[Red Badger]

I don't touch door handles in public places and I use a paper towel after washing to open the door to the restroom to exit. I wait for someone to come out or in the store front if the don't have automatic doors, and hold the door by the frame up high if necessary,........

[linda_22003]

I do that too, in restrooms, and sometimes think I'm being silly, but I haven't had so much as a head cold in several years, let alone anything more serious.

[Jeff Chandler]

No need to go to that extent. Just keep your hands off of your face, and use an alcohol gel hand disinfectant when needed, like after holding a menu (but before touching silverware and glasses).

[greyfoxx39]

I find it so irritating that public bathroom doors have to be pulled open to exit...why not set them to be pushed open with an elbow or hip? One thing that isn't on your list, wash your hands often! I wash mine 8-10 times a day, especially before handling food or eating.

[Drawsing]

I use my knuckles instead of my fingertips for debit card pin pad purchases. I also do the high door push deal. I have not had a cold or flu for two years now. I know it sounds silly, but it seems to work.

[doorgunner69]

I don't touch door handles in public places and I use a paper towel after washing to open the door to the restroom to exit. I wait for someone to come out or in the store front if the don't have automatic doors, and hold the door by the frame up high if necessary,........

You don't know how eerie it was to read this. I'm sure you know why. ;-)

[rightandproud]

I don't touch door handles in public places and I use a paper towel after washing to open the door to the restroom to exit. I wait for someone to come out or in the store front if the don't have automatic doors, and hold the door by the frame up high if necessary,........

Why do I feel like I'm hearing a description of an episode of Monk?

[scan59]

I don't touch door handles in public places and I use a paper towel after washing to open the door to the restroom to exit. I wait for someone to come out or in the store front if the don't have automatic doors, and hold the door by the frame up high if necessary,........

I do all of those myself. My wife says I'm obsessive compulsive. I do wish they'd put restroom trashcans closer to the door. (I like McDonald's because their restroom doors all open out from the inside. Doesn't make sense to require employees to wash their hands and then grab the door knob.)

[discostu]

Wow, I just can't imagine devoting that much energy to fear of germs. You probably spend more hours a year worrying about getting sick than I spend sick.

[savedbygrace]

Monk, it that you?

jk

[Deguello]

Don't use hot air dryers in public restrooms...they are incubators in a ripe environment.

[JFC]

I wait for someone to come out or in the store front if the don't have automatic doors, and hold the door by the frame up high if necessary,........

I am same way.. I keep Hand Sanitizer with me at all times. My boss and his whole family came down with this after Christmas. I sprayed LYSOL all over the office and I have yet to get it......... thank Goodness.. But I don't like germs .......

[RW_Whacko]

"I don't touch door handles in public places and I use a paper towel after washing to open the door to the restroom to exit. I wait for someone to come out or in the store front if the don't have automatic doors, and hold the door by the frame up high if necessary,........"

What I hate are places like Walmart that have the automatic lavatories where you have to BEG for it to give you enough water to wash your hands. Employees that handle food probably don't wash their hands properly because some greenie has the water turned all the way down.

[RetSignman]

I guess Howard Hughes wasn't so crazy, afer all.