cleanse....wash....sanitize

South Indian meals, I know when eaten in restaurants, in those fancy , silverware....dont have half the excitement. The yummy taste of rasam and rice, or the roti and sabzi...mmm....yummy tastes and each corner of India having their own style of eating.

But yes, eaten with bare hands, the food does taste different, sometimes not matching the taste when eaten with spoons and forks...But do you ever remember to wash that hand of yours before you sit down at the table????
Sometimes in some restaurants , the mouth freshener ( saunf) is given to customers along with the bill. How many times have you dived into it as soon as it arrives...., take a toothpick and chew on some more of that sweet tasting saunf ( fennel)? I'm sure many times...and the temptation is just not avoidable after a heavy Indian meal.

But have you ever wondered, how many people who visit the restaurant, stop by the loo, in between meals or even after, and walk out. Many do not have the habit of washing their hands or sometimes, most of the restaurants are so badly fitted, there might not be water...so out they walk....and sit down and wait for their bill to arrive. And when the bill arrives, they dive into their mouth freshener, not bothered to using the spoon provided ( sometimes they aren't provided too)...can you imagine the amount of germs that have been transfered?????

Did you know??!!! :-

Did you know that an estimated 1 out of 5 people don't wash their hands after using the restroom? In 2005 the American Society for Microbiology did a survey of hand washing. They asked people questions about their hand-washing habits and also watched people in public restrooms. The results were kind of gross.

For example:
People don't always wash their hands after using the bathroom — 91% of adults say they always wash their hands after using public restrooms, but just 83% were seen doing so.
People wash their hands less at home — 83% say they wash their hands after using the bathroom at home. Germs are germs, and a bathroom is a bathroom.

Only 32% of people in the survey said they wash their hands after coughing or sneezing. So it's nice that you protect the people around you by covering your mouth with your hand when you cough. But if you then reach for your friend's pizza, you might as well not have bothered.

Just 21% wash their hands after handling money.

Only 42% of the people in the survey washed up after petting a dog or cat. You've seen your dog roll in that mystery smell in the park or your cat rub against you after using the litter pan. Fido and Fluffy are dirtier than you think.

(courtesy)

Yesterday was Global hand washing day( so does that mean, the rest of the days, we go without washing hands??? :O ) and i'd like to threaten one and all 'please wash your hands before and after eating, and so also...when you visit the restroom....the others who sit down after you are human after all.....'

These kind of days will surely put a hole the size of a crater in my wallet, ..'cos they have only said wash your hands....and not when...so my house is gonna be all confused...read here to know why??

Now I wonder what the next weird day is gonna be???
Why can't there be days where there is some progress in thinking and some betterment for the society??!!! Is it that hard??

Maybe in the meantime, we should declare -

No Nose picking day

Leave the crotch alone, you men!! day?

Don't make noises to bring the moon down while eating day???

No mobile phone day :D !!!!..

Women, stop gossipping day :) !!

What do you think?? Will any day be spared at all???

Meanwhile if its washing hands, you might as well watch this...