Hi Kindred,
Not sure what Roy Green did for a living; I left home in 1955 to join the Air Force. Roy graduated from SHS in 1954 and had a brother, Wayne, who graduated from SHS in 1957. As the old song goes, "Those were the days, my friend; we thought they'd never end" --- but, we keep the memories in our hearts and they grow sweeter day by day. I may live in California; but, my heart has never completely left Alabama.
To FirenzeVeritas,
Yes, I have been told that before. My response has always been that, if for no other reason that public relations --- it is a good idea for a restaurant employee to allow patrons to see him/her wash their hands when in the bathroom. Then, go to their stations and wash where it is more sterile. Why do you think they always have signs posted: Wash your hands before leaving bathroom.
One evening, some years ago, my wife, Dory, and I went to a very nice restaurant in Laguna Beach, California, for dinner. We chose this restaurant because we could sit on the sidewalk patio and watch people walking by the shops and beach as we ate. After ordering, I went to the restroom. While washing my hands, a kitchen employee came out of one of the toilet stalls, walked right past me without washing, and walked into the kitchen and back to work. I went back to my table, got my wife, and left --- immediately --- and have never been to that restaurant again. Good public relations, such as letting a customer see the employee wash his hands, would have retained me as a customer. Bad public relations, such as seeing a man who had obviously had a bowel movement leave the bathroom without washing his hands and return to the kitchen to work --- lost my business forever. Which is better?
And, more to the point, what would you have done if you had been in my place that evening?
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill Gray
Alabama bred,
California fed,
America blessed!
billdory@pacbell.net