Why do some people not wash their hands after using the bathroom? [View all]

I don't get that.

193 replies, 7413 views

Reply to this thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum

Replies to this discussion thread

193 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why do some people not wash their hands after using the bathroom? [View all]	raccoon	Jan 2013	OP
They don't want to get their gun wet.	UnrepentantLiberal	Jan 2013	#1
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	orpupilofnature57	Jan 2013	#3
To give DU something to talk about on a slow day. nt	Snotcicles	Jan 2013	#161
...	Mira	Jan 2013	#169
Because we don't piss on our hands?. nt	hack89	Jan 2013	#2
You don't have to	Major Nikon	Jan 2013	#19
What the heck are doing in the bathroom to put your hands all over your genital area?	Honeycombe8	Jan 2013	#179
I shake it more than twice	Major Nikon	Jan 2013	#184
There is an old joke......	A HERETIC I AM	Jan 2013	#66
LOL!	smirkymonkey	Jan 2013	#164
Have someone take a swab from your hands, then get back to me.	Ikonoklast	Jan 2013	#106
The public bathroom sink is one of the dirtiest places in the bathroom	itsrobert	Jan 2013	#4
I was taught this early...	chemp	Jan 2013	#10
Great post. nt	raccoon	Jan 2013	#11
Are you Monk?	UnrepentantLiberal	Jan 2013	#22
Love it. :o) nt	12AngryBorneoWildmen	Jan 2013	#75
I hear you	BigD_95	Jan 2013	#42
Too much hassle. I'd rather just use my hand sanitizer	Bonn1997	Jan 2013	#45
The hand sanitizer is hell on my dry, cracked hands. The alcohol in them makes it 10x worse.	riderinthestorm	Jan 2013	#186
Yes, yes, yes.	KitSileya	Jan 2013	#50
That's how I do it	TxDemChem	Jan 2013	#97
That's the best way! Nt	abelenkpe	Jan 2013	#101
+1. Every time. nt.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#107
Don't leave them on the floor...	SMC22307	Jan 2013	#115
Thank you. Dropping them on the floor for someone else is rude and not necessary.	uppityperson	Jan 2013	#117
That is definitely not fair to the cleaning person.	AngryOldDem	Jan 2013	#162
I learned that from my cousin with hepatitis	yellerpup	Jan 2013	#127
I do that. nt	ZombieHorde	Jan 2013	#128
OMG	trixie	Jan 2013	#133
unlike the pigs that leave wet paper towels on the floor?	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#135
I do not leave wet towels on the floor	trixie	Jan 2013	#193
you were taught to throw your used paper towels on the floor if the garbage wasn't near the door?	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#134
Nothing worse than grabbing the door handle and then your prick and picking up	RKP5637	Jan 2013	#151
Exact. Taught kids that too. One of the reasons I hate dryers, but use tp if no towels	appleannie1	Jan 2013	#153
The problem with your steps	Jenoch	Jan 2013	#154
Bingo. That's my default setting. I've been in lots of public bathrooms that are ...	Scuba	Jan 2013	#160
"default, floor"? Oh, yeah; you were taught REAL well.	WinkyDink	Jan 2013	#168
...the floor???	alphafemale	Jan 2013	#172
"The floor"? Taught by whom? n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Jan 2013	#190
And using soap on your hands wouldn't help ward off that bacteria at all.	intheflow	Jan 2013	#35
Oh yes it does!	RC	Jan 2013	#53
Then don't touch the sink. And if no paper towels are available for	pnwmom	Jan 2013	#58
Yes, that's why I just piss in my work cube.	valerief	Jan 2013	#83
I don't think the sarcasm tag was needed.	randome	Jan 2013	#84
Nowadays with all the right wingers here, you never know! nt	valerief	Jan 2013	#86
that's dimestore intellectual bullshit dude	pasto76	Jan 2013	#92
