I like how demanding the wording of the sign is. "Employees MUST wash hands!" They must! I wonder what the very first sign said before they decided on this as the official sign wording. "Employees, if you get a chance, wash your hands." "Employees, if you have an extra second or 2, please use soap." "Employees, if it was a #2, MUST wash hands... #1's are optional."
Isn't the "employees must wash hands" sign a little insulting to the employees? Are they really so stupid that they need this sign? Maybe they need other signs then too. "Employees must turn knob before pushing door." "Employees must move legs in order to walk." If the employees are dumb enough to actually need this sign, then what are the chances that they are smart enough to even know how to read it? Well, I guess that explains why some signs look like this:
I think I want to be a comedian.
Article comments
1 - boomcrashbaby
I guess it's better than seeing the sign "All employees must wipe bottom when finished using facilitiy"?
2 - Tom Johnson
They need those signs everywhere, in my opinion. I can't begin to count the number of men I see at the urinals who just zip up and walk out. As I posted on my site a while back, I'm tempted to leave a sign that reads "Do you want to touch my penis? No? Well I don't want to touch yours either! Wash your hands!"
3 - jadester
it may have been intended as comedy, but this post raises a good point.
I agree about fellow blokes washing hands - i don't see how you can pee and then not wash your hands. i mean, it's not like washing your hands is a difficult, time-consuming, or even expensive, process
4 - boomcrashbaby
Comments like this:
"we have gotten some complaints about urine in the food."....made me think that perhaps there should be a sign on how to correctly hold your penis while going pee-pee.
5 - Joe
Having visited some of the filthiest public restrooms in the Western hemisphere, I can understand how many might ask themselves "Which is cleaner, my wang or that faucet handle?" I recommend carrying a bottle of Purell around.
6 - Mac Diva
Tom, there is such a thing as 'sign fatigue.' Too many warning signs and people stop reading them.
I am not even going to get into men and personal hygiene.
7 - Mark Saleski
this is what we need.
8 - duane
I am not even going to get into men and personal hygiene.
Oh, but MacD, you should. Meeting men can enrich your life, and personal hygiene can actually help facilitate that. Personally, I've been into hygiene for ... oh, I dunno ... going on five years now. Those restroom signs are always very helpful. I think I'll get one for my own bathroom. "Oh, that's right. I'm supposed to wash up after having possible contact with various bodily excretions."
9 - kuros
you can put uo the sign but if you can only get cold water out of tap what is the purpose?
10 - RJ Elliott
Weird factoid:
A drop of the average person's urine is far more "sanitary" than a drop of that same person's saliva.
Discuss amongst yourselves...
11 - RJ Elliott
Maybe the signs should read:
"Piss all over your hands if you like. Just don't spit on them!"
12 - Mac Diva
Very funny, duane-:). I'm always making guys wash their hands, and not make sandwiches on a filthy countertop, throw away sneakers that have never seen the inside of a washing machine. Oh, the list I could compile.
Mark, that cartoon reminds me of a certain Seinfeld episode.
13 - Shark
Apropos of nada: (stop me if you've heard this...)
A Texan and a Yankee are just finishing up at a public urinal.
One starts to exit while the other goes to the sink.
Yankee: "Hey, man, where I come from, we wash our hands after we pee."
Texan (leaving): "Well, where I come from, we don't pee on our hands."
14 - Health Dept. Employee
According to the state sanitary code Chapter 13 for Retail Food Establishments, all restaurants are required by law to post those signs. Rest assured it is not because the employees weren't washing their hands thus prompting the necessity of a sign.