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Issue #11-1

got sneeze? just cover. It’s one of the most effective ways to stop the spread of cold and flu germs. Not that everyone does that. I was in a vehicle with a certain healthcare worker one day. He was driving. There were several of us in the car. He went into one of those sneeze trances our cover story describes, …

PSA of the Week: Flight Etiquette

With the busy summer travel season soon to be upon us, here is a handy yet brief video from JetBlue with helpful pointers on flight etiquette. Flight Etiquette – Episode 3 from JetBlue on Vimeo.

PSA of the Week

You know what a PSA is, right? It’s a Public Service Announcement. We make one in this space every Tuesday. Try this one on for size: Let’s say you’re walking down a long hospital hallway, and you’re in a hurry. You need to be someplace stat! Walking rapidly, you come up behind two or three people walking down the same …

I Hate Monday

Today’s little rant may not be as universal as one about tailgating or saggy pants, but it’s still about a broad subject that does affect us all: good manners. In my line of work – publishing a newspaper – sales are an obvious necessity. A publication cannot exist without two things: readers and advertisers. The first, I’ve got thousands of; …

PSA of the Week

Do you think it is wrong – even immoral – to discriminate against someone because of their race or religion or sexuality? And yet are you one of the many who seems to think it’s okay to treat retail store personnel with a complete lack of manners or respect? How do you decide which discrimination is loathsome and which discrimination …

I Hate Monday

We stand at the brink of the mayhem of Shopping Season. Speaking as a person who’s married to someone who works in retail, I can tell you the average retail worker would like EVERY shopper to read EVERY word that follows. not that it will probably do any good. If you can’t read them all, perhaps #2 and #14 are …

I Hate Monday

Nobody likes to see rude and inconsiderate behavior, but it seems especially thoughtless when it costs nothing to be civil. I’ll give you an example or two that paints a picture using traffic in the Augusta area, but it happens everywhere. Picture Washington Road in the Martinez area. It’s typical for cars to be backed up from the intersection at …

PSA o’ the Week

Do not be this person (even though the soloist handled it perfectly). That, in full, is this week’s Public Service Announcement. CLICK IT or CUT & PASTE: http://www.wimp.com/phonesolo/