5 Minute Tradecraft: The Public Restroom

[Music] when dining in a restaurant always check out the restroom as soon as you get seated at your table this does a few things for one it allows you the opportunity to walk past the other patrons in the restaurant and scope them out this also allows you to get a feel for the establishment and create a mental map of the place and since the restrooms and most restaurants are located in the back near the kitchen you might be able to get a glimpse into the kitchen and better understand its layout and what uniforms the staff are wearing in the back this also allows you to locate a potential exit every restaurant has a back door or a service entrance and you can usually find it by taking a quick trip to the bathroom and from the intelligence tradecraft side of the house public bathrooms are great resources for one they are some of the only public places where the opportunity for relative privacy exists public bathrooms make great dead drop locations or places to change clothes or not a disguise and since it is extremely common for people to use the bathroom in a restaurant there is already a natural excuse for going to the restroom and for taking your time even better are restrooms in to use the bathroom in a restaurant there is already a natural excuse for going to the restroom and for taking your time even better are restrooms in less than scrupulous locations dirty bathrooms and seedy bars are great places to dispose of items and since the smell of cigarette smoke is not uncommon in these places it's easy to burn small documents unnoticed which could be handy so the next time you are fortunate enough to be allowed to sit down and eat at a restaurant make sure to check out the restroom as soon as you can [Music] [Music] you