Regarding a Kickycan thread which involved germs and such.

I read a thread kickycan started about touching handles as you exit a public restroom. The concern was about picking up germs and what not, and Kicky wanted to know how people handled the situation. Reading that thread jarred my memory and I recalled one of the most horrifying things I have ever witnessed.

My sister worked in an office area that was connected to a factory. From her office window you could look into the factory. A very, hot dirty place. One night my sister was working late. Her car was in the shop, and she had asked me to pick her up.

I arrived at the factory and sat in her office as she finished up some orders she had been working on.

The factory was empty at this time of the night, but I could see a janitor going on with his business. He was mopping his way out of the factory bathrooms. He then went directly across the factory floor and entered the lunchroom where he began to clear the debris off the table and put into his trash cart.

What happened next was truly frightening. He pulled his mop out of the bucket, wrung it out, and began to clean the table surfaces.

I probably shouldn't have, but I started laughing. My sister asked what was so funny and I had her take a look.

She went pale and I thought she was going to faint. Then she became a bit enraged and said something about eating in that lunchroom on occasion.

I'm pretty sure my sister made arrangements for that gentleman to seek employment elsewhere.

But that's the kind of stuff that happens.

Be careful out there.