Office Loo's...

Person_one

flashnazia wrote: »

This is correct; too many people demanding antibiotics and the overuse of them is causing resistant nasties, not people like us!

Are you sure?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-antibacterial-products-may-do-more-harm-than-good

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/20/health/personal-health-how-germ-phobia-can-lead-to-illness.html

http://phys.org/news183810398.html


Germophobia is bad, full stop. For the individual and for the population at large.

trolleyrun

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

It's taken me a full 5 minutes to compose myself having read this thread. I've been crying with laughter.

All I can think about whilst reading and giggling is this scene from the film Bridesmaids :eek::rotfl::rotfl:

I haven't watched the movie but that clip is hysterical! I nearly peed my pants :rotfl:

emerald21

Cherry_Bomb wrote: »

god I love this thread.

I can't even go when my OH is in the house never mind at work. I'm getting better now (nearly 9 years later) but I still couldn't do it unless I'm going for a shower (so I can run the water )

I remember once I wasn't feeling well so I asked him to get me something from the shed and promptly locked him out the house so I could go. The first thing he said to me when I eventually let him back in was '' you've been for a poo haven't you''
I could have died of shame

The thought of having to go at work or anywhere else for that matter that isn't my own toilet? Not in a million years!

I'm in bed reading all these posts and I'm nearly wetting myself laughing. I don't really like going anywhere else and if I absolutely have too I'm one who pulls the chain straight away hoping that the smell goes with it then waits a while and pulls the chain again.

emerald21

Gloomendoom wrote: »

They are probably Chinese. We have a lot at work and the maintenance staff got so fed up replacing broken seats that they put up little notices with a red cross through a picture of an man standing on a toilet.

Last year, one unfortunate Oriental soul slipped sideways off the loo when the seat shattered, knocked himself unconscious while simultaneously spraying poop up the wall. Luckily (for him) somebody heard the commotion and called help. It took ages to extract him as he'd managed to jam himself between the loo and the wall. I think he broke his arm too.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

bangersnmash

amus wrote: »

If at all possible I will do everything in my power to avoid using the loo at work for a no.2, and if I absolutely must I NEVER sit on the seat. The only loo I will sit on is at home.

I also flush with my foot.


Probably quite OCDish but I just hate the thought of sitting on a loo where loads of people have had a poo/wee, freaks me out.

Person_one wrote: »

You do realise that's completely mental, right?

Millions of people sit on toilet seats and flush toilets with their hands multiple times every single day and come to no harm at all. When was the last time you heard of anyone contracting a virulent flesh eating bug by sitting on a toilet seat?

That's right, you don't ever hear. If they're unlucky they just get ill and die or get crippled and they never know who they caught it off or where. But they certainly got it off someone somewhere. Didn't they. You don't get it off the air while you're sitting at home on your own, now do you.

I never touch anything like that if at all possible. I use bog roll. I also don't rest public phones against my ear and I use the sleeve of my jacket to push the button on the zebra crossings etc. I always avoid as much of it as possible. Have done for many years, since I first became aware of the acute danger everywhere all the time.

Everything's covered in billions of germs and bits of people's excreta so although you have an immune system and although your immune system needs to be regularly infected to keep it in tip top condition there are also lots of fatal or debilitating diseases that kill and cripple huge numbers of people all the time everywhere. So beware.

withabix

bangersnmash wrote: »

there are also lots of fatal or debilitating diseases that kill and cripple huge numbers of people all the time everywhere. So beware.

But not generally in this country.

Most infections are airborne (from coughing and sneezing) or come from home-cooked food (due to bad hygeine and undercooked food in your OWN kitchen at home) or poor temperature control in commercial kitchens.

Hospital acquired infections have reduced considerably since they generally banned boxes of rotting grapes, cut flowers and the associated vases of stagnant water.

Most bacteria in human poo are present in everyone. Most are not spread by skin contact.

People who flush the toilet with the sole of their shoes are likely to be responsible for introducing animal faecal bacteria, animal and soil-based parasites into human contact areas, which is selfish, ignorant and irresponsible.

amus

Person_one wrote: »

Are you sure?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-antibacterial-products-may-do-more-harm-than-good

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/20/health/personal-health-how-germ-phobia-can-lead-to-illness.html

http://phys.org/news183810398.html


Germophobia is bad, full stop. For the individual and for the population at large.

Its a double edged sword in my opinion.

Hygeine helps stop the spread of disease and infection, but at the same time can lead to resistant strains.

All I know is I'm happy I wasnt born in Victorian london.

Just to clarify, I do not actually have germophobia, I just dont like toilets.

flashnazia

amus wrote: »

Its a double edged sword in my opinion.

Hygeine helps stop the spread of disease and infection, but at the same time can lead to resistant strains.

All I know is I'm happy I wasnt born in Victorian london.

Just to clarify, I do not actually have germophobia, I just dont like toilets.

Nor me. I just don't like the thought of other people's poo/pee on my fingers.

Person_one

amus wrote: »

Just to clarify, I do not actually have germophobia, I just dont like toilets.

flashnazia wrote: »

Nor me. I just don't like the thought of other people's poo/pee on my fingers.

I can't imagine why a sane person who wasn't germophobic would flush toilets with their feet and refuse to touch door handles, sorry, but it sounds a lot like germophobia to me.

coolcait

Miss_Poohs wrote: »

This is the funniest thread I've read in a long time - too too funny!!

Dare I point out that your user-name is fairly appropriate for such a thread?

[Sorry!]