Don't know how you would keep various-agenda-nutters out, but it could be fun as long as only people who heard of it through your and your friends were aware of it.
First up, well done for doing the Right Thing. Leaving aside children, I'd say that a bigger risk (particularly in the summer) is that someone would tread on it by mistake; when I'm on duty at Notting Hill Carnival, the single most common injury is when people cut their feet on broken glass because they're wearing flipflops. (This seems to affect women more than men.)
As soon as you mentioned the needle, my immediate reaction was "sharps bin!" However, I don't carry one on me. Actually, I was interested to notice that the public toilets in Oxford (near the bus station) now have sharps bins in the cubicles, presumably as a pragmatic response to drug use. I always keep nitrile gloves in my rucksack (along with a facemask), so I would have put those on, and disposed of them afterwards: in a situation like that, I wouldn't be worried about stabbing myself, so I'd just be concerned about any fluids left on the outside of the syringe (low risk, but still best avoided). If I didn't have gloves, I normally keep a handkerchief in my pocket,
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Following up on this, I've done a quick Google search, and lots of local authorities seem to have policies for dealing with this type of situation, e.g. Melbourne, Blaby, and Lewisham. So, if you can find the appropriate phone number for your local area and store it in your phone, that might be useful.
One other idea is to use a rigid plastic bottle as a temporary solution; if you carry a bottle of water around, you could empty it out and drop the needle into that, rather than holding it directly.
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Sounds like you're growing experienced enough to write significant portions of it though. ;-)
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How far away was the Doctor's place?
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Don't know how you would keep various-agenda-nutters out, but it could be fun as long as only people who heard of it through your and your friends were aware of it.
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Your book idea is a really good idea! You should make it and sell it.
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As soon as you mentioned the needle, my immediate reaction was "sharps bin!" However, I don't carry one on me. Actually, I was interested to notice that the public toilets in Oxford (near the bus station) now have sharps bins in the cubicles, presumably as a pragmatic response to drug use. I always keep nitrile gloves in my rucksack (along with a facemask), so I would have put those on, and disposed of them afterwards: in a situation like that, I wouldn't be worried about stabbing myself, so I'd just be concerned about any fluids left on the outside of the syringe (low risk, but still best avoided). If I didn't have gloves, I normally keep a handkerchief in my pocket, ( ... )
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One other idea is to use a rigid plastic bottle as a temporary solution; if you carry a bottle of water around, you could empty it out and drop the needle into that, rather than holding it directly.
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