To my colleagues (and others) that don’t wash their hands in the bathroom….

[Anonymous]

Haven't read the entire thread, but not washing your hands when you go to the bathroom is disgusting. And if you use the available paper towels to turn on and off the faucet and to open the door, etc. then you don't have to spread germs.

There is no excuse.

It is all over the place these days, because of the H1N1 scare: The easiest way to prevent the spread of illness is to wash your hands often. This includes after using the facilities.

If you don't, you are not only disgusting , you are irresponsible. End of discussion. No debate. No defense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haven't read the entire thread, but not washing your hands when you go to the bathroom is disgusting. And if you use the available paper towels to turn on and off the faucet and to open the door, etc. then you don't have to spread germs.

There is no excuse.

It is all over the place these days, because of the H1N1 scare: The easiest way to prevent the spread of illness is to wash your hands often. This includes after using the facilities.

If you don't, you are not only disgusting , you are irresponsible. End of discussion. No debate. No defense.

You're the cleanest and the meanest. You win!

[Anonymous]

Is it over now that we have a winner?

[Anonymous]

In my kid's preschool they teach them to turn the faucets on and off with a paper towel, the soap is automated and the paper towel pulls out individually. She washes for 15-20 seconds and uses a paper towel to open the door if it doesn't push. She is 3 and that training is in accordance with VA code. If she can do it in a hygenic manner, at 38 months of age, why can't you? And what is your real issue that possibly making other people sick is your secret rebellion? Yuck.

I would talk to someone in HR about people bringing client folders into the bathroom, we've got a lot of partners who read their own paper, but that I've never seen. That is disgusting. Where do they put them if they need their hands, on the floor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my kid's preschool they teach them to turn the faucets on and off with a paper towel, the soap is automated and the paper towel pulls out individually. She washes for 15-20 seconds and uses a paper towel to open the door if it doesn't push. She is 3 and that training is in accordance with VA code. If she can do it in a hygenic manner, at 38 months of age, why can't you? And what is your real issue that possibly making other people sick is your secret rebellion? Yuck.

I would talk to someone in HR about people bringing client folders into the bathroom, we've got a lot of partners who read their own paper, but that I've never seen. That is disgusting. Where do they put them if they need their hands, on the floor?

They bring it as reading material? Gross!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Actually, it isn't. People who wash their hands are just as likely to spread feces onto other surfaces. Unless you are using a completely automated bathroom with auto flush toilets, auto start sinks, motion-sensor paper dispensers, and doors you can push open and closed with your elbow, there is really no way to get in and out of that bathroom without feces on your hands.

You take a dump. You get microscopic bits of feces on your hands. You are the cleanest, most self-righteous person in the world, so you come out of that stall and make a bee line for the sink! You turn it on. When you turn it on, you get feces on the faucet nob. But you wash your hands squeaky clean! You wash until you are ready for surgery! There is NOTHING left on your hands when you are done, baby!!

But then it happens . . .

you turn off the water. And when you touch that faucet nob again, all sorts of feces, germs, viruses, bacteria, etc. are all over your hands.

Then it happens again . . .

you go for the paper towels. There you go again, spreading that nastiness you loathe.

It continues to the door, to the office, to the elevator numbers . . .

Germs are everywhere. They are all over the place. Learn to live with it. Maybe find a hobby.

This is SO TRUE!

Just worry about what you do, and get back to work. How you have all this time to monitor other people's handwashing habits is beyond me.

[Anonymous]

20:44 - You are so right. We own a large company, and I am going to be noticing WHO is noticing from now on. Obviously, an employee who wants a hall monitor job instead of her current job. Interesting. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Actually, it isn't. People who wash their hands are just as likely to spread feces onto other surfaces. Unless you are using a completely automated bathroom with auto flush toilets, auto start sinks, motion-sensor paper dispensers, and doors you can push open and closed with your elbow, there is really no way to get in and out of that bathroom without feces on your hands.

You take a dump. You get microscopic bits of feces on your hands. You are the cleanest, most self-righteous person in the world, so you come out of that stall and make a bee line for the sink! You turn it on. When you turn it on, you get feces on the faucet nob. But you wash your hands squeaky clean! You wash until you are ready for surgery! There is NOTHING left on your hands when you are done, baby!!

But then it happens . . .

you turn off the water. And when you touch that faucet nob again, all sorts of feces, germs, viruses, bacteria, etc. are all over your hands.

Then it happens again . . .

you go for the paper towels. There you go again, spreading that nastiness you loathe.

It continues to the door, to the office, to the elevator numbers . . .

Germs are everywhere. They are all over the place. Learn to live with it. Maybe find a hobby.

This is SO TRUE!

Just worry about what you do, and get back to work. How you have all this time to monitor other people's handwashing habits is beyond me.

Sure, it is true if you are too STUPID or LAZY to use the good suggestions on this thread and elsewhere about how to PROPERLY wash your hands. But if you do properly wash your hands you can avoid this and avoid spreading your germs to everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my kid's preschool they teach them to turn the faucets on and off with a paper towel, the soap is automated and the paper towel pulls out individually. She washes for 15-20 seconds and uses a paper towel to open the door if it doesn't push. She is 3 and that training is in accordance with VA code. If she can do it in a hygenic manner, at 38 months of age, why can't you? And what is your real issue that possibly making other people sick is your secret rebellion? Yuck.

38 months of age? Seriously? I thought people stopped counting in months at 24. And that was being generous.

[Anonymous]

first aid and cpr instructor here. I am thoroughly disgusted to see people go to the bathroom and not wash their hands. That's so gross! I may be a germophobe and I may refuse to use public restrooms unless its a dire emergency, but I have a pretty strong immune system. I have a home daycare and I installed 2 or the automatic sensor foam hand sanitizers and I keep hand sanitizer everywhere and I teach my kids to thoroughly wash hands (with soap, I'm amazed at how many people will just run water over their hands and flick the water off.) My daycare kids rarely get sick, neither does my kid or my hubby. Yup, I'm a germophobe...is there a support group for that?!?!?!?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

20:44 - You are so right. We own a large company, and I am going to be noticing WHO is noticing from now on. Obviously, an employee who wants a hall monitor job instead of her current job. Interesting. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

The co-workers of mine who have talked about people not washing their hands are not standing in the bathroom with a clip board. It is not hard to see someone come out of a stall and forego the sink to head straight to the door, while you are washing your hands. Nor does it take extra time to observe that.

[Anonymous]

The amount of pearl-clutching and hyperbole around this subject is laughable. "Poo covered surfaces"? "Filthy, disgusting"? Y'all are way too uptight. I tell you, stress and fear will kill you a lot faster than a few measly microbes. Eat well, rest well, and look after your immune system. Then you don't have to convene witch trials for your filthy, disgusting colleagues.

[Anonymous]

Then you don't have to convene witch trials for your filthy, disgusting colleagues.

LOL, that is awesome.

[Anonymous]

Ha, you need to worry more about the salad that you're having for dinner. The poo's gonna get you tonight.

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/124/how-clean-are-bagged-salads.html

[Anonymous]

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