Kzoo Posted April 14, 2017 Share #1 Posted April 14, 2017 How do you "touch" the handle on a restroom in a public place when you leave? Do you use a paper towel? Your elbow? Your actual hand? Do you wait for someone else to leave first? I use to never even think about it and for the most part I'm not a germaphobe, but there are times I just don't want to touch that handle. I was just in a restroom in a local hospital and as I went to open the door my little brain started listing off all the nasty bacteria and viruses living in the building. The handicap auto button worked just fine. howaboutyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #2 Posted April 14, 2017 Do you have any idea how dirty your keyboard is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted April 14, 2017 Share #3 Posted April 14, 2017 I just grab it with my hand. I don't see the big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted April 14, 2017 12 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Do you have any idea how dirty your keyboard is? I saw a piece the other day where they tested cellphone screens and compared them to toilet seats. Ewwwwwwwww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted April 14, 2017 13 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Do you have any idea how dirty your keyboard is? I use to have a employee who cleaned his keyboard and his desk phone every day with Lysol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted April 14, 2017 Share #6 Posted April 14, 2017 It's usually the millenials and snowflakes who contort their body to avoid touching bathroom doors. I started noticing it about 10 years ago. I find it comical, while at the same time I do think hospitals have some really nasty bacteria lurking around looking for prey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted April 14, 2017 Share #7 Posted April 14, 2017 14 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Do you have any idea how dirty your keyboard is? Don't get me started on hotel/motel bedspreads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 14, 2017 Share #8 Posted April 14, 2017 17 minutes ago, Dr. Kzoo said: The handicap auto button worked just fine. You think it is clean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted April 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, Road Runner said: You think it is clean? No, I used my elbow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #10 Posted April 14, 2017 I'm like the Silly one, just grab it with my bare hand and yank. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. A healthy immune system is like having a big dog and a Mossberg shotgun in your house. Bacteria doesn't stand a chance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted April 14, 2017 Share #11 Posted April 14, 2017 Shirtsleeve, paper towel, whatever is at hand. You are gross and spread disease like a typhoid Mary if you just grab the handle, you sick fucks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted April 14, 2017 Share #12 Posted April 14, 2017 Our office has garbage cans outside each bathroom door so that people can dispose of paper towels they use to open the bathroom door. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #13 Posted April 14, 2017 I try to use a paper towel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 14, 2017 Share #14 Posted April 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, Kirby said: Our office has garbage cans outside each bathroom door so that people can dispose of paper towels they use to open the bathroom door. Yeah, I always try to do that, but many places today don't have paper towels, just hand driers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #15 Posted April 14, 2017 I agree with ON7 and Mr. Silly - germs make you tougher. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #16 Posted April 14, 2017 I like the touchless restrooms on the turnpike. Auto flush, automatic water at the sink, motion detector soap and towel and no doors on the restroom. What a plan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #17 Posted April 14, 2017 Just now, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I agree with ON7 and Mr. Silly - germs make you tougher. You can get lots of germs other places, you don't need shit on your hands after you just washed them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #18 Posted April 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, Longjohn said: I like the touchless restrooms on the turnpike. Auto flush, automatic water at the sink, motion detector soap and towel and no doors on the restroom. What a plan. The waterless urinals are an even better deal, What a waste to pump and flush all that water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #19 Posted April 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, Longjohn said: You can get lots of germs other places, you don't need shit on your hands after you just washed them. I gotta admit I do see more people who don't wash their hands after peeing than you would expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #20 Posted April 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I gotta admit I do see more people who don't wash their hands after peeing than you would expect. I don't see the big deal about washing your hands after peeing unless you pee on them. I know where that thing has been and it's not a problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted April 14, 2017 Share #21 Posted April 14, 2017 Sometimes at the Walmart I walk through the aisles rather than