On her day off, one of my coworkers briefly dropped by the office with her 2-year-old boy.  She had something quick she wanted to get done before running to another appointment downtown.  After a few minutes, though, he was pretty bored.  I’m not great with kids (as I’ve previously mentioned) , but I offered to take him to Starbucks for a steamed apple juice and to get him out of her hair for a bit.

He was so sweet, and held my hand while walking through the retail section of our building (though he was VERY distracted by the toy store, and by Daiso – but who isn’t?!).  Wow, I’d forgotten how slooooooooowly kids walk…those short little legs!

Once at Starbucks we ordered our drinks (including one for mom, of course).  While waiting, he was staring out the window at the fascinating people (some would say loiterers), and rocking side to side.  It took me a moment but I realized that as he rocked, he was dragging his tongue along the glass…licking back and forth…back and forth…EEK!!

I was almost too horrified to tell his mom, but I figured if he contracted an awful disease she’d better know (and luckily his dad’s a doctor).  She told me that was actually his new “thing” – she’d recently found him licking the top of a bench seat at a restaurant.

Eeeuuuwww…..