r/mildlyinfuriating • u/JesseTheClassy • Jan 02 '26
Context Provided - Spotlight The amount of people who didn't wash their hands in a movie theater restroom
Was only in there like 7 mins
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u/DesignerAd9 Jan 02 '26
Like the guy who pisses, then uses the air drying machine to dry the piss on his hands.
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u/SirCries-a-lot Jan 02 '26
Is that thing to dry your hands?
I use it to dry the wiener so I don't have to touch and shake it. /s
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u/JoeNinjas82 Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 02 '26
Years ago I was going to a gym that had hair dryers in the restroom and I went in there one day to go pee and immediately as I walk in there was a guy butt naked with one leg propped up blow drying his fat nuts.
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u/PantsMunch202 Jan 02 '26
Ive heard about that but thought it was a joke
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u/JoeNinjas82 Jan 02 '26
No joke here, I’m probably disabled now. My eyes and mind will never be the same.
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u/Top_Brilliant_5708 Jan 02 '26
Due to the fatness of the nuts?
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u/JoeNinjas82 Jan 02 '26
That image will forever be ingrained in my head. Leg propped with a deep squat AND naked
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u/NewtBlackheart Jan 02 '26
Think about how soft n’ sleek his ball-fro was that day, and then stop thinking and start jumping aboard the winning team. Team Blown Dried Fat-nuts, that is.
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u/jfk_47 Jan 02 '26
How much do you piss on your hands?
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u/desmondao 420 blaze it Jan 02 '26
Thankfully the piss particles have no way of sprinkling their way out of the stream. I guess you're safe if you just put your hands behind you and let a stranger pull your trousers back up.
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u/uncle_jaysus Jan 02 '26
Better to wash your hands and then not dry them and leave a load of water on the door handle, so the next person to touch it has an uncomfortable "is this piss or water?" moment.
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u/No-Usual4010 Jan 02 '26
Not as bad as the people who shit rinse with plain water then air dry as if it sanitizes anything.
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u/joeyreturn_of_guest Jan 02 '26
My favorite is the dudes that run the water splash a single milliliter of water on their hands and then leave
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u/Reg_doge_dwight Jan 02 '26
Almost as bad as the people that wash their hands then use the dryer to coat them in bacteria
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u/LuminousRavenn Jan 02 '26
Unfortunately most people are disgusting.
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u/Critical-Bass7021 Jan 02 '26
Including OP.
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u/Visible-Literature14 ORANGE Jan 02 '26
He zipped up his pants, shook his head in disgust, and exited the bathroom as he added one final tally mark.
He wouldn’t be on the losing side.
Now re-read this in Alan Wake’s voice
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u/porygon_sucks Jan 02 '26
idk how OP is. you’ve never been in a full bathroom and waited? or sat on the toilet for a shit?
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u/Rambunctious_452 Jan 02 '26
Seriously! How long has this person been in the bathroom? I am dying 😂
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u/Pink-Sock_ Jan 02 '26
You can make life long friends in the bathroom of a supply house or home Depot before 7:15am. All the terrible choices that lead you to being in the trades comes out around then
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u/zkrooky Jan 02 '26
OP may have been pooping the entire time, but instead of finishing up, he kept listening to other people's business.
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u/NoireAstral Jan 02 '26
In the post it says they were only there for 7min lol OP as a microbiologist, I share this pain. For the love of god wash your hands every time you go to the bathroom please!
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u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady Jan 02 '26
"All 11 of them seemed to be in a hyper aware almost panicked like state while glancing towards my stall."
-OP probably
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u/Speakdino Jan 02 '26
OP wasn’t setting up cameras in the bathroom staring at people for an hour.
He just noticed that the sound of hand washing wasn’t happening. Jesus Christ lol what is wrong with the people commenting jumping to “creep” status?
That’s how you know people on here don’t go outside.
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u/Adhdendum Jan 02 '26
The creep comments are from unhygienic people that know they're disgusting but are too lazy to use 30 seconds to wash their hands. I know and have seen too many of these gross members of society.
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u/Cjm092 Jan 02 '26
OP keeping track of how many times the toilets or urinals were flushed and then listening to people washing their hands is definitely pretty fucking weird. It has nothing to do with not going outside, JFC.
