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Thumbs Up for Hygiene

Years ago I sat on a board with a lovely young lady who after washing her hands in the public restroom acted like a surgeon. Her hands would be freshly scrubbed and held in the air. She would use her elbows to push open the door or even urn the handle to exit the washroom. She had the right idea.I wonder why in this day and age of clever devices we still can’t go into a public restroom that is really focused on keeping germs to a minimum.

Let’s give credit where credit is do though — overall the Americans do a much better job than we Canadians do at providing toilet seat covers at public washrooms. In Canada we would be wise to deny business licenses to those  that don’t provide seat covers to their guests.

A couple of the places that do exceptional jobs in the area of public hygiene include the Cactus Club and the Chicago airport. Both provide automated seat covers, and the toilets at the Cactus Club that flush by stepping on a button on the floor. Kudos to you for playing your part in keeping us healthy!

We need to also appreciate those businesses that have sanitizers outside restrooms to reduce the number of potential bacteria brought in and passed around.

Posted by Margaret in Everyday Etiquette and tagged health, hygiene.