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To be outraged when ladies don't wash their hands after the toilet?

212 replies

Onedayinthesun · 22/06/2015 15:06

It happens all the time, at work, at the gym, in restaurants, shopping centres......

Why do so many ladies use the loo then just flounce out of the toilet and give the sink a complete swerve?

Off they go back out into the world spreading their toilet germs from their hands onto unsuspecting people, it makes me so mad ð??¡

I just don't get it, what is it about soap and water that some of the population want to avoid after doing their business?? AIBU to get so angry about this?

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Starbrite00 · 23/06/2015 08:33

Surely if people say they cant use soap or wash hands because they have skin conditions cant use alcohol hand gel? That stuffs 100% worse than soap Confused

SunnyBaudelaire · 23/06/2015 08:35

" I'll wash hands before preparing or serving dinner, irrespective of whether I've been to the loo that day."

gosh you little hygiene freak you.
BTW how is it possible to get to dinner time without using the loo?

MummaV · 23/06/2015 08:48

I too have allergies to many soaps so unless the label is still in place I won't use soap in public toilets. I will however ensure the water is as hot as possible, clean my hands with water, dry my hands and then use anti bac gel.
I always wash my hands thoroughly before leaving home and as soon as I return as well as other obvious handwashing times (food preparation, meal times, after using the toilet etc).
I used to carry my own soap but stopped after a few incidents where my handbag became filled with soap! Also antibac is smaller and takes up much less room.

I think people have become far too obsessive about these things though. Yes when you think about it, its gross, but given the amount of people that don't wash their hands, or wash their hands and then touch the dryer, the door, etc etc you are recontaminated before leaving the toilets and 9 times out of 10 have no ill effects.

muminhants1 · 23/06/2015 09:00

If a loo has a decent wash basin with hot water, decent water pressure and soap, and then a hand dryer of the Dyson airblade variety that actually gets my hands dry (or preferably towels) then I wash my hands and will actually sing Happy Birthday twice through in my head as is recommended so that I do it for a decent length of time.

If I am going to get 3 drops of water, no soap and a pathetic hand dryer that just blows the water droplets around a bit, I won't bother thanks - there is no point.

It would also help if ladies didn't hog the wash basins to put their make-up on/brush their hair etc. I'm not waiting for you, I'll just walk out.

If any of you had to use the portaloos that appear at running races you'd be clutching your pearls because you often can't wash your hands at all, you just have to use antibacterial gels. And runners tend to be emptying their bowels too. Not nice. Maybe we develop robust stomachs that can cope with nasty germs!

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 23/06/2015 10:50

BTW how is it possible to get to dinner time without using the loo?

It's not, I threw it in there as Pedantic Twat Bait to see if anyone would bite..... Grin

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 23/06/2015 11:00

Sometimes the desperate need for hygiene only makes it worse....

Grin
TwerkingSpinster · 23/06/2015 13:55

I'm going to suggest that all this illness is from the weird hygiene freaks washing chicken and splashing the bugs around their kitchens. I am never I'll. Never once had a vomiting bug. I do wash my hands, but I'm firmly in the 'wet fingertips for appearances sake' camp in public toilets. I honestly think that highchairs in restaraunts, trolleys, shopping baskets etc are as bad as a toilet door. Don't see you all feverishly running to the supermarket toilets to cleanse after shopping.

FanFuckingTastic · 23/06/2015 14:02

The hand gel and entire contents of bag are now skanky too. Just bloody wash fgs.

I have a little pouch on the outside of my bag where I keep all my incontinence bits and pieces, I don't go into the main section of my bag at all. I get all the stuff out before I pee and put it away after I've flushed and washed again. The only things I'm ever touching are door handles, and I'm pretty sure it'd be the same if I was washing in the sink.

AndNowItsSeven · 23/06/2015 14:05

I don't wash my hands, I use antibacterial gel. I also do not touch door handles the flush in a toilet etc. I use tissue and then drop in into a bin on my way out. I open the door with my foot or follow someone else out.

GatoradeMeBitch · 23/06/2015 15:12

I am a hand washer, but taps and door handles are always contaminated, unless they use a no-hand system. You wash your hands clean, then you turn the tap off. Hello again germs!

FrenchJunebug · 23/06/2015 16:08

you do not wash your vagina but the labia. Just saying

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 23/06/2015 20:44

you do not wash your vagina but the labia. Just saying

The word "Cunt" springs to mind if we're naming things.

Just Saying.... Wink

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