My roommate only washes up if he poops, never after peeing. Now every time I’m in any of the common areas I have to wash my hands after touching anything I haven’t wiped down. Thus, I wash my hands twice every time I use the bathroom; once as normal and again in the kitchen because I touched the taps, light switch and door handle in the bathroom which likely have groin sweat on them… /rant
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Your roommate is disgusting
Yes. Wash my hands:
- after every toilet use
- after I come in from outside
- before I eat
- after I eat
- before I sit down at my desk and touch my mouse and keyboard
- before I start playing a game with my controller(s)
- edit: oh and before/after seksytime, both with myself and the wife
First three always, fourth sometimes, definitely not the last two.
He really should stop being lazy and wash his hands. While feces is much more dangerous than what’s likely hanging out on his junk, there’s still plenty of transmissible nastiness that he’s leaving everywhere.
But if he’s not going to change his behavior, you can mitigate by turning off the taps and handling the bathroom doorknob with a paper tissue if you use tissues to dry your hands (although I think this is common mostly in public washrooms). The overwashing you’re doing to compensate for his underwashing is not good for your hands.
I was worried about that too but my hands are fine actually. I use lukewarm water and it appears to actually help since I haven’t had any eczema flareups on my hands for a long time.
Yup. Wash your hands with soap four times daily and you reduce your chance of catching a surface-borne disease by 80%
I work in a hospital and one Christmas I brought home gastric 'flu with me… that wasn’t a wonderful Yuletide for anyone.
Nearly all of the time yes.
I think we have to talk about you. Regardless of your roommates bathroom habits, you should really assume every public surface is as dirty as you’re imagining the things your roommate touches. Put another way, I’m of the opinion that you are suffering from a bit of germophobia.
Admittedly this post was more of a rant but it’s still helpful to know everyone’s answers. I major in microbiology and I know for sure that everything, everywhere is teaming with life and my hygienic habits are informed by that. One of my biggest reasons for wiping everything down all the time is to reduce the chance of spending three or four days in hospital shitting in a bucket and chugging gatorade. It’s unusual to die from a dirty doorknob (covid 3000 rubs it’s hands) but it’s not fun and a waste of time to be sick. Sometimes that’s unavoidable ofc, but I take pains to reduce my chances, even if it’s just a little.
I regret opening this thread and this completly validates me using anything but my bare hands to grab door handles.
Me too. One of the reasons I hate summer is I don’t usually have something with long sleeves to open shuff with.
carry hand sanitizer, but also if it’s the washroom use paper towels to open the door, and toss it on the floor beside the door if they’re stupid enough to not keep a trash can there / within reach.
I avoid certain restaurants/cafes that don’t hove paper towel in their bathrooms for this exact reason. ;-;
I do
My parents don’t
Yeah you read it right, my mom just TOUCHES THE FUCKING SEAT THING… then touch the flush, and I DON’T HEAR THE FAUCET RUNNING
I called it out once, and she did washed her hands for THAT ONE TIME then proceeded to never wash hands for every subsequent bathroom use… also never used soap…
My Theory on why: My parents grew up in Rural China… their standards of cleanliness is probably much lower…
I mean if they have germophobia like I do, then you can’t even survive in the rural areas… if you know what I mean
Funny that they used to be the ones to teach me to wash my hands but now they don’t anymore… wtf
Lmao, reminds me of a college bathroom experience where someone entered, used the urinal, used the hand drier, and left.
I was astounded.
Yes, every single time. Even if I’m camping in the middle of nowhere. Hell, even if I sat down and didn’t even touch my dong.
If I don’t wash them, it feels like there is an invisible film on my hands. I don’t know how to describe it. Like, a film of filth or grease or something. Purely mental. I HAVE to wash them.
LIFEHACK: do both at once by pissing in your hands! it’s environmentally friendly!!!
Plus, they say pee is sterile.
It’s not, but that’s what they say!
Urine is sterile… until it hits the urethra.
I don’t drink enough bleach for that to be effective though!
Every time. It’s about upkeep, not worrying whether I touched anything. Plus, I always blot with toilet paper anyway…
Yes. Yikes that’s filthy. I mean I wash my hands throughout the day not just when I use the bathroom, as well. How do you prep and cook a meal without washing your hands to avoid cross-contamination between ingredients?
Public bathrooms yes. At home no.
Even if I’m in a hurry, I splash them in water with a squirt of soap and quick scrub. I touch keyboards all day and my hands need to be cleaned. Never mind when I physically worked with IT equipment.
Honestly I wouldn’t sweat it. It’s more something that seems gross than is actually going to make you sick. Pretty much ANY high traffic surface in public is gonna have way more pathogens on it than something in your house. And breathing the same air as your roommate is more likely to get you sick than touching something that they’ve touched. Still kinda gross though.
