I went to Aurelia's Oratorio yesterday at the American Repertory Theater associated with Harvard. It was phenomenal! If you have the opportunity, go see it while it's there! Really, amazing.
Just a moment before the show began, the seat next to me was occupied by the ticket holder and next to her, her friend. I overheard this stranger say "Just because I'm using eyedrops doesn't mean I have to stay at home".
Ew.
She then proceeded to use a sort of wet nap but with much stronger smelling disinfectant to clean her hands and then took out a tiny bottle of eyedrops. This bottle was smaller than those bottles of re-wetting drops you use for contact lenses. It was the sort of size that holds a quantity big enough for say... a dosage of medicine you might need for a 10 day period.
I think the woman next to me had conjunctivitis! And she sat down just moments before the show started that she didn't have enough time to take care of this issue in the bathroom! Had there been more time, I would have expressed my discontent and utter grossedoutedness (it's a word.). Instead, I shifted over as much as I could in the other direction while in my seat and made sure not to use the arm rest that connected our chairs.
