The 4 W's: Wee-Wee & Washy-Washy (I just made that up...seriously)

[ehowton]

You're going to wash your hands, right?

It doesn't appear to be limited to any specific culture insofar as either region or religion, as much as a personality type as far as I've been able to tell. Understanding that we all have times and reasons we don't (believe me, in some of the countries I've been in, my cock was cleanest thing in the restroom) most who refuse to wash their hands after using the restroom appear arrogant. As if, for some reason, their immune to the practice. Surely in this day and age it couldn't be ignorance...could it?

I am personally bothered by it - not that I'll think less of you - not at all! I will, however, likely NOT shake your hand. Especially if you've just come from a stall in the men's room, and walk out without stopping at the sinks. Ghastly.

I'm also curious if those arrogant enough to walk out of the restroom without washing their hands are arrogant enough to discuss it under the scrutiny of the public eye:

[Poll #1338455]

Comments

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

At a former workplace of mine, one of my colleagues would never wash her hands after she'd been in one of the stalls. Her justification was that she didn't pee on her hands, so why should she wash them? I just boggled over that.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Your avatar is uniquely suited for her explanation.

Not for the faint of heart...

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

For some... shaky shaky. lol This is a pretty interesting topic. Having worked a myriad of menial jobs in my younger years - I have seen it all. And I still, to this very day, have had my worse experiences cleaning woman's restrooms. Sugar and Spice indeed... What really gets me is the brown artwork in both gender's restrooms. Witnessing "La Cat Eyes" written inside a stall door in said brown hue... is... ok... i can't go any further... YUCK!!!!!!!!!

But YES! I most certainly wash after. But sometimes the state of a public restroom is so disgusting I must carry a tiny bottle of Purell with me. I have witnessed men peeing all over the sinks and the mirrors only to finish up by puking in the trash can. Being a rock musician, you also see some of the more interesting sick sides of human nature. When playing any venue I search the surrounding area for a Subway or any other establishment with a decent restroom. Just to avoid the lake of pee that covers 90% a men's restroom by 9 p.m. in a club.

Re: Not for the faint of heart...

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Cute avatar!

When I was in college I worked at Wal-Mart in Irving, Texas and nearly lost my job when I refused to help the 'Code Six' (cleanup guy) help scrub down the women's restroom where someone had earlier detonated a menstrual grenade.

Re: Not for the faint of heart...

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

What would we do without Jenny McCarthy to give us such intimate photos?

LOL... KABOOM(squirt)!

I have such vivid imagery of that right now - I want to run and find some gauze for some reason, then run to a church for a holy water wash, then to a distillery for a jump in a vat of whatever they got cookin' just to forget it...

I too was part of the Wal-Mart army. I got to stock (YAY!) Health and Beauty (I never smelled so *fresh* before) :| -You find interesting stuff on those shelves after a busy day.

Re: Not for the faint of heart...

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

You find interesting stuff on those shelves after a busy day.

I don't know if I should ask what sort of interesting things ... :)

Re: Not for the faint of heart...

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

lol. well if ehowton was asked to help clean up the aftermath of a detonated menstrual grenade... then I must have found their undetonated cache. I guess someone thought there was a trade-in special going on and left their used items up for recycle.

May have been a prank. I sure did get a kick at throwing the box at my co-worker. Which he in turn tossed at another... it was bloody chaos! (no pun.. hehehe)

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[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

And I must add I was 19 at the time and now know through years of maturing that wasn't the most safest or sanitary thing to do.

But still get a giggle from time to time out of it ;)

Re: Not for the faint of heart...

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

Hee! I'm torn between shuddering and laughing! :D

Re: Not for the faint of heart...

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

Is that Jenny McCarthy in your avatar???

She's my fave!!!

Re: Not for the faint of heart...

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! :) One of mine too. There is another photo of her sitting on the toilet and one of her cleaning one. They're all Candies ads I think.

[lehah.livejournal.com]

"You know when I wash my hands? WHEN I SHIT ON THEM! And that happens - tops! TOPS! - three, four times a week!"

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Ew!

