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Comment by durpleDrank | Hacker News Reader

Can we PLEASE collectively put our manners aside and confront people who are not covering their mouths when they cough? I'm very aggravated that people don't. What is going through the mind of a person who deep coughs, open mouth, without cover, in public transport? It's depressing.

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Go for it. See if your action pulls us towards collective action. Do you chastise every person you see breaking this social norm?

Do you chastise every person you see breaking this social norm?

It's not a "social norm." It's a public health issue.

When I see a little kid in a public bathroom go straight from stall to door without looking at the sink, I'll shout at them.

100% of the time they turn around and do the right thing.

I hope you do the same to the adults, cause there's no shortage of adult (men) that do the exact same. It's honestly distressing.

If I see anyone even trying to go for the bathroom door without washing their hands I'll definitely be shouting at them until they wash their hands and follow them (at a sanitary distance) in order to ruin their day and make sure everyone they come in contact with knows they've got significant amounts of fecal matter on their hands.

I wish I was only joking.

People have been assaulted for less in the city I live in.

That's a good way to get shot, beaten, or stabbed. You're worried about the wrong ambulance bill.

Keep an unopened travel packet of tissues in your pocket and offer it.

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