Shaming, in general is not a good thing. Fat shaming, skinny shaming, slut shaming, handicap shaming; shaming in general is a behavior that’s pretty much frowned upon, globally speaking. I mean, I’m not going to pretend like within the comforts of close friends and confidants, I won’t say some utterly crass and horrible things that probably succeed in shaming someone out there, in the pursuit of laughs and joking around, but when the day is over, I too would say that I frown upon shaming as a serious practice, overall.
But what if there’s a group of people that absolutely must be shamed? A group that (hopefully) everyone can agree that, need to be called out in some capacity, to try and rectify their shameful tendency(ies) to begin with? Would it really be considered shaming if everyone agrees that they should be shamed?
People who don’t flush toilets. People who don’t wash their hands.
Now I obviously can’t speak for women’s restroom etiquette, but I’d wager that there are plenty of gals out there that can think of a person or persons off the top of their head that they have mentally earmarked as being a perpetual person who indulges in some less-than-acceptable sanitary practices.
I’m talking about the shaming of slobs. Slob Shaming.
It’s not even so much because we as people disagree with the lifestyles of slobs, when it comes down to it, there’s a very legitimate health concern called fucking germs, that the practices of slobs compromise for other, cleaner individuals out there. It’s not a question of should slob shaming be acceptable, but why the fuck isn’t everyone shaming slobs??
The impetus for this rant is that I saw this slob in the men’s room waddle out of a toilet stall. Naturally, as all men do in the men’s room, we avoided eye contact at all costs, but I’m not going to pretend like I didn’t notice him in my peripheral vision. I walked over to a urinal and immediately recoiled, due to the fact that the previous user of said urinal failed to flush it. So I moved onto the next one, and conducted my business.
However, during this time, I noticed, or rather didn’t notice one thing: the customary sound of a sink being used, and the mechanical whirr of a paper towel dispenser, before the sound of the door opening and shutting, of the guy that passed me seconds ago who used one of the toilets.
He didn’t wash his hands after using the toilet.
HE MUST BE SHAMED.
The person who didn’t flush the urinal? HE MUST BE SHAMED TOO.
I certainly hope that I wouldn’t be subject to any opposition by these two declarations, nor for any in the future. I mean really, it’s fucking gross that there are people that don’t wash their hands and/or flush the god damn toilets they use. Not only is it gross, these people are now spreading filth and germs in their neglectful habits, and compromising the cleanliness of everyone around them.
THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR SHOULD BE SHAMED.
As if I couldn’t possibly have given any more thought to the things that go on in a men’s room, I actually did think of how to publicly shame slobs. Namely, a hypothetical restroom OF THE FUTURE, that basically is equipped with a series of motion sensors and cameras, meant to SHAME those who fail to flush the toilet and/or wash their god damn hands.
Basically, in front of a urinal, at a hypothetical height that would ensure accurate photographic capture of a man’s face, and not his junk, a photo is taken when a man stands in front to conduct his business, activated by motion sensor. WHEN THE TOILET IS FLUSHED, the photo is immediately deleted, and this person has no need for concern about being publicly shamed.
UNLESS THEY DON’T WASH THEIR HANDS. By the sinks will be more motion sensors and cameras, and only by correct usage of the sink and towel dispensers, will those subsequent photos be deleted, giving proper, sanitary people no concern about being shamed.
Now for slobs who require the conditioning of being publicly shamed, failure to flush the toilet and/or wash their hands, will have the bathroom’s photo queue of un-deleted photos, posted to a high-definition, 1080p screen outside of the restroom, so that everyone, men and women can take a good look at the people who are slobs.
Simply put, if you don’t want to be branded as a filth-spreading SLOB, then fucking flush the toilet and wash your fucking hands. Problem solved.
A form of shaming that hopefully everyone can agree upon.
