Librarians’ rights?

One thing I’ve noticed with my new job at the library is that, much like teachers, librarians and library staff get exposed to myriads of people and (presumably) millions of germs on a daily basis. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit about the myriads of people, but in truth, the place where I work is quite a busy place, especially considering its small size.

So, yes, like teachers, one of our occupational hazards is germ exposure. Patrons sneeze and cough without covering their mouth and nose with even their hand, much less their sleeve, return books with god-knows-what smeared all over them, and kids who are too sick to go to school magically have time to come do their research project at the library’s computers, thereby prompting germophobes like me to want to pull out the Lysol.

But wait.