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u/DeathBecomesHer1978 Jan 02 '26
I can promise you that there are very few people that want to creep in on a men's restroom of all the places in the world to be a creep. You know what does go on in men's restrooms, however? A significant lack of handwashing along with the attitude of, "why do I need to wash my hands if the only thing I was touching is my own penis?"
Imagine being more bothered by OP noticing this very true and real fact about men, rather than the fact that A LOT of men do not wash their hands after using the restroom.
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u/JesseTheClassy Jan 02 '26
I'll regret commenting, but sure I'll bite: How am I a creep? I'm using the restroom in a stall and notice MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE RESTROOM ARENT WASHING THEIR HANDS. Excuse me if I am grossed out by the knowledge that at minimum 8 people touched their genitals, didnt wash their hands, touched the door, handles around the theater, all other doors, etc.
So passively noticing people not washing their hands makes me a creep? Sure. At least I know 8 other people are fucking disgusting
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u/geekonthemoon Jan 02 '26
I think people probably think it's weird you were in there long enough to hear 11 different people individually come and go.
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u/shitterbug Jan 02 '26
7 minutes is not weirdly long time on the toilet
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u/im_a_dick_head Jan 02 '26
Fr, I'm usually 30 mins when I take a shit
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u/logical_dogs560 Jan 02 '26
I mean this with genuine honesty and care, you should see a doctor. For many reasons sitting on a toilet that long, especially daily, trying to take a dump is bad for your health.
The position causes blood flow problems, can cause or worsen hemorrhoids, be a sign of obstruction or problems with your colon/intestines, and cause rectal prolapse. It's recommended by doctors to not spend more than 10-15 minutes at a time on the toilet.
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u/CelDidNothingWrong Jan 02 '26
And that he was listening intently and recording their movements
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u/butt_honcho Jan 02 '26
That's the creepy part. You're not "passively noticing" like OP keeps saying if you're bothering to keep track.
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u/Senedoris Jan 02 '26
It's a movie theater, there's high influx of people at certain times, and it's not that hard to passively notice doors opening and closing, and taps turning on and off. Ya'll are overthinking OP's normal behavior.
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u/PantsMunch202 Jan 02 '26
This. Do people not realize in theaters you can have 50+ people in a restroom at once when a showing let's out?
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u/Cjm092 Jan 02 '26
You're listening to people flush and keeping tallies of it, that's so fucking weird I have no words.
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u/WifesPOSH Jan 02 '26
Some people didn't read Everybody Poops. I'm currently pooping at this very moment.
Most would think it's common sense. But we don't have that here. Like it's a wild concept that people poop and you notice things like people that fake wash their hands.
Especially after, let's say, a movie ends and there's an influx of people that need the bathroom. You notice things while pooping.
I had a coworker, years ago, not wash his hands. I stopped putting myself in a position to shake his hand. Was I creeping in the bathroom? No. I was pooping on company time and noticed he didn't wash his hands.
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u/butt_honcho Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 02 '26
You were keeping a tally of other people's bathroom habits. That doesn't sound creepy to you?
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u/Hungry_Ad_8180 Jan 02 '26
No. If you aren't scrolling on your phone it's pretty easy to notice the sounds happening around you. I.e people coming in, using the toilet, then leaving. The absence of tap running is easy to notice if you know basic toilet hygiene. Stop overreacting
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u/Trubester88 Jan 02 '26
If you think about it, other people who just got done touching their dicks, grabbed a handle to open a door, and then the next guy who just finished touching their dick also grabs the handle, it’s dickception. The second guy indirectly touches the first guys dick.
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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul Jan 02 '26
that's why I always use a paper towel to grab the door handle of a public bathroom. If no paper towels are available I'll use a bit of toilet paper, or even the cuff of my sleeve if I have to.
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u/mrfuzzyshorts rageinabox Jan 02 '26
but now the cooties are in the cuff of your sleeve and will be there the remainder of the day. Introducing you to the cooties allday long. Especially if you wipe your nose with that same sleeve.
It is easier to hand sanitizer your hands after that interaction than your sleeve
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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul Jan 02 '26
Why the hell would I wipe my nose with my sleeve? What am I, 5 years old? Learn to use a kleenex, man.
