Bathroom as guest AIBU

I wouldn't touch a bar of soap multiple people have used either.

Use your hand sanitiser.

If you're worried about offending them by being your own just say their soap is drying your hands out/skin reaction.

We have a mixture of bars and liquid, I am forever having to wipe the top of the pump on the liquid soap as it gets filthy very quickly.

Wash your hands twice.
Once to wash the soap, once to wash your hands with the now washed soap. 😁

Soap and hot water is all you need

How does a germophobe end up working with small children?

You're being silly. Common sense has died.

After an extensive google, every article I have read comparing liquid soap with a bar of soap has revealed that liquid soap is not more hygienic than a bar of soap.

I find that glycerine soaps tend to go slimy so I buy triple milled soap, which lasts for ever.

I only have liquid soap in the kitchen and downstairs loo, but we use bars of soap in the bathroom.

A soap bar is considerably cheaper and lasts longer than liquid soap. It is also better for the planet. I also find it less drying than liquid soap.

Mumsnet does have a cohort of overly fastidious posters, so those of you who are on here please do the same googling I did and educate yourselves. As other posters have pointed out, the door handle, the flush handle and taps will all have germs on them.

Then try and deal with this unreasonable phobia.

Do you take your own hand towel when you visit friends and have to use their toilet?

We have a modern world full of germaphobes. The obsession with washing and hygiene and laundry is just insane. There was a post recently about somebody suggesting they should throw away all the food in the fridge because one pack of chicken was a few days out of date. Madness.

Just no. I grew up in the 70s and 80s where bar soap was the norm. Is it also much more environmentally friendly than endless plastic bottles of liquid soap.

It may not be your first choice, but you need to get over it and use the bar soap. People are losing the plot. It’s psychologically so unhealthy.

Yep my question too.

I don’t think it’s uncommon to not like the feeling of soap and I wouldn’t like to rub it on my hands knowing it might’ve been on a stranger’s bits!

I would take my own, say I prefer the texture or whatever and if the family don’t like me leaving things there I’d put it in my bag at the end of each day.
Tbh I’m also a bit particular about towels so would potentially bring my own too! Everyone has their quirks and my handwashing preferences don’t impact my ability to do my job

This.
Homes everywhere used to have bar soap; my grandmother always did.

If you are really so bothered and you live/ work there, just buy your own liquid soap and keep it there.

But washing your hands in the kitchen with fairy is selfish; bathroom germs should be dealt with in the bathroom not dragged down to the kitchen. Also I think covid made many of us reassess soaps/ hand san. The liquid soaps that claim to kill germs are soap with sanitiser in them. But to actually work it needs to stay on your skin quite some time. All the medically qualified people I knew were urging good old soap in preference to hand san as soap cuts through the greasy layer on the virus and dries it out ( which kills it) far more effectively. It also “ lifts” dirt by binding with it which anti bacterial ingredients don’t .

But the bottom line is if you don’t like what they provide, buy your own.

Get a tiny empty bottle and decant some liquid soap into it. You can then use this when you’re there.

YABU but we all have weird things and fears.

what’s stopping you from buying your own preferred soap and taking it to work with you?

This^

Op this is very simple. Just have a conversation with your employer to say you prefer liquid hand soap so you’d appreciate it if you can leave a bottle in the bathroom for you to use whilst working. Then everyone can use their preferred option.

I much prefer bar soap although I do admit I would only use my own usually. It annoys me larger bars are no longer available in super,markets, Used to be called Bath soap size.

No need to be rude. I have ocd and find it hard to use other peoples bars of soap.

Could you not just buy and a liquid soap and stick it in the bathroom and tell the parents that you like it. Once they find that most of their guests are using it too, perhaps they'll buy some themselves.

YANBU, I would feel the same. When we went on holiday recently, there were only bars of soap next to the sink for handwashing, so I found a supermarket and purchased a pump bottle of liquid soap. I also carry a little container in my handbag which has little individual pages of soap, like this:

You can buy liquid soap for under £1 in lidl. Just buy one surely? If you use that Bathroom all the time no one is going begrudge you buying your own toiletries. I have bar soap because it smells nice and liquid soap too.

Please don’t forget that hand sanitizer does not kill the germs that cause stomach bugs, so especially if you are using it after the toilet, you will still need to wash your hands with soap asap. I think a little bottle of liquid soap (or those paper soap leaves people use for travelling) would be a better idea than hand sanitizer.

I use goats milk soap, it doesn't dry out my hands. All the liquids are detergents that happen to smell nice.