So I'm at the airport the other day, observing
the busy hustle-bustle of "important" travelers, and I notice something
very odd as I'm washing my hands in the bathroom.
The guy next to me (businessman of course, suit and all) is obviously
in a big hurry as he is frantically washing his hands. He finishes up
and heads for the door. On his way out, he violently flings his
dripping, wet hands towards the general area of the paper towel
dispenser.
Now for one second, I kinda understood his logic there. He's too busy
to dry his hands, so he'll just deliver the water through the air to
the paper towels instead of just going and getting one. Makes sense.
But then, hold on... no, that doesn't make a lick of sense at all.
You can dry your hands by flinging the excess water in ANY direction,
but he did it specifically towards the paper towels, which only serves
to get those paper towels a little wetter for the next person who comes
along. He's thinking "No time for paper towels... I'll just let the air
deliver the water to them... must go... plane to catch..." Meanwhile,
the rest of us now have to use the towels that he's contributed to.
It's one of those situations where you just wish you could approach a
total stranger and confront them on their idiocy without getting
punched in the face.


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