- Male
- 28
- 100%
- 100%
- 100%
I just don’t get people who don’t wash their hands.
I make others wash their hands before touching my dick.
No I don’t.
- Female
- 27 (in 11 days at least, so might as well get used to it)
- 100%
- 100%
- 100%
If for some reason I can’t wash my hands after using the washroom (as in I stayed at a hostel over the weekend that didn’t have sinks in with all the toilets), I’m not happy until I can. I just can’t imagine not washing my hands. Of course, I have a degree in microbiology, so that may have something to do with it.
1)Male
2) 54
3), 4) 5) 100.
Except if I’m stuck using a portapotty without a sink. :eek:
Female
28
100%
100%
100% unless I’m about to shower
- Male
- Forties
- 100%
- 100%
- 100%
Items 3-5 are actually 1-[symbol]e[/symbol] for the literal-minded.
1- M
2- 48
3- 100% for BMs
for urination, 10% if nobody is present to see, 90% if someone is
4- 100% for BMs
for urination, 50% depends on if I can be heard not to wash
5- 100% for BMs
for urination, only if I am about to cook
Two rival fans are at a Yankees/Red Sox game using the restroom. The Red Sox fan finishes first and heads toward the exit. The Yankee fan turns his head and comments to the guy “In New York we wash our hands when were done pissing.”
The Red Sox fan continue to leave and yells back “In Boston we don’t piss on our hands!”
Female, late 20s.
Public washroom - 100%
Other people’s houses - 100%
My own house - no idea:
I think washing your hands after using the bathroom is beneficial not because of the toilet part, but because it’s just good practice to wash your hands a lot. When I’m not at home, usually post-toilet-use is the most appropriate time to hand-wash.
The layout of my own house disrupts the usual use-toilet-wash-hands routine. The toilet is in its own little stall and the kitchen sink is actually closer than the bathroom sink, so it’s often a trip well out of the way (depending on what I’m doing). So at home I wash my hands regularly, like as soon as I get home from somewhere, before touching food, or after blowing my nose, but not necessarily after using the bathroom.
I get the intolerable grimy-hands feeling after I use public transit or handle money, not after I use the bathroom. I know for certain that I am quite a lot cleaner down there than most of the things that I touch in public places.
- Male
- 23
- 100
- 100
- 100 (actualy almost 100%, like meara- no point if I’m stepping directly into the shower)
I used to do the wave-hands-under-the-water thing as a kid, but three years in a deli and two in a clinic, and I wash my hands with warm water and soap whenever available. Some of the bars are pretty lax with the soap and/or hot water, though.
- Male
- 28
- 100%
- 100%
- 70% - let me explain - when I go numero uno, I can do so without “touching my junk” as a previous poster so elegantly expressed. You just pull your fly open and swivel your hips a bit and out it pops. A similar motion accomplishes the reverse feat. So when I am in my own home, I don’t feel I necessarily need to wash after this. I make sure to wash up before eating anything though. When I am out in public or at a friend’s house, I feel it is my duty to remain as clean as possible, so I wash up 100% of the time in those cases.
Male
35
100%
100%
100%
I worked in hospitals too long, and tend to wash my hands with hot water and lots of soap just about any time I pass by a sink. No, it’s not an OCD, as it didn’t start until I started getting sick working in hospitals, and stopped once I started this behavior.
- Male
- 47
- 100
- 100
- 100
- Female
- 20s
- 100%
- 100%
- 100%
Having dirty hands FEELS uncomfortable to me, so it is simply unthinkable to me to go to the bathroom without washing afterwards. Plus, I used to get violently ill with vomiting and diarrhea at least once every winter UNTIL I started making a habit of washing my hands when I get home after having spent time in public.
I can’t see any good reason not to wash your hands. Having clean hands feels better, and it’s healthier for you as well as everyone else who has to handle things you’ve touched!
- Male
- 26
- 100
- 100
- 90 - 100
Male, thirties, 100% in all scenarios whether or not anybody’s there. (Not counting imminent shower entry, tho I’ll sometimes just pee there.) Never just a rinse; always with soap.
As others have described or implied, I don’t wash my hands after going to the bathroom because the act has somehow dirtied my digits. Rather, I wash my hands because as the primary interface with the world they are almost certainly the dirtiest part of me, and it’s therefore a good idea to wash them regularly (not with Monk-like frequency, of course), and bathroom visits are simply the most convenient opportunity, as there’s a sink handy. For all the difference it makes, we might as well wash our hands before using the toilet. Presuming you aren’t fisting yourself while you crap, of course.
A guy from Microsoft, a guy from Apple, and a guy from Sun are at a conference. During a break they all go to the restroom to take a leak.
After they finish, the Microsoft guy washes his hands, takes a whole bunch of paper towels and dries his hands really well. He turns to the others and says,
“At Microsoft, we have to be thorough.”
The Apple guy then goes to wash his hands and takes a single paper towel and dries his hands perfectly with it. He smugly says,
“At Apple, we have to be thorough AND efficient.”
The Sun guy just walks straight out the door without even washing.
“At Sun, we don’t piss on our hands.”
1) Your sex: Female
2) Your age (or decade, if you prefer): 41
3) Percentage of time you wash your hands after using a public restroom: 60 percent. It depends on the cleanliness of the bathroom. If it’s dirty, I don’t wash my hands. I often carry small packages of wipes with me for just such an occasion. If it’s clean, and I don’t have to touch the wet handle of a towel dispenser, I will wash my hands.
4) Percentage of time you wash your hands after using a restroom in someone else’s home: 90 percent. But it depends on how clean their hand towels are. If I see stains or it smells, I won’t wash my hands because then I’ll have nothing to dry them on except my clothes.
5) Percentage of time you wash your hands after using a restroom in your own home: 5 percent. Usually only if I am leaving the bathroom and heading directly to the kitchen to handle food.
I saw a study on a news program several years ago where researchers took samples from sinks’ hot and cold handles, toilet flush handles, and bathroom door handles and then measured the number and types of germs found.
They determined a few things:
–Touching the handles transfered more germs to people than they washed off with soap and water.
–The first stall is always the cleanest stall (they thought perhaps that was because few people use the first stall thinking it is the most used).
–Wet surfaces had far more germs on them than dry surfaces.
I changed my bathroom washing habits immediately.
- Female
- 31
- 100%
- 100%
- 100%