# Poll for people who wash their hands after using the bathroom. (Please read before voting.) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-who-wash-their-hands-after-using-the-bathroom-please-read-before-voting/576770 "2011-04-01T13:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-who-wash-their-hands-after-using-the-bathroom-please-read-before-voting/576770/101 "2011-04-08T21:50:33Z")
Confession: There are times when I don’t wash my hands after peeing (I ALWAYS do after pooping). If I stagger into the bathroom bleary-eyed in the middle of the night and make sure to use enough TP that there is no moisture seep-through, sometimes I will go back to bed without washing my hands. However, this is because I have a really hard time sleeping and the extra activity might wake me up enough that I can’t get back to sleep. Also, the first thing I do in the morning is wash my hands, generally speaking. I just like to start the day with that clean hand feeling. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-who-wash-their-hands-after-using-the-bathroom-please-read-before-voting/576770/102 "2011-04-08T23:47:48Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Oh, sorry, I wasn’t clear - I quoted your post because I was agreeing with you. Oh, sorry! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-who-wash-their-hands-after-using-the-bathroom-please-read-before-voting/576770/103 "2011-04-09T13:25:42Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > I wash _before_ peeing. the Purple Helmet Warrior spends nearly all his time safely tucked away inside my underwear. My _hands_ sometimes get into some really disgusting situations. Same here. I’m a chemist. Yes, I wear gloves, but nitrile is not impervious (dichloromethane anyone?) and I don’t want anything down there that might lead to flesh-pealing or the cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-who-wash-their-hands-after-using-the-bathroom-please-read-before-voting/576770/104 "2011-04-09T14:14:50Z")
I admit to some germophobia. I wash my hands after every bathroom trip, and I resent (and take careful note of, for permanent record marking) the people who don’t. But for me it’s not about coliforma-whatever, it’s about the fact that I work in an office where people bring their colds and flus to work all the time. Many of them don’t wash their hands, and some of them even pee/poop, wash their hands, and _then_ blow their noses right there while looking themselves over in the mirror. So yeah, I try to remember not to touch my eyes or nose during the day, but I also use a hand towel to open the bathroom door. And I can honestly say that since this germo-paranoia caught up with me, I’ve had fewer colds and (even better) fewer flus. Funny side note: > [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > We can never escape! > [Hands-Free Faucets Can Harbor Nasty Germs : Shots - Health News : NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/04/01/135043674/hands-free-faucets-can-harbor-nasty-germs?ps=cprs) There’s a great sidebar on that page: “Marijuana May Impair Thinking While Relieving Other MS Symptoms” What - really??? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-who-wash-their-hands-after-using-the-bathroom-please-read-before-voting/576770/105 "2011-04-10T20:32:53Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I don’t wash my hands every time I pee and I imagine most people don’t. They rinse. Wait, what? What definition of “wash” are we using here? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-who-wash-their-hands-after-using-the-bathroom-please-read-before-voting/576770/106 "2011-04-12T17:54:46Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Also, please make sure you select two options.) I answered: _I am a man and I never wash my hands after peeing_. What possible second option from among those you provided did you have in mind that I should consider checking? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-who-wash-their-hands-after-using-the-bathroom-please-read-before-voting/576770.md?page=5)