Okay, I hope you’re not eating while you read this.  Seriously.

North Carolina Republican Senator (you’re cringing already, aren’t you) Thom Tillis has decided that requiring restaurant employees wash their hands after going to the bathroom is an infringement on … FREEDOM!

Tillis was discussing this idea with a friend, who seemed, I am fairly certain, a little taken back.

Tillis said his interlocutor was in disbelief, and asked whether he thought businesses should be allowed to “opt out” of requiring employees to wash their hands after using the restroom.

The senator said he’d be fine with it, so long as businesses made this clear in “advertising” and “employment literature.”

And it would say something like, “Come to Starbucks, where we guarantee a little pee in your coffee.”

Okay, so how is requiring the business to have their employees wash their hands any different than requiring the business to post a sign or advertise if they don’t?  Unless, of course you quietly eliminate the advertising stipulation when no one is looking.

Republicans:  Guaranteeing the freedom to pee in someone’s soup!

Thanks to Claudia for the heads up.