There's a guy I work with, who's a germaphobe, who uses his tie to open the doors.
That's giving those germs an open channel right up to his neck and mouth!
There's a guy I work with, who's a germaphobe, who uses his tie to open the doors.
There's a guy I work with, who's a germaphobe, who uses his tie to open the doors.
That is why you grab paper towel (dispense before washing hands if necessary) to turn off the faucet after washing, then use the same paper towel to dispense more paper towel, which you can then dry your hands with and open the door to exit. No contamination after hand washing...well until you touch your clothes again!The whole bathroom issue is riddled with conundrums, isn't it? For one, what happens after defecation? People are concerned with needing to wash their hands, but they have no problems with pulling up their underpants and pants, stuffing undershirt and shirt into the pants, and finally closing the pants and the belt. By that time, the hands have been wiped thoroughly. At least no one else is being contaminated by that, unless we let someone else handle our clothes.
Then, one contaminates the hands again by opening the stall. Good that one can wash them now, but not after first contaminating them some more by touching the faucet knobs. Soap is applied, hands are squeaky clean, but somehow, one has to turn off the water, so one has to touch the knobs again; very few can be operated with elbows.
Luckily, the bathroom door can be opened using a paper towel...
At that point, however, I bet, most germs are happily in and on our pants.
Best - MM
By the way, the study says that 33% of men do NOT wash their hands, i.e., 77% do wash their hands. Not the other way around. So, it's actually not that bad. Cheers - MM
Why not just carry gloves with you, that way you never have touch anything with your hands, while we're at it some of those germs and bacteria are airborne in there maybe we should don a N95 respirator prior to entering. I think they should change the building code and require decom. showers both prior to entering and exiting restrooms.
I'm all for personal hygiene but in the west we have taken this whole germ- phobia to the extreme, and in reality have made it worst by creating resistant form of germs and bacteria. People are also getting sicker because they exist in these antisceptic enviroments and the minute they get exposed to anything they get sick. There were recent studies that shoudl the children that lived in "dirty" enviroments had less eppisodes of common sickness (ie colds, flu, gastro) and I also believe if I remember correctly less asthma than children that came from clean enviroments.
Tom, that's not really true. In addition to all the handwashing I bath at least once a day. Do I need it.. well, yeah to me I do.. but some might argue that fact. I enjoy my daily baths as much for the relaxation as I do the cleanliness... take my baths away from me and I would not be as happy of a person. But I bath with soaps as well as with vegetable oils, vitamins/minerals and salts.. along with essential oils. Is this just for peace of mind.. or is it really healthful, I don't know. I honestly don't know. There seems to be a huge benefit to doing this in my life in my skin, the way I smell, the way I feel and my sense of wellbeing. Sometimes I believe it is more important that you are doing something that you think makes you better as much as really making you better..Mamma Bear doesn't have to wash..........she's around that soap so much.
==Tom
I was just kiddin' about that!