Hey, I know you’re a very busy person with a lot of things on the go. I am aware that you’re probably missing a few phone calls while you’re away from your desk, and you definitely don’t want to lose business just because you took a few moments to go to the washroom.
But for the love of all that is holy, WASH YOUR HANDS.
Surely to God the 15-30 seconds it would take to wash your hands won’t destroy business, or keep you from where you have to go for an unnecessarily long time. EVERYBODY KNOWS that you should wash your hands after you go to the bathroom. So why the hell won’t you?
Furthermore, I can hear you rushing out the door specifically so no one sees you not washing your hands. You aren’t hiding from anybody. Because guess what? I wash MY hands, and then go out there and see you still waiting for the elevator. I guess you could have washed your hands and been no more late than you are now. It would have taken as much effort (or less) than it did for you to sprint out the door.
But the kicker is, after I washed my hands, I had to touch the same door handle you did in order to leave the washroom. And now your filth has become mine. Thanks for sharing, assface.
Look, I don’t care if actual urine or feces visibly touched your skin or not. I want you to wash your fucking hands when you’re finished. Whatever reason you’re using, it’s not good enough. Be a fucking sanitary person. You’re sharing this space with everyone, so try to be hygenic, at least.
I see that all the time. I work at a hospital, so I wash my hands about a hundred times a day. I can understand that it gets annoying and an employee might not feel like washing them yet again. But hell, people, it’s not just about you! It’s about the stuff, and the people, you will touch afterwards. Take a second to care, ok?
I was standing at the sink in a restaurant bathroom one time, when a waitress came in, entered a stall, did her thing, exited the stall and headed straight out the door. I immediately notified a manager, and from what I understand, she was given the ass-chewing of her life. Good. Bitch deserved it.
There was a thread about this once in which I stated that I try to avoid touching things like dooknobs and handles just for that reason. Someone told me that I probably needed therapy for my “phobia.”
What really gets me is when men don’t wash their hands. In my workplace, you can hear the sink when it’s turned on in the men’s room. (Old pipes rattling). Yesterday, a guy came in and used the restroom. I heard the flushing of the urinal and the ominous sound of no-water-running. He came out almost instantly and over to my desk, asking to borrow an inkpen. I was half-tempted to tell him I didn’t have one. I don’t want your I-just-touched-my-weiner unwashed hands all over my stuff! Ew!
I once dated a guy who openly admitted that he did not wash his hands after urinating. Horrified, I asked him why on earth not. His response?
“Well, I’m just touching my own skin. It’s not like I’m waving my hands in the stream.”
I almost choked with disgust. Because I’m sure the underwear your penis sits in throughout your warm, sweaty day, complete with whatever bacteria festers there, is completely pristine.
I am somewhat ambivalent on the whole washing hands thing - more on that in a second - but this is silly. Stranger germs do not equate to husband’s germs, now do they?
As for the washing-hands bit…well, sure, if you’re taking a crap, you better wash your hands. Peeing? You should wash your hands.
I’m not that upset about the second one, because honestly, there’s much worse things I worry about - like the assholes who work with a cold and sneeze all over everything. Or don’t wash those hands after they blow their nose. And then a week later everyone’s sick.
Just my opinion, though, and I don’t think someone needs psychological help if they do feel everyone should wash their hands.
Naw, it isn’t remotely the same thing. I mean, take the pizza crust example from another thread - I wouild share pizza crusts with him but not coworkers.
Basically, it comes down to this - I know my SO’s hygiene habits. I know he takes a shower every day, I know he is very clean, etc. I know he’s not sick. I know who he’s been sleeping with. (Duh). I also know that he’s clean in the bathroom.
I can’t say any of that for any coworkers. So there is a huge and vast difference and it’s silly to reduce it to “E. Coli is E. coli” as if that’s all people are thinking about when they are icked out by coworkers.
I wash my hands every time I piss on them, which is rare. Other than that, it’s really no one else’s business and I don’t feel any particular obligation to pander to other people’s phobia’s. How do you people even function when you’re going around obsessing about doorknobs all day or intently listening to other people in the bathroom to monitor whether they turn the sink on. I’ve got news for you, this is YOUR problem, not the problem of those who don’t share your OCD. They’ve got meds that can help you.
If I always showered after sex, I’d be in the shower most of the day.
No, it’s just common sense, at least to me. If I’m sweaty and gross, I’d rather shower before getting intimate. Out of respect for my partner, and because I’ll feel more comfortable. And sure, if I get sweaty and gross again in the process of having fun, I might shower again afterwards. Or I’ll wash off the important parts.
I mean, if you like to lick your partner up and down when they come in from a sweaty day of working in the yard, good for you. But I demand a shower first!
Hmm. I can sort of imagine not washing your hands after using the bathroom in your own home (maybe), but not doing so in a public bathroom. Ugh. I don’t get how you could NOT wash your hands, to be honest. Especially after touching the door, stall and toilet handles. If not out of courtesy for the other patrons, at the very least do it for yourself.
Also, I really don’t understand the whole “I don’t need to wash my hands 'coz I didn’t urinate on them” line of thinking here. It’s somewhat disturbing, in fact. Is this common amongst most males? Certainly makes me want to rethink the whole shaking hands thing. Ick. There’s also the small chance that the person might an STD such as syphilis or genital herpes.
I want to believe that anyone with crabs would wash their hands after using the bathroom regardless of whether or not there was any urine transference. D:
I usually wash my hands, but there’s not much point if you have to pull a handle or turn a knob to get out of the restroom. If they give you paper towels you can use them to open the door. If there’s no trashcan beside the door, drop your paper towel there, they’ll get the point.
No there isn’t. There is zero chance that you can get any of those things from shaking hands (or from a toilet seat either).
You can’t get crabs from shaking hands and only very small (mostly theoretical) chance from a toliet seat. You can easily avoid the toilet seat risk by simply shaking the seat before you sit on it. The lice can’t live outside the host and any theoretical critters left on a toilet seat will probably be dead already, but a quick shake of the seat will reduce any risk to zero.
Not that I’ve ever had crabs. That just sounds like you’re going around all day trying to imagine ways in which other people could be UNCLEAN. I can’t relate at all to people who are afraid to touch doorkobs or stall doors. It’s not an issue that would ever even occur to me to worry about. Of course, if you’re taking a piss in a men’s room, you generally aren’t using a stall anyway.
How many times has this same topic come up on this board??
This time, I think we should start looking at some scientific data. What I want to know is, how many cases of illness are caused by someone touching something (like a doorknob) that someone who didn’t wash their hands touched? How many cases of STDs are transferred in this manner? How many cases of E coli are caused by dirty door handles?** What is the true risk here? This is the SDMB; cites please?
It’s not enough to say “you should wash your hands because it’s groooossss if you don’t!” I want to hear “you should wash your hands because… [insert statistics and facts here]…”
** I am not talking about the spread of cold and flu germs here. I am talking about diseases spread from not washing your hands after urinating.
And if all of this no-hands-washing-after-peeing business is so dangerous, how come I have never ever gotten ill after giving oral sex? And no, my SO doesn’t shower before every time I do it.
