Every day we call Whidbey Island paradise. Now we have one more reason to do so. We live north of Oak Harbor just off Jones Road. We were on our way to town for some late afternoon errands heading west on Jones in a no pass zone. A young man had passed the car ahead of him and was coming straight at us. Fortunately no accident happened.
However, the next few days we bad-mouthed this guy, telling everyone we knew. Then on one of our adventures to Ala Spit a young man and his family on foot stop us. He asked if we were the people a few days prior when he almost caused the accident. He apologized to us up and down realizing the mistake he had made.
Handshakes were shared and then we apologized to him as now our bad- mouthing really tasted sour. A chance of this happening is rare. We all learned something from this. We wish our praises to this young man. One more reason to call Whidbey Island “paradise.â€
Jack and Dianne Fairbanks
Oak Harbor
Germs
Two concerns about cleanliness
I want to yell about two of my top 10 peeves.
First, how many of you seen the table person clean several tables with the same rag without rinsing? I have seen a baby (too old for a diaper) wet his pants on the table. The cleaner came right away and cleaned this table and two or three more without rinsing. Is there not a health class that all restaurant workers have to pass so they can get the job in the first place?
Second, the hospital is one of the cleanest places in the world, even with all the sick people. All the hand washing is something to watch, however, what about the stethoscopes? I can say in my 66 years of life, I have never seen anyone, doctor or nurse, wipe that cold little sound device with a swab. It could go from a person with TB to a person with just a cold.
Now, I am not a doc, so I don’t know if you can catch TB from the stethoscope or not, but I am sure that there are plenty of things that can be spread from person to person by touch. But I am just an old coot, who’s going to listen to me?
Roy G. McAlister
Oak Harbor
