How often do people wash their hands in your area?
@MashaVickina (2184)
Russian Federation
June 13, 2018 8:36am CST
Hello, everyone!
In Russia, most of the people wash hands right after they come home. When guests come, they also wash hands before going to a sitting room.
We wash hands before taking a meal. Most of the people us wet napkins before taking a meal outside/in a restaurant or cafe/in trains or planes.
The Russians wash hands after counting money or visiting a lavatory.
Visiting other countries, I have noticed that not everywhere people wash hands that often.
What about your place? Do you have similar habits? Please, share
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
13 Jun 18
I wash my hands before meall and after using the comfort room.
It's a good habit to wash our hands always.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
13 Jun 18
I wash my hands before and after eating and everytime I use the toilet. If there is one thing with Filipinos, we wash our whole bodies( not just the hands) or take a bath 1-3 times a day depending on the weather.
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@MashaVickina (2184)
• Russian Federation
13 Jun 18
Oh, the Russians also do it in the morning and before going to bed
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@May2k8 (18389)
• Indonesia
15 Jun 18
I wash my hand before and after eating, also after finish using toilet. Not only that, I also washing my hand after cleaning the dust. Mostly in Indonesia are moeslem so we are cleaning not only our hand, we cleaning all body five times a day.
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@LadyDuck (471985)
• Switzerland
13 Jun 18
Every time I touch something that I judge "not clean" I wash my hands. As an example, when I collect my mail from the mail boxes, I deposit the mail and I wash my hands. Same when I come back home from the supermarket, if I touch the money or if I touch something outside. Of course every time I go to the toiler, before and after. I think that most people do the same here.
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@MashaVickina (2184)
• Russian Federation
13 Jun 18
Oh, these are so good habits
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@LadyDuck (471985)
• Switzerland
13 Jun 18
@MashaVickina We have posters in the hospitals that even show how to properly wash your hands. Too many people wash their hands like the little one on the photo you posted.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 18
I wash my hands constantly because of my job and using hand gels so much so it ruined my hands.They are so dry. There are many filthy people around who do not wash their hands,
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@MashaVickina (2184)
• Russian Federation
29 Jun 18
Oh, maybe try to use moisturizing cream for hands
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
17 Jun 18
@MashaVickina
That is interesting. I wash my hand after I go to the bathroom and and our custom when we eat bread we wash our hands and say the blessing before eat bread.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
17 Jun 18
@MashaVickina
We have blessings we say before we eat or drink something.
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@MashaVickina (2184)
• Russian Federation
17 Jun 18
Wow! Only bread? Or any food?
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@MashaVickina (2184)
• Russian Federation
17 Jun 18
@Hannihar Oh, like a pray nice
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
29 Jun 18
Always washing my hands specially after counting money in coins or notes.
After cleaning up a lot of dirty things too and after dusting a lot.
That is apart from all the other things you usually wash your hands for anyway the bathroom and so on.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jun 18
I wash hands numerous times daily.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
13 Jun 18
Hi Masha. Okay, to be honest I do not wash much of my hands since I am only in the house. But this is a no-no to my grandmother if she is still alive.
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@arunima25 (87855)
• Bangalore, India
12 Jul 18
We wash hands quite frequently and mandatory before and after food, after coming to home from outside and after using restroom. Washing hands frequently is a good way to keep germs away and avoid many infections.
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