ride the free carts cause I don't know who's been sitting on them since they were last washed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #22 Posted April 14, 2017 34 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I agree with ON7 and Mr. Silly - germs make you tougher. Not always. Sometimes, they kill you. Clostridium difficile infection for instance, may be benign in your current state but if you have a compromised immune system or are aged, a simple crap borne infection becomes very deadly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share #23 Posted April 14, 2017 18 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Not always. Sometimes, they kill you. Clostridium difficile infection for instance, may be benign in your current state but if you have a compromised immune system or are aged, a simple crap borne infection becomes very deadly. Didn't the Kanadian Socialist Ministry of Free Medicine outlaw germs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2017 Share #24 Posted April 14, 2017 I'm a people watcher and I noticed plenty of people are to lazy to lift a finger or a hand. If there are too trashcans at the mall 10 feet apart, almost everyone will dump their trash in the container closest too them. Even if it overfills, most people are to lazy to walk another 10 feet to use the empty trash can. Some are to lazy to flick their hand to use turn signals in a car. I observe plenty of this behavior so I figure most people are too lazy to lift their arms as well. So I use the highest section of the door handle exiting restrooms figuring there are less germs there. If present, I just use the kick plate on swinging doors without a latch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #25 Posted April 14, 2017 45 minutes ago, BuffJim said: Sometimes at the Walmart I walk through the aisles rather than ride the free carts cause I don't know who's been sitting on them since they were last washed. The free carts are mostly used by fattycap people. I guess that doesn't tell you much. I was working my way over to one of those carts one time on crutches with a broken hip what was very painful and as I was almost there a 400 pound heifer comes barging past me yelling "my cart, my cart". She plopped down on it and rode away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted April 14, 2017 Share #26 Posted April 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, Longjohn said: The free carts are mostly used by fattycap people. Sounds like there was a mental handicap in addition to a physical one. That sucks that people would do that to you while you were on crutches, karma probably dealt worse to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted April 14, 2017 Share #27 Posted April 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Longjohn said: The free carts are mostly used by fattycap people. I guess that doesn't tell you much. I was working my way over to one of those carts one time on crutches with a broken hip what was very painful and as I was almost there a 400 pound heifer comes barging past me yelling "my cart, my cart". She plopped down on it and rode away. When my son worked at Target, he said the battery in the cart didn't have enough power to lug a 400 lb heifer to the back of the store and then to the cashier. He was constantly having drive a cart to the back of the store to save a stranded tub of lard. They usually cussed him out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #28 Posted April 14, 2017 6 hours ago, BuffJim said: It's usually the millenials and snowflakes who contort their body to avoid touching bathroom doors. I started noticing it about 10 years ago. I find it comical, while at the same time I do think hospitals have some really nasty bacteria lurking around looking for prey. These are the people whose kids are not immune to normal disease or prepared to face the real world when they grow up. Their children can't ride the bus to school, they have to be dropped off and picked up. Many can't have skateboards or sometimes even bicycles for fear of getting hurt. They sure as hell will never ride public city buses into the bad part of town to integrate the Jamaican soccer team there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #29 Posted April 14, 2017 We had a CEO based in NJ and used to drop him off there friday evenings. My copilot, a rather astute observer of people, was using the bathroom when he heard the ungodliest noises coming from the stall next to him. In his words, there was one tug of paper, a lot of grunting to pull the trousers back up, the stall door flew open and our CEO stepped out, no hand wash and stormed out of the bathroom. I tried to avoid shaking his hand after that. I am not a germaphobe but I do have an appreciation for just a little hygiene. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 14, 2017 Share #30 Posted April 14, 2017 1 minute ago, Wilbur said: We had a CEO based in NJ and used to drop him off there friday evenings. My copilot, a rather astute observer of people, was using the bathroom when he heard the ungodliest noises coming from the stall next to him. In his words, there was one tug of paper, a lot of grunting to pull the trousers back up, the stall door flew open and our CEO stepped out, no hand wash and stormed out of the bathroom. I tried to avoid shaking his hand after that. I am not a germaphobe but I do have an appreciation for just a little hygiene. Like Poppy the restaurant owner from Seinfeld! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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