Tis The Season With No Reason

There is no reason why the end of the year holidays mean rules are put on hold when nothing, except the season, changes. Let me explain a little of what I'm talking about. I work in a medical lab that uses dangerous chemicals. I stress the word dangerous because ingestion of the majority of them, either singly or combined, could potentially cause major illness or even death. Needless to say you8 want to keep your gloved hands away from your nose, mouth, and eyes to avoid accidental ingestion. With me so far? For some reason when it comes to this time of year people seem to think the bad chemicals have become good for the holidays. That means everybody needs to bring holiday Christmas mugs to work and have them in the work area with beverages in them. They're cute, they're mood setting, they're relevant, and they're probably infused with chemicals that are airborne that we wear breathers to avoid. Every year we have to sign documents saying we understand that no food or drink is to be in the lab area, except during the holidays. No, it doesn't say that about the holidays but it does say NO to all forms of oral gratification items(coffee, soda, cookies, etc). The person who used theirs for pencils was told to make sure he didn't have any drinks in it. Go figure, Christmas fever no doubt.