Was in Glasgow Central Rail Station yesterday with a few minutes between trains and no time for supper between appointments, so I stopped at the Burger King in the station to grab something to take with me. There was a woman, with a little girl standing next to her, in front of me in the queue.
When it was their turn to answer the call of “First Here Please!” they both walked up to the counter and the woman began placing her order. Then she picked up the kid and sat her on the counter. Sat her down right smack dab in the middle of the counter – the counter where food is served.
Sat the kid right down there on that food counter, complete with shoes fresh from walking around the rail station and God only knows where else, and diaper full of God only knows what. All on the counter where food is served.
I wasn’t all that thrilled about stopping at that particular eatery in the first place, but it was quick and I was in a hurry. But that was just gross.
OK, we totally agree on this one.
I was tempted to ask the woman if she normally sat on and put her feet up on food counters herself, or if this was a tradition she was starting with the new generation.
As it was, I was just grateful that a different till came open before they got their food, so I wasn’t the person served right after them.
And I’m trying really hard not to think about how many toddlers had been plopped down on *that* part of counter previously that day.
Toddlers or not, the counters are probably filthy simply from people’s hands being all over them, money laid on them, purses sitting on them, etc.
Now I’m wondering how much of a barrier paper is…