Have any of you taken bacteriology. this is what we learned the first week	pasto76	Jan 2013	#99
exactly	shanti	Jan 2013	#131
Funny, I did the same exercise in Bac & the results were quite different. Your college must have	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#136
Norovirus spreads quickly through aerosolized (sic) vomit	bettyellen	Jan 2013	#119
shudder	shanti	Jan 2013	#132
I've read the germiest place in the bathroom is the floor. Don't put your purse on the floor! nt	Honeycombe8	Jan 2013	#180
Could it be because their hands are cleaner than the faucet handles.	In_The_Wind	Jan 2013	#5
I see it where there are automatic faucets as well.	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#24
Sheesh . . . I don't touch the door if I can find a way to avoid it.	In_The_Wind	Jan 2013	#28
For sure	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#61
Yes!	wildeyed	Jan 2013	#68
This message was self-deleted by its author	wildeyed	Jan 2013	#71
We haven't been sick this winter.	In_The_Wind	Jan 2013	#78
Just hoping to make it through the rest of the sick season unscathed.	wildeyed	Jan 2013	#85
Apples, oranges, bananas in abundance.	In_The_Wind	Jan 2013	#88
Automatic everything	OswegoAtheist	Jan 2013	#143
I see what you're getting at	In_The_Wind	Jan 2013	#144
LAZY....	hlthe2b	Jan 2013	#6
So I can't blame my obsessive washing habits to being a HCW?	tavalon	Jan 2013	#21
I'm not sure... Its pretty gross when you think about it.	xoom	Jan 2013	#7
Paper towels are gone.	safeinOhio	Jan 2013	#13
Not in all places. But in that case I would need something between my hand and the door handle.	xoom	Jan 2013	#15
time to invent the Germinator.	safeinOhio	Jan 2013	#23
Haha, right on!	xoom	Jan 2013	#25
Dyson Airblade plus no door entry and exit...	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2013	#33
Somebody still has to sanitize it once in a while.	Historic NY	Jan 2013	#62
Yep, that's my trick	tavalon	Jan 2013	#20
Take a shit than go prepare the food in the kitchen.	nc4bo	Jan 2013	#8
I travel cross country sometimes and some of the bathrooms I've run across are	RKP5637	Jan 2013	#152
Because my junk is cleaner than the faucet (nt)	Recursion	Jan 2013	#9
If you're not in the habit of doing this, I give you absolution. Please get	raccoon	Jan 2013	#12
It's extremely good advice	tavalon	Jan 2013	#26
i've never seen anyone do the steps in #10	Enrique	Jan 2013	#27
everyone i know does this	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#43
when they go to the bathroom with you maybe	Enrique	Jan 2013	#54
I always wash my hands after using the bathroom, and should more often in between, but my	glowing	Jan 2013	#14
yes, especially in the winter, too much hand washing causes dry skin and hand sores	NoMoreWarNow	Jan 2013	#29
And having cracked hands is worse for stemming off germs, etc.	glowing	Jan 2013	#76
I found that my hands are greatly helped by applying a thin coat of Vaseline every night.	DebJ	Jan 2013	#173
I will use that goobed up with a bandaid overtop if my hands get really bad.	glowing	Jan 2013	#176
Bag Balm?	deek	Jan 2013	#185
That's the stuff. Sat on the back of my grandmas sink	glowing	Jan 2013	#187
+1. Honestly, I really think about it too with my chapped hands. They really suffer in winter	riderinthestorm	Jan 2013	#189
it is pretty disgusting, many people never develop habits of basic hygiene	quinnox	Jan 2013	#16
Can't help you. It's hard wired into this Nurse/germaphobe	tavalon	Jan 2013	#17
Same here and I'm not a nurse.	Skidmore	Jan 2013	#73
I do the same thing!!! And I make sure my guests see that I wash properly at the kitchen sink	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#91
