[Groesbeck Hurricane]

I'd say other way around, if you had just cleaned and in fact put on clean undergarments and had not sat on anything or been sweating all day, etc......

The issue is the group of people around you who have touched everything and those coming out of the stalls who refuse to wash up. Do you want the doctor to wash their hands between patients or do you really care? Dentist? Hygenist?

The faucets are likely more germ ridden than the toilets. Don't get me started on the door knobs. However the stall doors and the flush handles will be filthy with stuff. And not everyone has a "clean" "modern" digestive system. There are still bugs floating around that we do not have much protection against.

From a manufacturing point of view you wish to keep EVERYTHING possible away from your product. This is why you have hand washing before getting on the line. Wearing gloves, something over your street clothes or changing into other clothes before entering manufacturing. And shoes....

Places I have worked (not all) go through alot so we do not intruduce microbes into something that is given to sick people.

Not every country or company cares. I've seen food processors with rat feces and urine falling into their cooking vats who could not have cared less. I've seen companies dump aged guano, dust, dirt, paint chips, who knows what into their production vats because cleaning the handling equipment or packaging would add costs and inconvenience. These are facilities in the US. It happens every day. Our guts are marvels of something other than science!