Washroom

During a break while attending the annual meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists in Dallas in 2000, I sat in a chair that turned out to have a view of the sinks in a men's bathroom. The details escape me now, but easily 50% of those who went in did not wash their hands before leaving.

These were men in the food industry, where we practically burn it into a person's memory to always wash your hands. Perhaps they all went in to straighten their ties or check their teeth, but we all know better.

Are the odds stacked against the average Joe or Josephina if professionals can't get it right? This week, a look at washing your hands...or not.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you oughtta go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." - Q to Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Q Who?"

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Washroom