What grosses you out?

[TL1]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

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.

[C0LLETTE]

Originally Posted by TL1

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.

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.

[TL1]

Originally Posted by C0LLETTE

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.

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by C0LLETTE

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.

Originally Posted by TL1

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.



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

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

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?

Eat dirt.

Or lick your fingers without washing them first.

Germs are like vaccines. You need to ingest a little bit to inoculate yourself against the majority of them.

If you are so strict about not coming into contact with germs, you are actually weakening your immune system.

So sayeth the mud pie eater.

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Gemme

Eat dirt.

Or lick your fingers without washing them first.

Germs are like vaccines. You need to ingest a little bit to inoculate yourself against the majority of them.

If you are so strict about not coming into contact with germs, you are actually weakening your immune system.

So sayeth the mud pie eater.

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.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

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.

I get that. Hospitals are the worst places because all of that stuff is floating around and all it takes is one orderly or one doctor or nurse to not switch gloves or not scrub well enough and it starts a chain reaction of contagion. Actually, hospitals kind of gross me out if you think about all of the biological and medical waste that is in one. No shortage of bodily fluids there!

We practiced the 5 second rule a lot in our house. Maybe that helped. I became a lot healthier and stronger once I got out on my own. My mother and her husband smoked crazy wild and I spent basically my whole 5th year in hospitals. Maybe that helped. Who knows? Our bodies are strange and mystical things sometimes.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by TL1

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.

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.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

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.

Nope. Wrong!

For you and Anya....the toilet seat and door handles are the cleanest surfaces in most bathrooms...however, this is what you must avoid touching and no one ever thinks about it except the janitor.

[candy_coated_bitch]

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

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Gemme

Nope. Wrong!

For you and Anya....the toilet seat and door handles are the cleanest surfaces in most bathrooms...however, this is what you must avoid touching and no one ever thinks about it except the janitor.

Well we can go back and forth all day.

I will just leave this here and leave it at that.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/0...a-toilet-seat/

[TL1]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

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.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by TL1

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.

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.

[TL1]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

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.

[kittygrrl]

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

[Lyte]

Read somewhere that those bathroom paper seat covers are less sterile or hygienic than the seat itself.

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Lyte

Read somewhere that those bathroom paper seat covers are less sterile or hygienic than the seat itself.

You must have read about the automatic toilet seat cover machine. Paper ones that you remove yourself and put down are fine.

"Have you been in a restroom where the toilets have an automatic plastic cover that whirls itself around the seat to provide a hygienic surface for the next user? If you’ve passed through O’Hare International Airport and used the facilities, chances are you have at least seen them.

Such seat covers are now the center of a controversy in the airport for a couple reasons.

First of all, they have been found to be have a flaw that can refute some of their hygienic purpose. It turns out that if toilet water is spit up during a flush or if urine makes its way onto the bowl, the liquid then gets dragged onto the plastic cover where the next person is supposed to sit.

The Chicago Sun-Times investigated the issue in person at the airport after receiving a tip from a reader."

Story in detail:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headline...t-so-hygienic/

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by kittygrrl

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

Rightfully so. When it has something called pink slime in it, it's bound to be a little bit gross.

[easygoingfemme]

I used a public restroom today and heard all of your voices in my head giving me advice on the best way to proceed.