On Sep 25, 1:22*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 25/09/2010 12:56 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>
> > I don't know how many of you read 'Annie's Mailbox', an advice column
> > which appears in my paper.
> > A while back, a seeker of help wrote to complain that someone had come
> > into her kitchen from the out of doors, (had played golf I think it
> > was) and washed his hands at her kitchen sink. *She was appalled and
> > chided the dirty-handed one for not using her bathroom sink.
>
> > Annie agreed that the writer was rightly indignant.
>
> > Well, the letters must've come in carloads. *One person said that a
> > sink was a sink, whether food was prepared in the area of not. *My
> > feeling was ' heck, I don't mix ingredients in the sink - what's the
> > big deal? I keep my kitchen sink reasonable scrubbed.
>
> > Your reaction to this handwashing brouhaha? *Just curious.
>
> They are both off their rockers. I see absolutely no problem with
> washing one's hands in the sink. I am presuming that they would be
> careful not to slop soap suds on nearby food and that they would rinse
> soap suds away when they are done. *If someone were to chide me for
> washing my hands in the sink they would be watching me leave, or never
> see me return.

I don't recall her rationale, but Annie continued to defend her
position that the plaintiff was justified.