Passed along to me by a friend.

Generation Meh: Your Poker Face Won't Save You

....or, why it isn't 'cool' to be unhappy or show vulnerability. 

Currently trying to reach state senator/reps to ask if it is LAW for cashiers to handle my ID everytime I buy tobacco or alcohol. I have virus and bacteria concerns.
Cashiers say it is law, but people I've talked to say they can't find it on the books.
Time to get political!

IN OTHER NEWS - my Beatnik Betty Consulting brochures have arrived. They're pretty. But I found 1 typo.

i guess its amusing that everyone thinks i'm crazy for not wanting obnoxious cashier with snotty nose to insist on touching my ID with his sweaty fingers every single time I go there. 

I allow myself occasional rants and raves, and despite everyone thinking I'm nutty, I continue to think that someone who has verified my ID several times already does not need to insist on physically touching the ID every single time. Particularly since other cashiers who do recognize me do not force me to do this, and are content grabbing my date of birth off the card without making me remove it from my wallet, or insisting on touching it. 

yada yada yada... whine whine whine.... 
anyway I'm going to chat with my senator and representative about the interpretation of the law, and go from there. 

Also, if any of you had contracted MRSA a year and a half ago like I did, you'd be freaked out by random germy people touching the permanent contents of your wallet as well. It's flu season. In fact, it's swine flu season. I'm high-risk because of my MRSA incident, which could have killed me had I not gotten such intense medical treatment and surgery. It makes me crazy. Just ignore me if you can't deal with it.

Also, I will be investing in some rubber gloves and disinfectant wipes, and using them quite publicly.
I might even go for the medical face mask, too.
Which I will cut a cigarette hole into to be extra ridiculous.