So, do you just use your bare hand in these troubling times? I use toilet paper and have no memory of getting poop on my hand from wiping.
Nope but even with paper you are still sticking you hand into a potential ecoli area and pose a risk of passing this on to others. Why do you think that health codes require workers to wash before returning to work. Seriously, this “issue” was decided early in the previous century when science of disease control thru sanitation was accepted and proven thru actual practice. Wash your hands after you wipe people. It’s not something that is open to debate.
I don’t really care if you think that your hands are clean after you wipe. It’s not about you.
Yes, but I’m not a literalist about it.
The only reason I looked this up is because my mom is 80 and has a dreadful condition called Dimentia…obviously on waiting lists for in-home care and nursing home care…but she continues to spend small portions of her day at home alone and is very confused about toileting and hygiene. Without proper monitoring and prompting/cues about what to do next, I’m wondering if she could be getting her recent bouts of digestive upset due to the fact that she may not be washing her hands properly. (I also shudder to think of the obvious…as one time she tried to eat some paper on a fork…) Incontinence has progressed rapidly in the past few months and I’m certain she is not able to clean properly after an accident, even though she might tell us she did. I have a good sense of humour, and got a chuckle out of some of the responses in this thread, however, we can’t forget about some of the things that are not so funny in this life. Alzheimer’s and Dimentia are one of those things. Take care of your bodies and brains everyone. Nobody hopes and dreams that their last years will end this way. 
This issue has been covered in many staff meetings. There is no need to re-hash it again.
If you don’t want people eating your poop at work please label the container that you put in the staff refrigerator clearly, with your name and the expiration date of the poop, so it can be tossed out when no longer edible.
I shudder to think how some of our staff are storing poop at home. Please respect your co-workers and label that shit properly.
Thank you.
Your supervisor.
I am sorry for my previous, frivolous poop post.
A former co-worker’s mom was a very independent sort and lived mostly alone into her '90s. Lots of family stopping by to check on her but letting her live her life as independent as possible.
She got a raging e-coli infection from and unknown source and her kidneys shut down and so did she a bit later. There is a real, hard, balancing act between letting old people live their lives as they want, and protecting them as if they were children.
I wish you well.
No shit, this is one of my favorite threads in quite a while.
Well, there may have been a little shit, since we have very thin TP here at work, and it tore at a critical time. But I washed my hands while singing Happy Birthday, so yeah, no shit.
What a load of crap.
Hey, no threadshitting!
Even disregarding the bacterial content, you may well be making a possible worm infestation worse this way.
Not that I think you’re seriously suggesting someone eat a poop sandwich.
Oh god, there’s nothing worse than Pillow Fart Pink Eye!
Ah…I love this guy!
Yes, there is something worse… Zombie Pillow Fart Pink Eye!
Yeah, they came close to discussing that a while back: Pink Eye Transfered by flatulence? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board
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This might not count as “sick,” but I think you can get Athlete’s Foot in a shower that only you use. Presumably that comes from your own poop; I don’t know how seriously or meticulously you hit the gym, though.
Where does the fungus come from originally?
Google “GG Allin.” I issue a warning. Google if you dare. Really. Do not Google this person unless you are prepared to read about some stranger shit. Literally.