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AIBU?

To think people should wash their hands?

72 replies

DeepPurple · 03/04/2013 16:43

In a restaurant with dd at lunch time. I took her to the toilet and a woman took her ds at the same time. We came out of the cubicle first and were hand washing when they came out and walked straight out in to the restaurant.

They sat back at their table and proceeded to eat lunch

Before anyone days it, they didn't use any anti bac gel or wipes either.

So AIBU? Is this the new thing?

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jamdonut · 03/04/2013 16:47

I don't think there is anything new about it!

Some people always wash their hands,some people sometimes wash their hands ,some people never bother.

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 03/04/2013 16:47

No unfortunately it's nothing new.
Why do we have such horrendous MRSA rates ?

I'm an NHS worker and when I'm out IRL (ie not at work) I'm very judgey if I see someone not washing.

"Not bothering to wash your hands eh? Very hygienic"

Disclaimer: I've never had my head kicked in (yet) but if I was challenged I could whitter on about MRSA rates Grin

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startwig1982 · 03/04/2013 16:48

Bit grim but their decision, surely?
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MrsLouisTheroux · 03/04/2013 16:49

Loads of people don't wash their hands. Can't think about it too much as who knows if the restaurant waiters/chef have good hygiene habits.

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CheCazzo · 03/04/2013 16:51

Can you get or spread MRSA from having a piss and managing not to wipe yourself with the back of your hand? I just don't get this. It's what toilet paper is for. And actually - is MRSA destroyed by using skanky soap from a skanky dispenser that is no doubt rimming with skanky germs from the skank-ridden hands of the skanks previous to you? Or does MRSA require a slightly more hardcore antibac wash?

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MrsTerryPratchett · 03/04/2013 16:56

OK, you press the skanky dispenser, get the non-skanky soap out then wash your hands. So, germs from the skanky dispenser are now down the drain or dead.

Washing your hands after pissing (if that's what they were doing) is a good idea because 1) it is a habit. We piss a few times a day so hands would get washed a few times a day 2) pissing is not all people do in the toilet so a good idea to wash hands after touching poo covered handles, doors, fittings.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 03/04/2013 16:57

However, I love your NN CheCazzo.

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CheCazzo · 03/04/2013 16:58

Thank you MrsTP. Smile

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greensmoothiegoddess · 03/04/2013 17:02

What if you do as I do? I don't touch a thing in any loo. I have it down to a fine art. Plus I don't touch myself at all. And I avoid skanky aforementioned soap/soap dispensers? Lastly I use a wad of tissue to pull the main door open...and shoulder it coming in.
I have immune issues rather than OCD!

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NeoMaxiZoomDweebie · 03/04/2013 17:03

I am like GreenGodess...all my energy goes into avoiding touching anything. I pull the chain with my foot!

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Gingerandcocoa · 03/04/2013 17:08

I was once at a cheese factory (with shop and restaurant), saw this woman leave the toilet, not wash her hands, then go straight into the cheese shop, straight past the anti bac gel, and on to the cheese tasting platters!!!! I had to work really hard to stop myself telling her off. I still don't know why I didn't do it.

Needless to stay I steered clear of any cheese she tasted (although I'm sure the ones I tasted might have been touched by other non-hand washing person)

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MrsTerryPratchett · 03/04/2013 17:10

We have signs up telling is not to flush with your foot. Because when I flush with my hand, I get your street, dog poo, discarded gum, spit shoe germs all over my hands. Luckily, I wash them so it is a moot point.

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MandragoraWurzelstock · 03/04/2013 17:17

It might sound counterintuitive but the only way to get rid of superbugs is soap and water.

Antibac will not touch them - it only kills the basic germs, not the really nasty ones, making your hands more receptive to the propagation of nasties.

So I avoid it. On the advice of a consultant microbiologist...wash your hands with soap and water, it won't kill the bugs but they won't be stuck to you after that.

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DeepPurple · 03/04/2013 17:25

I can't believe that anyone thinks it's ok not to wash Shock

They flushed the toilet somehow. Opened and closed the toilet cubicle door somehow too. Surely touching things? Plus her son was about 3 so may well have held on to the seat

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Cantbelieveitsnotbutter · 03/04/2013 17:39

Ummm shouldn't you wash your hands before eating anyway?
Regardless of going to the loo? Althought clearly you should after using the toilet anyway.

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NeoMaxiZoomDweebie · 03/04/2013 17:55

Ginger eew that's why I NEVER partake of sharing platters in supermarkets etc.

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countrykitten · 03/04/2013 18:29

Have I just imagined it or are there actually a couple of skanky posters on here saying that they DO NOT WASH THEIR HANDS after using a loo?

Really? I hope that you teach your children better habits. How utterly revolting.

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greensmoothiegoddess · 03/04/2013 18:33

I'm not skanky, countrykitten. Get your judgyknickers off.

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countrykitten · 03/04/2013 18:35

Do you or do you not wash your hands after using the loo? Simple question....

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Gingerandcocoa · 03/04/2013 18:35

You know what I really dislike as well? When restaurants have a little plate with salt or nuts in it. And everyone is expected to get a pinch or salt or some nuts from the little plate! Which EVERYONE touches!

I am particularly thinking about Carluccio's, ate there the other way and even though I wanted salt in my food I would NEVER have got it.

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Gingerandcocoa · 03/04/2013 18:36

the other day*

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countrykitten · 03/04/2013 18:38

Also I assume that you do not use loo roll as you say you don't 'touch yourself'. Which is also really gross.

And if you DO use loo roll I am afraid that it is not germ proof so you will be walking around with skanky, germy hands.

I think you need to listen to 70isaLimit and buck your ideas up.

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countrykitten · 03/04/2013 18:39

Wasn't there a test done of peanuts at a bar and they found loads of urine and stuff on them....? Making myself feel ill.

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Simontowers1 · 03/04/2013 18:41

After a poo always, obv. After a wee - usually but not always, not obligatory. Easy rules really.

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oaks2012 · 03/04/2013 18:41

That's not as bad as when I was in a restaurant going to the toilet, one of the chefs come out of the cubicle, straight past the hand basins, out of the door and into the kitchen... I just HOPE (pray) that she was intending to use the kitchen sink to wash her hands

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