Helpful Tip on How to Open a Door at a Public Restroom

[Joe Guy]

[Lord Jim]

I worked in an office in the Financial District for a while, and Adrian Monk must have had an office on the same floor of the building...

Frequently when I would use the restroom, (where did that term come from anyway? In my experience, "resting" is not something that commonly goes on in a public lavatory...) some germaphobe had wrapped both the inside and outside door knobs with paper towel and left them hanging there...

I kept hoping I'd catch the guy, (so I could see if he fit my mental image of what a person with this obsessive neurotic behavior would look like; slight build, fidgety, thick glasses, posture like he he had pole up his ass...) but I never caught The Mad Doorknob Wrapper....

[oldr_n_wsr]

I wonder if those germaphobes are more prone to getting common ailments (colds, etc) than the general public who are routinely (more?) exposed to the germs that cause such ailments?

didn't Gerge Carlin do a skit about that subject?