• Guitarfun@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    You clean your hands but then you have to touch a probably dirty handle to open the door.

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        18 hours ago

        There’s definitely solutions to the problem. You could carry disposable gloves. People with dogs carry plastic bags everywhere. That could work in a pinch. You could wedge the door open and use your foot to open it to leave.

        I personally just try to not use public toilets as much as possible. I carry hand sanitizer spray and a bottle of water in my backpack. It’s definitely gross, but it’s not unsolvable.

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      19 hours ago

      People don’t know they can hang on to the paper towel to open the door, then Kobe that shit on the way out?

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      I worked security in pubs, nightclubs and licenced venues for a decade and to this day, I do not wash my hands in public bathrooms. I touch as little as humanly possible and use paper towel to open the door.

      My wife thinks its gross but Ive seen shit that cannot be unseen.

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        19 hours ago

        Why does any of that lead to “I don’t wash my hands”? In what scenario is washing your hands the dirtier option? Unless somebody took a shit in the soap dispenser, your hands will be cleaner after cleaning them.

        Please clean your hands.

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            8 hours ago

            Then use the same paper towel they use to open the door to shut of the faucet.

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              You need to use the paper towel to turn on the faucet, then wash your hands and turn it off with the towel again.

              A lot of bathrooms don’t even have paper towels, so OP possibly is at a bathroom where there’s a manual faucet and no paper towels.

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                I touch as little as humanly possible and use paper towel to open the door.

                They said there are towels but they don’t wash their hands.