Someone just related this story to me:
After having dinner in a certain eating establishment, a friend of mine decided to go to the bathroom. There he saw one of the kitchen staff exiting a bathroom cubicle and proceeding DIRECTLY to the bathroom exit, without stopping by the sink to wash his hands. When this friend of mine came out of the bathroom shortly after, he saw the same kitchen staff person already half-way through preparing someone's food (It's an open kitchen).
This is not the first time I've heard or even witnessed incidents like these. Not only in restaurants, but shopping malls, and cinemas, and heck even in university. In fact, MANY times in university. Seriously, people are capable enough to pursue a tertiary education and yet not able to wash their damn hands?
Malaysians, listen up. The sinks are ALWAYS, ALWAYS positioned close to the exit of the bathroom i.e it's not out of the freakin' way. And this concept is the same EVERYWHERE. It's part of the Dummies' Guide to Constructing Bathrooms. Is it so hard to stop for a few seconds to turn on the tap (yes, that shiny silver thing on top of the porcelein is called a TAP) and wash off (yes, WATER comes out of the TAP, and no, Jabatan Bekalan Air won't bill you for water usage) whatever nasties* you got on your hands? "Hey, most people wouldn't know if I washed or not anyway", some might say. Right. The kitchen help mentioned earlier definitely thought the same thing. So go ahead and sample his food.
But now I'm wondering, why am I getting so worked up over this hand-washing issue? Should I really be surprised that this is coming from a society who doesn't bother to lift up the toilet seat before pissing, and instead pisses ALL OVER THE TOILET SEAT?
*Note to idiots: The afore-mentioned "nasties" also refer to these tiny
microscopic things called germs and bacteria. Microscopic as in you
can't see it with your naked eye. So don't tell me that your hands look
spotless, hence clean.
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A very good example at our own tertiary institution is none other than the infamous person with name starting with English equivalent of 'Timah'.
Sigh.
They should have a reward scheme like star stickers or bookmark if the person washes his/her hand. Lol.