Washing your hands.

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Prompted by the "toilet inspiration thread" I have never understood why, after taking great care to clean your own hands, in most toilets the entrance door opens inwards so you then have to place your clean hands on the door handle that has been touched by the many dirty barstewards that do not wash their hands.

I either nip out when the door is opened, or use a piece of tissue or my cuff to open the door, in no way will I ever risk infection from some dirty individual who has just had a pee, poo or whatever else they might get up to be in the wc.

The simple answer would be to make doors open outwards or better still have swing doors.
 
I'm a bit of clean hands freak (comes with the job I think!), and I'm always absolutely gobsmacked by the number of people who don't wash their hands after using the toilet - especially in food places :gag:
 
I'm all for swing doors but might have a few accidents with that? After I wash my hands I take an extra towel/tissue to either switch off the tap and/or open the door with. Any time that I can I will use my foot to kick open doors (or at least, wedge my foot when one's closing so I can get out myself).
 
With having young kids, have found that supermarkets sell a hand gel like the one hospitals use. it evaporates quickly and kills 99% of germs. I always gel their little hands after taking them to the toilet, as it is so much easier then playing with the sinks and driers. Invest a pound in a bottle, and then use it after you have opened the bathroom door.
 
What's worse than a bloke that doesn't wash his hands after using the loo ?



The bloke who doesen't wash his hands but STILL has to dry his hands !!!

Filthy git was at football today and couldn't believe it.... :nono:


Steve
 
Old joke but:

An Oxford student and a Cambridge student (swap for Liverpool/Everton Fan, Army/Navy, or any other 2 competitive groups of blokes) go into the toilet. Both pee, one legs it out the blokes, and the other quickly washes his hands, and catches t'other one up. "At Cambridge, we always wash our hands after going to the toilet" to the reply of "At Oxford, we don't p**s on on our hands"
 
About 20 years ago I had the dubious pleasure of working with an old boy doing aircraft maintenance (747s etc) and he loved doing all the toilet work. These particular toilets had the waste contained in a tank below the bowl and used the familiar blue Racasan type of disinfectant. I had heard some unsavoury stories about his practices so studied him one night.

Normal practice for anybody else before touching anything is to wear some rubber gloves - a surgical type. He dismantled a toilet to replace the pump, handling the seat, hands inside the tank to remove and replace the pump etc without any gloves. The tank was drained but everything inside was still wet and contained remnants of solid 'matter'. So his hands were blue with the Racasan. It then came to break time and I watched him go directly in to the rest room - no handwashing - and start to eat his sandwiches. :gag:
 
lawrie29 said:
With having young kids, have found that supermarkets sell a hand gel like the one hospitals use. it evaporates quickly and kills 99% of germs. I always gel their little hands after taking them to the toilet, as it is so much easier then playing with the sinks and driers. Invest a pound in a bottle, and then use it after you have opened the bathroom door.
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Clostridium difficile is one of the nastier bugs around and that is NOT killed by the gel (although using the gels is a good idea if you're that worried about bugs).

Don't forget that the non-washers also pay for things with coins and notes, so if you've had any change recently (especially in the form of notes) put on some rubber gloves, place the cash in an envelope and send it to me (PM me for my address). They also push trolleys around supermarkets, handle fruit and veg (and other goods) so contaminate the belts.

What about your camera bags? Never put one on the grass? Ever treated it to a squirt of Dettol? Do you wash your hands after tying your shoelaces?
 
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