Spitting

In my opinion, spitting is one of THE most disgusting habits a person could have. 

It’s one thing if you’re being active and playing sports, because sometimes you have to.  But if you’re spitting, just to spit, and not to swallow?  I can’t stand it.

This morning, I’m walking with a friend into a building.  First of all, there are three guys smoking right outside the entrance to the building, when it clearly states that it is a designated no smoking entrance and smoking is not allowed within 10 meters of the doors.  Either they were oblivious or they just didn’t care.  I did care that I had to walk through the haze of toxins, and that as soon as the door was opened all the smoke rushed into the building.  Also disgusting. 

Anyways, as my friend and I are exiting the building, the three fellows have moved a solid 2 meters away from where they were before.  An improvement, but I still had to be near the smoke.  JUST as I’m walking past, one of them has a coughing fit (DUH) and decides to spit RIGHT beside me.  The other two (one is now on his cellphone, who do you really need to call at 8 in the morning?!) decide that spitting looked like a good idea and followed suit.  Revolting.  I looked at my friend as we were walking by and went nuts.  It was THE MOST disgusting thing that I needed to see that early in the morning.  He thought it was hilarious.  Side note: boys are gross.

I just remembered another spitting experience I’ve had.  This one also involves smoking and a cell phone.  But this time, it was a GIRL!  I’m not saying girls can’t be gross, but this girl was too nasty.  She was stopped, standing, talking with a friend on the sidewalk outside her residence (so she’s probably 18 years old) while holding another conversation on her cellphone, cancer stick in the other hand (LOVE calling cigarettes ‘cancer sticks’).  In the middle of these conversations, the girl bends slightly at the waist, and oh-so-casually spits on the sidewalk.  Yak. 

Moral of the story:  learn to swallow.