Handwashing

It was a truly remarkable moment the other day I happened to see while I was at a restaurant.
It is a two room small scale eatery located close to the place where I am working where most of the staff go to have snacks and at times lunch and dinner.

They have a small section upstairs meant exclusively for family.
Downstairs it is all men's area quite busy all the time till late night from early morning onwards.

For snacks you get a wide variety of sandwiches, some traditional snack dishes, juices, coffee and tea.
Lunch and dinner is as usual that you can get in many places.
The place is OK, neat and clean providing value for money and it is affordable.

I go there if I don't have time to cook my food or if I feel lazy to prepare food or just for a change sometimes.
So this time I was there enjoying dinner and only few people were there.

I spotted a family of two males, two females and a cute small girl busy with their food at one of the table in the corner.
Very rarely only we see families downstairs.
If somebody can't climb up the stairs or if the upstairs is full.

I watched with interest the kid eating her food very thoroughly and enjoying not only the dishes but keenly involved in the surroundings including the people.

She projected an air of absolute cleanliness, neat!

I finished my meal and headed towards the washbasin where I could see this small girl beginning to wash her hands.
She slowly opened the tap and poured water over her forearms first. Thoroughly washed both hands with the liquid soap and proceeded to rinse her mouth.

She was also done well using her finger to brush the teeth commonly done in Asian countries by some people.
Thereafter she washed her face well. I patiently waited there allowing her to finish all her routine at her leisurely pace.

I do wash normally my hands only but she had included her forearms and face as well.
After making sure she has washed well satisfied, she took the tissue from the holder and dried herself.
As the mirror was higher up she could not see herself on it but I saw her trying to raise up.
Unsuccessful she turned around, smiled at me and rushed to her parents in the restaurant.

I mentally appreciated her parents for teaching her the proper handwashing and other hygienic practices.
Sure she will follow all those things whole throughout her life.

She was doing all those things very meticulously without any hurry and might have wondered why other people ahead of her was rushing through handwashing only.

In wonderful life many hygienic practices which we used to practice before has disappeared and many new unhygienic things we adopted.
Naturally kids doesn't know proper hygienic practices because those things are not practiced at home.

Some schools have incorporated proper handwashing techniques in their curriculum which is really good.
Likewise some give training in proper teeth brushing techniques and other hygienic practices.