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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Guitarfun@lemmy.world 20 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

You clean your hands but then you have to touch a probably dirty handle to open the door.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

People don't know they can hang on to the paper towel to open the door, then Kobe that shit on the way out?

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

A lot of places put the waste basket by the door for this very reason.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Guitarfun@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

There's definitely solutions to the problem. You could carry disposable gloves. People with dogs carry plastic bags everywhere. That could work in a pinch. You could wedge the door open and use your foot to open it to leave.

I personally just try to not use public toilets as much as possible. I carry hand sanitizer spray and a bottle of water in my backpack. It's definitely gross, but it's not unsolvable.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I worked security in pubs, nightclubs and licenced venues for a decade and to this day, I do not wash my hands in public bathrooms. I touch as little as humanly possible and use paper towel to open the door.

My wife thinks its gross but Ive seen shit that cannot be unseen.

[–] groet@feddit.org 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Why does any of that lead to "I don't wash my hands"? In what scenario is washing your hands the dirtier option? Unless somebody took a shit in the soap dispenser, your hands will be cleaner after cleaning them.

Please clean your hands.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe their bathroom has a manual handle to turn to get the water to start and stop.

[–] groet@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Then use the same paper towel they use to open the door to shut of the faucet.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

You need to use the paper towel to turn on the faucet, then wash your hands and turn it off with the towel again.

A lot of bathrooms don't even have paper towels, so OP possibly is at a bathroom where there's a manual faucet and no paper towels.

[–] groet@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I touch as little as humanly possible and use paper towel to open the door.

They said there are towels but they don't wash their hands.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 44 minutes ago

Oh true, I dont get it then. I guess they just don't like spending time in The bathroom.