Post by shostakovich on Mar 12, 2014 11:55:55 GMT -5
Okay, the not washing after peeing in the middle of the night argument is invalid. You've already:
1) Woken up 2) Taken the blankets off and gotten out of bed 3) Walked out of the bedroom 4) Possibly taken stairs up/down to the bathroom 5) Gone in to bathroom 6) Peed 7) Wiped 8) Flushed toilet
You're telling me it would take you fully out of your sweet slumber dreamland to then 9) Turn on the faucet 10) Apply soap and water to your hands, and 11) Dry said hands?
Two things: Pee is sterile but it washes out through parts of your body that are not sterile.
Not getting pee (your perception of not having gotten pee) on your hands does not mean you didn't get bacteria on them. Toilet paper is not exactly an effective barrier.
Even my 5 y/o washes his hands after peeing in the middle of the night. I heard him last night.
Signed -possibly paranoid but better safe than sorry microbiologist
Better safer than what?
Like, what are the consequences of not washing your hands in the middle of the night? I never do that, and I don't feel like anything suffers because of it. I'm missing something.
To the non-hand washers due to dry skin, can't you start using hand cream? I live in the NE, and in the wintertime my hands are dry, cracked, and bleeding from the dry air + constant hand washing. I keep bottles of this gentle hand cream in my purse, desk drawer, and around my house so I can use after every hand washing. I don't think dry hands are an excuse to not wash.
I have bottles of Aveeno skin repair everywhere. I get super dry cracked/bloody hands but i still wash.
I just went to the bathroom, washed my hands and used my Aveeno RIGHT THIS SECOND!
Okay, the not washing after peeing in the middle of the night argument is invalid. You've already:
1) Woken up 2) Taken the blankets off and gotten out of bed 3) Walked out of the bedroom 4) Possibly taken stairs up/down to the bathroom 5) Gone in to bathroom 6) Peed 7) Wiped 8) Flushed toilet
You're telling me it would take you fully out of your sweet slumber dreamland to then 9) Turn on the faucet 10) Apply soap and water to your hands, and 11) Dry said hands?
Invalid.
And really, if you haven't done step 1, that's argument enough against 3 more steps.
Okay, the not washing after peeing in the middle of the night argument is invalid. You've already:
1) Woken up 2) Taken the blankets off and gotten out of bed 3) Walked out of the bedroom 4) Possibly taken stairs up/down to the bathroom 5) Gone in to bathroom 6) Peed 7) Wiped 8) Flushed toilet
You're telling me it would take you fully out of your sweet slumber dreamland to then 9) Turn on the faucet 10) Apply soap and water to your hands, and 11) Dry said hands?
Invalid.
And really, if you haven't done step 1, that's argument enough against 3 more steps.
Two things: Pee is sterile but it washes out through parts of your body that are not sterile.
Not getting pee (your perception of not having gotten pee) on your hands does not mean you didn't get bacteria on them. Toilet paper is not exactly an effective barrier.
Even my 5 y/o washes his hands after peeing in the middle of the night. I heard him last night.
Signed -possibly paranoid but better safe than sorry microbiologist
I'm sitting on your bench. I do not share pens and I avoid touching door handles if I can just push against the door or something. Of course, I'm not outwardly crazy about it and will just use sanitizer if I need to, but I really do think my avoidance of all the grossness on doors, etc helps me from getting sick too often.
Okay, the not washing after peeing in the middle of the night argument is invalid. You've already:
1) Woken up 2) Taken the blankets off and gotten out of bed 3) Walked out of the bedroom 4) Possibly taken stairs up/down to the bathroom 5) Gone in to bathroom 6) Peed 7) Wiped 8) Flushed toilet
You're telling me it would take you fully out of your sweet slumber dreamland to then 9) Turn on the faucet 10) Apply soap and water to your hands, and 11) Dry said hands?
Invalid.
I don't flush in the middle of the night either. It's basically roll out of bed, walk 10 feet, try not to miss the seat when I sit, pee, stumble back to bed.
