Remember that the poll results are public, so the non-washers are not going to post or vote and admit it...
Pet Peeve Alert - do you wash your hands after going to the bathroom?
- Thread starter CajunCrimson
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I can tell you from experience that it's also a good idea to wash the hands before if you've been chopping up jalapeños.
Nothing to do with hygiene, though.
With "release"? :biggrin2:I also enjoy a thorough soaping and rinsing of my genitals before and after.
If you're leaving the bathroom, in most cases you're paying attention to the door and at least know that the door could potentially be opening (by someone coming in, not you). If you're walking down the hall in a public building to a destination other than that bathroom, you're probably not expecting anything, like a door, to suddenly appear in your path. I suspect that's why interior doors almost always open inward. I think DzynKingRTR is an architect. Maybe he could shed some light on the subject.
Most building codes require them to open inward, IIRC. I don't remember seeing any that open outward, except in old buildings. Most chain stores (non fast food) now have done done away with them - you just walk around a baffling wall...
So do you wash your hands before? Unless you are going around opening door knobs and picking things up with your junk, your hands are probably far dirtier.
I probably wash my hands a dozen or more times per day in addition to using the bathroom.
Hey, my junk is cleaner than anything you'll touch today, I can guarantee you that.
But, yes I wash every time.
But, yes I wash every time.
Either that or many people are just not interested. I caught the H1N1 flu bug a few years ago, when I thought I was substantially immune, because of my age. I was literally sick for weeks. That turned me into even more of a germaphobe. I actually keep sterilizing wipes, Lysol or similar, in our vehicles and I wipe both my hands and the wheel, brake, etc. If you use the regular hand wipes, they don't kill viruses, which the sterilizing wipes do. You just have to remember to wash your hands before you eat. Of course, there's not much you can do if the particular virus is aerosol transmitted. I spent most of New Year's day in the ER with severe gastroenteritis, which had started in the middle of the night. The CCN told me that it was most likely Norovirus, since we were having an epidemic at the time and it causes 90% of epidemic-type outbreaks. It can remain infectious on door knobs for long periods of times. One British researcher has proposed that all door knobs, handles etc., be replaced with copper, since the virus can't survive on any surface which is at least 60% copper. The virus is most infectious mostly from right before you show symptoms to three days afterwards, although the virus can survive in the intestines for up to two weeks. There was a "bubble" of it going north on the Appalachian Trail this year, where almost everyone got infected, because proper hand sanitation is so difficult during long distance hiking. I took three liters of NS to rehydrate...
99% of the time I wash my hands after I use the restroom. If I am about to get in the shower, and I have to do #1 or #2, I don't go to the sink and wash my hands. I make sure to scrub a little harder when I washing off.
Then I'd suggest cleaning the shower knobs with soap and water...99% of the time I wash my hands after I use the restroom. If I am about to get in the shower, and I have to do #1 or #2, I don't go to the sink and wash my hands. I make sure to scrub a little harder when I washing off.
I'm not so sure about that.
But I do wash ever single time. Unless the bathroom has no soap...then I will do the no hands thing. :biggrin2:
And I will go one further and say that it is gross when people use their cell phone while going to the bathroom.
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