Ewwwww... I was just in a hotel over the weekend, and I used the remote! AAAAAAA!

Ewwwwwwwww! is right ! People who spy on restrooms say men don't wash their hands nearly as often as the women do. And what about doorknobs? They're reputed to be THE dirtiest things around! And I don't like cilantro! waaaaaaaaaaah! what's a person to do????????

Not that this has made me a germaphobe or anything, but...

Does anybody know where I can buy one of those personal plastic bubbles to live in?

People who spy on restrooms? Man-bashing? Who do you hang out with Lorna? j/k :)

The average attitude of a guy is, "it's mine, I know where it's been." Or sometimes they will say, "it's inside my pants, that makes it cleaner than my hands." (so they are less likely to wash their hands) What they fail to realize is, when you flush in a public toilet... they are touching everyone else's as well! Yuck!

I work in a multicultural environment. People from all over are using the restroom and even if they are clean: they bring germs that are indigenous to their home, to our bathroom. My body isn't used to them, and has to build the immunity. Simply washing my hands, and opening the door using the paper towel I dry them with, has reduced the amount of "punies" I get by 70% (Ok, Lorna, I always did wash my hands, that isn't new, just the paper towel door thing) I hate those blow dryers in some restrooms, I still have to open the door barehanded!

I don't have a phobia (glad you can't see my eye twitch) but I carry Lysol with me to hotels and use it liberally.

I wonder if anyone will notice the latex exam gloves I'll wear on the next vacation? Gee, thanks Matt. I guess the only way to have absolutely safe sex in a hotel would be to cocoon your entire body in Saran-Wrap, huh?

Hello there rross! The Seattle Times reported the handwashing (or lack thereof) just the other day. What I (and granddaughters) do is we pull our sleeve over the hand that opens a door to say, the schoolroom, or hem of a sweater. I hate the blower things, too, but again, using part of your clothing you CAN open the restroom door without using bare hands (or take extra TP from the room and use it). If all this sounds excessive we have found a big reward: NO colds or flu for many years, even tho around little kids for all of the school term.

That's a good idea Lorna, thanks. (I just gotta remember not to wipe my nose with that cuff afterwards!)

I hadn't thought of it, but schools would have the same "germs I'm not used to" problem that my industry does. Maybe that's why the teachers I know are always feeling ucky. (they blame the weather usually)