Public toilets

[kihira]

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[SeniorRedrings]

Leave the tap running,open the door with your feet.

 

[BlueDays]

If there is paper towel to dry your hands, quickly grab a sheet of that and use that to cover the top of the tap when you turn it off.
If there is a hand-dryer instead of paper towel, always carry a tissue in your pocket to cover the tap instead.

 

[coyote]

my parents taught me

not to pee on my hands

 

[coyote]

...or feet?

the inevitable dribble is unavoidable

that's why i prefer closed toe sandals

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

Growing up in the city, we're taught that it's only common courtesy to wipe the tap with the paper towel when you're finished washing your hands-- to prevent any germs from getting onto your clean hands.


I'm not so much a germ freak as I am a neat freak, I guess.
...although, my sister is super germaphobic because she was in T.O at the time of the SARS outbreak.

 

[Glitch]

...Most public bathrooms have faucets that turn off on their own so you don't have to worry about touching it again? Otherwise paper towel to turn it off and kick the door open, heh.

 

[Lea]

I don't worry about the germs, but I can't stand dirt. When I can I open the door with a papertowel - or a leg . I would prefer to be like I was when I was a kid, I didn't care about dirt at all.. but had my mind in peace in turn.

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

haha~
Well... as someone who has cleaned toilets for rich people most of her life- I can say for sure; it's for the best that you wash your hands after going anywhere near one.
Especially a public washroom...
and especially if you're going to eat something and put your fingers in or near your mouth.

...it's your choice, though.
For common courtesy, I'm sure people would appreciate you keeping your hands clean if you're to touch them or shake their hands at any point. XD

 

[Blabla..]

I've seen someone put his mouth to a tap to have a drink, eww.

hahaha , that must have been a sight !

 

[MrJones]

Use gloves.... or a radiation suit. While in the Wasteland I've learned that toilets can be very dangerous for our health. Unless you're in a vault, of course.

 

[coyote]

the germs that don't kill you just make your immune system that much stronger

and the ones that do rarely live more than a few seconds on surfaces exposed to air

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

Use gloves.... or a radiation suit. While in the Wasteland I've learned that toilets can be very dangerous for our health. Unless you're in a vault, of course.

...I love fallout... Ooooooooo!! XD
Toilets replenish your health but also increase your radiation!

 

[coyote]

In some places there's automatic flushing toilets, sinks with motion sensors and foaming hand soap, and automatic hand dryers. All we need now are bathroom doors that open automatically. Perhaps these things show how lazy N. American society has become?

i'm waiting for the urinals that will unzip my fly and take out my equipment for me

 

[Lea]

hahaha , that must have been a sight !

I do it, when I am thirsty . Would never touch the tap with my mouth of course, but the water can be quite OK like everywhere else. It doesn´t come straight from the toilett bowl does it ::.

Also, some public toiletts are cleaner than some people´s rooms or kitchens heh. And better to drink water straight from the tap than from a glass that has been washed in dirty water with a lot of washing liquid and never rinsed (a quite widespread barbaric practice).

 

[Blabla..]

I usually drink from my hands , but from what phocas said , i visualized someone on it's knees drinking from the tap like a bowl of soup , haha

i meant sink , not tap ,

 

[Blabla..]

there is nothing wrong drinking from the tap , unless you put your whole mouth around it

now that would be a sight !

 

[Glitch]

In some places there's automatic flushing toilets, sinks with motion sensors and foaming hand soap, and automatic hand dryers. All we need now are bathroom doors that open automatically. Perhaps these things show how germaphobic N. American society has become?

Fixed.....

 

[Rembrandt Broam]

Many public toilets here have the taps with sensors which automatically turn the water on for a fixed period when you stick your hands under them, so no touching is necessary.

Others are the type where you press the top to get the water to flow for a short time, in which case I bang the top with my elbow.

I guess if you have to actually touch the tap with your hand to turn it on and off, then at least when you're turning it off your hand is already wet, so any germs transferred back to your hand will be suspended in the water droplets on your hand, which you then remove when you dry them.

 

[coyote]

there's always the bushes