Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Sink Question


Written yesterday:

I’m on my flight back from Portland.  I’m just back from the tiny washroom, where I remembered that I have been meaning for ages to ask a question.  How come tiny airplane bathrooms say to wipe out the sink with paper towel after use?  There is often a little sign requesting this “for the sake of the next passenger”.  I don’t understand AT ALL.  It’s so wasteful.  Is anyone offended by a few droplets of water in the sink?  It’s not as if the next person isn’t using clean water from the tap.  Does anyone ever actually wipe the sink?  I know this is tiny compared to the impacts of everything that happens on an airline.  Yet, I think it’s suggesting something useless and wasteful.  Anyone?  Help me out?  What’s the point?

2 comments:

Bridget said...

Ha ha! I always thought that it was kind of strange too but I do it! I use the paper towel I dried my hands with so I don't know if it's that much more wasteful. But it made me laugh thinking about how I just blindly do whatever the sign tells me!

Liz Love said...

I've always wondered the same thing. Although rather than blindly following the suggestion, for years I've been stubbornly ignoring it. So I suppose I should appologize to all the people using the wet sink after I'm done. lol