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We hired a new kid fresh out of college earlier this year. He's 25. Good kid. Nice kid. But, he's OCD about washing his hands. That, in and of itself, is fine. I find it curious, but otherwise really don't care.
What I do care about, is this ritual he does at the end of every hand washing. He is apparently afraid to turn the water off and get germs, so he cups his hands and splashes water on the faucet handles before he shuts them off. He will do this several times. In doing this he also splashes water all over the sink... and does not clean it up. That is the issue, the pools of water on the sink. It is not uncommon for someone to go in with something in their hand and set it down, only to have it get wet because he didn't wipe the sink when he was done.
I want to say something to him, but with today's uber-sensitive and uber-letigious work world I also don't want to get in trouble for being insensitive to his issue or "disability". (I don't think OCD is a disability, hence the quote marks.)
Here's the question: Should I talk to him, or should I talk to management and let them deal with it?
FWIW, he's a good kid and probably would work with us, and is just clueless, but ya never know.
What I do care about, is this ritual he does at the end of every hand washing. He is apparently afraid to turn the water off and get germs, so he cups his hands and splashes water on the faucet handles before he shuts them off. He will do this several times. In doing this he also splashes water all over the sink... and does not clean it up. That is the issue, the pools of water on the sink. It is not uncommon for someone to go in with something in their hand and set it down, only to have it get wet because he didn't wipe the sink when he was done.
I want to say something to him, but with today's uber-sensitive and uber-letigious work world I also don't want to get in trouble for being insensitive to his issue or "disability". (I don't think OCD is a disability, hence the quote marks.)
Here's the question: Should I talk to him, or should I talk to management and let them deal with it?
FWIW, he's a good kid and probably would work with us, and is just clueless, but ya never know.