Germ Spreader

Coughing into the air isn’t as polite as coughing into a shirt or arm. Coughing without covering your mouth can be very disrespectful and also isn’t very sanitary. Germs are tended to spread by coughing on hands and then touching objects that others will as well. If people would just take this action into consideration our society and communities would be much cleaner and each individual would also be healthier and will not be sick

This behavior that I have chosen to write about can be encountered in many different places, at many different times. I obtain this obstacle when friends or members in my family are sick. Coughing and not covering you mouth is also encountered in schools, worksites and malls. Some people don’t even realize that they’re not covering their mouth and some people just do it intentionally to just be rude and unsanitary.

To be honest I have addressed a person who has not covered their mouth while coughing. As I encountered the person I kept my distance because I didn’t want them to spread their germs all over me and just asked politely if they could cover their mouth with their shirt, hand or inside of arm. Some people may think it’s not a big deal and shrug that advice off or some people may take it into consideration and use that extra little step to stay clean and healthy and also to help protect others from viruses.

I think people tend to engage in this behavior because they don’t think quick enough in order to cover their mouth in time. Also another reason to why people engage in this behavior is by just being lazy and being someone who just doesn’t care about others and things around them. The people who obtain this action I don’t think realize that it may be bothersome to others. They may think it’s normal and not rude.

Some factors I believe might foster this behavior are habit. If someone gets into the habit of not covering their mouth it may be difficult for them to get into the habit of covering their mouth while coughing. The way that people may be dissuaded from engaging in this behavior is by being careless by spreading germs to others. I would hope that everyone at sometime will consider this action to stay healthy and clean.