How can I make this happen?
 

I would like to see the sink put on the outside of the rests rooms so you don't have to handle the door after washing your hands. I think more people would wash because everyone could see who does or doesn't. Seems like a simple solution that could actually cut cost in the long term by not having separate sinks for men and women and less sick people because more people would wash their hands. How does someone go about getting this to happen?

What if somebody misses on the wipe, and comes out with sh_tty hands?
What do you do?
I'd be afraid if I confronted them and told them to wash their hands, they'd tackle me and give me a Dirty Sanchez...

Personally, I'd like to see the urinals put on the outside, too

I've gotten to the point in age where a few feet can make a helluva difference...:doh:

I know it's only January, but that's the line of the year so far. Someone's going to have to dig deep to beat the Dirty Sanchez.

This is happening now; but you still have to deal with the door and atleast with the sink on the outside you could wash your hands and they would be in public and will wash theirs.

The solution is really simple. I think you're overlooking the obvious answer to the problem. HazMat claening stations outside every public restroom! I'm not sure about cost, but can you really put a price on having poop free hands?

I only open bathroom doors with a paper towel in hand and use my foot to flush the toilets - urinals don't get flushed, I'm not touching that thing.

Thats what I do too but I see people just go out the door all the time and see loads of extra paper towel on the floor from people throwing it down after opening the door. It's just a possible solution that could save money by having less sinks (both men and women would use the same sink) and less sick people because more people would wash their hands.

You could explain the problem of the paper towels on the floor to whoever is responsible for it (building manager?) and suggest a garbage can outside the bathroom. Same problem happened here and went away when folks had a place to throw the paper towel after they opened the door. The building went a step further and put hand sanitizer dispensers outside every bathroom in the building.

What about the cost savings?
Less floor space required for restrooms because of a common use sink/s.
Less illness because people would wash their hands especially after handling the door.
Employees would have to wash their hands because now they could be observed by others.
Is there really a bad side?

Put the hand sanitizer dispenser right outside the door so if you have to touch the doorknob you can still clean your hands.

there are many large bathrooms set up so there is no door, just partitions

personal hygiene has been lacking and going downhill for years, I hate to think of what goes on at restaurants

Do hand sanitizers kill everything? Some people think hand sanitizers are all thats necessary and don't even bother with the sink.
It would take time to phase in but eventually all bathrooms get remodeled and the changes could be made then.

Mother's Day, we went out to eat and there was this family there with what looked like a homeless person who was with them. The homeless guy gets up to use the bathroom and comes back with his pants soaked - I mean really soaked - around the zipper area. My son said, "He probably does not know you're supposed to pull your pants down."

who cares, human beings have survived terrible living situations for tens of thoushands of years. I've never heard of anyone getting sick becuase there was some piss on a door handle. Not to post anything to upset a family friendly web site but just think what many do privately in their sex lives....know anyone to get sick from it (vd excluded)?? Do you bathe in purell and wash your mouth with listerine afterwards?
My Dad used to tell me of his days as a marine in the jungles of Borneo picking up lucky strike butts from the jingle floor and getting one last puff from them. Gee, should he have washed his hands first? My family gags when I tell them how I hook on an eel and then eat some peanuts or a slim jim with the same (dare I say it!) unwashed hand!, who gives a frick. be a man!

Not to steal your thread BUT--how about the Dentist that gets dressed up in his space suite and with you in the chair adjusts the light with a handle that has not been cleaned from the previous patient. I think the face mask and gloves are to protect him,not you

Well Monk, if it were up to me I would just place the little wall hung sanitizers outside of every bathroom. Like hospitals do.

Do you touch money: coins or bills...............no sanitization process used here. Never know where that $1 bill or quarter has been.

Remind me never to come over your house for meatballs.

Check this out.
How Much Dirt and Bacteria is on Money? - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

There are plenty of things on door handles that make people ill, it has nothing to do with being a man.

Maybe I'll stop washing my hands, I'm one stomach flu away from fitting into my skinny jeans.

It's funny how it doesn't seem to be a big deal to some people, but I know one guy who I gave a hard time too about not washing his hands. He didn't like it to much when before I played him at darts I reached into my paints just when we were about to shake hands and he pulled back and called my an a'hole. I replied whats the difference I watch you leave the mens room while I'm washing my hands and then you think I want to shake your hand afterwards? I'm just leveling the playing field, we still only bump fist before games now.

sounds like you should be crocheting instead of playing darts :devil2:

If it makes me less of a man because I don't want to shake someones hand after they have basically fondled themselves then so be it. I just find it rude and it does spread illness.

:rotf2::rotflmao: Joe, you are on freakin' fire in this thread!!

You would think differently if you were in other countries where people get Hepatitis or amoebas.....:uhuh::uhuh::uhuh:

tell me one illness that is spread by that?

I don't know whats worse.
Jim fondling himself before handshakes to prove a point or an image of Joe in 'skinny' jeans...

Jimmy is right.
This is just another thing that we learned in kindergarten that we need to start questioning. Most teachers are liberals and they are indoctrinating our children with their PC b.s.
Good hygiene has merit - what a crock. Next they are going to tell us the polar caps are melting.

my point is that the bathroom does not have any more risk of disease than any other part of your environment. Like or not you come in contact with all kinds of germs every day and beleive it or not 99% of the times you walk away ok. While it may be gross that people dont wash there hands after going to the bathroom, there is little implication to your health.
people pee in public pools, kids puke on school buses, people snort coke on dollar bills, people pick their nose, etc...... you'll live.

