As a child it was firmly instilled into me that after using the bathroom you washed your hands, and it was not negotiable. If there was running water nearby you used it to sanitise, and throughout my life I’ve always carried on with this belief.
So it really makes me grind my teeth when I see people, of all ages, not washing their hands after using the toilet. For goodness sake people, why do you think that I want to touch things like door handles, food etc that you’ve just left your urine on because you can’t be bothered to wash your hands.
A particular example of this is in my local gym, the number of people that go to the toilet then walk straight into the gym. Yeeeuk! It’s like a convention of sluts-r-us in the morning.
I really would think that women would have better hygiene than this. They’re quite happy to put on smart clothes and makeup after working out, but they obviously don’t consider cleanliness extends to the hands.
Someone who comes to mind is “corned beef” (see
day 49: hey! put away the corned beef). It’s nasty enough that she works out in something that wouldn’t really be acceptable in a swimming pool, let alone a gym. But she doesn’t wash her hands after using the toilet before going to the gym either… I think I’m going to be sick just thinking about it.
A survey some while back looked at bowls of unwrapped sweets in restaurants, particularly mint imperials being put out to freshen the breath after a meal. They found 23 different urine samples in one bowl of mints. Hmmmmmm tasty.
Basic hygiene should be taught from an early age, but if parents can’t be bothered then they are certainly not going to instill the practice into their children.
If there’s a problem with handwashing, then why not carry some wet wipes, at least they’ll help make some effort to be a bit more hygienic.
Hygiene is one of the building blocks of a healthy body. Poor hygiene means lax cleanliness, lax cleanliness means germs are present, germs present means bugs & viruses have a foothold, bugs & viruses with a foothold mean you get sick.
No point in going to the gym, or eating healthily, if you’re ingesting nasty gremlins from your hands that are just waiting to get into your nice warm body to breed. Okay so I’m not going to quote the “cleanliness is next to godliness” thing at you. I’m an atheist so as far as I’m concerned “cleanliness is next to necessary”, and not as in some peoples cases “cleanliness is next to impossible”.
People, there is no excuse not to wash your hands after using the toilet. No excuse, get that?
