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the one that I peed on.which finger do you usually use?
Just like many of you, I, and most of my co-workers, can't stand when guys can't wash their hands afterwards especially if we work with them. They get labeled quickly and most avoid them when it comes to any physical contact (i.e. shaking hands, sharing food, etc.).
It's not only the fact that you can drip a little on your hands accidentally (which shouldn't happen very often unless you are just a clutz), but the tiny backspray from the urinal should be enough to wash your hands afterward going to the restroom.
Besides that, if you want to get really technical, you should probably wash your hands before you go to the bathroom so you don't carry whatever is already on your hands to be carried around by your "boys".
In any event, I definitely use the towel to open up the door afterwards and to turn off the water to avoid any possible fecal matter exposure on the door and faucet. I may not be avoiding all the germs, it sure makes me feel better when I find myself accidentally touching my face during the day (i.e leaning on my hand, etc.).
Some other areas you should probably look into keeping clean if you are worried about this are: your keyboard and mouse if you work with computers, phone, door knobs, light switches, etc. It can go on and on...
the one that I peed on.which finger do you usually use?
, I've never thought of that
you been spying my style..
I hate these restrooms that only have hand dryers verses the option of both because they are too cheap to buy a hand towel despenser. Only having hand dryers are a pain in the ass especially if you are at a mall, or a heavily crowded event. I get it that you care about the enviorment, but at least offer a better explanation than the "less germs" crap., I've never thought of that
So glad I am not a germaphobe. Someone cringed the other day when I told them how we drank out of the hose as kids, and I got a lecture on the toxins in the hose. At least we were outside running around- much more important to our health than being smeared all over with Purel. I have never used that stuff and never intend to. I also do not have anti-bacterial soap or anything else. I am clean and my house is clean. Bacteria is a part of life. I truly believe the kids in my famliy rarely got sick, even as adults, because we ran around outside, went barefoot, tasted dirt, and all those other kid things before everyone got obsessed. Many researchers believe that exposure as kids is important to developing immunity.
Uh, it has nothing to do with being a germaphobe. Nobody said anything about kids playing outdoors in the dirt. We're talking about toilet sanitation. Limitation of diseases spread through fecal-oral transmission is arguably the single most important advance in public health since 1900, and a major reason for the increase in life expectancy. Would you like your food preparers and pediatricians to brag about how they're not "germaphobes"?
I'm a straight up germaphobe and I don't give a . People disgust me and if I can let it be known, good.
That said, the post above is 100% correct, keeping your hands free from other people's fecal particulate isn't germaphobia, it's basic cleanliness.
No ! It's annoying going to the gym or a restaurant and finding the toilet full of piss splatter and shredded toilet paper not to mention unflushed logs. And I'm talking about so called "nicer" areas of town. You think the restrooms were all at the dollar theater.
BTW, if there's a handle on the door I try to grab it on the low part where people can't get a grip.
I did a lot of running around outside barefoot and such , but it has nothing to do with not having other people crap on my hands.
Some peeps don't mind touching piss and/or .
Hmmm. So not wanting to touch strangers' poop in a public restroom makes me a germaphobe?
im a magician an use slight of hand to make people believe i washed them.
Yeah, I always use a paper towel that I dried my hand with or if that's not avaiable the inside of my shirt tail. As far as the handle to get the paper towel? Sometimes my elbow then wash my elbow
Not at all, the germaphobes are the people afraid to get pee on their hands at all. It's sterile. It's sterile. It's sterile. People drink it in the morning to cleanse themselves. If it was bad for you, then why do so many people drink it huhhhhhhhhhh?
i used to never take baths and roll around in mud and when i was little, and now i have one of the strongest immune systems that i know of. the girls who lived below me last year would over-sanitize their rooms (smelt like a dentist's office) and were sick every other week. people seem to forget that the best and most effective way to prevent illnesses is to get a small dosage of them.
and the only way people can get straight up "poop" on the door handle is if they do the ol' aggie way of wiping their ass. if theres one piece of toilet paper left, they stick their index finger through it and use that.
Last edited by The Reckoning; 04-25-2010 at 03:10 PM.
What about at home? Unless you live alone, you could just as easily be exposed from your spouse, kids, or guests unless you refuse to touch faucets, soap dispensers, and door handles at home.
Equating touching a faucet or door handle to this is what makes you a germaphobe-- as does the following:
Sure - if you shared your home with thousands of random people, I could see how this would be comparable. But we don't, and your not exposed to the kinds of pathogens from your home washroom (where you are probably cleaning regularly, including door handles) to a public restroom.
Well, we all know those are not the DSM-IV criteria for germaphobe (mysophobe), but if it makes you feel better to call me that, fine
But seriously, the thread le makes the distinction public restroom, so I think most of the posters with at least 6th grade reading comprehension skills are addressing just that. No one here has said anything about eating dirt or running around barefoot or our personal homes, just public restrooms. So when it comes to those facilities, I admit I am a bit neurotic. And not because of the people who are using it, but because of the facility itself. I have no reason at all to even wonder about who uses the bathroom in my home because I know exactly when and how it was last cleaned. Nothing more to it than that
Oh snap, someone broke out the DSM-IV. Let me get back at you after I consult the DSM-IV-TR in case correspondonding criteria has been revised to fit whatever agenda benefits the APA the best.Well, we all know those are not the DSM-IV criteria for germaphobe (mysophobe), but if it makes you feel better to call me that, fine
Why bother? The only criteria that matters is the Ploto criteriaOh snap, someone broke out the DSM-IV. Let me get back at you after I consult the DSM-IV-TR in case correspondonding criteria has been revised to fit whatever agenda benefits the APA the best.
Meh, just my attempt to be a y know-it-all
Last edited by mrsmaalox; 04-26-2010 at 12:30 AM.
Plenty of single guys clean their bathrooms less than a public restroom does. So, even in a friend's house you can not be so sure who has or has not washed their hands or who else has been in there. And anyone with kids knows their habits are not always the best.
So that makes you the person smearing your unwashed poop hands outside the bathroom until you get to the car- including on any other doors you touch outside the bathroom, like the front door of the establishment.
Wrong again!! I don't poop in public restrooms
That one, I'm sure meets some DSM-IV criteria
ok, so your best bet is to just never piss in a public restroom or just piss your pants.
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