1/4 Of Men Don't Wash Their Hands After Using The Bathroom

[LongBlackScarf]

Just heard this on Channel 2 news. A national handwashing survey was conducted.

So! Do you wash your filthy little mitts after using the Powder Room?

[amber]

Yeah, I knew that. Whatev. Soo...does that mean in their house, or out in public?
For Me:
Leaving, or out of, the house - yes (duh!)
Until I'm leaving the house - not so much (unless someone is in my house, then of course!)
Non Pee - always.

also, I would like to add, that I don't think it's as gross if the men just pee, then don't wash, as it is for girls. Other than pee, everyone should wash.

[DownOnRodeo]

It's just a good habit to have.

Actual effect is probably more placebo-ish than anything, but because I'm trained to do it, I never leave the bathroom without having washed my hands, and those who don't really gross me out. (..Especially when they go straight on to preparing my dinner )

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by amber

Non Pee

That was cute.

[LongBlackScarf]

Originally Posted by amber

also, I would like to add, that I don't think it's as gross if the men just pee, then don't wash, as it is for girls.

Ewww. Have to disagree. We use tissues to "dry off". I don't know about you, but my hand doesn't come in direct contact with my heynonnynonny. Men "shake it" and they have to hold it to do that. Who knows where that thing WAS prior to the pee!? Oook! LOL!!!

[estranged4life]

each and every time I use the restroom...Just a habit I always had.

[irishgrl]

OK, I'll be honest here: out in public or at work ABSOLUTELY. EVERY TIME.
at home: no way, its just me after all.....well, me and a 5yr old boy....
but the only thing Im picky about is that he raises the seat and lowers it.
nothing nastier than sitting on someone elses pee...
but I do it at anyone elses house and I do it out in public everywhere.
AND: I wash my hands before touching food which I think is the biggie.
plus I keep my kitchen clean, I clean with bleach regularly....all thru the house

having said that, I know of one gal at work who DOESNT wash and I find I am disgusted.....

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

each and every time I use the restroom...Just a habit I always had.

me too.....

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

me too.....

wow. you pulled this one from the depths, huh?

[amber]

Originally Posted by LongBlackScarf

Ewww. Have to disagree. We use tissues to "dry off". I don't know about you, but my hand doesn't come in direct contact with my heynonnynonny. Men "shake it" and they have to hold it to do that. Who knows where that thing WAS prior to the pee!? Oook! LOL!!!

Meh. I guess that's true, but it seems all "dry" to me. Whereas, I wipe twice and three times. (TMI)
But, I shouldn't really be in this convo, I'm the least grossed out, clean ledgie, ever.

*seriously, make a poll, and ask people "who seems like the least grossed out ledgie?"
Betcha I would win.*
Though, I hate snot and spit, really bad....in an every day context...
I'm not dirty, I just think there are some especially OCD kids on here.... (Hi, Diss! )

I can't watch people drink milk, either...and has anyone else ever seen "milk strings"? In someone's mouth? So.Gross.
Sex things rarely, if ever, bother me, though. I'm more worried if you came from Vietnam and recently ate a chicken infected with...SRI - 5, or whatev. (Just watched scary program on PBS last night - it's like - super Influenza Like, you're dead in five days, your whole lungs are taken over)

[LongBlackScarf]

Originally Posted by amber

Meh. I guess that's true, but it seems all "dry" to me.

Unless it's been on or in The Road Less Travelled. Then not only is the thing not washed recently, you've got that lingering afterglow of shmutz on it. Also WAY TMI!!!!

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally Posted by Amber

Though, I hate snot and spit, really bad....in an every day context...

Oh, so then you like snot on special occassions?

[David]

Originally Posted by LongBlackScarf

Who knows where that thing WAS prior to the pee!? Oook! LOL!!!

Yeah, bacteria from the anus have a very short trip to the John Hancock.

I'm a hand-washer -- I wouldn't exactly say "compulsive," but I wash my hands after I wash the dishes! I wash my hands after using someone else's phone! I wash my hands after shopping for CDs or DVDs at Best Buy!

You get the picture.

I also carry around a little vial of antibacterial goo. When I sit down to eat at any restaurant, I have either just washed my hands in the restroom there or used some antibacterial goo.

Cold germs are everywhere: door handles & knobs, chairs, rental DVD cases, people's phones, etc.

[Neal]

I guess I'm a little anal-retentive too when it comes to hand washing.

After using the bathroom (anytime, anywhere) goes without saying. But I also do it all day long just because. I can be watching a movie at home and I'll pause it just to go wash my hands, when I haven't even left the couch in the past hour. I just can't stand them to feel at all sweaty/sticky/dirty. Ever.

[desertangel]

How about a poll on how many men dribble on the floor?! URP!!

We were standing in the unisex Only-bathroom-open-at-the-time Pee-line before the Santana concert, when it came to be my turn (after 3 men in a row) I walked in to find not only the toliet seat up, but I was about to go wading in a pool of pee. So I grabbed a mound of toliet seat covers, threw them on the floor on top of the pool of pee, then grabbed an extra two or three so I could push the toliet seat down. It went crashing down on the pot with a loud KER-BANG! My friends told me afterwards they heard it "Loud and Clear" and knew they were in for trouble going in. It was NAST-EYE!! The smell was enough to gag 5,000 maggots.

Anyone in the middle of dinner? hehe

Laura