Currently have a bandage on my hand due to a skin infection. I have bad eczema which got infected and in a very bad state.
I've had to wrap it up because it's just so gross to see.
Today five different people have asked me what's wrong with my hand.
I don't want to explain my medical issues to strangers.
I understand there's a level of small talk in the bank/shop/post office but to ask someone a medical question just seems rude? It was every shop I went in.
And I just lied and said I burnt myself because I didn't want to go into details about infected skin and my eczema.
AIBU to think people in general shouldn't ask things like that and especially in a professional capacity? It's common sense to not point out something 'wrong' with a customer??