I remember driving home from work one day and pulling up to a light with a white van in front of me. While day dreaming, I noticed it was a plumber’s van — more specifically a specialist in sewers, sewage backups, etc. Then I noticed — and this image will never leave me — muddy brown handprints all around the white handle for the rear door. I laughed out loud and said to myself “That’s disgusting!”

But my mind couldn’t just leave it alone. I began wondering — are there muddy handprints on the inside? What about the steering wheel? What about when the plumber gets home and walks in the door? The level of grossness went on and on…