Three Sanitation-Related Annoyances

11 years ago

I always thought it made sense to wash your hands before you go.
Think about where your hands have been before you go to the bathroom and think about where your **** was.
I'm not saying washing after going is wrong, just that washing before going makes as much sense.

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MissTerraK

11 years ago

Ummm,

I'm washing my hands of this thread and am turning around and using my booty to push open the door. :p

Terra

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Dennis Gaskill

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

I wash before as well, didn't mention that since some folks might find it weird.

Um . . . don't take it personally, but I find this thread weird. :p

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Ummm,

I'm washing my hands of this thread and am turning around and using my booty to push open the door. :p

Terra

Hold the door, I'm right behind you!

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Um . . . don't take it personally, but I find this thread weird. :p

Hold the door, I'm right behind you!

Weird? Me, capable of something weird. I don't think so. I've been called "weird" my whole life but it's not me, it's everyone else. I was always the only one who did the right steps in group dances, the only one who sang the right notes in the choir (sure, I invented them and innovated when not invited to do so, but it doesn't mean they were not the right ones).

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tagiscom

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

1. It is annoying when public washrooms only offer air hand dryers to dry hands, but have a door knob that must be opened. It is really gross having to touch a public washroom door knob. It defeats the purpose of washing hands. News Flash: Some folks don't wash their hands after doing the deed.

2. Having to touch the faucet handles is not nice either when trying to wash hands. That is why I always carry paper napkins with me.

3. It is annoying when food preparation workers in fast food stalls and whatnot wear plastic gloves yet merrily chat away over the food. News Flash: Saliva is full of germs and sometimes transmittable diseases.

Yep, worse than that are public toilets with no background music. Enough said!

And high pressure hand dryers that must be going over the safe limit for human hearing?

And soft soaps that are petroleum based, or take a week to get the smell off your hands.

There are ad's in AU recommended this strong stuff to clean baby's!

Have your baby smell like petrol, but at least he or she is 99% free of bacteria, (good or bad).

I tend to open the door up top hoping to avoid anything nasty and use one finger when l can.

Another one is some fancy taps in AU, tend to be hanging on by a thread and be on the verge of falling off. Thanks to some dumb politicians bringing in leglistlation in the early 90's. It means any modern tap, apart from the annoying restrictor, (that can be easily overcome) also has the tendency to become loose over time and almost fall off if handled.

My Mother got one of these, and l figured out if you buy a tube spanner, and prop it up under the sink, that will keep it tight for life!

Is it just me or is the world creating more crappy products, to keep tree huggers or pol, happy???? :confused:

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Ummm,

I'm washing my hands of this thread and am turning around and using my booty to push open the door. :p

Terra

But what happens then you have to open the door to get out???? :rolleyes:

Shane

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MissTerraK

11 years ago

Originally Posted by tagiscom

But what happens then you have to open the door to get out???? :rolleyes:

Shane

Then I pull out an individually wrapped moist towelette that I carry in my purse and open it with that and then toss it into the trash.

I'm always prepared.

Terra

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tagiscom

11 years ago

[quote=seasoned;8602822]******THANKYOU*******! In the 1960- or 70s, they came out with the "air driers" CLAIMING that it helped the environment, by cutting down on the need for wood pulp.

In the 70s, they did studies PROVING that, while mildly good at drying hands, they were WORTHLESS at helping keep your hands clean. The surrounding environment and warm temperatures led to MORE bacterial growth.

And my ears are VERY sensitive, and I feel like wringing the necks of anyone using those "driers".

2. Having to touch the faucet handles is not nice either when trying to wash hands. That is why I always carry paper napkins with me.

I am APPALLED at the hygiene of some.

People think the gloves are to protect THEM! They aren't wearing them to protect YOU in any way. THAT is why they will put on gloves, use FILTHY rags to clean whatever, change money, and prepare sandwiches EVEN IN THAT ORDER! If you call them on it, they will say "LOOK, Im WEARING gloves!"! STUPID!

Steve

Yep, always reminds me of a jet aircraft ready to take off. I just use my shirts, etc, than those horrible noisy things.

Great place for hearing aid adverts though! :rolleyes:

I just want to do a runner when people use them.

Originally Posted by laurencewins

This thread would be so funny if it wasn't so true. I hate it when people don't wash their hands and all doors in the public places seem to open inwards so you MUST touch them. I always carry tissues for blowing my nose, etc so I use them to open the door and then discard them in a bin.

Watching someone NOT wash their hands and then take the hand of their child makes me feel even sicker....spreading germs to a child as well as themselves is unforgivable.

Hmmm, Laurence, most of the shopping centres around Melbourne, have the turning architecture to walk into the toilet. A great idea!

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Then I pull out an individually wrapped moist towelette that I carry in my purse and open it with that and then toss it into the trash.

I'm always prepared.

Terra

Arrrrrr, clever!

Shane

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

I always thought it made sense to wash your hands before you go.
Think about where your hands have been before you go to the bathroom and think about where your **** was.
I'm not saying washing after going is wrong, just that washing before going makes as much sense.

I wash before as well, didn't mention that since some folks might find it weird.

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ThomM 11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

I wash before as well, didn't mention that since some folks might find it weird.

