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XML DevCon 2004 - #3 - Bathroom report

Low OCD-Friendliness quotient.

No wastebasket near the door. If you see wadded up paper towels on the floor next to the door, it's because I had no place to throw them after using them to grab the handle.

Also, it stinks in there.

It's almost like people are going to the bathroom.

WTF?

The venue's really nice, though.

Just not the bathroom.

Published Wednesday, October 20, 2004 4:55 PM by Rory

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M said:

OCD = ?
October 20, 2004 5:34 PM
 

Rory said:

OCD == Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
October 20, 2004 5:47 PM
 

Curt Hagenlocher said:

Plus: gentle piped music to help you relax your sphincter
Minus: no way to open the bathroom door without touching a handle that's been touched by lord knows how many people that haven't washed their hands
October 20, 2004 5:55 PM
 

Josh said:

Try the bathroom further down. At the very least, it smells better, because it's had, oh, I'd say 60% fewer nerds pooping in it.
October 20, 2004 7:21 PM
 

Jeremy Brayton said:

Our OCD tendencies are way too similar to be comforting to me. I don't grab the door with towels though I do try to wash my hands after touching the towel "pull down to get an inch of paper" handle. By the time I get to the door I'm like "okay well so people wiped their ass and decided to smear it on the door, so what. My hands are clean from the exponentially dirty towel dispenser". Maybe I should refactor my OCD a bit and start leaving towels on the floor, too but then I'd be just another Rory clone.
October 20, 2004 8:38 PM
 

Michael Earls said:

I'll open the door for you when I see you there, Rory. You know, when you have the water so hot that your hands are glowing red (to the point of distracting me from our conversation), then I KNOW they're clean. Opening the door for you is the least I can do.

If no one is around to help you, you could use your pinky finger to grab that little part of the handle at the very bottom. I doubt anyone has touched it (of course, they probably haven't cleaned it either, but that's not my point).
October 20, 2004 11:56 PM
 

TrackBack said:

DroppedPackets » Day 1 Keynote: Tim Bray
October 20, 2004 5:08 PM
 

TrackBack said:

Applied XML DevCon
October 20, 2004 5:17 PM
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