Information Not To Ignore
This just came in to my inbox from my daughter, thought it worthy of a run here. Might make us look twice before sitting down in a public place. - Neil :(
INFORMATION NOT TO IGNORE.
From: Red Cross Blood Service
A few weeks ago in a movie theatre in Melbourne a person sat on something that was poking out of one of the seats. When she got up to see what it was she found a needle sticking out of the seat with a note attached saying "You have just been infected by HIV". The Disease control Centre in Melbourne reports many similar incidents have occurred in many other Australian cities recently. All tested needles are HIV Positive.
The Centre also reports that needles have been found in the cash dispensers in ATMs. We ask everyone to use extreme caution when faced with this kind of situation. All public chairs/seats should be inspected with vigilance and caution before use. 17 people have been tested positive in the Western suburbs alone in the last 2 months!!! A careful visual inspection should be enough. In addition they ask that each of you pass this message along to all members of your family and your friends of the potential danger. We all have to be careful at public places! This is very important. Just think about saving a life of someone even you don't know by forwarding this message. Please, take a few seconds of your time to pass it along.
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Ph: (08) 94212877
Fax: (08) 94212366
e-mail: [email protected]
Re: Information Not To Ignore
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Originally posted by Neil
.... Might make us look twice before sitting down in a public place. - Neil :[/i]
I agree. In my work I’ve come across countless plumber, cleaners, fire equipment service techs, stewardesses, …, … who have suffered needle stick injuries whilst going about their jobs. One that 'sticks' in memory was a cleaner who picked up a discarded McD’s paper bag and was stuck with a needle inside. On a similar note I found a tablet of unknown substance in a sugar dispenser at a cafe' about five years back – luckily I was tipping the sugar on to a tea spoon before adding it to the coffee. I have no time for such low lifes oxygen thieves.
Needles and the odd prick
..a few years back I was catching a train from Spencer Street Station in Melbourne.
As I needed to go, and there's no toilets on suburban trains, I decided to use the men's on the platform. I was standing having a quiet leak contemplating my navel (probably too much info) when I looked around. I could see, without moving my feet (too messy), around 10 used syringes. They were tucked behind the cistern, under the rim in the bowl, in the window louvres, in holes kicked in the back of the door...they were bloody everywhere!
I don't think the platform dunnies are used anymore, and I now live in an area serviced by toileted trains and patrolled by conductors. I could relate another ten or twenty other stories about druggies on the train, but it'd probably depress you.
Mick
