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To: bedolido
I never wash my hands in public bathrooms. I never touch anything in public bathrooms if at all possible (Which would include their faucets and towel dispensers). I kick doors open and flush with my foot. (And ONLY flush in a way that I can quicky RUN from the area before the SPEW from the flushing toilet rises into the air.)

If someone catches something from me, sobeit. But I'm not putting myself in a position to catch something from someone else, if at all possible. Survival of the fittest!!
39 posted on 09/16/2003 7:13:53 AM PDT by A Broken Glass Republican
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To: A Broken Glass Republican
I never wash my hands in public bathrooms. I never touch anything in public bathrooms if at all possible (Which would include their faucets and towel dispensers). I kick doors open and flush with my foot.

I second that. Actually, I will wash my hands if the sink has a automatic motion sensor, or if the handles are levers that are easily operated with my elbow or the back of my wrist. I flush with my elbow or my foot. I attempt to not physically touch anything, except perhaps clean paper towels, if they can be acquired without touching anything else.

Getting out the door is often the hard part. If a wastebasket is close to the door, I will use a paper towel to open the door & prop it with my foot while I throw the towel away. I sometimes grasp the edge of the door, if I can get hold of it. If I absolutely have to touch the handle, I will touch it in an odd place that requires an awkward, uncomfortable grasp, as it is less likely to have been touched there. Long sleeves can be pulled down if necessary.

67 posted on 09/16/2003 7:35:35 AM PDT by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
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