[sacredyuja.livejournal.com]

-gags-

Cleanliness is next to -insert higher power/whoever you believe in name here-

One of my cousins from time to time doesn't wash her hands when leaving the bathroom - when asked why she claimed that urine is sterile. While this is true FOR HER OWN BODY - it's not for everyone elses!

Wash your hands please!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

My son scrubs his hands like a surgeon when he's finished...and he's only eight. I blame myself.

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

I'm so not arrogant I not only wash my hands after I go to the bathroom but before I go as well!!!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'd touch you at all.

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

No mention of the appropriateness of my avatar in the context of this post???

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

HA! I totally missed that.

[swashbuckler332.livejournal.com]

I wash my hands every time I leave the bathroom whether I've voided something or not. It's purely psychological, but I've always felt that quirks that encourage personal hygiene aren't something to 'correct.' which also applies to my inability to leave my apartment without having first showered.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Well reasoned. My mother the nurse was a mysophobic. I wasn't allowed to be set on the ground until I was over six months old.

Hrm, that could explain a lot...

[dentin.livejournal.com]

I agree, I think these sorts of things are good general policy. You have to be careful of fostering OCD behaviour, but if you're aware enough to realize you're doing something self-reinforcing, you're probably aware enough to detect and correct OCD onset.

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

And forget not to say your ABCs while you wash thoroughly. By the time your done with the recital your hands should be finger lickin' good enough.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I chew moist snuff tobacco. Because of this, I ensure my hands are *pristine* at all times, because they often find themselves in my mouth, or embarrassingly, my other orifices. (http://ehowton.livejournal.com/222073.html)

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

oh yes! one must "really get in there" to fish out belly lint. Or, fish for magic nose goblins. I believe some actually do thumb their asses for no other reason than just to keep their hand occupied... but I'm still compiling data for that.

lol... I wonder how many will read this and start going for their belly button???!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

One of my readers has CNDD (Compulsive Navel Delinting Disorder).

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

Have them chop some poblano peppers and watch the fun!!! :D

Would that work? BTW I'm an avid BBQer (raises barbecue basting brush).

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

*shifty eyes*

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

*facepalm*

I'm obviously having a ditzy day, because I read that as "By the time your done with the rectal"

Yes, it was a big WTF moment.

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

For a split second I thought that too after I typed it. I even spell checked it to make sure it wasn't a derivative of rectal LOL.

Raises toast to Ditzy Days!

[scareypete.livejournal.com]

I wash In Public Restrooms, After Pooping, Prior to Cooking, Before seeing Patients, Before seeing Tattoo Clients, After Cleaning the House. And if I got Pee on my hands.

But if I am home, and I gotta Pee and the above conditions aren't present... nope.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Those are all admirable conditions.

Stink Palm

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

Re: Stink Palm

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

*nasty*

[joey-glover.livejournal.com]

There's some gross stuff in an all males barracks. Chief of which(in my opinion) is that no one ever washes their hands. It's more than just gross, it's probably one of the chief reasons diseases spread so easily in the corps. (not to mention some of the other uses hands are put to....)

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I had but one rule during basic training: DON'T TOUCH ANYONE.

[joey-glover.livejournal.com]

learn to sprint from the "you look like you need a hug" people

[irulan-amy.livejournal.com]

Sometimes when in the restroom at work (two stalls), people will walk out without washing their hands. I almost have said something along the lines of EWWW.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Ooooh - next time, shudder visibly. If they approach you to ask what's a matter, shrink back and screech, "DON'T TOUCH ME! YOU DIDN'T WASH YOUR HANDS!"

[ex-crowy.livejournal.com]

When I am in public, I do. Always. When I am at home, I don't always because I know the cleanliness level of my own bathroom.

If you meant JUST in public, then yes, yes I do. I also refuse to touch anything in the restroom and use my foot/a paper towel/whatever is most accessible at the time to open doors, turn off faucets, flush, etc.

Because those people who don't wash are touching everything with their wee wee stained hands. I don't want to THINK about what else could be lurking on their hands from a trip to the pot.