Mom MADE us wash our hands regularly	csziggy	Jan 2013	#138
Someone tried to give me a drink of water with lipstick on the glass.	SummerSnow	Jan 2013	#18
I always wash after #2 but not always after #1	NoMoreWarNow	Jan 2013	#30
that is what tubes of hand lotion are for	SemperEadem	Jan 2013	#44
I don't like putting on lotion all the time	NoMoreWarNow	Jan 2013	#170
because they're dirty animals	Mosaic	Jan 2013	#31
True, I'm probably a bit OC	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#32
I don't think they call them "crappers"	gvstn	Jan 2013	#38
Those are nice ones	formercia	Jan 2013	#49
I call them crappers	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#145
You wrecked the joke.	Warren Stupidity	Jan 2013	#46
Ah fuck I did	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#146
You still have to use the same door they and all of the "unwashed" used to exit.	retread	Jan 2013	#34
which is why you keep the towel you used to wipe your hands	SemperEadem	Jan 2013	#41
Nope. When done, they will go in front of the mirror and primp for a few seconds, then leave.	RC	Jan 2013	#59
I HAVE paid attention	SemperEadem	Jan 2013	#121
Maybe you need to except the fact that a lot of people do not wash their hands.	RC	Jan 2013	#122
Do you take care to keep your inside as clean?	june starling	Jan 2013	#183
selfishness: handwashing after using toilet has more to do with preventing your germs from	maggiesfarmer	Jan 2013	#36
I am disgusted by the number of non-washers...	TroglodyteScholar	Jan 2013	#37
because	SemperEadem	Jan 2013	#39
I never do in a public restroom -- ever	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#40
Ditto	Bonn1997	Jan 2013	#47
I always wash my hands before going to the Bathroom	formercia	Jan 2013	#48
urine is sterile	greymattermom	Jan 2013	#51
Only while it's in your body.	Robb	Jan 2013	#52
Just how long are you in contact with your urine after it leaves your body?	jeff47	Jan 2013	#110
I should have been more specific.	Robb	Jan 2013	#113
Actually only while it's in your bladder	Major Nikon	Jan 2013	#140
Yup -- your own urine won't hurt you in any way	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#64
Urine isn't the point of washing your hands	Major Nikon	Jan 2013	#141
its easy to be lazy	cleveramerican	Jan 2013	#55
The most disgusting ones	sharp_stick	Jan 2013	#56
Depends.	tavernier	Jan 2013	#57
I see what you did there.	LisaLynne	Jan 2013	#60
My girlfriend and I were discussing the nuisance of having to go to the BR	tavernier	Jan 2013	#116
I guess if you're able to do your business without touching anything	OnionPatch	Jan 2013	#63
since hands are the dirtiest	tomtharp	Jan 2013	#65
I'm actually concerned about this.	Baitball Blogger	Jan 2013	#67
Some people have too much on their minds. When they're about to go postal.	randome	Jan 2013	#69
Because they are fundamentally icky.	Squinch	Jan 2013	#70
I know some people use hand sanitizer instead	gollygee	Jan 2013	#72
I wash after the public bathroom and again as I enter my home.	wildeyed	Jan 2013	#74
This:	CrispyQ	Jan 2013	#90
Good point.	wildeyed	Jan 2013	#94
Relax & enjoy. After you wash your hand, of course!	CrispyQ	Jan 2013	#103
Oh yeah, that works too :)	wildeyed	Jan 2013	#148
Very funny! Thanks for that.	smirkymonkey	Jan 2013	#165
I tend to agree, too.	CrispyQ	Jan 2013	#178
I am male.	needledriver	Jan 2013	#77
Urine 'mists' up from the urinal.	randome	Jan 2013	#81
Okay ready for gross...	Agschmid	Jan 2013	#89
I did that when my house in Kansas was flooded. But that's the only time.	randome	Jan 2013	#109
Depends on the angle you use.	jeff47	Jan 2013	#111