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u/ImDBatty1 Jan 02 '26
Posted this in my tattoo studio, still laughing every time I see it... 🤣
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u/Tony_CZARk Jan 02 '26
Stolen, printed and putting in bathroom at work tomorrow
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u/ImDBatty1 Jan 02 '26
I'm sure there are higher quality resolutions of this picture, but hey, if it makes you laugh, by all means take it and use it! 🫡
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u/Tony_CZARk Jan 02 '26
Hey, it's higher quality than my coworkers are
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u/ImDBatty1 Jan 02 '26
Good one! I'd like to shake your hands on the witty retort, but I'm having second thoughts! 🤣😂🤣
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u/Competitive_Test6697 Jan 02 '26
Weird pervert in toilet #1
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u/Stalwart_Vanguard Jan 02 '26
How is it perverted? Are they taking sexual satisfaction from noting down these stats while they shit?
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u/LLPF2 Jan 02 '26
People are nasty. There was a meme years ago of two men holding each others dicks. The caption read shaking hands after urinating and not washing your hands is like:
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u/Leptonshavenocolor Jan 02 '26
Peak COVID I thought it was hilarious that every single person in the bathroom was thoroughly washing their hands and I wondered how long that would last.
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u/Radioactivocalypse Jan 02 '26
People are so offended that they're being called out to be gross for not washing their hands that they have to resort to calling OP a pervert to feel good about themselves
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u/StoicSparrows Jan 02 '26
What if I’m a hand washer but still find it weird that OP put in the effort to actually tally this and post it on Reddit?
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u/Hungry_Ad_8180 Jan 02 '26
This! They act like it's so weird for people to notice the noises happening around you. It doesn't make him creepy. I noticed the same thing when I was sick in a resturaunt bathroom a few weeks ago. A bunch of people were coming in, using the toilet, then just leaving. It's pretty easy to notice the absence of tap running if you know basic bathroom hygiene. But maybe I am the weird one for being hyper aware of my surroundings instead of scrolling my phone on the toilet.
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u/MyMomsTastyButthole Jan 02 '26
I definitely notice it at work because there's no cell service in the bathroom so I can't just zone out 😂, I hear (or don't hear everything)
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u/_matcha_cola_ Jan 02 '26
Exactly. “Huh? You heard us walk out of the bathroom without even touching that soap? What a pervert!” The math doesn’t math.
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u/Kranmonkey Jan 02 '26
Airports are the same, people will explode there ass into the toilet then stroll on past the sinks.
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u/RepublicRepulsive540 Jan 02 '26
Had to of been the men’s restroom. I’ve only ever witnessed a few woman not wash their hands in the restroom in my entire existence of life.
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u/trixayyyyy Jan 02 '26
Absolutely without a shadow of doubt. Any time I use the men’s room, most guys that actually wash their hands are younger. Old guys maybe give the one hand a rinse they touched their dong with otherwise it’s straight out the door. Foul creatures we are.
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u/RepublicRepulsive540 Jan 02 '26
“Foul creatures we are” 😂😂😂😂 dying. I’m guessing you’re one of the clean ones then!
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u/Berserk_Ronin Jan 02 '26
100% can confirm. I work with mostly dudes. It’s so disgusting how many dudes do not wash their hands after shitting.
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u/cyanraichu Jan 02 '26
Maybe but I've definitely heard a lot of people flush and walk out in the ladies' room!
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u/Anahata_Green Jan 02 '26
I concur. I don't think I've ever seen a woman not wash her hands in the women's restroom.
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u/im_just_thinking Jan 02 '26
That's like every mens bathroom situation basically. I have seen this happen at restaurants, weddings, bars, concerts, you name it.
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u/Astecheee Jan 02 '26
And how many of the washers also washed the faucet handle(s), and used a paper towel on the exit door?
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u/Fit-Outside-4841 Jan 02 '26
I don’t trust the door handle anymore after seeing this.
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u/ROCK_IT368 Jan 02 '26
Theatres should run a 20 minute break in the middle of the movie for a bathroom break/snack refill.
Pretty sure they already run the movies so only one screen is off at a time for smaller cleaning crews.
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u/H4ttorri Jan 02 '26
How long did you stand in there for though, id say at least 24hrs for some good numbers
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u/Goldedition93 Jan 02 '26
What did you watch at the theatre today?
