So, aside from the obvious, what are are the whys and wherefores of this blog. Well, I decided that my own internal rating system when I go out in public needed to be seeded into the blogosphere so that others can enjoy and appreciate when a business works hard to make their bathrooms easier to leave without having to touch anything before exiting. This is especially important if you've gone out to eat.
Now I recognize the OCD component of this, but bear with me. This is practical and I shall elucidate the reasons why below:
1) Handwashing is the easiest way to prevent infections: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hand-washing/HQ00407
2)Most people don't engage in proper handwashing techniques. Do you even come close to doing the below:
Proper hand washing with soap and water
Follow these instructions for washing with soap and water:
- Wet your hands with warm, running water and apply liquid soap or use clean bar soap. Lather well.
- Rub your hands vigorously together for at least 15 to 20 seconds.
- Scrub all surfaces, including the backs of your hands, wrists, between your fingers and under your fingernails.
- Rinse well.
- Dry your hands with a clean or disposable towel.
- Use a towel to turn off the faucet.
4) Men are the WORST at washing their hands
5) No matter how much you shower and bathe, you can't remove E. Coli from the region from just below your navel to the mid-thigh region. If you touch ANYWHERE in that region, you will pick up some bacteria on your hands
So I do my best to use proper technique so that I might leave a bathroom and begin to eat my food with a minimal bacterial load. Why do I say minimal? Because seriously folks, do your really think that the cook, the waitress and everybody in between have washed THEIR hands in the same manner? Have you ever watched the reality show Hell's Kitchen? Those guys are TOUCHING the food before it goes out. They are wiping their hands all over their faces, touching their noses, ad nauseum! I KNOW I'm not going to avoid it completely, but perhaps I can avoid a little of it by getting in and out of a bathroom without having to foul my hands a little more.
The ratings system will be just like school from F to A with pluses and minuses as well. I'll give examples of all as I go along but just as a rule: If you can get out of the bathroom in some way, ANY way without fouling your hands, the bathroom gets a C. The easier they make it on you, the higher the rating. The harder, the lower the rating. Getting an F is self-explanatory folks! Let's just say F as in feces!
Next Post: My first rating and it's a doozy! A+ out of the gate
2 comments:
My first thought was to establish a poop rating, one to five poops, with maybe half a poop for those borderline cases. But the A through F rating system has much more class.
Wm, thanks for your comment. Yah, I thought about doing something like that, but in the end it came down to a simple enough approach using a grading system that has no problem being understood.
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