It does surprise how many guys I see who take a piss in the bathroom and then just walk out without washing their hands. Worse yet, people who exit the cubicles and just walk out.
I read this news story on my phone this morning while eating breakfast. Sort of put me off my food and made me want to sanitize my phone.
I have a no touch rule. If I don’t touch anything then I can don’t need to wash my hands. I unzip and go over the fence. No contact with anything.
If I have a solid bathroom to wash my hands in then I always do, but in many public bathrooms (I live in India) i feel like I get dirtier actually using the public sink. Also I keep hand sanitizer in the car.
yeah i saw a guy going from peeing to adjusting his hair for 5 mins without washing hands…ladies are a better than this right???
The worst has to be the people that are taking care of their business while checking their smartphone or touching their hair (on their head). Gross.
My office also has this problem where people pick their nose at the urinal and leave boogers on the urinal wall. I don’t know who the culprits are, but am on the lookout for someone with a big nose.
If you don’t use your iPhone while deucing you’re in the minority.
Boogers on the wall? Really? Do you work in a middle school? RE hand washing, I’ve found that almost everyone washes their hands if someone has seen them in the bathroom. When I’m doing my business in the stall though and nobody else is there, I often hear people come in, use the urinal, and walk out without washing.
I think Geogre Carlin has the right idea:
"I don’t automatically wash my hands every time I go to the bathroom okay? Can you deal with that? Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. You know when I wash my hands? When I shit on them! That’s the only time. And you know how often that happens? Tops, TOPS, 2-3 times a week tops! "
Ted Kennedy and John Tower were in the senate bathroom one day and finished up at the same time. Teddy stopped at the sink to wash his hands and Tower walked past him toward the door. Teddy turned to Tower and said, “You know John, in Massachusetts they teach us to wash our hands after going to the bathroom.” Tower turned back and replied, “In Texas they teach us to not piss on our hands.”
Three words: aerosol splash back.
public toilets in uk…holy crack…but amsterdam…
Washing your hands after using the bathroom is more for cleaning your hands from touching your dirty keyboard, phone, etc. than it is to clean your hand from human waste. Since washing your hands regularly is one of the best ways to prevent illness, washing after bathroom use helps keep your hands clean and germs from spreading.
I got into a big argument with my roomate about this a few years ago - he wasn’t washing his hands and it bothered me. This straight dope article played a big role in our debate.
Can we provide further clarification on what is considered ‘washing hands’?
Is the use of soap a requirement? Or a quick splash on water on hands fine? Also soap before or after wetting hands? Some people wet their hands then touch the soap dispenser making it wet in the process. But if you try using soap before wetting then you can’t really scrub your hands properly.
^ Soap is required for washing. Water only is rinsing. We have a touch-free soap dispenser, so I wet, get a dab of soap, then scrub. Touch-free faucet and towel dispenser as well.
As long as we’re on the subject of bathrooms, the guys that perplex me are the ones that I hear come in while I’m in one of the stalls, they see that they’re not alone, refuse the open stall, and leave.
Really? These guys can’t crap with someone else in the room?
You know, there was some survey I read that said that 20% of men have trouble urinating when someone else is in the bathroom too.
I thought “Wow, that’s really bizzare, who would ever get so nervous that they couldn’t do that. Some guys are just strange.”
Then, starting pretty much immediately after I read that, I developed the same problem for about a year. Ultimately it went away, and it still seems strange to me that it would happen at all, but there you have it. Whatever anxiety caused that was triggered simply by learning that there is such an anxiety.
I guess after reading STL’s post, I’d better stock up on CFAvsMBA’s Oxy-Powder, or I’m not going to be able to dump in public anymore… :-p
It’s called Stage Fright or Performance Anxiety
What about those guys that start conversations while urinating? Not cool bro.
I have a buddy who has stage fright. I had never heard of it until he had to wait in line for a stall at an Eagles game many years ago.
Maybe you are producing some unusually heinous odors and are not aware of it due to the home cooking factor.