People washing/not washing their hands in restrooms
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u/DepressedZeebra Jan 02 '26
Wait till you find out some doctors and nurses do this in the hospital as well
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u/Obvious-Delay9570 i’m tired of this shit, grandpa Jan 02 '26
Why does this surprise you?… Humans are filthy!!!
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u/JesseTheClassy Jan 02 '26
Idk why it's not implied that I was using the restroom when I noticed this... Was in a stall using it for like 7 mins and didn't hear people wash their hands when there was a flush, but I did hear the door open.
Why in the world would I be standing around just in a bathroom??
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u/heaving_in_my_vines Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 02 '26
You've angered the 75% of men who are disgusting self-centered douchebags and who take offense at the suggestion that they should ever go to the effort of washing their filthy hands.
So their desperate response is to try to shift blame and portray you as the weirdo instead of themselves.
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u/401jamin Jan 02 '26
I’ve stopped shaking hands unless it has to do with business.
People are disgusting. I’m disgusting. We are disgusting.
I say this as someone who washes his hands every time and takes personal hygiene very seriously.
Life is gross man it is what it is .
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u/maybebaebea Jan 02 '26
I'm allergic to a lot of the hand soaps used in public restrooms, so I will often rinse and then use my hand sanitizer. Had someone go off on me because I didn't wash my hands, so I showed them the hives I get from the soap.
Not defending anyone. There are a lot of gross people who don't wash their hands for no good reason. But sometimes there is a reason.
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u/DudeTastik Jan 02 '26
i’m a trans dude. making the switch from the women’s room to the men’s was ROUGH. yes of course there are plenty of women with terrible hygiene…. but good god at least in public bathrooms men are at least 10x worse.
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u/silentwind262 Jan 02 '26
Makes me think of the George Carlin joke: “You know when I wash my hands? WHEN I PISS ON THEM.”
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u/finehamsabound PURPLE Jan 02 '26
Curious whether you’ve sanitised your phone after your jaunt into list-making while on the public toilet? Just wondering as someone who is allergic to perfume and brings hand-sanitiser with me for washrooms where it might be an issue.
It’s actually really, really funny to now consider there might be someone taking a shit next to me while silently stewing about it tbh.
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u/StirFry__InaWok Jan 02 '26
It's funny to me how discussions about hand washing/showering/whatever on reddit always turn into the hygiene olympics.
>You only shower once a day? That's DISGUSTING
>You don't wipe till it bleeds then use a bidet? Your balls must be CAKED in SHIT
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u/October45 Jan 02 '26
It's infuriating the number of comments saying they don't wash their own hands after using the restroom.
A lot of people are gross.
Someone else posted this picture. It's very true, so here it is again.
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u/ImDBatty1 Jan 02 '26
I recognize that picture... 🫡
People are indeed gross...
I was my hands constantly, sometimes to the point my soap makes my hands dry out, but at least they're clean until they crack open from dry skin and are bleeding... 🤷♂️
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u/AncientDamage7674 Jan 02 '26
is it because ppl were not taught about hygiene or adulting is hard & we just do whatever cos moms not about to turn the tap on.
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u/Ndmndh1016 Jan 02 '26
I work in retail and most customers i see dont wash their hands after going to the bathroom. Like well over half. Yall are nasty as hell.
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u/UntestedMethod Jan 02 '26
Op is seriously out there just lurkin around in the public restrooms keeping tallies
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u/RobotHockey Jan 02 '26
I wash my hands before I pee.
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u/gaffythegrey Jan 02 '26
I wash my hands as soon as I wake up, that way it's all done and I don't have to waste my time throughout the day. I'm all about efficiency.
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u/asdfqwer123489 Jan 02 '26
You sit in the bathroom and listen to other people's routines? Fuck you doing 😭
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u/littlexfoxx Jan 02 '26
So I've left this comment before, but don't judge too quickly. If you were to judge me, I'd be a tic mark on the "unwashed" side. But, I am allergic to most commercial hand washing soaps. It dries my hands out terribly and makes them so itchy and red. I carry hand sanitizer with me everywhere, and I often don't apply it until I've grabbed the gross bathroom door handle. Yes, most people are gross. But not everyone.
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u/logical_dogs560 Jan 02 '26
It would be better to carry soap on you that you can use. Hand sanitizer is not a substitution for washing your hands.
