Bathroom hygiene
If there's one thing that I can't stop doing (and no I don't mean Fantasy), it's pointing out inconsistencies. Even if they're trivial, I'll get caught up in a 10 minute argument.
Anyway, here's something that popped into my head one day while spotting someone exit the bathroom...
Perhaps it only seems odd to me, in which case, that's nothing new. But...for all those guys out there (I can only speak for guys, but perhaps it applies in some context to women, though I doubt it) that need to exit the bathroom with a paper towel protecting their hand from the door (lest you catch some disease), why is it that they take so much care on their way out, but not on the way in?
For those that don't know (and I'll try not to be graphic). When a guy goes to the bathroom, he:
1) Opens the door to the bathroom with his _hands_.
2) Walks over to the urinal.
3) Uses his _hands_ to assist in his business.
In those steps above, do you see any mention of hand washing?. Any paper towels for protection? Nope, not at all. Heck, not only is the door that's opened a source of "bad", but who knows where one's hands have been over the last 30 minutes. Perhaps all over the coffee maker? Perhaps typing on a communal keyboard. And yet, in they go to the urinal with uncleansed hands.
To be so meticulously clean leaving the bathroom, yet create such a big gaping hole in logic on the way in...just screams inconsistency.
While admittedly, this all is kinda gross, I can't help but chuckle now every time I see one of these guys using a paper towel to open the door on the way out of the bathroom. Heh.
Sorry to those of you who I've actually described. Perhaps you'll think about washing your hands before you go next time. =)
Anyway, here's something that popped into my head one day while spotting someone exit the bathroom...
Perhaps it only seems odd to me, in which case, that's nothing new. But...for all those guys out there (I can only speak for guys, but perhaps it applies in some context to women, though I doubt it) that need to exit the bathroom with a paper towel protecting their hand from the door (lest you catch some disease), why is it that they take so much care on their way out, but not on the way in?
For those that don't know (and I'll try not to be graphic). When a guy goes to the bathroom, he:
1) Opens the door to the bathroom with his _hands_.
2) Walks over to the urinal.
3) Uses his _hands_ to assist in his business.
In those steps above, do you see any mention of hand washing?. Any paper towels for protection? Nope, not at all. Heck, not only is the door that's opened a source of "bad", but who knows where one's hands have been over the last 30 minutes. Perhaps all over the coffee maker? Perhaps typing on a communal keyboard. And yet, in they go to the urinal with uncleansed hands.
To be so meticulously clean leaving the bathroom, yet create such a big gaping hole in logic on the way in...just screams inconsistency.
While admittedly, this all is kinda gross, I can't help but chuckle now every time I see one of these guys using a paper towel to open the door on the way out of the bathroom. Heh.
Sorry to those of you who I've actually described. Perhaps you'll think about washing your hands before you go next time. =)
posted by JD at 1:54 AM
2 Comments:
So far the topics you've chosen suggest that you may have missed your calling by avoiding med school. On the other hand, I'm sure your earwax musings helped J-ent fall for you!
Far from it...a certain someone never let me in on this secret duality of life. After confronting her last night, she shrugged, "no big deal."
No big deal?! It's a conspiracy.
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