Observe people on escalators in shopping malls. With a few moments respite from rushing around shops buying rubbish, they fill in the time by scratching their heads; or other parts of their bodies, depending upon their current level of skin disorders. There’s that nasty itch in the bum area that needs attending too, even the occasional nose to be picked and the resulting excavation to be idly flicked over the edge. With the appropriate scientific instruments, you could collect all manner of human waste from the floor around the base of an elevator.
Which is why Dunkin’ Donuts have strategically positioned themselves next to escalators in all of the major malls in Pattaya. Maybe it’s a cheap spot to rent, maybe they figure they will maximise passing traffic, presumably they don’t do it because whatever is on display is having all sorts of additional ingredients added, none of which comply with food regulations, assuming we have any here.
This is the Dunkin’ Donuts stall in Tuk Com:
To be fair, the display is covered at the top, but open at the side to facilitate bits of human wafting in the side, to be consolidated with the coughs and sneezes of passers-by. And the food preparation area is perfectly located to receive five floors of elevator fall-out. “Do we need to dust these donuts with flour? Oh, looks like they have already been dusted. With something……”
Not to be outdone, the other bank of elevators features an ice cream stall in the catchment area:
Are you sure those are chocolate sprinkles….?