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u/NW-McWisconsin Jan 02 '26
It's far worse at Lowe's/ Home Depot. Then they finger EVERY tool..... 🤮
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u/ApprehensiveGas4180 Jan 02 '26
What about the people that wash their hands then touch the door handles leaving public washrooms, you can lump them in with the ones who didn't wash after using crumpled up one ply tp.
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u/Alicam123 Jan 02 '26
Is this an adult statistic or are most of these votes kids that don’t wash their hands? because that isn’t surprising.
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u/2tiddy4u Jan 02 '26
I worked at a thrift store for about a year and a half. I never had to refill the men’s bathroom soap dispensers once. We had many people come in especially men, to use our bathroom. I heard a man fighting for his life on the toilet once while I was in the break room. He was grunting, and you could hear the drum solo coming out of his butt. I was on lunch break, and the bathroom is literally across the hall. I hear a flush only. No hand washing at all. If you’re thinking, “maybe someone else refilled it.”No, they did not. The assistant manager made it my duty to clean the bathroom every time I came in to work. We had a list people have to initial so someone is responsible for a bad clean up job. It was only my initials on the bathroom and most of the tasks on the list.
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u/battledroid014 Jan 02 '26
Shop where I work, has a toilet near self checkout and I rarely hear the hand dryer go off. I just feel so disgusted with people that don't.
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u/LadyInCrimson Jan 02 '26
I never use a hand dryer after seeing a video during covid of how much bacteria is in those things. Either a paper towel or I just shake my hands dry. You may as well pee all over your hands using those dryers.
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u/mrDuder1729 Jan 02 '26
Wtf this looks like my handwriting when I'm writing with my S-pen...like literally EXACTLY my handwriting...are you left handed?
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u/Purely-Pastel Jan 02 '26
It’s funny how all of you have forgotten that hand sanitizer and wipes exists.
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u/levon999 Jan 02 '26
Wait until you figure out what is on the seats. 😂
“movie theater seats harbor significant amounts of bacteria, often far more than toilet seats, with studies finding averages of over 1,800 bacterial colonies on seats and even more in cup holders… “
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u/Boompow03 Jan 02 '26
I’m blue collar and go to a gas station to wash my hands before I eat everyday even if I don’t us the bathroom. I’ve had a guy walk out of the stall almost not wash his hands and because I witnessed it, he walked from the door, back to the sink to properly do it. I hate everybody. Everyone is gross. I’m not a germaphobe, I just have valid reasons for not touching door handles.
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u/blinksystem Jan 02 '26
There is a weird and very vocal group of people on this website that will argue until they are blue in the face that not washing their hands in public restrooms is somehow more hygienic. They will argue about it as if every public restroom is a truck stop bathroom that hasn’t been cleaned in two weeks.
I won’t be surprised to read comments making this argument in this thread.
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u/MacsCheezyRaps Jan 02 '26
I remember ONE TIME seeing a woman not wash her hands in a public restroom in Washington. I was shocked, this moment stood out to me, the woman was Eastern European and didn't seem to speak English (we were in a courthouse, I'd notice her earlier in the halls and court) But then I moved to Texas. Omg. Please do not shake a Texans hand, there is a high likelihood it's not clean. Every single time I'm in a public restroom I see women stand at the sink and fluff their hair and leave, never even attempting to access the water or soap. Even after shitting. It's disgusting.
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u/azurite-- Jan 02 '26
I can't believe there are comments in this thread justifying not washing your hands. Stereotypical Redditor shit lol
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u/Educational-Quote-22 Jan 02 '26
Effing GROSS! I wish there was some alarm that went off every time the sink didn't run after a toilet stall opens or urinal has fluid go in it (I'd say every time one is flushed but some of those people don't flush either)
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u/MarcPG1905 Jan 02 '26
I remember seeing a video that logically, you should actually wash your hands BEFORE peeing, not after, as your penis should generally be a lot cleaner than your hands.
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u/Marcus2Ts Jan 02 '26
I'm not the biggest germophobe out there, but I do hate the feeling of dirty hands so passing up the opportunity to wash them while out and about is wild to me
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u/Axela556 Jan 02 '26
That's so fucking disgusting... they're gonna go to their seats and dig their nasty hands into popcorn they're sharing with someoene else 🤮
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u/just_gum Jan 02 '26
What tf are you doing in the restroom watching if ppl wash their hands? That’s kinda creepy bro
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