This will not surprise you. I am not a fan of candy dishes or say communal popcorn. Perhaps I do not care for sharing because I am an only child. Lightbulb! Perhaps I am the Hygiene Hunter because I do not care for sharing. Moving on. Apple bowls at hotels. Nice idea. In principle. This will not surprise you. I am not a fan of fruit bowls. I know it is not much different than a grocery store. Except in hotels most people take an apple and then bite into it right away. That's why I liked this wrapped in plastic approach at one hotel. No sneezy, coughy germs to worry about. Unless of course they are on the plastic. I am always thinking.
After a long flight, with no tasty airline treats, I'm ready for an apple. Put a Red Delicious in the lobby, put a Gala near the concierge, put a Granny Smith in the room. Unwrapped, wrapped, in a bowl or flying solo... I am always thinking about apples!
Three verifiable things about me. One. I am an only child. The concept of sharing, therefore, is foreign to me. Two. I am a Virgo. The sign regarded as a perfectionist. Three. My mother raised me to be meticulously clean; compulsively tidy. According to my mother, "You have taken this clean thing way too far." I disagree. Apologies to my mother.
Nature or nurture? Who knows? Who cares? I have not been diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Nor would I label myself a Cleanaholic. Or a Germaphobe. My world though, is definitely a unique place. One where doors open magically. Hotel mattresses are pristine. And estheticians never double dip.
I live in this world without a bubble or a honeycomb mask. About 15 years ago I got tired of catching the flu du jour and became ever more so hygienically vigilant -- perhaps obsessively so.
After a long flight, with no tasty airline treats, I'm ready for an apple. Put a Red Delicious in the lobby, put a Gala near the concierge, put a Granny Smith in the room. Unwrapped, wrapped, in a bowl or flying solo... I am always thinking about apples!
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