Disgusting

Warning: If you are easily disgusted by gross descriptions, do not continue reading. What follows may disturb you!

I have been a vocal critic, among my close friends, of the bathrooms at the law school. For as much as this place attempts to present a facade of professionalism and prestige, that image goes down the toilet when you go to the restroom. I cannot speak for the ladies' room, but the men's restroom is in an almost constant state of disarray. By 10:00 in the morning, there is usually a small puddle of urine in front of each of the urinals. I can't really blame my other male colleagues. The urinals suck. Until I learned a trick, I would get an amazing amount of splashback on myself while using them (and I am not alone in having this problem.) Not only do I have to use the urinal in a certain way, but I have to stand with a wide stance not to get urine on my shoes, and we all know what kind of trouble one can get into in a public restroom with a wide stance.

The next problem is the sinks. There is usually pools of water on the countertop, so if you lean in a little too close while washing your hands, you could easily get water on your pants at counter level. You will still look like you wet yourself even if you were succesfull in keeping yourself dry at the urinal.

For these reason, I have found myself on occasion walking to an undergraduate building to use the comparatively cleaner restrooms, but normally I don't have time, so I have learned to be careful, but now I have seen something so disgusting, I am considering just holding it.

Over the past two weeks, in two separate bathrooms in the law school, I have seen dried boogers wiped on the wall next to the urinals, and not just one, but several. Some person, who has been sufficiently successful in his life to graduate college, get accepted in law school, and achieve at least the age of 21, can't find a better solution for a stuffed nose than to wipe it on the wall while he takes a piss. And it is not like he isn't in a place with ample supply of tissue!!! I might understand if he was somewhere else, but there is toilet paper and a garbage can right there. Hey, we all have to clean our noses sometimes, but should if you think wiping your mucus on the wall is the solution, you should not be able to get a law license.