerzzz on Jun 26, 2009 22:13:16 GMT
Killerzzz, why? What I probably SHOULD do is drag her aside for a quiet word and tell her that she has lice, in case she didn't know (Which she may not). If I'm honest, though, I'd be far more likely to take the Killerzzz approach and pretty much ignore it as being none of my business. After all, chances are she DOES already know and the last thing she'd want would be some random stranger dragging her aside, embarrassing her in public and losing her her place in the queue. So I'm going with 'do nothing' in this scenario... What he said. ;D Okay, I might scoot away slightly to the side.  Killerzzz |
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Post by LaFille on Jun 27, 2009 4:31:56 GMT
That situation happened to someone I know... She was at school subscription for her daughter, and it was the girl in front in the row that had lice. They didn't get it, on their side. She didn't do anything, but felt really torn about it. My first reaction in hearing that was like Elliot's; to drag the girl aside to tell her privately that she has lice and suggest her to get treatment stuff at the pharmacy. I feel it would be too humiliating/disrespectful to her to tell the people around but not her. (When I was a kid, a little girl in my class had lice and I still feel bad at the thought of the way the group reacted to her in fear and disgust.) Beside, if she knew already and reacted like a b*h, it probably wouldn't have been uncalled-for to tell her to tie her hair or something to help protect the people around. After that telling the people that were around and the people in charge would probably be a good idea too. I don't know for sure how fast or how likely lice spreads in conditions like that; I doubt it would spread to the whole room though. I remember that head contact and clothes/blankets/brushes-sharing were big no-no's, but for the rest I'm not sure what's real and what's a myth aside from that there's a lot of overreaction and that the infested person has a bad time physically and psychologically. So take it away, Elliot.  |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jun 27, 2009 7:31:12 GMT
Oh wait, I won? Drat! ;D
OK... New conundrum coming up as soon as I think of one...
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;D
