Washing hands before eating
By riyauro
@riyauro (6421)
India
August 25, 2012 12:39pm CST
I sat in KFC to eat today and I took my time and ate. I noticed one boy who was also alone and got a table. Then he went to the wash basin and washed his hands and came back to the table and sat to eat his meal. I noticed other people too and none of them went to wash their hands before starting to eat the meal.
I continued to eat mine and then again i saw that boy got up and again went to the wash basin to wash his hands. then he took his bag and left. he looked like a foreigner, more of Arab. I really like his habit and manners.
I thought about myself. I also did not wash my hands before I ate my meal in KFC and I used to just wipe hands with the tissue paper after eating. But after seeing this boy, I got up and washed my hands before I left. I also want to have this habit.
What do you think on this? Do you wash your hands before you eat anywhere outside? Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead. 
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25 responses
@Oktavist (396)
• Romania
25 Aug 12
Washing yourself is a very important thing that you need to do.I always wash my hands when I come home,and I always wash my hands when I eat.It doesn't matter if I left the house or not,I wash them.
Sometimes,even if I don't eat or I don't leave the house,I get the feeling of my hands being dirty.I wash my hands a lot of times.
Washing your hands should be a habit.It's the safest habit.It can literally save your life.
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
25 Aug 12
It's a good habit to have for sure, unfortunately I can admit to not always doing this though. I do carry liquid hand sanitizer in my purse and squeeze some onto my hands periodically anytime I'm out in public and I think it causes me to get sick a lot less often.
@STOUTjodee (3573)
• United States
26 Aug 12
I don't do it all the time either, but I especially do it when I'm eating out. A lot of people don't wash their hands after using the restroom. Some people have no manners at all!! Especially when it comes to buffets. My husband is a truck driver and I've went with him. It totally amazes me how people don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom. So even after washing my hands, I use a paper towel to open the door, because I just washed my hands but the person that exited before me didn't. Hand sanitizer is always good to have on hand.
@riyauro (6421)
• India
27 Aug 12
@jshean ..yeah that is good to keep a liquid hand sanitizer in the purse. comes in very handy.
@stout.. Yeah I have also noticed people go out of the washroom without washing their hands and then they open the door with the same dirty hands and i would also open the door with a tissue paper.
Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.
@sami00 (891)
• India
25 Aug 12
ya your right man .
this is one of the best behaviour that is to be a part of mans life...washing hands before and after will prevent you from many diseases..but when you clean your hands with tissues it will smell something bad,but when you wash your hands the smell will not come and you will be germ free :)
@riyauro (6421)
• India
25 Aug 12
yeah it is good habit and I have seen that very less people have this habit. And yeas it also saves us from diseases. Even the money we have had been touched by many people, so better to wash hands before eating and after eating.
Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.
Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead. 
@redvakaurvaki (4216)
• Indonesia
25 Aug 12
I always wash my hands before and after eating. this has been my habit and I would never forget to do this.eating is activity that give impact to the nutrition that enter to our body, so it is very important that we have clean hand to eat
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@squallming (1775)
• Malaysia
24 Mar 13
Yes, I always wash my hands and even the spoon and fork given in a restaurant when I eat out. This is to ensure that they are in a cleaner state to avoid myself from unwanted disease and problems. My mom used to eat out a lot and there was once she caught Hepatitis B because of unclean spoon given by the restaurant. That is why I would advise everyone to wash their hand and the tools before eating to make sure that you are safe. You can always ask for hot water to have your spoon and fork soaked. That can kill quite some bacteria, germs and viruses. 
@eagletrek2 (5499)
• Kingston, New York
26 Aug 12
Hi since I use to work the fast food food resruant
I have a habbit of always washing my hands before i do anything with
food it good habbit to teach kids
when they are young no matter what they look
like to today a lot of kids have a mix of background
from spainish to black and white to more
so it hard to tell were kid background are from if
there parnets have differnt backgrounds ok have
a good day
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
26 Aug 12
Yes I do that too
It's very rare that I don't. If a fast food in a mall has no washroom/ wash basin then I have no choice but to eat without washing my hands. But normally I do get up and wash my hands first. Because I knwo that it's not really a good habit eating with hands that already touched and caught bacteria. I also wash hands after eating. But I have to admit as well that there were times, I just used the free wet wipes to clean my hands.
It's very rare that I don't. If a fast food in a mall has no washroom/ wash basin then I have no choice but to eat without washing my hands. But normally I do get up and wash my hands first. Because I knwo that it's not really a good habit eating with hands that already touched and caught bacteria. I also wash hands after eating. But I have to admit as well that there were times, I just used the free wet wipes to clean my hands.
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
26 Aug 12
Hi friend, always i wish my hands before taking anything and it is the good habit, good to hear that you washed your hands after watching the guys activity, we must keep our hands clean as well as wash it before taking our food
@Gretchen522 (715)
• China
27 Aug 12
It is a good habit to wash hand before eating, I always wash hand at home before eating not often outside, KFC can offer us washing room to wash but not every places have this.
@Angelpink (4034)
• Philippines
26 Aug 12
It is an activity we should never forget , germs are transfered from anywhere else , from one hand to another.To avoid contamination do hand washing as many as possible especially on or before eating.
@KateMary (23)
• Romania
26 Aug 12
It`s very nice what that boy just do .That`s a sign of a good growing by his family .It is really rare in these days to see such things .And because they`re so rare they`re so good apreciated .And these things influence other people to do the same !It made you do the same ,and wake up inside you some strong feelings about life . Good example :) .
@mslykalyn (2)
•
26 Aug 12
We should really wash our hands before and after eating. Who knows what kind of germs we got just by opening the door or touching the table. I wash my hands all the time. I also clean my spoon and fork with a napkin before eating. OC much hehehe.
@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
26 Aug 12
Before eating I always wash my hands. After eating, I also wash my hands with soap. Ever since I was little, I was taught by my parents to always wash hands before and after eating. Because, sure hands dirty. So it must be cleaned first, before handling food.
@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
26 Aug 12
My wife always carry a hand sanitizer whenever we goes out. It become a habit for her to have one in here purse. My kids including me never washed our hands before eating in restaurants and good to know that my wife always reminded us to use the sanitizer first before plunging in.
@Cutie18f (9546)
• Philippines
26 Aug 12
That boy was obviously properly trained at home. It is what all of us are supposed to be doing before eating but we often neglect this that is why we get sick as a result.
@simplealvi (148)
• Pakistan
26 Aug 12
Well ofcourse i wash my hand before eating where ever I am. Few days back we went on picknic at a place where water was quite rare(Mountains) and we only had water for drinking their i coud'nt eat just becuase i was not able to wash my hands. I think this is a good habit which is taught in schools and we forget about it when we go to our work place.