I used to not wash in the middle of the night. I used to not flush either. I tried to wake myself up as little as possible because I had bad insomnia and just getting up to pee was risking not falling asleep again. But of course, so was lying in bed with a full bladder. As my mom would say, it was a "Catch 20." lol
This is me too. I have a cut-off for when I'll get up and pee and when I won't. But you never really sleep well after you realize you have to pee.
Two things: Pee is sterile but it washes out through parts of your body that are not sterile.
Not getting pee (your perception of not having gotten pee) on your hands does not mean you didn't get bacteria on them. Toilet paper is not exactly an effective barrier.
Even my 5 y/o washes his hands after peeing in the middle of the night. I heard him last night.
Signed -possibly paranoid but better safe than sorry microbiologist
Better safer than what?
Like, what are the consequences of not washing your hands in the middle of the night? I never do that, and I don't feel like anything suffers because of it. I'm missing something.
Next time you awake it is your infant kid who is hungry and you swing your boob out using the same hand. Maybe you touch his face.
Next time you awake you have a sore throat and pull out a halls with the same hand.
Next time you wake up you forget you peed and proceed to prepare breakfast.
You have a hot dream and you stick your hand in your mouth.
You have an itch in your eye and scratch it without waking up.
While most of the time absolutely nothing bad can happen in any of the instances above, they are all risks of getting some bacteria in the wrong place and getting sick.
I personally use MOTN bathroom visits as a nice opportunity to freshen up my lipstick, powder my nose, pass the scrubbing bubbles through the pot and of course check in on Facebook.
To the better safe than sorry people--do you think that non-hand washers are sick more often than you are? Serious question.
Like, what are the consequences of not washing your hands in the middle of the night? I never do that, and I don't feel like anything suffers because of it. I'm missing something.
Next time you awake it is your infant kid who is hungry and you swing your boob out using the same hand. Maybe you touch his face.
Next time you awake you have a sore throat and pull out a halls with the same hand.
Next time you wake up you forget you owed and proceed to prepare breakfast.
You have a hot dream and you stick your hand in your mouth.
You have an itch in your eye and scratch it without waking up.
While most of the time absolutely nothing bad can happen in any of the instances above, they are all risks of getting some bacteria in the wrong place and getting sick.
Meh. This is called life. Signed, the molecular biologist.
Two things: Pee is sterile but it washes out through parts of your body that are not sterile.
Not getting pee (your perception of not having gotten pee) on your hands does not mean you didn't get bacteria on them. Toilet paper is not exactly an effective barrier.
Even my 5 y/o washes his hands after peeing in the middle of the night. I heard him last night.
Signed -possibly paranoid but better safe than sorry microbiologist
Better safer than what?
Like, what are the consequences of not washing your hands in the middle of the night? I never do that, and I don't feel like anything suffers because of it. I'm missing something.
Transferring bacteria. You touch the toilet handle, a door Pull in a public restroom, the toilet paper holder, brush against the seat possibly. There are a lot of sources one could inadvertently touch no matter how pro one thinks one is.
Marle- I didn't realize you were a microbiologist! No wonder I like you! (Biochem)
My neurosis about using hand sanitizer immediately upon getting in my car, and pretty much any time I leave my house, is now seeming...not so neurotic.
Leaving the lid up when flushing is just as gross as not washing hands.
Most public toilets don't have lids...?
I mean in places with lids. Although, I do hold my breath as I flush and try to get out of public restrooms stalls ASAP.
I get focused on weird shit (ha) sometimes and this is one such item. Especially in small bathrooms. I picture people not shutting the lid and that leading to poop particles on the hand towel.
well the anti bacterial stuff is a different story, I never use that. DH puts in on all the time and it drives me nuts. his hands are cracked and bleeding all winter long.
I wash my hands every time, however, they are SO dry right now, and I live in FL. I remember putting straight Vaseline on them every time I washed them when I lived in the NE. So I could see not washing them every time just to keep them from cracking and bleeding and hurting.
Yes. I have this issue right now, too. It still won't deter me from washing my hands after using the bathroom, as well as helping DD use the bathroom.