AIBU to ask why you don't wash your hands?

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People who don't wash their hands after they go to the toilet.
People who don't wash their hands before preparing/eating food.
People who don't wash their hands after changing nappies.
People who don't wash their hands after putting the bins out.
People who don't wash their hands after handling raw meat.
We all know we are supposed to do these things. And yet lots of people don't. If you don't, why? I promise I'm not intending to criticise anyone, I am just genuinely curious to know, given the risks not washing hands entails, why it isn't a habit for so many.

PrincessoftheSea

People don’t wash their hands after going to the loo? 🤢😷

Apparently not. Some people are not only revolting but weird too.

, and my OH spends a lot of time with his face in my genitals and he is never ill

Please tell me you wash your genitals 1st though?!

The old story about never eating snacks at a bar where people have not washed their hands comes to mind. I do all these things when out and preparing food but am clean in my own home

@WalkingOnAFlashlightBeam

You're not a lost cause I think I might be though 

i always feel like I have to defend myself or explain my reasons for doing things (not that many people will understand anyway) I know we're coming from the same place in regards to feeling judged etc and feel we understand what it's like (mental conditions-wise)

Not so much in terms of comments but plenty of 'funny' looks... I'm quite aware of myself when out in public places so I do tend to notice other people's responses to my 'actions' which I can sort of understand but it makes me feel like I'm an oddity/weirdo

and my OH spends a lot of time with his face in my genitals and he is never ill

I take it you don’t smear your genitals up and fins hand railings or use them to open doors or cover your mouth when you sneeze?

But of a straw man argument.

No one is talking about general human stuff. Your genius’s dont spread disease unless they are diseased to start off with and you go around fucking anything that moves.

So many typos so little time. I really must learn to proof read. Fucking hell, so annoying.

Fins = down

But = bit

Genius’s = genitals

Wow! Some PPs have written essays (I'm guessing... because no, I haven't R all TFT) on the sticky subject of hand washing.

Someone told me that to wash your hands properly, you need soap, warm water and disposable paper towels. You must then sing "Happy Birthday To You" (presumably in your head) without rushing to get the necessary level of cleanliness.

borgenproject.org/recycled-soap-for-developing-countries/

They dis oversee that washing your hands in third world countries helps stop the spread of disease.

SHOCKING,

That should read ‘they discovered’

Diodati- you're meant to sing happy birthday TWICE!

@BrutusMcDogface Oh, thank you! How remiss of me.

My husband’s hands only come into contact with water once a day during his morning shower, whereas I wash mine almost every ten minutes it seems!!! He’s 41 and I’m 35 but he has the most beautiful soft, young looking hands. My hands however are dry, rough, split and bleed easily but they are also more wrinkly on both sides. So yes, it’s disgusting but apparently it has its benefits!!!

I've become more of a hand washer than I used to be, so always after using the loo (but often just a rinse); always when I come in from a public place; always when I've gardened or handled anything dirty. I don't think it's all necessary, it's just become a habit. I really don't worry about touching potentially germy surfaces when I'm out and about, though, and I'm never ill.

Another one here who thought they had a 'cast-iron' constitution.

Took a very elderly aunt her weekly coffee-morning outing a couple of years ago. Only other old people there. She didn't use the toilets only cups, biscuits, chairs, handrails etc.

Next day her bungalow was like a shit skating rink - literally.

Novovirus. It can kill the elderly.

Old people do not and sometimes cannot (mobility issues) wash their hands properly.

They spend time in GP's surgeries and hospital waiting areas touching stuff other people with shitty hands have touched - chair arms, counters, magazines, door handles - and so it goes around.

Partner and I also got Novovirus - have always used hand sanitizer since then.

I never appreciated until then just how uncomfortable it is to have a permanently loose bottom and I don't want it again.

*Yesterday 16:38 jarhead123

I don't wash mine much.

Usually when I go the loo in public, but hardly ever at home.*

Do you ever prepare food or drinks for anyone in your home? If so please tell them that you don't wash your hands after using the toilet.

If there's nothing wrong with it then there's no reason not to let them know, so they can make an informed decision to get the fuck out of there, feeling very sick

I had hepatitis A at the age of 34, which is a food borne disease, normally caused by people in the restaurant industry not washing their hands after using the loo and then preparing food. I had four months off work, lost thousands of pounds in income, had to cancel a holiday abroad and felt 100 years old. Trust me, you do not want hep A in your life. Remember Herr Semmelweiss, the doctor who noticed that deaths from post-puerperal fever dropped when he washed his hands between examining corpses and delivering babies? If in doubt, put your mitts under the tap!

sanitizer instead - and as I keep it in my handbag you probably don't see me using it after you've seen me leave the toilet without washing my hands (and no doubt tutted...)
So if you're not using it in the sink area (or it would be fairly obvious you WERE cleaning your hands) you must be touching the door handles on the way out to wherever you get around to it, applying whatever germs you've picked up. So the fact that you eventually clean your hands isn't much use to others, is it ?

you must be touching the door handles on the way out

Nope.

, I’m that minger who walks out public toilets without washing my hands, then antibacs them. I don’t want to do it in the toilets because then I have to touch the door handle to get out and that’s probably pretty grim.
Yes, it is likely to be germy because of people like you, who don't wash their hands before leaving or care about anyone else!
Doing something dirty, because you think other people might have done it, I've never heard such a stupid reason!

So you say, “Open sesame.” to the door.
Okaaay.

To the magic door opener.

you must be touching the door handles on the way out

Nope.
Ok, so how do you get out then, where the door opens inwards (and they mostly do)? You must have to wait for someone else to open it, then insist they hold it while you pass through without taking it?? Or you have string you thread through it to pull it open? Do please explain how you open a 'pull' door without touching it?

They really haven’t thought this though, have they?
🙄

Perhaps she texts a friend to come and open it??