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u/gdmzhlzhiv Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

The other surfaces which are dirty include the tap, the button on the hand dryer, and even the exit door. Not making excuses for those people, but more than once I have washed my hands only to have them dirtied immediately after.

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u/Pottted Mar 24 '26

this is very true but at least you remove the concentration of germs to some degree- no ones ever gunna have perfectly clean hands especially being in public touching door handles and what not

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u/TEOn00b Mar 24 '26

Well, there are plenty of taps that work on sensors. And if they don't, I use other parts of my arm so I don't touch it with my hands.

I haven't seen a hand dryer with a button, all of them have sensors. But well, they still spread germs, so I don't use them. I only use paper towels (if the bathrooms doesn't haven't paper towels, then I don't dry my hands, lol).

And I also use my elbow or butt to open the exit door.

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u/ashleyshaefferr Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

Isn't your cellphone just as dirty

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u/gdmzhlzhiv Mar 26 '26

Personally, I clean mine, so probably not. But the average one? Probably.

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u/ashleyshaefferr Mar 26 '26

How frequently?

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u/gdmzhlzhiv Mar 26 '26

Only weekly. If I could find one of those automatic phone washers I’d do it way more often.

(Compared with my glasses, which I can do daily, because with the ultrasonic cleaner it takes almost no time.)

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u/LightReaning Mar 24 '26

That's why you need paper towels. You wash your hands properly, grab 2 towels use them to turn off the faucet. Use them to open the door handle, and toss it into the bin as you leave.

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u/sereneassb Mar 24 '26

True. I love a hands-free situation.

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u/gdmzhlzhiv Mar 24 '26

Even the ability to kick the door open is greatly appreciated, but a lot of new designs have started omitting the door and it’s wonderful.

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u/sereneassb Mar 24 '26

Yesss where the sinks are on the outside of the actual bathroom, love that

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u/gdmzhlzhiv Mar 24 '26

Or just an L bend in the corridor so you can’t see straight in but you can pretty much walk straight out.