don't touch my coat

This has probably happened to you before - at a restaurant you drape your jacket around your chair, and someone just has to touch it as they walk by. WHY?! I don't like it when people touch my jacket with their filthy hands!

hands

Hands, probably one of the worst culprits in the transferring of bacteria and germs. It always digusts me to observe people using their hands to touch community food, i.e. break apart food in half and then put the other half back on the shared plate. Just take the item and don't put it back on the plate! Then others actually eat the piece that's been touched by somebody else! Oh.. it's also disgusting when people sort through the community food with their hands until they settle on a piece of food they want. PEOPLE! That's terrible!!! Many of these offenders, the ones who touch other's food, haven't washed their hands prior to touching the food. They've touched door handles, their keyboards, etc. I still eat in restaurants where I know chefs are touching my food, but out of sight, out of mind in that realm. At least I would hope the chefs have washed their hands before preparing my food...

adherence to the code

While waiting to be seated at dinner, I observed a woman with a bottle of medium-sized hand sanitizer making everyone in her party clean their hands. While I am not a believer of hand sanitizer (because I need to wash off germs and bacteria as opposed to having the germs and bacteria disappear into thin air), I am truly appreciative of her efforts. I love what this world is coming to. People do seem to be more germ-aware and beginning to adhere to the code.

personal-sized hand sanitizers

For every ten violations on the street, I usually have one good sighting, like this woman who wears her personal-sized hand sanitizer like a fashion statement. You go girl.

a common violation

This is a common violation at restaurants: placing utensils directly on the table. That's so dirty!!!

card game

I was playing a card game when I noticed that one of the players was cleaning his ears with his finger. He was really going at it for AT LEAST thirty seconds. Those were the longest thirty seconds of my life. I made sure to run straight to the bathroom to wash my hands thoroughly after the game.

observation of the day

I watched someone play with the bottom of her shoes while interchangeably eating with her hands. Gag.

cover when you cough instructions

bathroom wastebaskets

To every public place that has wastebaskets by the door for us to throw our paper towels away as we leave the bathroom: THANK YOU!!