This beautiful afteroon I was downtown so I decided to stop and have lunch at a ubiquitous donut and sandwhich restaurant.  Before I sat down to eat, I decided to go to the bathroom and wash my hands since I had been practicing all morning and most likely I picked up all the germs of everyone else who had touched that piano before me.  After scrubbing my hands clean I started drying my hands under the drier when I heard a toilet flush and the door to the bathroom stall open.  Out walked a man in his late forties or early fifties.  Being the courteous and polite person I am, I made sure I was out of the way so that the man could reach the sink (it was a rather small bathoom) but instead, the man walked briskly past me and turned the corner.  Gross.  Someone of his age should know better to watch his hands after doing whatever he did in that stall (I'm assuming the worst because he didn't use a urinal).  Still worse: when I left the bathroom I noticed that the man left in the direction of the employees area.  Could this man in fact be an employee of ubiquitous donut shop?  Is he a baker?  Will some unfortunate person eat the donut, pastry or whatever product this man will touch with his fouled hands?

 

I tried to push the thought out of my mind.  I sat down and ate my lunch.  Afterwards, I returned to the washroom to make a pit stop before I left.  I did my business, washed my hands and started to dry them, when again, someone flushed the toilet, left the bathroom stall and walked straight out of the bathroom without stopping to consider washing his hands.  This man was even older, probably in his sixties.  So I'm thinking either a) these people are not aware of the existence of bacteria or b) these people have devised a method to do their business without having to clean up afterwards.  After I left the bathroom I noticed this indiviudal sitting down eating his lunch.  Gross.  If this is the clientele or general peer group of ubiquitous donut shop count me out; next time I'm going to Subway.  At least there they wear gloves when they make your sandwich.