What are the most important thing inside a call center agent's bag? handkerchief,company i.d.,purse,cards,comb,toothbrush and toothpaste and

A LIP BALM

Working in the wee hours needs a lot of hydration-drinking mineral or purified water that is with ample supply from the company,applying lotion on your skin or just the mere addiction of putting on your lip balm-lip moisturizers.

There are expensive brands like that of Burt's Beeswax ,Blistex,Carmex,Nivea but the most common is the petroleum based mint,choco or cherry flavored ChapStick.

I personally use the Mint one.Its more natural and smells lightly better than the fruity and fancy ones.Menthol is an ingredient that leaves a tingling and cooling effect to treat dry lips.The soothing effect leaves chapped lips addicted to the sticks.

How many lip balms have I purchase this year?I think 3 to 4 sticks.It's lesser than that if only my sons don't roll it up and bite it as lollipops.

Here are some lip balm etiquettes....

1.Don't get addicted-applying as often as you need to seem to create addiction for the gesture.Try to think of how much you can do with a dollar worth.

2. Never share-it's like you kissing someone else! If they need to apply yours,let them use their fingertip and apply to their lips.Not directly apply the balm fron the roller.Yucky..

3.After applying the lip balm,stay away from licking your lips because that makes it slower to heal those chapped lips.

4.Dont make it your oral fixation-self explanatory and subjective...BOTTOMLINE IS, ITS A NECESSITY MORE THAN A HABIT OR TURNING IT TO ADDICTION.