My roommate only washes up if he poops, never after peeing. Now every time I’m in any of the common areas I have to wash my hands after touching anything I haven’t wiped down. Thus, I wash my hands twice every time I use the bathroom; once as normal and again in the kitchen because I touched the taps, light switch and door handle in the bathroom which likely have groin sweat on them… /rant
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Your roommate is disgusting
Yes. Wash my hands:
- after every toilet use
- after I come in from outside
- before I eat
- after I eat
- before I sit down at my desk and touch my mouse and keyboard
- before I start playing a game with my controller(s)
- edit: oh and before/after seksytime, both with myself and the wife
First three always, fourth sometimes, definitely not the last two.
The sexy time edit makes this funnier
I should’ve probably made it a numbered list, eh
something made him remember 🤔
So Penn & Teller used to do a show called Bullshit where they would investigate things and explain why the “common knowledge” on them was, well, bullshit.
In the episode on handwashing, they took samples from people’s hands, faces, and groins before and after using the bathroom. They came to the conclusion that the before/after on hands was negligible, because most people’s groins are under multiple layers of protection and don’t get exposed to germs.
What they didn’t bring up in the show is that that’s not why you wash your hands when you’re in the bathroom. It doesn’t matter if your asshole is downright sterile, because it’s everything else in the world that is filthy. You wash your hands when you’re in the bathroom because you should be washing your hands regularly throughout the day and it’s easiest to do when you’re already in the room with the soap and running water. It’s got very little to do with anything else you may be doing in the bathroom.
Yep, I’ve always thought that. It’s actually very sneaky of health officials, they are exploiting people’s perception of how filthy going to the bathroom is to get them to wash their hands more. Ends justify the means I guess…
I used to tell patients who I took to the bathroom and then I managed their peri hygiene (with gloves!) that we would still wash their hands even though they didn’t touch anything because it was just a good habit to have.
He really should stop being lazy and wash his hands. While feces is much more dangerous than what’s likely hanging out on his junk, there’s still plenty of transmissible nastiness that he’s leaving everywhere.
But if he’s not going to change his behavior, you can mitigate by turning off the taps and handling the bathroom doorknob with a paper tissue if you use tissues to dry your hands (although I think this is common mostly in public washrooms). The overwashing you’re doing to compensate for his underwashing is not good for your hands.
I was worried about that too but my hands are fine actually. I use lukewarm water and it appears to actually help since I haven’t had any eczema flareups on my hands for a long time.
Of course. I am shocked people don’t. But it’s not entirely the act of peeing, it’s the fact a sink and soap are right there. It’s a good idea to wash your hands occasionally, so how about now?
This how I started looking at it. I didn’t piss on my hands and my balls have been wrapped up since my shower. But, youve touched other disgusting things, nows the time to wash them and start clean.
Nearly all of the time yes.
I think we have to talk about you. Regardless of your roommates bathroom habits, you should really assume every public surface is as dirty as you’re imagining the things your roommate touches. Put another way, I’m of the opinion that you are suffering from a bit of germophobia.
Especially because the science DOES recommend washing after you pee, but mostly because you’re already in the bathroom and the sink is right there.
The idea is you’re just regularly washing hands throughout the day.
Yeah this is the main thing for me. I wash after going pee anyways because hygiene but I randomly touch my junk through the day and don’t run to wash after (sorry world, love touching Deez Nutz what can I say) but the reality is that it’s just a great way to wash your hands every hour or two, which helps prevent the number one way I’ll transmit/receive germs.
If I never went pee I’d have to look for reasons to go to a sink, but as it is I have a convenient reason already.
Admittedly this post was more of a rant but it’s still helpful to know everyone’s answers. I major in microbiology and I know for sure that everything, everywhere is teaming with life and my hygienic habits are informed by that. One of my biggest reasons for wiping everything down all the time is to reduce the chance of spending three or four days in hospital shitting in a bucket and chugging gatorade. It’s unusual to die from a dirty doorknob (covid 3000 rubs it’s hands) but it’s not fun and a waste of time to be sick. Sometimes that’s unavoidable ofc, but I take pains to reduce my chances, even if it’s just a little.
Yup. Wash your hands with soap four times daily and you reduce your chance of catching a surface-borne disease by 80%
I work in a hospital and one Christmas I brought home gastric 'flu with me… that wasn’t a wonderful Yuletide for anyone.
I regret opening this thread and this completly validates me using anything but my bare hands to grab door handles.
Excellent lol. As an aside, there are cafes I do not go to just because they don’t use paper towels in their bathrooms.
Me too. One of the reasons I hate summer is I don’t usually have something with long sleeves to open shuff with.
carry hand sanitizer, but also if it’s the washroom use paper towels to open the door, and toss it on the floor beside the door if they’re stupid enough to not keep a trash can there / within reach.
I avoid certain restaurants/cafes that don’t hove paper towel in their bathrooms for this exact reason. ;-;
At work my hands are dirtier than my dick, I have to wash them before I pee. Come to think of it my hands are probably always dirtier than my dick because despite my best efforts I still can’t use it to open doors and not many people want to shake hands with it.
My hands are also dirtier than your dick.
Yeah, probably. Unless you’re Howie Mandel or something, and honestly even then.
Yes, every single time. Even if I’m camping in the middle of nowhere. Hell, even if I sat down and didn’t even touch my dong.
If I don’t wash them, it feels like there is an invisible film on my hands. I don’t know how to describe it. Like, a film of filth or grease or something. Purely mental. I HAVE to wash them.
I do
My parents don’t
Yeah you read it right, my mom just TOUCHES THE FUCKING SEAT THING… then touch the flush, and I DON’T HEAR THE FAUCET RUNNING
I called it out once, and she did washed her hands for THAT ONE TIME then proceeded to never wash hands for every subsequent bathroom use… also never used soap…
My Theory on why: My parents grew up in Rural China… their standards of cleanliness is probably much lower…
I mean if they have germophobia like I do, then you can’t even survive in the rural areas… if you know what I mean
Funny that they used to be the ones to teach me to wash my hands but now they don’t anymore… wtf
Every time. It’s about upkeep, not worrying whether I touched anything. Plus, I always blot with toilet paper anyway…
Life pro tip op, when your hands are coated in soap rub the taps (and rinse with hands) and don’t use your fingers for the light switch and door.
Yes, always.
Yeah, there’s always tiny droplets. Would you also not wash your hands after pissing directly on it?
