Next stall, if you please

We all have pet peeves. Mine seem to revolve around the public restrooms.

If you've been a faithful reader of my blog, you know one of my big pet peeves is hand-washing in a public restroom. I get totally creeped out when someone leaves a public restroom stall and bypasses the sink on their way out.

There are lots of explanations why someone may do that. May have just been adjusting clothes, may have tried to go and couldn't, blah blah blah. Don't care. Whether you pissed on your hands or not, if someone is in the bathroom with you, WASH THEM.

It's obviously their call if they want everyone to look at them like they have no sense of personal hygiene. I can't even say I blame them. I have almost no confidence that the sinks in public restrooms are even clean. In that case, just bring some hand sanitizer and use it while others are watching.

The other huge pet peeve I have is when I'm in the restroom, by myself, lots of stalls open, and someone comes in and gets into the stall right next to me.

In any public restroom I use frequently, I have a favorite stall. It's typically the first one in line, closest to the wall or door. I think I read somewhere (on the internet) that that is the least frequently used stall. True or not, what that translates to in my head is that it's bound to be the cleanest.

So I get it if others have a favorite. I know they have to go, obviously I do too. That's why we're in there. But please, don't be all up in my personal space. I'm having a moment of personal reflection, and you're disturbing my chi. Just slide on down to the next stall and we'll both feel better.