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Washing your hands...

Discussion in 'Polls Forum' started by AAA, Jan 30, 2008.

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How many of you have seen people leave the rest room without washing thier hands?

  1. Yes, I have seen it...

    24 vote(s)
    52.2%

  2. No, I have not...

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  3. I am one of those people that you have seen.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  4. I always wash my hands after use of the R.R.

    13 vote(s)
    28.3%

  5. I think this poll is gross.

    1 vote(s)
    2.2%

  6. I will think twice before holding hands with someone in church.

    1 vote(s)
    2.2%

  7. I am going to ask my Pastor to hand out latex gloves.

    1 vote(s)
    2.2%

  8. After shaking hands with a person, I will wash within 2 minutes.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  9. I don't even want to think about it...

    6 vote(s)
    13.0%

  10. I want to find another greeting, other then s shaking hands...

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. AAA

    AAA New Member

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    I have seen in a many of churches that I see the people go into the rest room and use it, then they come out never washing there hands...

    I guess this adds somthing to givineg your Brother, or Sister the "right hand of fellowship"....

    How many of you have seen the same thing?
     
    #1 AAA, Jan 30, 2008
  2. cowboymatt

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    Gotta love it.

    Its especially nice when you see an employ at a store do it. I was at a Barnes and Noble in Texas and the manager on duty was in the bathroom when I was. He just happened to be someone that I knew. I finished first and was washing my hands. He came up next to me at the mirror, fixed his hair, adjusted his waitband, and then left. I had to leave the store. I mean, really, how many of the books has he now soiled!?
     
    #2 cowboymatt, Jan 30, 2008
  3. donnA

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    I know probably half every we know doesn't wash their hands. But unless we're in the bathroom with them, like matt was, how do we know?
    I, by the way, am fanatical about washing my hands.
     
    #3 donnA, Jan 30, 2008
  4. annsni

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    Our pastor told a story of being away and going to a pizza place for lunch. He went into the restroom and used the facilities and there was another guy who came in right after him. The gentleman used the facilities and proceeded to walk right out of there. Pastor was grossed out by that but he figured it was that guy's problem. He came out, sat down and right across the counter from where he was sitting was the guy from the bathroom - flipping some dough for a pizza!! Needless to say, he left the restaurant.

    Interestingly enough, I remember there was some study where a huge percentage of people say they wash their hands yet a much smaller percentage actually do.

    I make sure I wash my hands a LOT - I have the dry, scaley hands to prove it. But I also keep in my purse some Purel and I will be sure to use that if I were to shake someone's hand or even for when I use the computer at church (it's a shared computer). It's just gross to think about.
     
    #4 annsni, Jan 30, 2008
  5. Sopranette

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    I wash my hands even if I'm only in there to fix my hair or put some lipstick on. I wash my hands whenever I leave home and come back again, also. I'm really conscious about not touching my face until I can get home to fash them first. I try not to touch handles, buttons, and knobs. I dislike hand shaking a lot. A habit, I guess.

    love,

    "Soap"ranette
     
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  6. ccrobinson

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    Life imitates art?
     
    #6 ccrobinson, Jan 30, 2008
  7. annsni

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    LOL - I know! But he told us that story BEFORE Seinfeld ever did it. :D
     
    #7 annsni, Jan 30, 2008
  8. AAA

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    opps...

    this was supposed to be multiple choice....
     
    #8 AAA, Jan 30, 2008
  9. Baptist Believer

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    Some of us are mildly obsessive-compulsive, so washing hands is a way of life... even if we don't actually need to use the restroom for anything but handwashing. :smilewinkgrin:
     
    #9 Baptist Believer, Jan 30, 2008
  10. FriendofSpurgeon

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    Culturally, we normally only shake hands with men. With women, we normally hug and/or kiss on the cheek.

    Is this better?
     
    #10 FriendofSpurgeon, Jan 31, 2008
  11. Rubato 1

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    Remember: The right hand is yours, the left hand is mine. Shake hands, open doors, slap people--whatever you do--with the right hand, but scratch, pick, rub, open gum, etc. with the left hand.
    I always wash, then used the paper towels to get more paper towels from the dispenser and to open the door. I HATE bathrooms with only a blower to dry your hands. The environment is not more important than my health!
     
    #11 Rubato 1, Jan 31, 2008
  12. abcgrad94

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    I'm with you there!

    By the way, not washing your hands after using the restroom is a great way to catch Hepatitis A.
     
    #12 abcgrad94, Jan 31, 2008
  13. Songbird

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    I work at a university and am appalled when I see someone not wash their hands --especially professors w/ph.d's. Then they wonder why they are sick all the time.
     
    #13 Songbird, Jan 31, 2008
  14. FriendofSpurgeon

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    With many of the teens, I simply use the "Howie Mandel" pound. (I'm not a germaphobe, that's just the thing to do.)

    Perhaps you should try that.
     
    #14 FriendofSpurgeon, Jan 31, 2008
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    We have begun referring to hand sanitizer as "Fellowship Juice", and it goes on ASAP when church is over.
     
    #15 bobbyd, Jan 31, 2008
  16. TC

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    A Navy and an Air Force guy were in the head. After doing their business, the Navy guy starts to wash his hand and the Airman heads for the door. The Navy guy yells "Hey Airman, doesn't the Air Force teach you to wash your hands after you pee?" "No," the Airman replies, "the Air Force teaches me not to pee on my hands."
     
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    Seriously, even though I wash my hands, I do not worry about it. My German Chemistry professor at UMD always said that whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
     
    #17 TC, Feb 1, 2008
  18. spiersdodgerblue

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    I am always washing or using hand sanitizer
     
    #18 spiersdodgerblue, Feb 5, 2008
  19. LeBuick

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    I'm with you, I don't worry about it too much. I wash my hands after potty time and before meals.

    Having said that, you ever seen someone who washes their hands before and after using the RR? What up with that?
     
    #19 LeBuick, Feb 5, 2008
  20. Tentmaker

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    Korean men have a strange custom. Many will wash before but not after.
     
    #20 Tentmaker, Feb 7, 2008
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