Flying Hair

I went to Costco yesterday and bought some frozen yogurt. The man who took my order was wearing two hair nets, one over his hair and the other across his face. Only his eyes and nose were exposed. At first, I thought he might have a cold. But with his nose exposed, that didn't make sense. Then, I noticed that he had a full beard. Someone, apparently, was worried about beard hair getting in the food.

I find this amusing because most nurses wear their hair long and loose. We're often working over open wounds or doing invasive procedures with our hair flying around. No one seems to be bothered by that, but then, when the cafeteria workers deliver food to the patients, they're all wearing hair nets. Apparently it's okay to get hair in a wound, but not in someone's food.