I work with my hands a lot from digging in the dirt to mechanics so washing before never seemed weird to me
Washing after is a sometimes. If I'm out somewhere or going to eat, I will. If I'm going back to working on the car or weeding the garden, I won't.
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- Joe Mobley 11 years ago
  
  Hmmm... With concerns for my efriends, let me suggest that the healthy habit of washing your hands after be instituted in your life right away!
  
  A less-than-clean hand to your own eyes or nose will be the greatest opportunity for cooty contamination. An opportunity that you may want to pass on. No pun intended.
  
  I'm just saying.
  
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  thunderbird 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Joe Mobley
  
  Hmmm... With concerns for my efriends, let me suggest that the healthy habit of washing your hands after be instituted in your life right away!<snip>
  
  I wash before and after. Before, since there are countless contaminants on public railings and whatnot (eg, antibiotic resistant bacteria, hepatitis A, Bubonic Plague) that I don't want to get intimate with.
  
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Halcyon

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

1. It is annoying when public washrooms only offer air hand dryers to dry hands. . .

I agree with you. Plus I HATE having to stand there waiting on my hands to dry. Most folks end up drying their hands on their clothes.

I don't even want to think about all the saliva.

A healthy, strong immune system saves us more than we'll ever know.

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bizgrower

11 years ago

Related pet peeves of mine are waiters or bartenders
who serve your drink with their fingers touching the
rim of the glass. And when they put unwrapped straws
in your beverage.

Where I live, you used to have to pass a course put
on by the health department before you could work
in food service. You're supposed to keep your fingers
at least two inches away from the rim of the glass.

Dan

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Horny Devil

Banned 11 years ago

Much, much more annoying is when a public convenience has no toilet paper. There's only so long you can squeeze in and walk bandy-legged for.

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Kay King

11 years ago

Women are not immune from public bathroom foibles - and sometimes far worse than having to touch a faucet.

For some reason, there are women (usually the largest and I haven't figured out why that's the case) who insist on using the paper seat covers to keep their wide berths from touching a surface someone else's beeeehind touched.

Then they get up and walk out - leaving the seat cover in place. Apparently the idea that someone else must pick up and discard the seat cover they used doesn't bother them at all. Those women give cows a bad name.

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seasoned

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Women are not immune from public bathroom foibles - and sometimes far worse than having to touch a faucet.

For some reason, there are women (usually the largest and I haven't figured out why that's the case) who insist on using the paper seat covers to keep their wide berths from touching a surface someone else's beeeehind touched.

Then they get up and walk out - leaving the seat cover in place. Apparently the idea that someone else must pick up and discard the seat cover they used doesn't bother them at all. Those women give cows a bad name.

I generally wipe down the seat. But I REALLY hate the ones in chicagos ohare airport(IIRC)! They have a tube that goes around the seat that is rotated. You can not be sure it is even visibly clean, and the mechanism is likely dirty. And what happens if it breaks?

Steve

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seasoned

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

1. It is annoying when public washrooms only offer air hand dryers to dry hands, but have a door knob that must be opened. It is really gross having to touch a public washroom door knob. It defeats the purpose of washing hands. News Flash: Some folks don't wash their hands after doing the deed.

******THANKYOU*******! In the 1960- or 70s, they came out with the "air driers" CLAIMING that it helped the environment, by cutting down on the need for wood pulp.

In the 70s, they did studies PROVING that, while mildly good at drying hands, they were WORTHLESS at helping keep your hands clean. The surrounding environment and warm temperatures led to MORE bacterial growth.

And my ears are VERY sensitive, and I feel like wringing the necks of anyone using those "driers".

[quote]2. Having to touch the faucet handles is not nice either when trying to wash hands. That is why I always carry paper napkins with me. [quote]

I am APPALLED at the hygiene of some.

3. It is annoying when food preparation workers in fast food stalls and whatnot wear plastic gloves yet merrily chat away over the food. News Flash: Saliva is full of germs and sometimes transmittable diseases.

People think the gloves are to protect THEM! They aren't wearing them to protect YOU in any way. THAT is why they will put on gloves, use FILTHY rags to clean whatever, change money, and prepare sandwiches EVEN IN THAT ORDER! If you call them on it, they will say "LOOK, Im WEARING gloves!"! STUPID!

Steve

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laurencewins

11 years ago

This thread would be so funny if it wasn't so true. I hate it when people don't wash their hands and all doors in the public places seem to open inwards so you MUST touch them. I always carry tissues for blowing my nose, etc so I use them to open the door and then discard them in a bin.

Watching someone NOT wash their hands and then take the hand of their child makes me feel even sicker....spreading germs to a child as well as themselves is unforgivable.

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yukon

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

1. It is annoying when public washrooms only offer air hand dryers to dry hands, but have a door knob that must be opened. It is really gross having to touch a public washroom door knob. It defeats the purpose of washing hands. News Flash: Some folks don't wash their hands after doing the deed.

2. Having to touch the faucet handles is not nice either when trying to wash hands. That is why I always carry paper napkins with me.

3. It is annoying when food preparation workers in fast food stalls and whatnot wear plastic gloves yet merrily chat away over the food. News Flash: Saliva is full of germs and sometimes transmittable diseases.

I'm guessing you've been to Taco Bell.

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laurencewins

11 years ago

hmm....Shane, yes you are right there. I never really thought about the architecture...except that it does my head in. Try walking around a busy shopping centre with only one good eye and then they go and change the angles of the walls.

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