“I once got busy in Burger King bathroom“—ah, the immortal words of Humpty and Digital Underground…

I dropped by on 10/5/09, and while there was no “gettin’ busy” (hey, this is a family site!) I did take photos of the bathroom and even reviewed it (even if I am two weeks late in posting it).

As a nice touch, they kept the red-and-yellow BK color scheme through the bathroom. I especially love the hand-washing instructions posted near the sink and the reminder to employees to wash their hands over the paper towel holder. It seems slightly more thought-out to post them on the door though, as a “last-minute” reminder to wash your hands in case you “forgot.” Three rolls for being a clean well thought-out bathroom and another half because I love handwashing instruction posters (seriously, has it come to this? We need to tell people how to wash their hands???)

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Some of you may be old enough to remember the days when McDonald’s had a standard bathroom layout, with yellow tiles (maybe it was the lighting) and all “Mickey D’s” bathrooms looked the same (if you’re not old enough, go into one of the McD’s that hasn’t updated in the last 10-20 years or so, and you’ll see what I mean—for all you whippersnappers out there, that’s what McD’s bathrooms looked like in the “glory days” of the 80′s and 90′s—I use the term “days” loosely). I was here Saturday 10/03/09.

Boy how times have changed—this bathroom uses woodgrain stalls and tiles with a woodgrain-ish appearance. I don’t really get why buildings built in the last few years use manual toilets anymore, it seems people oppose flushing (or maybe just touching the flusher) and automatic toilets certainly keep things cleaner. In picture four you’ll see hand washing instructions, which I found interesting since McD’s never gave up the hot-air hand dryers (I hate those things)…sort of a throwback to those days of yore. Three rolls for a clean bathroom; it’d get three-and-a-half except for those air dryers.

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Friday 10/02/09 a buddy of mine and I went to Arby’s for dinner…as fast food goes, it’s likely one of the smarter choices…depending on what you choose, of course (and I’m sure adding their Horsey Sauce® can’t help things, probably don’t wanna add anything that bares a resemblance to zesty mayo).

They keep the bathroom clean, so that’s certainly a plus. I don’t think they check on it very often though, or the franchisee maybe just doesn’t care? Take a look at picture four, you’re looking at one of those combination paper towel dispensers/trash cans (pretty common in fast food places, department stores, and even some “sit-down” restaurants). Where’s the trash can?!? Oh wait…check out picture five…there it is! Underneath the sink…I’m not sure that’s quite how the parts fit together. Pictures six and seven are the paper towel dispenser part…the paper towels wouldn’t come out the bottom so I opened up the dispenser…you’d think they’d make sure all of that was working and prevent people from opening that door (it’s thin sheet steel, maybe not the safest thing to be opening and closing through that little hole). Two-and-a-half rolls for the apparently neglected bathroom.

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Well, that’s an odd place to have a bathroom review…and it would be, if it weren’t for over $3k in damages to the car. Ugh…oh well, that’s life, right? Kniesel’s (pronounced Kuh-nee-zuhls) does consistently fantastic work, and the car comes back tomorrow (this review took place Friday 10/02/09…three days’ worth of work seems reasonable). Anyway…onto the review!

You’ll see in the entrance shot (picture one) and the fourth picture they have a divider/partition in the bathroom. I’m not really sure why, this is a one-user bathroom with a lock on the door…I suppose if someone manages to get the lock undone it gives the poor sap on the toilet a chance to scream out “Wait! Someone’s in here!” without being too embarassed. Of course, you’d think the other guy wouldn’t have any issues with embarassment if it comes to picking a bathroom lock…

The car magazines in picture five and the painting in pictures one and six are a nice touch and keep in-sync with the fact that this is, after all, a body shop. I love to read while in the bathroom as much as the next guy, but I’m not really sure about public bathroom magazines (frankly, that’s what my Instinct is for…catching up on news—and of course taking pictures—while in the bathroom). Shared public bathroom magazines…that’s just wrong. Three stars for an average clean bathroom that’s got a few nice touches. I’ll add half a roll as a bonus for the partition; it makes me smile.

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