Washing hands in restroom poll

Do you REALLY wash your hands?

  • Every time

    Votes: 70 70.0%

  • Only if others will notice if I don't

    Votes: 7 7.0%

  • Only if TP is involved

    Votes: 14 14.0%

  • Sometimes

    Votes: 7 7.0%

  • Never

    Votes: 2 2.0%
  • Total voters
    100
are we talking public restrooms or at home? sometimes when I whiz at home I don't, but every single time in public I do.
 
Obviously the poll is biased against the ladies. They are capable of no-hand #1's, you know.
 
Only if there is paper towels. No sense in washing your hands to then have to touch a filthy door handle on the way out that has been contaminated by the quick rinse people.
 
I managed a pizza restaurant when I was younger. Yes, every time. Even when working in the shop I wash my hands afterwards, sometimes even before.... This includes soap and water for at least 15 seconds. And then I use a paper towel pull the door open. No towels? Just grab a handful of TP.
 
I don't want to sound like I agree with Ed Fred because he's been ****y lately (pun not intended) but I also generally wash my hands before I take a pee so I don't get things like bacon grease, motor oil, tar pitch and Cheetos dust all over my pants and the thing itself. I mean if you don't hose your other hand down in the process then why bother.
 
Yep. I live with a nurse. And it's how I can tell who else does and doesn't at work... "Have you noticed the water heater isn't working very well lately?"

If they say, "yeah the water in the bathroom sink is cold!" I know they wash up. If not...
 
Depends how gross the restroom is... or, depends if I'm at work and possibly have Skydrol on my hands... heck yeah, I'll wash before using the restroom... lol
 
You are f'n gross if you don't wash your hands after using the bathroom. Nasty bacteria can find it's way from your nether regions to your junk during your daily activities. Then you handle your junk and you now infect everything you touch, spreading your filth everywhere. Most people who unwittingly pick up your filth and have normal immune systems are not adversely affected. Others, such as elderly, very young, those who are immunosuppressed or otherwise vulnerable could potentially be made very sick or worse by this sort of stupidity and laziness, not washing your hands. Think of others and the world will become a better place.
 
PaulS said:
You are f'n gross if you don't wash your hands after using the bathroom. Nasty bacteria can find it's way from your nether regions to your junk during your daily activities. Then you handle your junk and you now infect everything you touch, spreading your filth everywhere. Most people who unwittingly pick up your filth and have normal immune systems are not adversely affected. Others, such as elderly, very young, those who are immunosuppressed or otherwise vulnerable could potentially be made very sick or worse by this sort of stupidity and laziness, not washing your hands. Think of others and the world will become a better place.
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You must have an interesting set of daily activities.
 
All skin is coated in staph. Maybe I should douse my peepee in Purell and end the debate.
 
People are strange, I know someone (an LPN, at that) that uses paper towels everywhere because they get thrown away. She has a towel phobia. Yet she feeds her cat on the kitchen countertop.
 
GlennAB1 said:
Germaphobe comes to mind.
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Nope, just recently seen the affects of not washing hands at an assisted living facility. About 30 cases of norovirus. Joke all you want, but now you know, so a person is a douche bag if they don't wash their hands. :)
 
PaulS said:
You are f'n gross if you don't wash your hands after using the bathroom. Nasty bacteria can find it's way from your nether regions to your junk during your daily activities. Then you handle your junk and you now infect everything you touch, spreading your filth everywhere. Most people who unwittingly pick up your filth and have normal immune systems are not adversely affected. Others, such as elderly, very young, those who are immunosuppressed or otherwise vulnerable could potentially be made very sick or worse by this sort of stupidity and laziness, not washing your hands. Think of others and the world will become a better place.
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Same argument could be made for having to touch the disgusting gas station public bathroom manual faucet that never gets cleaned that has been handled first by everyone else that has just touched their junk and gawd know what elese. Not sayin its a habit but there have been time I have made a judgement call!

Reminds me of the conversation of the Westerner and Middle Easterner. "you crap in a hole...that is disgusting" says the Westerner..."Your arse touches the seat where everyone else's arse has been??? Now THAT is disgusting!"...he has a point.
 
I wash my hands and use the paper towel to both dry my hands and open the door to exit...(to protect from those who didn't)
 
I tried changing my display name to "douche bag" but it didn't work.
 
Shawn said:
Same argument could be made for having to touch the disgusting manual faucet that never gets cleaned that has been handled first by everyone else that has just touched their junk and gawd know what elese. Not sayin its a habit but there have been time I have made a judgement call!

Reminder me of the conversation of the Westerner and Middle Easterner. "you crap in a hole...that is disgusting" says the Westerner..."Your arse touches the seat where everyone else's arse has been??? Now THAT is disgusting!"...he has a point.
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So if you are that paranoid, open the faucet, wash your hands, use a towel to turn off the faucet. It's a bogus argument since most restrooms have contactless faucets, soap dispensers, towel dispensers, etc.
 
I think we get the point, but there are logical extremes to either side.
 
It's not funny. If anything I over wash my hands... to the point they bleed. I end up wearing latex gloves at work and dispose them after using the restroom
 
We all should remember that without exposure to the little germies out there, our immune systems would be much weaker and risk of death much higher. Normal routine exposure may be somewhat gross but it is necessary. All these kids that have peanut allergies and other allergies are product of germaphobic society. Don't go out of your way to be a germaphobe, don't be nasty either. Strike a balance and live life. Purell is not the answer to life's problems.

Also, the hospital that just shut down its surgery rooms for the brain disease outbreak is an example of some procedures not even being enough for prevention of some disease spread.

David
 
PaulS said:
So if you are that paranoid, open the faucet, wash your hands, use a towel to turn off the faucet. It's a bogus argument since most restrooms have contactless faucets, soap dispensers, towel dispensers, etc.
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...and if there just a crappy air dyer on the wall and no towels? You don't get out much do ya? I am talkin about the Gas-O-Mart in the dive part of town...not the bathrooms at the Ritz.

Automatic faucet?...no brainier.
 
Airman finishes his business and starts to leave restroom
Captain: "Airman? Don't you wash your hands before you leave the restroom?"
Airman: "No, Sir!"
Captain: "In Officer Training School we were taught all gentleman wash their hands before leaving the restroom"
Airman: "Really? In Basic Training they taught us not to pee on our hands!"
 
PaulS said:
You are f'n gross if you don't wash your hands after using the bathroom. Nasty bacteria can find it's way from your nether regions to your junk during your daily activities. Then you handle your junk and you now infect everything you touch, spreading your filth everywhere. Most people who unwittingly pick up your filth and have normal immune systems are not adversely affected. Others, such as elderly, very young, those who are immunosuppressed or otherwise vulnerable could potentially be made very sick or worse by this sort of stupidity and laziness, not washing your hands. Think of others and the world will become a better place.
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Oh that's Bull. There's harmful bacteria everywhere you are and everywhere you go. Not washing your hands from the bathroom albeit gross is not the end all be all cause of all illness in the world. I was taught to play in the dirt when I was little, strengthens your immune system.

Over-washing with anti-bacterial soaps is actually WORSE for society because it breeds super-bacteria resistant to being killed.

Something your generation likes to tell mine...Suck it up buttercup.
 
PaulS said:
I'm just trying to figure out why you would say something like that, you have me baffled.
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I was coming from a germ avoidance perspective. I've never personally known a gay person that avoided handshakes. Unless they also happened to be a germophobe.
 
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