Servers with Cold Sores

[TheGrimm]

I work as a chef in Lake Bonavista and while I do get frequent cold sores I find the best way to get rid of them is to hold a raw steak to my lip for about 30 seconds before I throw it on the grill.

[Huntingwhale]

Maybe it's just me, but I find cold sores on women to be hot and sexy. It means she's experienced.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by valo403

No, it's just that people on CP aren't generally as deranged as your friends.

Honestly I can see it being off putting, but it's not as big of a deal as you make it out to be, which is sort of the issue with all of your complaints.

Also, I'm not saying it's a big deal in my life. I just brought it up to discuss.

[SeeBass]

Actually one of the things that bother me is my server playing with her hair every 30 seconds.

We have all seen her, the hot waitress at Joeys standing at the waiter station or at a table stroking her pony tail or fluffing up her hair.

Sure the girl is a total smoke show but she is playing with her hair as a way to do something with her hands cause she is still nervous either dressed the way she is or still having to come out of her teenage girl shell and talk to people.

Not a big deal but stop doing it over the hot line at least.

[Misterpants]

Really?? No one does a double take when the person touching their plate, cutlery and glass has a huge cold sore? I find that incredibly hard to believe. I don't freak out and run from the restaurant, but I certainly have it in the back of my head while I'm eating and may not use the straw that I just saw him/her grab with his/her fingers. It's just a slightly unsettling feeling. Oh look the person with direct contact to stuff going into my mouth has a virus that stays with you for life, that's something to take note of.

[SeeBass]

I remember back in the 80's probably around the time Rock Hudson died from AIDS.

I used to manage a bar in Winnipeg and I got a phone call once from a lady who questioned if I had "gays" working at the bar.
I told her that it was no concern of mine who my staff chooses to date.
Her response was " well you better cause I want to know my server is only serving food and not AIDS too" and then hung up.

Of course not related to a cold sore issue just an old memory that came up from this thread that I find amusing now.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by zuluking

Similar experience only my waitress had leprosy. I particularly avoided the tiramisu for obvious reasons.

Hold the ladyfingers.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by TheGrimm

I work as a chef in Lake Bonavista and while I do get frequent cold sores I find the best way to get rid of them is to hold a raw steak to my lip for about 30 seconds before I throw it on the grill.

They have a lake?

[Hockeyguy15]

A+ thread. Excellent read.

I can't wait for Sliver's next thread.

[FlamingLonghorn]

Originally Posted by Misterpants

Oh look the person with direct contact to stuff going into my mouth has a fairly harmless virus that is only transmittable through skin to skin contact that stays with you for life, that's something to take note of.

Fixed...

[Buff]

Originally Posted by SeeBass

I remember back in the 80's probably around the time Rock Hudson died from AIDS.

I used to manage a bar in Winnipeg and I got a phone call once from a lady who questioned if I had "gays" working at the bar.
I told her that it was no concern of mine who my staff chooses to date.
Her response was " well you better cause I want to know my server is only serving food and not AIDS too" and then hung up.

Of course not related to a cold sore issue just an old memory that came up from this thread that I find amusing now.

Speaking of misinformed about disease, one time in jr. high, I was with a girlfriend at a bus stop and there was some weird object on the ground so I picked it up and tossed it at her because for some weird reason I thought it would be funny. She freaked out because "We don't know who has touched that thing, it could have AIDS on it!".

[Russic]

I think GGG made a strong point when he mentioned that you're being paranoid about the wrong things. Humans in general are absolutely terrible at assessing risk. We stay up at night wondering if a crazed sexual predator is going to steal our kids from their beds, but we have no problem glancing at our phone while on the Deerfoot.

In this particular case, cold sores aren't transferrable to the point that you need to be concerned. In all likelihood a server with a scratchy throat is going to have a far great chance of impacting your life in a negative way. The cook that uses the chicken that's been in the fridge for 7 days is also a much bigger problem.

It's visually off-putting, but that's about it. I'm in the same boat as others in the thread in that I get them from time to time and despite doing the majority of cooking/dishwashing in our house my wife has never gotten one.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by SeeBass

I remember back in the 80's probably around the time Rock Hudson died from AIDS.

I used to manage a bar in Winnipeg and I got a phone call once from a lady who questioned if I had "gays" working at the bar.
I told her that it was no concern of mine who my staff chooses to date.
Her response was " well you better cause I want to know my server is only serving food and not AIDS too" and then hung up.

Of course not related to a cold sore issue just an old memory that came up from this thread that I find amusing now.

Originally Posted by Buff

Speaking of misinformed about disease, one time in jr. high, I was with a girlfriend at a bus stop and there was some weird object on the ground so I picked it up and tossed it at her because for some weird reason I thought it would be funny. She freaked out because "We don't know who has touched that thing, it could have AIDS on it!".

Never forget Joey Jeremiah fighting the bully, and then the bully freaking out telling him he had AIDS.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

A+ thread. Excellent read.

I can't wait for Sliver's next thread.

Don't get too excited. I'm planning a thread about how I suspect Post-It Notes is using a stronger adhesive than in the past.

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Never forget Joey Jeremiah fighting the bully, and then the bully freaking out telling him he had AIDS.

Dwayne says hi!

[Puppet Guy]

all should be well if you just make it clear to your server you're ordering slurpees.