Dave Alpert: I Know Where You’re Going with That

So, I was having lunch with a friend today and walked into the bathroom at the restaurant.  It was fairly clean–a few stray pieces of toilet paper littered the floor and the requisite puddle of urine stopped me from standing too close to the urinal.  It got me thinking about the public bathrooms I use and their level of cleanliness.  More specifically, I was trying to decide whether it’s better to have a clean restaurant bathroom or an absolutely filthy one.

On the one hand, a clean bathroom is pleasant.  You can go in without holding your breath or wincing at stray fecal matter and other discarded unsundries.  There is a downside, however.  Most small cafe’s and restaurants have a small staff.  It’s likely that the person that just scrubbed the doodie off the walls is about to serve you a salad.  A dirty bathroom can be unpleasant and it takes longer to get it ready for your own usage.  But you can rest assured that you will get served dinner by someone who wasn’t just knee deep in toilet.  So, I still can’t decide what is better.  Any thoughts???

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