#019 Spitting

Spitting absolutely disgusts me. I don’t mean when you accidently get something in your mouth and you spit it out because it shouldn’t be there (like a bug, or a hair), or when you’re at the dentist and they tell you to rinse and you need to spit to get it all out, or even if you’re sick and that’s the only way to rid your body of it. I mean when someone has an excess amount of phlegm that they’ve just cleared from their respiratory system and need to expel – THAT is what disgusts me.

I know people that spit just to spit, almost like it’s a habit or it’s just second nature. I think they do it and they don’t even think about or realize that they’re doing it. If you have to spit, at least do it into a garbage can or into a tissue would be even better… but don’t do it on the ground where everyone walks. It is SO GROSS to exit a building and have to walk through someone’s wad of spit on the ground. If it’s just extra saliva, can’t you just swallow it? I find it hard to believe that people who spit all the time really truly produce so much excess saliva that it’s necessary to spit it out so frequently.