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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