opportunity

[stuberyl]

As I was blowing my nose some minutes ago, one of my co-workers cast upon me a suspicious eye. About to hand me a couple of papers, she paused and asked if I were sick. As if, somehow, the act of passing to me some pages that she would never see again might cause my germs to infect her. Maybe this is possible but her worry was moot because "I'm not sick."

"Really? You sure? You look sick."

Oh. Thanks. Now I'll have a ready-made cover for when I call in "sick." Maybe sometime next week.