
Restrooms are places for the masses. They are places where different cultures, generations, and economic backgrounds come together as equals with one mission in mind—relief. As life evolves into a new digital/cellular age I am often reminded that our level of civility has not matched our level of technological sophistication.
What got me thinking about this topic in depth was a recent trip to the movie theater. It was a Saturday, so the place was packed. I hate crowds, not in the fearful for no reason moronic way, but crowds in public places tend to remind me that our world is going to hell in a hand basket. Where do all these people come from and why don’t I ever see them in my small town? If it isn’t the mom and dad dragging their infant out to the movies at 9:30, it is the guy who is talking like a teenager, wearing his hat backwards over a skull cap, using expletives as part of his standard dialogue, out with his young family, modeling all the wrong behavior—I need blinders I suppose.
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