A Hand Washing Poll

[OzzyKP]

So my girlfriend was aghast to learn that after going to the bathroom (just peeing, no sitting down) I wash my hands with just water, no soap.

So I'm curious, am I, as I think, pretty normal in this regard?

[Dis]

lol. only when I'm at work do I wash my hands after peeing- and usually just water. And I hate to waste paper towels. I hate to think of the energy used to produce those things.

Tell her urine is sterile. So unless you have some kind of STD- you really don't need to wash your hands. It's just a common courtosy if you work amongst others. So when you shake hands with someone, they aren't touching your penis from secondhand contact.

[snoopy369]

At work I wash with soap. At home, maybe, maybe not. Pee is harmless and dissolves in water, so soap is excessive.

Sitting down, absolutely soap (and 20-30 seconds of it). Shigella

[Imran Siddiqui]

I think that's pretty normal. That's what I do.

[Dis]

one more thing- I don't actually pee on my hand when peeing. This is an important distinction. In fact I can do it without really touching my penis at all. I used my clothing to shake. No need to touch my wang.

When doing #2- always. e coli is nasty stuff, and no one wants food poisoning. It's irresponsible not to wash your hands after #2.

edit: I voted #2. But like I said, when I'm at home, I don't wash at all- unless I'm clumsy enough to actually piss on my hand. Happens when drinking sometimes.

[snoopy369]

Actually, most e. coli is entirely harmless. It gets blamed for a lot it's not responsible for. Human e. coli is not responsible for food poisoning; it's chicken or whatnot e. coli that is.

Going #2, shigella is the main reason to wash. Shigella is passed in - yes - tiny pieces of ****, and very common; most restaurant food poisoning (mild) comes from it.

[onodera]

I wash my hands before taking a piss. I've spent the day shaking hands, grabbing doorhandles, touching walls and other things. My penis, however, has spent the day in my clean underwear. It is definitely cleaner than my hands. And urine, as has been mentioned, is sterile.

[Dis]

Actually, most e. coli is entirely harmless. It gets blamed for a lot it's not responsible for. Human e. coli is not responsible for food poisoning; it's chicken or whatnot e. coli that is.

Going #2, shigella is the main reason to wash. Shigella is passed in - yes - tiny pieces of ****, and very common; most restaurant food poisoning (mild) comes from it.

I stand corrected. good info.

reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when the chef comes out of the restroom stall and doesn't wash his hands. I miss that show.

[Cartimandua]

Men are nasty! So if you don't wash your hands when using the bathroom, when do you? I mean, all day long you touch hands, doorknobs, etc and I always make sure to wash with soap not only because of the bathroom, but also because there are gross people (like you guys) all around me, giving me papers that they have handled and other junk. Going to the bathroom is just a nice reminder that I needed to wash my hands anyway.

[Q Classic]

Soap + Water. Always. Sometimes I wash my hands even when I haven't been to the bathroom. I just like washing my hands. A lot.

I stop before they get to raw, though.

[rah]

What's the ole joke?
I've been in bathrooms where my dick is the cleanest thing in it. SO I open the door with my elbow and only touch the cleanest thing in there. And get out as quickly as possible.

[Q Classic]

Oh, yeah, for public lavatories, always stand, never sit. Always cover the toilet seat with tissues, peferrably two layers. Use paper towels to turn on and off the faucet, and open the door.

Sometimes, I end up getting stuck in the bathroom because they have the ****ing retarded air dryer things.

[Jon Miller]

Sometimes I wash my hands even when I haven't been to the bathroom. I just like washing my hands. A lot.

I stop before they get to raw, though.

I do sometimes just use water after peeing, particularly if I don't have to touch anything if I just use water and do have to touch something to use soap. And I think it is OK, for the exact reasons mentioned earlier.

JM

[Verto]

Wash hands before and after. I try to touch the door handle as little as possible, and really wish bathrooms would have trash cans located outside the door so I can hold onto my paper towel long enough to open the door, then throw it away on my way out.

I wash my hands compulsively, first for sanitation and second to reduce the grease and dirty I get on my phone screen / laptop keyboard.

[Dis]

ya I sometimes use the paper towel to open the door. I just wish they'd have push doors from the inside. So you don't have to touch the damn handle after washing your hands. Who thought of these things?