Oh yes! I should have also added it grosses me out to see people come out of the toilet and not wash their hands!

Even worse, for me, is that people wash their hands and then open the door with their bare hands!

OMG! You are touching the handle after all the people that did not wash their hands. I always use a paper towel to open the door after I wash my hands in the bathroom!

GF refuses to do this.

She is the one that never gets sick and I do.

Whaaat?

Lol if it's not automatic flushing I use my foot to flush. And yes once hands are washed I will not touch anything without a paper towel.

At work I wash my hands. Open the door with paper towels and still go back to my desk and use hand sanitizer.

The smell of the grocery store, especially nearing the meat section. All I smell is blood.

The smell of meat cooking.

The smell of cigarettes.

Unfresh breath be it from dog or child.

Leftover food that sits in the fridge for more than a day.

Oily skin.

Been thinking about this...half seriously:

Is there really an epidemic of people dying from "Restroom Door Handle Germs" ?Any nation that uses bits of paper to smear stuff around its privates instead of washing with water surely should examine the the first steps in the problem rather than the last. Carry a canteen at all times.

Lmao..... Well this is quite amusing.

No epidemic that I'm aware HOWEVER I do not like the idea of other people's germs. For starters you have cold/flu/viruses that could be caught. And I prefer to not get sick. Now true these germs can be on any door handle and surfaces but I keep hand sanitizer in my car. Also there's the possibility of fecal bacteria on hands that have touched said door because they don't wash their hands.

It's the knowledge that some people are gross.

You knew I would just have to go look this up, didn't you?

I will spare you the whole article but the title of this Scientific American article is:

"Public bathrooms house thousands of bacteria"

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...s-of-bacteria/

Nuff' said and yes, I will keep on keeping on using toilet seat protectors and paper towels to open bathroom doors.

I will put myself out here for more laughter to tell you; I also cover my finger with a clean Kleenex to push the elevator buttons now.

:nurseshot:

As a nurse, once you know these things, if you have any OCD at all: you just can't unknow them.

Once one has had C-Diff and MRSA, one no longer cares about inoculation.

Well, except for vaccines, that is.

Prevention becomes the name of the game.

People doing their nails at work. Gak!! Uncouth!!

Bad breath and/or ugly toes. And liver....def liver!!!!

They say that is the dirtiest part of the bathroom because of that (I do it too...especially after I learned the above!).

It sucks when they only have blowers, so you can't use a paper towel to turn off the water or open the door.

Yes that does suck!! I usually awkwardly use my pinky or somethin to open the door. Then sanitize multiple times. Or if others are in there catch it with my foot when they open it.

I touch door handles in public restrooms and I am not ashamed.

Yes, I'm a big grabber with the foot too. If I do have to touch the door handle I grab it at the very bottom. People tend to grab the middle or upper half of a door handle.

Gemme, of course the floor is the very worst! I have held things in my hands while I squated over a toilet rather than put them down on the ground. And yes, I read that the seat is safe. I have heard that before. I hadn't heard that about the door handle, though.

Door handles.....

That depends on what articles you read. Some say it has the least germs/bacteria and some say it's one of the surfaces with the most. Personally, I'll stick to my habits.... Better safe than sorry.

ummm these are all fascinating...but way too gross for me to think about..one of the things I absolutely hate to touch is any kind of ground meat...it just reminds me of hibee jibee things..i just can't:twitch: