Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Superstitiously Hygienic!!!

This is about one of the employees at my work place and his hygiene consciousness. I find him very wierd though. The story goes like this, he comes to the rest room, would never use the standing urinal, instead would always pee in the shit-pot. That's still okay, then he would take at least 2 paper napkins from there, before washing hands, yes even before washing hands.

Then will open the water tap making sure that his hand never comes in direct contact with the tap. After washing the hands he'll turn off the tap with papers only, would never touch the tap with naked hands, and then would not touch any thing directly on his way back to the office, he'll still be carrying those paper tissues with him. This things include the knob of the restroom and the knob of the main door of our office. Once he enters the office then and only then he'll throw the napkins in the trash can there.

What a wierdo! I wonder how people can be so superstitiously hygiene conscious. I think such kind of people should be locked in some public 'Sauchalaya' in India for 24 hours ;), and then should be asked to drink milk like Saif Ali Khan in the movie Salaam Namaste....!

8 Comments:

At Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:25:00 AM, Blogger Kaushal said...

which part of my description you dont agree to ?

 
At Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:28:00 AM, Blogger SAL said...

oh u... gross thing!

Btw, wouldnt agree completely with ur profile description

 
At Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:26:00 PM, Blogger Kaushal said...

but, why do u need lota for tat ?

 
At Tuesday, March 14, 2006 4:19:00 PM, Blogger Ess said...

hey... i mite be wrong...but i hv seen ppl using a kerchief/paper towel to open doors etc, to avoid static electricity.

so, basically they dont touch any metal piece directly with bare hands.

this might well be the same case that u r mistakenly considering to be a hygiene problem.

ps: i dont think we hv met b4, but i am an ex-UB-ite.

 
At Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:25:00 PM, Blogger Kaushal said...

Hi Sumedh,

I do know you though. Many times heard about you while talking to Saloni.

And abt that fellow - I seriously doubt that he means static. I see him almost everyday doing this ;), and by no means it's anything other than so called health concerns :)...

 
At Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:50:00 PM, Blogger Ess said...

i hope...whatever u hv heard, is always good :)

 
At Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:52:00 PM, Blogger Kaushal said...

well, i've heard a lot about your eclipse...:)

 
At Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:03:00 PM, Blogger Chintan said...

With all the "studies" carried out, ppl are a bit paranoid about their health and constantly worry about the unhygenic conditions all around.
(I don't think these ppl can handle the sulabh or even the railway facilities in India). I guess they don't know about anti-bodies or underestimate the humans immune system (somebody please give them a bio crash course).

One of the best explainations regarding this restroom routine I've heard is in "Along came Polly" when Ben Stiller is explaining Jennifer about "bowl of mixed nuts at the bar"

 

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