Washing Your Hands After You Use The Can

[Dugout DickStone]

I use a paper towel if I have to grab the door handle, otherwise I just push it open with a non-food touching part of my body like my foot.

Exact same here.  Sometimes I can find an edge towards the top of the door if it doesn't shut all the way.  Also I count to 20 before washing the soap off of my hands.  

This got me to thinking.

When you decide to #1 at a #2 station -  or are using a toilet at a friends house or something - and see that the toilet seat has been left in the down position, what do you do or what do you use in order to get it back up?

I, Paul, lift the toilet seat with my foot. I will even flush with my foot if the flusher is long enough to take a reverse leg drop.

Do any of you ninnies lift the underneath part of the lid with your hands? That's so freaking nasty if you do.

i generally will attempt to lift with foot, if possible.  if i can't lift with foot then i'll go ahead and lift with hand, having complete confidence in my ability to wash my hands and have them cleaner than a brain surgeon when i'm done.

sidenote:  during a recent trip to mexico i discovered that they all use flushers that you flush with your foot.  incredible. made me feel incredibly devolved.

If you can't lift with foot, F it.  Don't ever touch it, just try not to piss on it.  The only reason to lift the seat is so you don't hit it and that trade off is not worth touching someone's under rim dung.

as far as washing after #1, depends on the bathroom and depends on my current hand situ.  If they needs a washing anyway, sure.  If they are in good shape, touching my dong won't mess them up.  

[yoga-like_abana]

Ew gross. Always wash my hands, prefer the foaming hand soap from B&B easier and smells great. (japanese cherry blossom FTW)

[felix rex]

Did you David Puddy germophobe frackers ever stop to think that part of the reason door handles are so disgusting is because you put the soles of your shoes on them?

It's interesting how David Puddy is the Danny Tanner of our generation.

[SkinnyBenny]

Oh I still drop Danny Tanner as well, but in a different context.  Like if I'm about to have a very serious talk with someone (rarely happens btw because serious talks are for gay people), I'll say, "I don't mean to get all Danny Tanner on you, but . . . "   *commence serious heart-to-heart*

[Paul Moscow]

The Danny Tanner talks didn't work for daughter Stephanie 

[Pete]

I am no where near a germaphobe, but I follow all the bathroom etiquette because some of you nut jobs will go bonkers if I don't.  It's just good work place diplomacy.

[sonofdaxjones]

I do what is neccessary.  I wash afterwords no matter what.  However I am not one of those, wash, go back to office, get out germophobe hand gel, bathe in that and freak out entirely about it. 

That's part of the problem we've got so many germophobe freaks running around, they're only making the actual germs that much more powerful and resistant.

[Paul Moscow]

I do what is neccessary.  I wash afterwords no matter what.  However I am not one of those, wash, go back to office, get out germophobe hand gel, bathe in that and freak out entirely about it. 

That's part of the problem we've got so many germophobe freaks running around, they're only making the actual germs that much more powerful and resistant.

What's your policy on toilet seat lifts?

So far we've got foot, hand, and 'just pee still' as possible solutions.

[felix rex]

I do what is neccessary.  I wash afterwords no matter what.  However I am not one of those, wash, go back to office, get out germophobe hand gel, bathe in that and freak out entirely about it. 

That's part of the problem we've got so many germophobe freaks running around, they're only making the actual germs that much more powerful and resistant.

I srsly worry almost more about this than the actual feces germs that may be on my hands/southeast Asian sandals.

[sonofdaxjones]

 As others have stated the toilet seat scenerio when faced with it does produce a quandry.

I have a Size 15 foot, so the foot lift can be cumbersome, but effective depending on design.   I usually survey the scene and then act accordingly.   If it's totally gross what does it matter at that juncture?? 

Rex agreed . . . again, do what is necessary and not more.   A shot of soap, a quick, but complete scrub using warm water, towel dry . . . done.   Unless the door handle appears to be a long lost science experiment what does it matter if you touch it??  Particularly in a public place??   Someone I am familiar with spends their entire life on the road shuttling cars about the country for rich people, he is also a furloughed airline employee who can fly stand by for free anywhere in the world . . . he lives in public places, literally.   He follows simple, standard cleanliness procedures, nothing more, and is rarely if ever sick.   

[sys]

So far we've got foot, hand, and 'just pee still' as possible solutions.

foot when possible.  hand protected with paper towel or 4 or more folds of toilet paper if not.

[felix rex]

I have a Size 15 foot

 

[_33]

Mythbusters proved that the toilet seat is one of the cleanest objects in the house.  Much cleaner than the telephone.  So if you've ever talked on the phone, you might as well lift the toilet seat with your mouth.

[felix rex]

Mythbusters proved that the toilet seat is one of the cleanest objects in the house.  Much cleaner than the telephone.  So if you've ever talked on the phone, you might as well lift the toilet seat with your mouth.

or fart into the phone 

[The42Yardstick]

I have a Size 15 foot

 

Mine's 14

and you know what they say about large feet and schlong size

[Dugout DickStone]

Mythbusters proved that the toilet seat is one of the cleanest objects in the house.  Much cleaner than the telephone.  So if you've ever talked on the phone, you might as well lift the toilet seat with your mouth.

or fart into the phone 

that is essentially what I do for a living....

[michigancat]

I hate it when someone pisses on the toilet seat before me and I know people that will be using it after me.  Don't want them to think I pissed all over the seat, which is a natural assumption.

[felix rex]

I hate it when someone pisses on the toilet seat before me and I know people that will be using it after me.  Don't want them to think I pissed all over the seat, which is a natural assumption.

I was effectively forced to clean a microwave at work for this exact reason. Really pisses me off, too.

[_33]

I hate it when someone pisses on the toilet seat before me and I know people that will be using it after me.  Don't want them to think I pissed all over the seat, which is a natural assumption.

I was effectively forced to clean a microwave at work for this exact reason. Really pisses me off, too.

Someone pissed in the microwave? 

[felix rex]

I hate it when someone pisses on the toilet seat before me and I know people that will be using it after me.  Don't want them to think I pissed all over the seat, which is a natural assumption.

I was effectively forced to clean a microwave at work for this exact reason. Really pisses me off, too.

Someone pissed in the microwave? 

If they did, I swear it would be more sanitary than the usual conditions for the office kitchen. There's an Asian guy preserving what appears to be a stool sample in our crisper.

[SkinnyBenny]

If they did, I swear it would be more sanitary than the usual conditions for the office kitchen. There's an Asian guy preserving what appears to be a stool sample in our crisper.

You have a crisper?!?   

[felix rex]

If they did, I swear it would be more sanitary than the usual conditions for the office kitchen. There's an Asian guy preserving what appears to be a stool sample in our crisper.

You have a crisper?!?   

See? You never appreciate what you actually have.

[hemmy]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=120921191

Someday that will happen to people afraid of public restrooms

[Deez Nutz]

Anyone ever just taken a shovel outside and done their business into a hole and buried it?  Such as when the toilet is on the fritz or something?  Not saying I've done it before.  Just curious what the reactions around here would be.  I have used one of those old time outhouses before with a pit in the ground, though.  Pretty cool really.

[steve dave]

Anyone ever just taken a shovel outside and done their business into a hole and buried it?  Such as when the toilet is on the fritz or something?  Not saying I've done it before.  Just curious what the reactions around here would be.  I have used one of those old time outhouses before with a pit in the ground, though.  Pretty cool really.

I saw a cat do that without a shovel once