Writer's Block: It's the Little Things
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 04:12 pm[Error: unknown template qotd] This may sound a little weird... but ever since I was a teenager, I would go into a public restroom, wash my hands, and wish that someday I wouldn't have to use my wet hands to pull the handle on the paper towel dispenser. That wish grew into a desire to make sure that anyone who washed their hands after me would always have a paper towel available without having to use their own wet hands.
So, from then on, whenever I've gone into a public restroom that doesn't have the automatic paper dispensers but has the handle-pulled ones, I've always pulled the handle a few times after I finished (of course, using a paper towel to make it more sanitary) so that the ones coming after me would not need to take the trouble.
I'm not even much of a germaphobe, but I know a few people who are.
So, from then on, whenever I've gone into a public restroom that doesn't have the automatic paper dispensers but has the handle-pulled ones, I've always pulled the handle a few times after I finished (of course, using a paper towel to make it more sanitary) so that the ones coming after me would not need to take the trouble.
I'm not even much of a germaphobe, but I know a few people who are.