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{Disclaimer: This is a post written in a males perspective, proceed with entertainment}

The time is somewhere around 3am and I think I am in between the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean enroute to Japan. I finally had enough airplane food, plastic cups filled with water and  not being able to feel my semi asleep ###. It is time to embark on a walk to the on board lavatory.

Everyone is sleeping so luckily there is no line. No line can mean 1 of 2 things. It can mean either I have beaten everyone to the lavatory because I am an expert flyer or it can mean everyone beat me to the lavatory and I am stuck with their leftovers … literally.

I am a male and therefore I have the privelege of standing to urinate. While standing and staring into the lavatory toilet bowl I coudn’t help but notice a black sticky substance stuck to the bowl of the toilet. I obviously understand now that the entire airplane has already used the lavatory and I am now stuck with the leftover lavatory toilet.

In our bathrooms at home we have water in our toilet at all times to wash away what we call skidmarks or tire tracks. Unfortunately modern aviation has focused on other items and has left us to deal with a frequent skid mark syndrome (FSMS). So, here is the rub and what do you do?

I don’t like to stand up and stare at skid marks; so, my solution is to aim and fire this filth down the drain. I have to be sure I have enough fire power and accuracy to secure a victory. Many of us may view this as disgusting or horrific. I respond to these comments and say, “you are absolutely correct in your analysis, skid marks on lavatory toilets are disgusting and horrific“.

I recognized this dirty and unclean experience and decided to change it. I could have said, “I’ll leave it for the next passenger or flight attendant”. But No! So I planted my feet, unzipped, aimed and fired washing away nearly all of the stain. I recognized a need and acted as a change agent. Simple enough right?

What do we do when we spot stains on other humans? Do we walk by and say, someone else can  get that stain off, or do we point at it and say, that – is – so – disgusting and walk to the other side of the road?

If you think you can change something, then how come you don’t?

If you believe you have influence then why don’t you lead?

If your dreams are huge then why are you skipping past this dirt in front of you?

Check out The Parable of the Good Samaritan for added thoughts. You can also follow @holaratcha daily grenades in Twitosphere.

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