It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it

[frogger]

Can you imagine having this as work assignment?

Study sees rise in men not washing hands

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer
13 minutes ago



CHICAGO - The gender gap has widened when it comes to hygiene, according to the latest stakeout by the "hand washing police."

One-third of men didn't bother to wash after using the bathroom, compared with 12 percent of women, said the researchers who spy on people in public restrooms. They reported their latest findings Monday at a meeting of infectious disease scientists.

Two years ago, the last time the survey was done, only one-quarter of men didn't wash, compared with 10 percent of women.

"Guys need to step up to the sink," said Brian Sansoni, spokesman for the Soap and Detergent Association, which co-sponsors the survey and related education campaigns.

The latest study was based on observations last month of more than 6,000 people in four big cities.

Frequent hand washing is the single best thing people can do to avoid getting sick, from colds and the flu to germs lurking in food, doctors say. And a recent Harris Interactive survey found 92 percent of Americans said they usually or always wash up after using the bathroom.

But researchers for the American Society for Microbiology found that only 77 percent actually do, when it comes to public restrooms. That's a 6 percent decline from a similar study in 2005.

The dirty details:

_Atlanta's Turner Field baseball stadium again was the worst. Only 57 percent of guys there washed up, compared to 95 percent of women.

_New York was Second City to Chicago in cleanliness. In restrooms at the Windy City's Shedd Aquarium and Museum of Science and Industry, 81 percent of men and women combined washed their hands, compared to 79 percent at the Big Apple's Penn and Grand Central train stations.

_At San Francisco's Ferry Terminal Farmers Market, 62.5 percent of men lathered up. Women did better, with 84 percent.

Carry sanitizer gels and wipes in case the means to wash your hands aren't handy, suggested microbiologist Judy Daly of Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, who led the project.

"These are a marvelous addition to plain soap and water," she said.

Telephone surveys by the research firm Harris Interactive show little shift in attitudes over previous polls in 2003 and 2005. The latest was of 1,001 adults from Aug. 17-20.

Nearly three-fourths of Americans said they always wash up after changing a diaper, 78 percent said they do so after handling or eating food; 42 percent after petting a dog or cat, 25 percent after handling money, and 34 percent after coughing or sneezing.

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On the Net:

Microbiology meeting: http://www.icaac.org

Hand washing info: http://www.washup.org

[livi]

-Donīt you have a habit of washing your hands after peeing ??

-Nope, but I donīt have a habit of peeing on my hands either!

[dhoward]

Originally Posted by frogger

Can you imagine having this as work assignment?

Snipped....
"Guys need to step up to the sink," said Brian Sansoni, spokesman for the Soap and Detergent Association, which co-sponsors the survey and related education campaigns.
....Snipped

There's an association?

[SlowToady]

I always heard it as a joke where a Marine and a Navy guy are in a bathroom together, and the Marine doesn't stop to wash his hands.

Navy guy: In the Navy, they teach us to wash our hands!
Marine: In the Marines, they teach us not to pee on our hands!

My (ex)girl-friend *****ed at me for not washing my hands after I took a leak, but what she didn't quite get is that...guys, most of the time, don't have to touch it to take a piss. Wonderful invention by the name of "gravity," you see.

Relating back to this study, I find it slightly unsettling that there is a "secret pisser" waiting in the bathroom to watch whether or not people wash their hands...

Originally Posted by livi

-Donīt you have a habit of washing your hands after peeing ??

-Nope, but I donīt have a habit of peeing on my hands either!

[Milu]

I wonder how much the prevalence of blowdryers instead of towels (even paper towels) has to do with this. 9 times out of ten I find myself leaving washrooms with wet hands!

[Superman]

A: "I'm going to take a wash my hands and take a leak."

B: "Don't you mean you're going to take a leak and THEN wash your hands?"

A: "No. I know where my dick's been."

[sammyg2]

I was at a restaurant one evening and noticed that all the waiters had spoons in their shirt pocket. I asked our waiter why that was, He told me the restaurant had hired an efficiency expert to improve the profits.
After two weeks of studying the exployees, the expert came up with two conclusions which were immediately implimented. One was that the spoon was the most often dropped utensil, so carrying around an extra spoon would save .3 manhours per shift.
the second was to tie a piece of string around the male genetalia so that when the male employees used the restroom they could simply pull on the string to get it out of their trousers so they wouldn't have to touch it and wouldn't have to wash their hands, saving 1.6 manhours per shift.
I thought about it and asked, well how do you put it back in your trousers without touching it after you are done? He smiled and wispered, " I use the spoon".

[TerryH]

Originally Posted by livi

-Donīt you have a habit of washing your hands after peeing ??

-Nope, but I donīt have a habit of peeing on my hands either!

The difference between a surgeon and a mechanic?


Doctor washes his hand after peeing.

Mechanic washes his hand before peeing.

[Flatbutt1]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

I was at a restaurant one evening and noticed that all the waiters had spoons in their shirt pocket. I asked our waiter why that was, He told me the restaurant had hired an efficiency expert to improve the profits.
After two weeks of studying the exployees, the expert came up with two conclusions which were immediately implimented. One was that the spoon was the most often dropped utensil, so carrying around an extra spoon would save .3 manhours per shift.
the second was to tie a piece of string around the male genetalia so that when the male employees used the restroom they could simply pull on the string to get it out of their trousers so they wouldn't have to touch it and wouldn't have to wash their hands, saving 1.6 manhours per shift.
I thought about it and asked, well how do you put it back in your trousers without touching it after you are done? He smiled and wispered, " I use the spoon".

LMAO!!!!