So were in the Queen Elizabeth II hospital and have to use a public washroom. Great. So the place is populated and one of the hacks is dude, an employee, uniformed and displaying a QEII id. Finished his business I supposed and heads to the washbasins. Cool, public contact, infection control, all that sort of thing. Right on, because everyone in the men’s washrooms these days tend not to wash their hands. Nope, dude isnt finished, out he hauls his frank and beans, cupped in his hands and whips them into a sink. Okay….i spent part of my youth in Europe, I’ve travelled much of the world and different strokes for different folks. However, imagine struck silence among the lets call them patrons. Dude in his happy little sphere of a world merrily rinsing away, while patrons scamper (some hands unwashed tsk, tsk) for the door. Perhaps he lives without running water, or the bathroom at home is next to partners bedroom or I suppose he may not be allowed to wash his nether regions in the house but dude, there has to be a place in the hospital that is staff private where you can indulge, kids are around, and the length of the process seperates the necessity from the fetish.
Give the public a break. ewwww…and for the poor guy down the road that has to use the sink….come on.
6 volts trying real hard in a 12 volt world just to get through the day.
This article appears in Aug 21-27, 2008.


THIS is one reason that I keep my own hand sanitizer on person. The less I touch in a public washroom the better. Don’t worry ;I clean my hands even though I don’t stop at the sink.
GOD!!! I work there! Who the HELL does that??? Honestly, you should call Capital Health (switchboard is 473-2220 and ask for the “Safe Line”) and report it. There is ZERO tolerance for that kind of stuff. There ARE staff washrooms, but you STILL don’t do something like that. That is appalling!!!! PLEASE report it. This could have been a pedofile or sick bastard that may do something to someone for kicks. Maybe someone’s 7 or 8 year old that was sent to the washroom. I’m begging you to report it. This can NOT happen.
I’ll never complain about the Dartmouth Sportsplex bathrooms ever again after reading that. Wow.
Maybe the dude was practicing his tea bagging skills. It’s a joke people, if you decide to jump down my throat and for the record, I agree with EVERYTHING pisses me off on this 1.