Washing your hands after the toilet?

I really think that it is a silly thing but to each their own. It's funny when I watch women do this in the rest room and they make sure they use their forarms to push open the door the exit the restroom. Then, they grab their shopping cart, they pick up items in the store, the touch everything else. Meanwhile all they think about is "protecting themselves in the bathroom from those who didn't wash". What? They think the people who didn't wash their hands didn't touch anything else in the store? lol People need to think more deep on that matter if they really want to be extreme about it.

Wow. I'd probably be like this in a communal restroom but not in my own house. that's crazy. lol.

I do agree with you its a bit riduculous.LOL Some people are like that thou. They are deathly afraid of catching some kind of a germ from other peoples hands. I think she is a germ aphob. And she get some help.

Your friend may be trying to avoid these germs because of a low immune system. Or because she has some sickness that will get worse because of germs. I had a neighbor who wore gloves because of this. I finally broke down and asked her about it. She had a rare type of a disease that affected the immune system and it could not get rid of certain germs and bacteria. After months of taking medication to boost her immunity she only wore them when she went out, but she sprayed everything in her house every day with Lysol. Needless to say she would not use a telephone away from home. I guess everyone has a reason for doing things we find odd.

It is a rule. All are doing this.After toilet wash your hand.It is dengerous for us,and dirty thing.After hand wash we can do our work.Some people clean with tissue.It is very dirty.Ido not like.

thank for the paste. it is adviceable to do that after toilet.

That is going over the Top and I would actually feel insulted by that to be honest There is not need for that unless you are in a totally dirty House Public Toilets I can understand to but not in her own House or at her Friends House

If she things like this with a bathroom and then not with the handles on the check out carts she is mistaken. Indeed you never know what lurks in the bathrooms in a public place. However, we are a germ filled world and if we don't get something from it from time to time then our bodies cannot fight it off when it does get something. Some care is ok, but this is a bit extreme. As long as you wash your hands afterward, not thinking about the handle on the washbasin. Then it is good enough really. In her own house is pure ridiculous unless she never cleans in there.

She goes through all that, but just think... half the people who pushed that elevator button didn't wash their hands when they went to the bathroom.

Maybe not crazy, but she might be a bit phobic. Strange that she opens the bin with her hand, though, if she is indeed phobic. Or, she may be obsessive-compulsive. If that is the case there are probably other rituals or "rules" she follows. Both are forms of anxiety and often are not overly problematic until the person is aging and it worsens to the point that it causes problems for their daily life and relationships. I hope this is just a quirk for her and not a disorder.

This is really overkill LOL. I could understand her doing it in a public place, because well, you never know who's been there before you, but in her own home? Thats overkill. Someone might also tell her that the bin is where she's most likely to get germs from. She should use the tissue to open the bin if she's that worried about catching something.

I can understand doing this when using a public restroom but in your own home is kind of strange. I know we spray Lysol on door handles and such when we are sick but other than that we just wash our hands and be done with it. Since we all live in the same house we all share everything. Now I will spray before company comes and after they leave just to avoid giving them our germs or us getting theirs but I have a baby with a feeding tube so I have to be more careful then most.

OH that totally defeats the purpose!! It's like washing your hands with soap and then touching the infected faucet after you're done washing. It doesn't matter if it's her trashcan or not...the point is it's dirty!

personally i think that is a brilliant idea. she must be a very clean person. I wish everyone did that

Well i always wash my hands after going to toilet. But i don't use tissue paper to openor close the door in my house. If it is outside one can understand as one doesn't want to get germs on one's hands. If one's house is neat and clean ashing hands with soap is enough.

She used to do this frequently when visiting the public toile. No doubt when using the toilet in her own house she does the same things too naturally. Another reason is that the toilet in her house is not her personal john and has to share with her family and occasionally the visitors.

I think this is overkill to do this in her house. It sounds to me like she has a germ phobia. I have a slight germ phobia but not that bad. Actually I read that toilet door handles are quite germ free because they're generally dry and germs need moisture to survive. I'd be more concerned about touching money and the railings on escalators. But my mum always says to me that we shouldn't hide from germs too much because we should let our body build a tolerance to them.

That is odd! And in her own house? That's too funny! maybe she is thriving for attention! LOL! Especially since she is opening the garbage bin with her bare hands!

Hi Tredale. Nice topic. Reading your post reminds me a lot about other people too (a friend in fact). Quite similar and sometimes i wonder whether is this some kind of contagious paranoia. If i stick around too long with this kind of person I think I will die earlier just watching all these phobias..lol.. I think if we just keep everything dry and clean around the house is good enough. But maybe to certain people where cleanliness is very important, we really can't blame them to be like so because they have their own history on that and therefore it is their reason.

i do the samething when im out in public but not at home. i just do it in public because there r some people that go and don't wash, then grab the door and im not tryin to grab a door handle that some1 else just touched there junk thats just nasty