Dirty Hands

It is a beautiful day outside, the sun is shining and the birds are flying high. The day is hump Wednesday and Melinda’s work week is almost over. During her lunch break, Melinda and a close acquaintance decide to meet each other at a nice midtown bistro. Melinda’s friend excuses herself for a bathroom break to wash her hands before the food arrives. When Melinda's friend return to the table she begins to tell her about something she just witnessed in the bathroom.
She says “the most annoying thing in the world is when people do not wash there hands after they use the bathroom." The friend believes that when people don't do this it is very appalling and that there is no excuse for it. Surprisingly, Melinda and her friend are in agreement as the friend soon finds out.Melinda tells her that she feels the same way about this and believes that people should learn to wash there hands after using the bathroom.A waitress overhears the conversation and asks the friend what was it that she saw? The customer tells her that a woman used the bathroom and did not wash her hands. I feel the same as melinda and her friend when it comes to people washing there hands. What if the person who didn’t wash there hands was a restaurant employee who worked in the kitchen? It is possible that they are about to spread their germs to you or someone else’s food. If I ever encounter that situation the first thing I would do is ask to speak to the restaurant manager and report the employee.

On Wall Street and in other business settings people may shake hands with one another at least fifty times a day. If each time those individuals had just returned from the bathroom and didn’t wash their hands, there would be a significant amount of ambulant germs in the air. Ambulant germs can cause a small metropolitan area of the nation to experience an epidemic that could spread across the entire United States. As a nation we could avoid viruses of such proportion by starting with the simple notion of washing our hands after using the bathroom. Dirty hands go far beyond Wall Street; I see it and even smell it on a daily basis each time I enter a public restroom. Some of the things that I have seen in the Women’s restroom are appalling. Women are supposed to be the most intelligent of Homo sapiens. I don’t understand why it is so hard for them to wash their hands. I believe that some people need a reminder lesson in ethics and manners. If everyone washed their hands after they used the bathroom it would help to make the world a cleaner place.