Two things turn me off when I visit a restaurant: 1) Dirty bathrooms and, 2) Full Trashcans.

Regarding bathrooms, when you walk into them, they should appear clean, smell clean, be stocked (soap in dispensers, paper towels, toilet paper) and everything should work properly (sinks dispense water, toilets flush.

Regarding restaurants, nothing is less attractive than walking up to throw your food away and the trashcans are completely full.

I was sitting in a Habit yesterday (BTW - they had clean bathrooms and their trashcans were empty) and I watched Food delivery drivers come in to pick up online orders and it got me thinking the same could be done with bathroom and trash services.

I’m not suggesting Food Delivery drivers do this, that would be gross. Instead, a business could contract with a 3rd party to make sure the bathrooms are clean and trash is emptied.

Contracts could be set-up depending on the volume of traffic they receive and they could have an on-call service where they text or even hit a button like the one’s Amazon has to reorder products and a person would be there to address the issue.

Just an idea. I may be getting old, but I’ve noticed dirtier bathrooms and full trashcans more and more lately.