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Have you ever walked up to the public or workplace bathroom sink at the same time as somebody else, and begin washing your hands at the same time? I was in this very situation today, and it got me thinking. Now, I have to admit, unless Something Goes Very Wrong, I'm not one to spend whole lot of time scrubbing down afterwards. Turn on the water, a dab of soap and few rubs under the water, mainly to get rid of the soap, and I'm on my way to fight a paper towel loose from the dispenser, this hands wet enough to tear right through a paper towel stuck in a dispenser, but I digress.

Today, as I was joined at the sink by someone else in the building at work that I didn't recognize, I noticed he was doing a much better job at the washing up than me. Not as good as a job as the guy with chapped hands who looks like he's prepping for surgery and scrubbing up to the elbows, but clearly much a much more thorough job than I expected. This individual didn't have the look about him of someone who just had Something Go Very Wrong. I got the feeling that he was showing me up. Clearly I had stopped washing my hands way before this guy thought was appropriate. Or, I just had a moment of paranoia and he just is slow. Either way… uh… weird, huh? No? oh… Never mind.