MUSINGS

By cjm

Thu, 01 Apr 2010
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Timing
What is it with public places like bars, restaurants and gyms that have light switches in bathrooms set at the shortest time possible? I have scrambled in the dark on too many occasions, grasping at walls and doors for the switch. I have yelped in agony while reaching out for the gym shower, my face still covered in soap as the water stopped spraying only seconds it seemed, after being switched on.

Hygiene
Speaking of washing, it seems pointless to wash one’s hands in a restaurant bathroom and then have to open the door. Wouldn’t swing doors be more practical? And whatever happened to finger bowls for when you have to eat with your hands? All these thoughts came into my mind after witnessing a barman pick a fly out of a customer’s coffee cup before serving the customer. He then sneezed all over the bar snacks, at which point I changed my mind and decided to go the bar next door.

Too many Woody Allen Films
You know you are getting quite neurotic when you understand the dilemmas of Woody Allen’s characters. Is the cold I have a sign of Swine flu? Is the wind rattling my French windows a sign that a rapist is breaking in?

Strange Things
I recently saw a neighbour walking her dog on a rainy day. The dog was wearing the local supermarket plastic bags as a raincoat. Then I thought, where do you keep a dog in a small flat with no garden or terrace? What is the point?

Child Rearing
I saw a father and child on the underground. She was the sweetest, prettiest looking girl but also very naughty. She was running around like crazy and paying no heed to her father. To his repeated admonishments, she replied with a gesture that said, “You are going to get a thrashing”. A gesture that she had no doubt learnt from him.

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Comments

Submitted by prettypolly on
I could add a few of my own here: I realize the importance of hygiene, but nothing drives you crazier if you cannot find rules to accompany it, e.g. if you are in a toilet in which apparently, the taps do not seem to be opened or closed, so there are no instructions to tell you that there is a tread under the tap, on which you place your foot, which is supposed to start the water flowing. How are you supposed to guess that there is a mechanism for switching on the water, when you do not have this sort of device in most homes and people, especially older ones, would not think of looking elsewhere for a device which switches on the water? But I do think that having swing doors everywhere instead of ordinary, hand-opening doors is ridiculous. You cannot avoid germs altogether? What if some doors are opened via swing doors but someone accidentally sneezes in your face? Is that not also a form of lack of hygiene? As for your other comment regarding dogs kept by owners who have no gardens, many people living on their own have no gardens but look after their dogs perfectly, by taking them out for walks regularly.