Do You Wash Your Hands?

I never even thought about that before. Although it doesn't matter to me... I believe that if you don't expose yourself to foreign pathogens and germs then your immune system won't evolve and grow. So essentially being too clean is unhealthy. This is a common discussion among doctors today due to the overuse of antibacterial soaps, lotions, and gels.

OH absolutely. Especially handling pennies. Yuck!!! Did I hear that it is conceivable that most of our paper money has been laced with c*o*c*aine. I better read up on that. Double yuck!!!

Not always. Usually I'm not near a wash station after handling money but will wash my hands soon as I get home. If I'm going to eat, usually the food comes in a wrapper of sorts so I can just hold the food in the wrapper while eating it.

I am also very conscientious when it comes to hand washing, carolbee. I agree that money is one of the easiest ways to spread germs, and, yes, I always wash my hands after handling it. I remember when there was the big anthrax scare several years ago and I became even more suspicious whenever I handled money. I was always after my grandchildren about washing their hands when they were growing up, and now I have continued the tradition with the great grandchildren.

Hi carolbee, Yes I always wash my hands after handling money, you don't know where they've been and yes I am always in the kitchen so I have to wash my hands often. Tamara

I wash my hands after everything. I'm not OCD. If I am out I carry hand sanitizer in my purse. You never know where everything's been.

I only wash my hands if I am going to handle food. You are right about it being nasty. I have seen employees in restaurants that handles money and then proceed to handle food.

I can't stand to have my hands dirty.....literally....I wash them all the time which is probably why I have to use so much hand lotion.....If there is any little bit of anything on them....I wash. Money is probably the dirtiest thing that there is..I also carry purell for when necessary....like at my craft shows!

yes i do, whenever i handle money and need to eat, i do wash my hands. it's not a bad thing, it's actually something that we need to do bec. there are a lot of germs with money

yeap... i always wash my hands. Much as i love to have loads and loads of cash, i'm not very fond of it's fish smell. *shrugs* some notes have this fishy smell. it makes me wonder whether how many hands it has gone through.

Yes I do, also before eating anytime,and more so now,with the flu dangers