I had to go to my ophthalmologist a couple of weeks ago. The offices were in a large hospital building in Boise. I was not wearing a mask. When I went into the lobby, a couple of girls were sitting at a table with a bottle of sanitizer liquid, a thermometer, checking those entering. One asked me if I had a mask and I said "No."
So she reached into a large box and handed me one of those cheap paper masks. I said, "Is this a used one?"
The girl looked confused and then said, "Oh no! These are new."
I said, "Oh, okay. I thought maybe the hospital was saving money by collecting the used ones and handing them out again."
Very seriously she said, "We'd never do anything like that!!"
"Okay, that's a relief." By that time I'd put on the mask so she could not see me smile. Poor girl never realized I was just funnin' with her.
L.W.
