Message On My Band-Aids Fails To Reassure Me

I noticed this morning that my Band-Aids had a message on it that was doubtless intended to reassure me. “You’re going to be just fine!” it said. However, that exclamation point worries me a bit. After all, if I’m really going to be “just fine,” then why are they screaming?

Think about it. Imagine a scenario where you have some concern as to whether or not you are going to be “just fine.” Suddenly, someone screams at you: “YOU’RE GOING TO BE JUST FINE!”

Feeling reassured yet? I’m betting not. I’m betting you’d feel more apprehensive than you did before. How about if they, seeing you were not reassured, again shouted: “YOU’RE GOING TO BE JUST FINE!”

I’m imagining that you would become even more concerned. In fact, I think you’d become more and more worried each time this odd person shouted: “YOU’RE GOING TO BE JUST FINE!”

Why does Band-Aid feel the need to scream? What do they know that I don’t? Is it that all evidence suggests that regardless of the healing of my minor cut nothing is every going to be “just fine” but they think I’ll be happier if I’m deluded into thinking so (which might actually be the truth)?

Regardless, the fact that they feel the need to scream their reassuring message puts me on edge. Perhaps they should have just used a period instead of an exclamation point. That would have felt more reassuring. For the moment, the last thing I believe is that I’m going to be “just fine.”