The White Man's cough drop!

 So I have really bad seasonal allergies which were compounded by 1.  Using a feather pillow and 2.  Spotty sleeping by my head every night (which I loved).  Well Spotty's figured out he's a problem so he's sleeping elsewhere at night, and I changed out my pillow.  

I got this It doesn't feel like a $3.50 bed pillow! last night at Sowork and it was excellent.  My nighttime allergies are a lot better and I ought to get my voice back in a few days - I had very heavy nighttime coughing attacks prior to these changes.  

For some reason I'm getting coughing attacks on the bus every day or two.  I sound very contagious - I'm not, but I can't say that as I'm gasping for breath.  This is, let me add, with the use of a neti pot 2x a day, loratadine (24 allergy pill), and mucinex with cough suppressant 12 hour pills taken twice a day.  

In this post COVID world people are very, very, unhappy to hear me coughing.  I am congested and snotty enough that I have to carry tissues (generic brand, with lotion) everywhere I go.  

So, I've set the stage.  A fair amount of employees at my store also ride the bus.  Last night featured 2 other employees, I know them slightly.  The first one is a no nonsense lady from the Caribbean.  I like her.  She has seen it all and done with that nonsense.  The second lady is a very anxious, thin, lady who walks around acting like someone's going to hit her.  She reminds me of Cleo, convinced someone's going to get her every second.  I don't know what she has seen but maybe medication would help.  

So the lady from the Caribbean was sitting across from me.  It was a new bus, unfortunately.  It was "outgassing" new bus chemical smell, which got a thousand times worse when the driver "helpfully" turned on the AC.  Oh, no.  

Not only did I cough up a lung, I spilled my water bottle in my lap so it looked like I'd peed myself, too.  But, remember, I'm always asking God to work on the pride.  

I fumbled out my bag of cough drops.  My Caribbean coworker shook her head.  "No, Heather".  

I looked at her, coughing, baffled.  

She rummaged in her purse.  "That is a White man's cough drop, Heather.  Try this."  

She handed me something.  It was a small, foil wrapped candy.  I popped it in.  Coughing stopped in about a minute.  

I took the wrapper out and examined it as she smiled approvingly.  Power Mints

When I could talk again, I asked her to buy me a bag and I would pay her!