Potty Time, Woohoo!!!

Let me start by saying that the bathrooms at the law school stay pretty darn clean, thanks to the great staff we have here. But this is in no part thanks to the effort of the students. I'm just going to reflect on a few things I've observed in my one and a half years here.

First off, there is one urinal in the law school that's handle sticks. This means after flushing, the thing keeps running, like a poor mans zen waterfall. Why they haven't fixed it I am not sure. But they haven't. Every guy here has likely used it and knows it sticks. Yet every time I walk in the bathroom that mother is flowing. The amount of water it has wasted over the years has likely lead to the current increases in tuition for the law students.

Second thing, the guys here at the school have this terrible desire to spit their gum out in the urinals. There couldn't be a bigger trashcan right as you walk in, but some people want to fly on past that and spit their spent gum in urinal. Some poor person has to reach their hand, albeit gloved, and touch that to throw it away. Gross.

Speaking of the trash can, this thing must have a 3 foot diameter, but for those who do wash their hands, 25% of them throwing away their paper towel miss it. They assume close is good enough. On average there must be 5 wadded up paper towels on the floor.

Finally, I don't claim to be the perfect hand washer. I'll admit there have been times when I haven't washed my hands in my 28 years of going to the bathroom; although it has only been a handful of times [pun intended]. But never do I pass the sink when others are in the bathroom, if for no other reason but to encourage others to follow suit. But I am still blown away when somebody notices the sinks and makes eye contact with someone else in the bathroom, and then just heads out the door without even splashing some H2O on their hands.

As the guys on ESPN say, C'mon Man.