Comedy
Trust12.17.00: So, this is a cheapshot, but I think our society is lacking in the trust area. I was sitting in the Salem Greyhound station and as a taxi cab driver exited the Men's washroom I thought of how many restaurants in San Francisco, Boston, NYC, etc., have locked their bathrooms. As a person who appreciates a good public bathroom when I need one (let's be honest, right?), it sortof chaps me to have to buy a stupid taco just to be able to use the bathroom. What's even more distressing is to think of all the people who are on the streets. Where do they go to the bathroom? I know that I am very ignorant to the whole process of how one person can deny another a basic right, but shouldn't anyone have the unfettered ability to go to use the washroom when necessary?Alright, as good and noble as all this is, it is inevitable that the other side of the story comes out. Going to college, I have seen first-hand how people can act like the neanderthals that had come before us. In fact, the portion of the population capable of such actions is so large that it is almost disturbing. During these times I can fully understand how the bonds of trust between us can so quickly dissolve. So I'm left to wonder whether or not this scourge of locked washrooms spreading across our country (Portland, OR is starting it now) is just another oppressive arm of greed, or if it is a justified response to our actions. While it is sad enough to think that people in need are being deprived of a washroom, it would be downright depressing if it was a justified response - that we simply haven't shown the ability to use the facilities responsibly. I guess it is one of those things that is bad any way you look at it.