All this Germaphobe crap is probably why we see so many new allergies.....ever know anybody with Peanut allergies 30 years ago. Everybody is too damn paranoid about being exposed to things that the body doesn't build up any immunities to them.

I'm in Jimmy's corner on this one....everybody is WAY too paranoid now-a days.

Just wash your hands and walk out the door....you'll be fine

Unless any kind of contact with food takes place. Much of my work is at events like conferences and company meetings - 90% of meals are buffet style. Breaks tend to have platters of food and many do not use the provided tongs when taking appetizers.

The CDC recommends proper hand hygiene as a primary way of avoiding sickness.

You're right that most of us come into contact with millions (maybe billions) of germs everyday but look at the items that have the highest concentration of germs - computer keyboards, cell phones, door handles - all places that get consistently touched by people's hands.

agreed, food contact and preparation are a different story.

just out of curiosity, anyone been to a day care?
puke, crap, spit, snot,piss, drool - non stop. my kids survived.

Oh.....see...I didn't understand your point. Particularly as you tweak it with each post....I guess you're right again.

I am giving you two,,,,

This is the most ridiculous statement in this thread,,,,

First look back at history well over 100 years ago this was proven,,,,, There are some very serious illnesses that spread from fecal matter, when people don't wash their hands, to others just by shaking hands or common contact,,, To start Hepatitis is a pretty serious one,,,,right???

In the United states you may get away with it the majority of the time,,,,,, but when you introduce places where certain diseases are more common, certain bacteria thrive and little micro organisms live in much larger numbers of the population the whole story changes and percentages of people getting sick increases dramatically,,,,,

Folks,,, those places are not that far away,,, and with the increasing number of people traveling to or from those places neither are the risks of getting sick,,,,:uhuh::uhuh:

The picture below might help you all understand,,, I can't find the focused one,,, But it is a comprehensive amoebicide....

duh, whatever - here is a clip from my initial post
"who cares, human beings have survived terrible living situations for tens of thoushands of years. I've never heard of anyone getting sick becuase there was some piss on a door handle." so, I've gone away from that????? I've now been enlightened that scratching your sack spreads disease? yeah, thats a big problem.....

And Gattafish, my reponses are based on the initial post, maybe Im nuts but i assumed ez is in the united states, and yes I do things differently than if I was in a 3rd world country, I also do things differently when at a some highly used pota potty, but the INITIAL THREAD was about a work environment.
its funny all the strong opinons, lets see the data?
I GUARANTY more people get sick from handling common everyday items than from a restroom sink or door handle. PROVE ME WRONG.

It was just my opinion that having the sink on the outside of the restrooms would work better. I think the people who are most bothered by this idea are the ones who will not wash their hands now because they don't want to touch the faucet that everyone touched otherwise what's the big deal.

I read the initial thread,,, and the posts, Especially YOURS, which I have quoted and PROVEN to be foolish nonsense ......,,,, I have noticed that as you have met opposition you have slowly manipulated your answers to try to prove a ridiculous and unfounded point that you and only YOU seem to think is true,,,,,

Never the less still not getting the fact that everyday common items carry disease because PEOPLE DON'T WASH THEIR HANDS...:uhuh::uhuh::uhuh:

:lurk::lurk: Isn't cabin fever grand

Some Funny a$$ Sheet,,,:rotf2::rotf2::rotf2:

[QUOTE=RIJIMMY;742032]duh, whatever - here is a clip from my initial post
"who cares, human beings have survived terrible living situations for tens of thoushands of years. I've never heard of anyone getting sick becuase there was some piss on a door handle." so, I've gone away from that????? I've now been enlightened that scratching your sack spreads disease? yeah, thats a big problem.....

And Gattafish, my reponses are based on the initial post, maybe Im nuts but i assumed ez is in the united states, and yes I do things differently than if I was in a 3rd world country, I also do things differently when at a some highly used pota potty, but the INITIAL THREAD was about a work environment.
its funny all the strong opinons, lets see the data?
I GUARANTY more people get sick from handling common everyday items than from a restroom sink or door handle. PROVE ME WRONG.[/QUOTE]
How could I prove you wrong?
The germs on everday items would be reduced if more people would wash their hands more. PROVE ME WRONG
If people don't wash their hands in the restroom then where and when do they?
Try this experiement and see what happens:

The Germy Potato Experiment
Science Experiment to Teach Kids about Germs
Feb 29, 2008 Jennifer Wagaman

Teach children about germs and the importance of washing their hands with this hands-on potato experiment.


The Germy Potato Experiment is designed to teach students about the importance of washing their hands through observation. To do this experiment, you will need three potatoes, hand soap and three plastic bags large enough to put one potato in each.

The Germy Potato Experiment
The first potato will be the control. After washing your hands hands and the potato, peel the potato and put it in a plastic zip lock bag without letting it touch anything else. The idea here is to keep all germs from touching the potato. Label this bag number one.

The second potato will be the germy potato. It is best to introduce this potato after recess. When the students come in, have the second potato washed and peeled, then have each child handle it before putting it in the second zip lock bag. Label this bag number two.

Then have the children wash their hands with soap and water for 30 seconds (sing the ABC’s to make sure they wash long enough). Once they have thoroughly cleansed their hands, wash and peel the third potato and have them handle it before putting it in the third plastic zip lock bag. Label this bag number 3.

Now have the students hypothesize: what will happen to the first potato? The second potato? The third potato? The students should draw and/or write daily observations about changes in the potatoes over the course of one week.



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