I see what you are saying.	needledriver	Jan 2013	#114
I would Not want to shake your hand.	Whisp	Jan 2013	#96
I love men, including my husband, and have been with enough men to know	phylny	Jan 2013	#102
omg yes, especially guys...	Whisp	Jan 2013	#79
Because they're gross and uncivilized.	TwilightGardener	Jan 2013	#80
People who don't wash after handling "down there" are GROSS. nt	valerief	Jan 2013	#82
If the public bathroom has the option of hand sanitizer. . .	DinahMoeHum	Jan 2013	#87
The bathroom door handle is what really freaks me out!	whoisthatis	Jan 2013	#93
I see Howard Hughes has started a thread	tjwash	Jan 2013	#95
Raccoon is good peeps....	A HERETIC I AM	Jan 2013	#98
There oughta be a law.. oh wait, there is, if you are a food handler.	mountain grammy	Jan 2013	#100
Simple fact ....they are lazy	Tippy	Jan 2013	#104
Because they are disgusting.	RiffRandell	Jan 2013	#105
That is nasty. Yikes!	Walk away	Jan 2013	#108
Because they like the taste of feces? nt	Speck Tater	Jan 2013	#112
I wash my hands. Even when I'm not using the bathroom.	devilgrrl	Jan 2013	#118
Correction: Why do MOST people not wash their hands after using the bathroom?	GoCubsGo	Jan 2013	#120
I've had a few jobs where being dirty was a prerequisite.	Matt_R	Jan 2013	#123
I don't usually use public bathrooms, but when I do, I follow this 7-step process learned at the CDC	Texas Lawyer	Jan 2013	#124
Are you really a lawyer?	randome	Jan 2013	#142
Yes. Ask me anything about civil rights or urinal protocol.	Texas Lawyer	Jan 2013	#159
Penis tongs.	redqueen	Jan 2013	#147
I had a co-worker tell me her optometrist's hands smelling like piss	lunatica	Jan 2013	#125
I wash my hands,	Blue_In_AK	Jan 2013	#126
My biggest gripe is bathrooms you have to pull or even turn a knob to get out of	Fumesucker	Jan 2013	#129
Me too!	Bjornsdotter	Jan 2013	#191
Or, scratching their heads, picking their nose, wiping their mouths, or eating?	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jan 2013	#130
Mostly because of laziness and/or lack of knowledge about proper hygiene.	Jamaal510	Jan 2013	#137
Why do some people care about what others do in the bathroom?	Matariki	Jan 2013	#139
Even if you don't use the restroom, if you touch anything in there, you should wash your hands.	redqueen	Jan 2013	#149
Mayo Clinic on how to avoid the norovirus.	CBHagman	Jan 2013	#150
They are dirty filthy swine!	benld74	Jan 2013	#155
My one hand flushes as my other hand turn	applegrove	Jan 2013	#156
"Did you piss on your hands?"	Nevernose	Jan 2013	#157
Urine Is Sterile	ChoppinBroccoli	Jan 2013	#158
Unless the person has a UTI or infection in the surrounding external area.	Hekate	Jan 2013	#166
Because they have no sense of hygiene and no respect for the people they come in contact with.	Prometheus Bound	Jan 2013	#163
The summer my aunt had typhoid fever and we all shared a cabin...	Hekate	Jan 2013	#167
To avoid touching anything in a public bathroom! D'oh!!	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#171
If the faucets would put out HOT water instead of ice blocks, perhaps	DebJ	Jan 2013	#174
Our local public school does not ALLOW the students to wash their hands, no kidding.	DebJ	Jan 2013	#175
The irony is that santizer eventually kills the GOOD germs, which naturally protect you	Honeycombe8	Jan 2013	#181
Because 90% of those blow-dryers aren't worth shit and you	doc03	Jan 2013	#177
I do. I wash my hands 10+ times daily (I have pets). But sometimes it's not worth it.	Honeycombe8	Jan 2013	#182
i don't understand why people don't Flush	JI7	Jan 2013	#188
I've trained mine to zip and unzip.	rug	Jan 2013	#192