My roommate only washes up if he poops, never after peeing. Now every time I’m in any of the common areas I have to wash my hands after touching anything I haven’t wiped down. Thus, I wash my hands twice every time I use the bathroom; once as normal and again in the kitchen because I touched the taps, light switch and door handle in the bathroom which likely have groin sweat on them… /rant
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Yes. Especially at work, especially before taking a piss. See, the break room has free snacks, including hot chips. I’ve yet to make the mistake of neglecting to double wash my hands but the fear of god and caspaicin is within me.
I regret opening this thread and this completly validates me using anything but my bare hands to grab door handles.
Me too. One of the reasons I hate summer is I don’t usually have something with long sleeves to open shuff with.
carry hand sanitizer, but also if it’s the washroom use paper towels to open the door, and toss it on the floor beside the door if they’re stupid enough to not keep a trash can there / within reach.
Of course. I am shocked people don’t. But it’s not entirely the act of peeing, it’s the fact a sink and soap are right there. It’s a good idea to wash your hands occasionally, so how about now?
Every time. It’s about upkeep, not worrying whether I touched anything. Plus, I always blot with toilet paper anyway…
LIFEHACK: do both at once by pissing in your hands! it’s environmentally friendly!!!
I don’t drink enough bleach for that to be effective though!
Plus, they say pee is sterile.
It’s not, but that’s what they say!
Urine is sterile… until it hits the urethra.
Its crazy not to unless the bathroom sink is so gross it feels like it would be worse. What really gets me is folks don’t shower before going into the pool. ewww. I would rather have everyone take a pee in the pool than not shower before. that at least is just proteins as opposed to all the dead skin, bacteria, and oil.
No, before
Usually during. I mean the sink is right there anyway, it saves time, and water.
Don’t waste water like that, just use the pee.
Just seeing the state of toilets and stalls when some people leave… I don’t want that on my hands. When i’m at work I notice many people do their business and bolt out the door if they think they’re alone.
So Penn & Teller used to do a show called Bullshit where they would investigate things and explain why the “common knowledge” on them was, well, bullshit.
In the episode on handwashing, they took samples from people’s hands, faces, and groins before and after using the bathroom. They came to the conclusion that the before/after on hands was negligible, because most people’s groins are under multiple layers of protection and don’t get exposed to germs.
What they didn’t bring up in the show is that that’s not why you wash your hands when you’re in the bathroom. It doesn’t matter if your asshole is downright sterile, because it’s everything else in the world that is filthy. You wash your hands when you’re in the bathroom because you should be washing your hands regularly throughout the day and it’s easiest to do when you’re already in the room with the soap and running water. It’s got very little to do with anything else you may be doing in the bathroom.
I used to tell patients who I took to the bathroom and then I managed their peri hygiene (with gloves!) that we would still wash their hands even though they didn’t touch anything because it was just a good habit to have.
Yep, I’ve always thought that. It’s actually very sneaky of health officials, they are exploiting people’s perception of how filthy going to the bathroom is to get them to wash their hands more. Ends justify the means I guess…
Somewhat related, have a think about how clean your belt is. Probably the first thing you touch after getting cack handed and never washed. Enjoy!
Surgeons wash their hand after peeing. Tradies wash them before peeing. Who would you rather shag?
Also maybe surgeons should be out of the running completely. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25498174/
Your roommate is disgusting
Most people are
Yeah, at the very least he should lie about it.
Lmao, reminds me of a college bathroom experience where someone entered, used the urinal, used the hand drier, and left.
I was astounded.
At work my hands are dirtier than my dick, I have to wash them before I pee. Come to think of it my hands are probably always dirtier than my dick because despite my best efforts I still can’t use it to open doors and not many people want to shake hands with it.
My hands are also dirtier than your dick.
Yeah, probably. Unless you’re Howie Mandel or something, and honestly even then.
