Yesterday when I walked in to my office building — which houses several departments, including the English department — there was a new addition to the foyer. Screwed to the wall by the elevators: a giant dispenser of hand sanitizer.

Now, I know that this is a high swine flu area — or, at least, a high swine flu panic area — but come on!

I’d like to find out just how much the university has spent on hand sanitizer dispensers, vats of hand sanitizer, and the labor to install/maintain said dispensers … perhaps approximately as much as we are NOT getting raises for this year?