But shouldn't we all? I remember seeing a Candid Camera episode when I was younger. The gag was this: Man puts his hands under the automatic sink. The sink beside him goes on instead. Man looks confused and moves hands to that sink. That sink then turns off and another one turns on. Man repeats cycle until frustrated and leaves with dirty hands. Man laughs when he's told to "smile, you're on candid camera!" The host said it took over 8 hours of shooting to get enough for the show as many men didn't even attempt to wash their hands! I was shocked but have since discovered that this is not an uncommon practice. Apparently some men don't feel that urinating requires a follow-up soap fiesta. I become a major germaphobe in public restrooms. I flush with my foot, hover over the toilet seat, and try to not touch a thing after I wash my hands. At home I have to shut the toilet lid and make sure my toothbrush is in a drawer. Call me crazy, but I just don't want fecal matter all over it. Don't believe me? Check this link.People of the world, don't just think staff must wash their hands, think ALL must wash their hands. Maybe then public bathrooms can become less frightening. Well, a totally touchless experience would also help!
(Just when my blog starts to get all serious, I get involved in potty talk and overshares)
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I am with you on this, I dislike it alot when people flush with the lid open. I can just see all the little germs attack everything in the bathroom. Even if I always keep my toothbrush in a closed cupboard there are all the other things that you have to touch in there, and don´t get me started on public restrooms. I catagorize resturants on how clean their restroom is. No matter how nice the food is if the guest toilet is dirty how clean can the kitchen be.
I´m a paranoid person I know : )
this reminds me of a joke I once heard... or read... or something...
a yale man and a harvard man go into the bathroom.
the yale man finishes peeing and goes to wash his hands. as he sees his harvard counterpart near the exit without washing his hands, the yale-ite says "what, didn't they teach you how to wash your hands at harvard?" to which the harvard man responds, "no, but they did teach us how to not pee on our hands."
i'm pretty sure you can use any schools there... just a hunch.
We keep our toothbrushes soaked in hydrogen peroxide. Not sure of the public health points but it feels better anyway.
man you guys are all crazy!!
Luckily at my house, there is a door separating the toilet from the rest of the bathroom. Even so, the lid is down.
Aisy, did you snatch that photo from a Borders Bookstore bathroom? Just thinking about books makes me alliterate.
haha, i did indeed! you must have a good memory. it's the coolest of the signs i've seen.
call me crazy elisabeth, but bathrooms create all sorts of paranoia for me.
You are now the victim of a blog chain letter; I tagged you!
MMmm. If I had it my way all public restrooms would have self-cleaning toilet seats & auto-flushing toilets; automatic doors, sinks, soap dispensers & hand dryers; and a sink would be right in each stall so that it wouldn't let you out of the stall until the sink had been activated for a full 45 seconds (barring a fire alarm).
My workplace comes pretty close, except for the self-cleaning toilet seat and the not letting you out until you wash your hands part.
In public restrooms, after you've done the hand washing, do you ever think about having to open the door to go out? I will sometimes take some paper towel to open the door and then fling it in the bin as I exit. I'm normally not paranoid about much!
Loved the Seinfeld sketch at 'Papa's' restaurant - the one where Papa was going to make him a pizza, and Jerry observed him not wash his hands after using the bathroom.
Look at aisy's mum, all wild with the comments. I have had to get over my public washroom phobias, because when you are toilet training kidlets, they have to be super "I can do it!" independent and do it all themselves. This means hands balancing themselves on the toilet seat. We wash like crazy, then do the papertowel on the door handle and another wipe with Wet Ones when we get out. Argh, thinking about it makes me feel icky.
But at home, I'm not so freaky. I probably should be though, because today my kids had my toothbrush downstairs and I'm not sure why or where it had been before I got it back.
My favourite handwashing story (I have a few actually, but one I wouldn't want aisy's mum to read) is when Miss A did a quick wash at home and announced that because we were home she didn't need to use soap. That left me a little uneasy wondering how long that had been going on.
my mum, i am always grateful for places that have the rubbish bin beside the door so i don't have to use my sleeve to open it.
dani, i'm glad miss ave didn't pick up on my butt hovering when i took her to the washroom.
seano, don't even get me started on handrails. i shudder if i touch them. they are dirtier than public washrooms.
Money is my favorite germ farms, I´v worked in a store for almost 10 years and I actually washed some coins once before touching them. That was a bad case though a guy shaking and sweating (buying a dirty magazine) paid with just coins and they where wet and his hands bleeding.
dagga, that has to be one of the sickest stories i've heard in a long time. i wouldn't even wanted to touch the freakin' money. i'd be tempted to say "the dirty magazine is on me... please leave."
that story was yucky, and i'm a garbageman! so, i'm not particularly paranoid about germs. i'm anti-antibacterial products and what's an immune system for anyway?
that said, i always wash my hands when i use the facilities, and i wash my hands before and after when i'm working.
good old soap and water.
sorry I outgrossed you guys : ) I agree Rus, soap and water is best.
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