Let's Play a Game...

Well the spouse had dropped. Luckily every food item is open and sitting on the counter.

This game sucks... The dogs are infected, the mailman is going to die, the bathroom is in dire need of quarantine (but that was before the game started) and I'm pretty sure I have Ebola sauce dripping from my ears (stupid itch).

Boogers!!!!!

I died weeks ago from gonnaherpesyphebolaids...Now I'm an Ebolarabies zombie in D.C. I'll starve to death(again) in a search for braaaainssss....

We went to dinner with my wife's sister this weekend. We were discussing it and she got up to go wash her hands. She came back and felt better. This is where I lol'd. I looked at her and said "Great, but now you've already touched the door knob, table, and lots of other things that you have no idea who touched it before you...and now you're touching your face again."

She got this "OMG we're screwed" look on her face.

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Originally Posted by Dave_L

We went to dinner with my wife's sister this weekend. We were discussing it and she got up to go wash her hands. She came back and felt better. This is where I lol'd. I looked at her and said "Great, but now you've already touched the door knob, table, and lots of other things that you have no idea who touched it before you...and now you're touching your face again."

She got this "OMG we're screwed" look on her face.

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Yep. This game could be called "Now I'm a germophobe"
I like to assume (and hope) that the paper towels in the bathroom are not contaminated, so I use them to turn off the water, open the door, etc.

I recently started keeping track of everything I touch in a typical day (for example: car, keys, phone, computer mouse and keyboard, bathroom sink, doorknobs, handrails, etc) and periodically wipe it all down with lysol (bleach) wipes.

Thanks for the awareness... I'm pretty much toast! Too many years since I had to work in sterile fields.

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

Yep. This game could be called "Now I'm a germophobe"
I like to assume (and hope) that the paper towels in the bathroom are not contaminated, so I use them to turn off the water, open the door, etc.

I recently started keeping track of everything I touch in a typical day (for example: car, keys, phone, computer mouse and keyboard, bathroom sink, doorknobs, handrails, etc) and periodically wipe it all down with lysol (bleach) wipes.

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Which brings to mind a huge gripe: Why do public restrooms always have the door open INTO the restroom, so that you have to grab the handle that 100000 non-handwashing neanderthals have touched with their filthy unwashed hands?

I, like many people, use the paper towel method, but wouldn't it make more sense to just have the damn thing open outwards, so you could use your foot on the kickplate to open the damn door?

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Originally Posted by TFOGGER

Which brings to mind a huge gripe: Why do public restrooms always have the door open INTO the restroom, so that you have to grab the handle that 100000 non-handwashing neanderthals have touched with their filthy unwashed hands?

I, like many people, use the paper towel method, but wouldn't it make more sense to just have the damn thing open outwards, so you could use your foot on the kickplate to open the damn door?

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I think the intention is that somebody could make it into the bathroom easier if they were in a real hurry... but that's just my guess.

I'd rather not touch that handle before I touch my male parts. At least after, I have the option to use towels to open it. Are you going to grab napkins before you go to the restroom?