Topic: Do you wash your hands after using a public restroom?

I don't. I don't like to touch anything in a public restroom, including the handle where all the paper towels come out of.

This may qualify as "too much information" But I understand the lack of a desire to touch anything in a public facility...

FUN FACT: the dirtyest thing in a public washroom is the door handle so youd be better off useing some of that paper towl to open the door

I think this is a useless topic. I bet this topic will be locked. But yes,I wash my hands after using a public restroom.

Hooray, another pointless NLife topic! What are the odds?

But for the record, I usually wash my hands after using the bathroom. I don't want to get too personal on the details.

DEFINITELY TMI, dude. You're just proving why that "fun fact" is true. barf

I do wash my hands after using public restrooms. I might want to start following that paper towel on the door trick now as well...

Another fun fact: At least 50% of all money has microscopic feces on it due to being handled by people who don't wash their hands after using the restroom.

How is this too personal?? I mean it's not like anyone here is going to use the same restrooms I use.. Unless you live in Southern California...

Thanks for that, Stuff. Now I'm gonna have to use a pair of tongs every time I reach into my wallet.

The taps are also dirty since even if they do wash their hands what do you think happens before hand (pun not intended buts it's a good one)

Well duh, that's pretty obvious, isn't it?

Unless it has an attendant - many in NY do - then I'm cleaner than *any*thing found in a public restroom. And even if I weren't, I'd rather have my own piss on my hands than someone else's. Admit it, you all feel the same way.

Here's a tip, if the bathroom door opens in, KICK it hard to make it open back at you, then catch it with your elbow to pull it open. Works like a charm.

EDIT: Thinking about it, most public restrooms here in NY are touchless, meaning motion sensitive faucets and towel dispensers, so the answer is YES, even if it means retreating to cleaner locale to do so.

I always wash my hands, even in a public restroom.

@RJay: Who used the word "personal" before you did? Some of us just don't want to hear people admitting that they don't wash their hands after using the bathroom, regardless of circumstances or location.

@Ricardo91: You're welcome!

I am most comfortable with the bathrooms where everything is automatic, of course. I'm glad there are more of those nowadays, and it's a continuing trend. Eventually, who touched the faucet handle with what won't even be an issue!

And the switchback blind entries and exits make many restroom doors a thing of the past, so soon the door handle won't be much of an issue either.

Wow this is a question? Of course I do!

Hmmm....so does anyone feel like shaking hands?

• knuckle touch *

I do wash my hands, yes, unless of course the sink has a stench of urine.

I've actually heard that the door handle is the cleanest part of a bathroom, but that would only work if everybody washes their hands after doing their "business".

Anyway, I use paper towels whenever I have to touch things in a restroom. Wokrs well. You should try it sometime.

I find it weird that the door handle is always on the inside... :S

One person ruins it for everyone