aibu to think its not terrible to not wash you hands after going the loo

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I obviously wash my hands after going in a public toliet, but at home I don't mind because I don't touch anything except the loo roll aibu?

Libertine.... yep....
and TMI alert....

littlemog - some of us do not need to use wads of the stuff.... I've always done my pelvic floor exercises every time I wee, so the wee goes in the loo, not over me... and us regular-as-clockwork poopers tend to leave no residue.....

unless "woeful" meant too much?

don't think 4 sheets can ever be called too much will have to tell DP (sorry) he uses half a bleedin roll!

madeof not exactly relevant to the thread but do you know you aren't actually supposed to do pelvic floor exercise whilst peeing?

Yeah i'm sure I'd read that somewhere StephenFry. Damages your bladder?

something to do with urine being pushed back up into your bladder I think- I think Dr Christian said it once on one of those shows he does.

Not whilst peeing - afterwards.... docs advice - when I had the kids, she said to maintain a healthy pelvic floor and prevent things like prolapse, you do 10 pelvic floor "clenches" after every pee.. forever.. keeps it all nice and strong.... and because you do it after every pee, you remember to do it.....

ahh- sorry I misunderstood. yes afterwards is a good time to do it when you know your bladder is empty. and yes for life! joys of womanhood!

I heard an interesting report on radio 4 recently about a study that had been done into what people said about handwashing after a wee and what they actually did. The short version was that most people would publicly insist that OF COURSE you always wash your hands EVERY TIME, but in practice most people only wash their hands in situations where they may be observed by someone they know, e.g. in the loos at work, at a party, etc. Most people deemed public loos too "disgusting" to wash their hands in, so didn't; and almost no one washed their hands when weeing at night. Which rather begs the question: why should it make any difference what time of day it is? If you wee at night, you still touch the loo seat, the door handle, and possibly other things, before you get back to bed. So why is it ok not to wash hands at night but SKANKY not to do so in the daytime?

I think this thread bears witness to a lot of "do as I say, not as I do" sentiment.

Er, I ALWAYS wash my hands. Regardless of location or time of day.

Me too Trazzletoes but apparently we are liars...

3 or 4 sheets of loo roll is FAR too little under any circs whatsoever.

noooo littlemog ... nooo... 2 sheets of nice thick Andrex Aloe folded over, dab,dab, dry... what would you DO with 3 or 4.... is there some mysterious area I'm missing?

From my very narrow research asking close family..... men fold a minimum number of sheets (2) and women scrunch it up in a ball...using multiple sheets.

noo!! scrunching is just wrong!

I also always wash my hands, day or night, in public or private loos. it's just habit.

my dp uses half a roll, folded over, hence blocking various toilets.

You must spend a fortune on loo roll!!

those saying that there are more germs in a kitchen are right - but they are different 'germs'. Those adverts that make you spray everything with dettol etc are making you think your kitchen is unclean (it may be) but they overlook the fact that it depends which germs they are as to whether you want to get rid of them.

After all, bacteria are everywhere and can perform some essential functions - as the Activia adverts tell us so often.

So - it is Good to get rid of bad germs - found the most around toilets & other pooey areas.
It is Bad to get rid of good germs - those in our intestines & stomachs.

So anti-bac, or bleach good for things like dirty dish cloths, cleaning toilets etc, but not so good for clearing up a mess that doesn't have harmful bacteria, like flour all over the work surface.

btw - I always wash my hands, but still got c-diff (which is truly awful and doesn't always respond to anti-biotics). I blame it on being a teacher and sometimes using the same toilets as the kids. I wash my hands a LOT more now, never want to go through that again.

Scrunch??

What on earth use is scrunched tp?

I'm a two sheets gal!

kickass why would you use the same toilets as the children? They (the toilets, not the children) are too small!

There aren't enough toilets for staff, and the ones for kids are perfectly nice, and not that small(school goes up to age 14). I never really saw them a mess or horrible, but 2 members of staff got c diff around the same time, and we both work near, and use, the same toilet block. Could just be coincidence, but...

Now I do the thing of using paper towel to open the door on the way out.

Oh my goodness, people are still talking about washing their hands. Just do it - it's not like it's a particularly difficult thing to do. The sink's right there in the same room as you when you've finished on the toilet. So's the soap. Use a different hand to turn the tap than the one you've used to wipe and then flush (with the lid down) after you've washed your hands.

I had a hepatitis B booster jab this week, and the doctor gave me a good talking to about how easy it is to contract this life-changing disease. Hep B can live on an uncleaned toilet seat for 7 days. I will never sit on another public toilet again. So, not to wash your hands after going to the loo is suicidal.

I went on a caravan holiday a couple of years back with 8 friends and their kids. Our caravan was the nearest to the pool so we always congregated at ours to eat, chat etc. And so of course everyone used our toilet. But we only had one bar of soap and we'd put it in our ensuite. The toilet was right next to the kitchen sink and not one single person asked for soap. They didn't even look at the sink to see if there was any. One of these people was a nurse. I just couldn't believe it. Everyone was happy to piss and shit all day without washing their hands. We were so fucking grossed out, and I still don't like eating at their houses now. In a previous discussion, a group of 5 of my female friends also said that they NEVER wash their feet. NEVER. Apparently because the shower or bath water washes them without any effort.

Aaaaarggh! Not washing feet....! WTAF?

It's one of things I do automatically, and thoroughly.

LaGuardia - how are you going to catch HepB from a loo seat? Unless you are doing something wrong, it's only your buttocks that will be in contact...