100% (or maybe more accurately, 99.9%, since I might on rare occasion forget.) I always think I can feel the filth on my hands if I haven’t washed them afterward, and I’m constantly aware of my hands if for some reason I can’t wash them right away. I try not to touch anything if that’s the case.
And I call bullshit on that study. I think people were lying to the pollsters. I would put the number of women at closer to 60% based on personal anecdotal evidence (hey, it’s not like we’re in Great Debates). I’m more amazed when I actually see someone wash their hands than when they don’t, because it seems as if no one ever does.
And if I’d read the OP better, I would see that it was an observational study. One thing I would ask, though, is whether the observers were visible to the observed, or whether they were hidden. People seem more likely to wash their hands if they know someone else is watching them. (You’ll see more people washing their hands if you’re doing the same, but while you’re in the stall, more people will simply walk out the door.)
Damn…I meant to bring that up in the OP! :smack: That was actually my inspiration for starting the thread in the first place, and I forgot.
So we’ll just add the question:** for those of you who are not 100% washers, does it make a difference to you whether or not someone else is in the restroom at the time?**
As someone mentioned in an earlier post, I may, on rare occasion, be less likely to wash depending on who else is in the public restroom at the same time. Being that it is in public around a bunch of strangers, I could care less what anyone thinks of me. If I have a reason to get out of there, someone’s watchful eyes aren’t going to shame me into changing my mind.
Percentage of time you wash your hands after using a public restroom
100% - except for the one time at that rest stop on the Idaho/Oregon border that is a 2 hole privy, I didnt feel like jumping the fence into the cow pasture to use the trough. I did wash up at the next McDeathburger we saw. I have baby wipes and stuff in the car in case I have to use a tree in the absence of plumbing.
Percentage of time you wash your hands after using a restroom in someone else’s home
100%
percentage of time you wash your hands after using a restroom in your own home
100%
I am an inveterate eye-rubber, and have worked in the chemical industry. I won’t say I am paranoid about getting stuff in my eyes or nasty bacteria/virus concerns, but I have a healthy respect for plain soap and water, and hate icky hands. I have been known to actually carry around several pair of latex gloves and use them when confronted with changing oil or using a bathroom with no way to wash up conveniently. Baby wipes are good, but not hte answer to everything=)
99% The only time I don’t is if I get up in the middle of the night. We do keep a bottle of hand sanitizer on the counter, though, so I’ll usually use that.
And I bring Purell hiking and camping. I wash before and after. I don’t want anything getting on my dick…and I don’t want my dick getting on anything without permission.
It’s just gross not to. Guys, I don’t care if you don’t pee on your hands, you’re touching your junk. And it’s sweaty. Yes, it is. Trust me. Your penis is not the cleanest part of your body. Pee drops and other…secretions…(ew) are on it. Just trust me.
If it’s a restaraunt I wash about 100% of the time, it only makes sense.
But all the hemming and hawing about cleanliness is kinda silly. If I splash on my hands, they get washed, otherwise I don’t see the necessity. The doorknob, the taxi door, the money, the keyboard and anything else you’re gonna be touching is a 100 times dirtier and more disgousting than the shaft of my penis. It at least gets washed one a day.
Regardless of where I am (home, friends, public) the proportion of times I wash depends on the proportion of times I get them dirty.
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3, 4 and 5- 100%. I also wash my hands before eating, whether I’ve used the facilities or not. As far as I can tell I’m the only one at my workplace who uses the bathroom *just * to wash hands. (Though some use it for brushing their teeth.)
I’m not exaggerating; I just don’t see a good excuse for not washing your hands after using the washroom. I find it really ironic that some people preach humanity’s superiority over apes, and yet they don’t mind walking around with shit on their hands like a chimp who just lobbed a turd.
The only times I don’t wash after is when I might have to use an outhouse, in which case I wipe my hands on the grass or, if it’s nearby, rub cedar leaves on my hands (cedar is a natural astringent).
I’m sure vigilantly washing my hands is the only reason I didn’t get Norwalk virus last year (you contract Norwalk by ingesting traces of feces from an infected person).
Percentage of time you wash your hands after using a public restroom: Always, unless I’m at the ballgame and I hear the crowd go into a frenzy. Hell sometimes I don’t even finish pee-ing. :eek:
Percentage of time you wash your hands after using a restroom in someone else’s home: 80% depends on the person or what I’m doing there. Like eating dinner, then yeah, I wash my hands.
percentage of time you wash your hands after using a restroom in your own home: Only when I’m going to be eating or screwing around in the kitchen. Which I just wash my hand regardless if I’ve used the bathroom or not if I’m going to be in the kitchen.
Percentage of time you wash your hands after using a public restroom
Percentage of time you wash your hands after using a restroom in someone else’s home
percentage of time you wash your hands after using a restroom in your own home
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95%
99%
90%
Don’t know if anyone else has made this distinction, but the above is based on the number of times when I at least run water over my hands. The figures would be quite different if I only counted on the times when I actually took the time to use a decent amount of soap, lather up, wash, and rinse. I’ll usually only do that far if my hands feel particularly dirty or if I’m in a public restroom and think people are watching. The rest of the time I’ll either just use water, or a bit of soap that usually gets washed away at first contact with water.