WIBU to buy new purse after checkout person licked my card?

[BakeOLiteGirl]

I have an absolute hatred of spit. When I see people spit I actually start heaving.

Just now I bought something in a supermarket which has a loyalty point scheme. It's a small Co Op branch in my local area.

My loyalty card wouldn't work so the man licked the whole back of the card. Then handed it back to me. I was trying not to be sick and put the card back in my purse.

Now my purse is poisoned. I have a spit purse. I feel sick looking at my poison purse.

Am I over reacting about my spit card and mucky purse?

I didn't want to complain because it's all a bit local and I don't want to get a nice, helpful person into trouble.

But lick my card? That's too much store loyalty for me.

I have to work now but I feel sick. I'm so spit phobic. Perhaps I need a grip for Christmas.

I hate spit too, I agree with you, I feel nauseous if I see people spit in the street, or see it on the pavement.

Why? Just why? Who licks other peoples cards? Yanbu.

There's spit and there's lick. Spitting is vile, licking is not. Licking someone else's dirty card is just weird and I would object out of weirdness.

That's gross. I remember helping out in a class where I had to take money and scan a card. One woman put her card in her mouth while rooting for money. I refused to take it as it was covered in slobber, and she had to wipe it clean.

Just wondering if you open envelopes that have been licked.........

Nooooo I live in Bristol! You need to tell me where it happened so I can avoid the place!

Well obviously it's a minging thing to do and you should certainly have said something at the time but do all the people who 'hate spit' think the rest of us love it?

I mean, surely it's a given that no one likes spit.
All this, 'I can't stand to see it on the pavement' and 'spit makes me heave' business is a bit redundant isn't it?

Spit makes pretty much everyone heave. You're not a special snowflake if you don't like spit. You're a weirdo if you do like it.

That is grim! I wouldn't have taken the card back!!

The first thing I thought of when I read this though was does the guy do this to lots of cards? Isn't he worried about where the cards have been?!

Seriously weird.

A medium sized child sneezed and left a slimer on my wrist the other day . Yuck and thank God for Chlorox

It's disgusting of course but your initial response was irrational and hence unreasonable (as was that of half the people on the thread - do we get a bulk discount for multi-orders of grips?). Well done for having got a sense of perspective.

WTF?