Public toilet door handles.

OldGoat

Why can't toilet doors be hung so that they open outwards. Then way, when I wash my hands after doing the deed I don't have to use the handle on the door that the previous user(s) who fail to wash up have just used.

FlutterinBantam

Because the fooker coming in would probably get a face full of door.

Long Onion

Use mouth, drink neat vodka.

mikom

You ever been in a crowded jacks.
Doors opening out would be a disaster.

OldGoat

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Because the fooker coming in would probably get a face full of door.

But as it stands you run the risk of opening the door into the mush of anyone Leaving the toilet so I don't really think that argument holds up.
Also noted is the speed at which you respond to a toilet question. Very impressed Sir.

Pighead

It would probably make more sense to employ a fellow who will hold your todger for you whilst your doing the deed thus enabling you to dispense with the hand washing nonsense.
Should get plenty of takers given the current economic climate. Pride doesn't pay the bills.

Lobster

Was in england a few months back, stopped off at a service station and used their toilets, no doors on the way in, just a winding hall, good enough idea I thought. Then when it came to flushing, it was a sensor so no need to touch it, great! Then went to wash my hands and again a sensor to turn on the tap, brilliant! Then to the hand drier........ a push button, F**k it!:mad:
Usually the hand drier is the only thing that has a sensor

Long Onion

Lobster wrote: »

Was in england a few months back, stopped off at a service station and used their toilets, no doors on the way in, just a winding hall, good enough idea I thought. Then when it came to flushing, it was a sensor so no need to touch it, great! Then went to wash my hands and again a sensor to turn on the tap, brilliant! Then to the hand drier........ a push button, F**k it!:mad:
Usually the hand drier is the only thing that has a sensor

For feck's sake Lobster, after traversing the windy corridor, flushing by electricity, washing your hands by sensor, what the fcuk is left to stick on the hand drier button ?

Honestly, sanitation can go to far - look at poor Howard Hughes!

Pighead,

How would you ensure the todger holder did not cross pollinate?

OldGoat

Pighead wrote: »

It would probably make more sense to employ a fellow who will hold your todger for you whilst your doing the deed thus enabling you to dispense with the hand washing nonsense.
Should get plenty of takers given the current economic climate. Pride doesn't pay the bills.

I see a small flaw in your idea Pighead. It would mean a major re-design of all toilets to allow room for the urineist and the todgerholder to stand side by side. Unless the todgerholder stands behind the urineist and reaches around...however I can see that many men would feel ill at ease with that particular set up. My idea simply involves re-hanging the doors so they hinge outwards.

Lobster

Long Onion wrote: »

For feck's sake Lobster, after traversing the windy corridor, flushing by electricity, washing your hands by sensor, what the fcuk is left to stick on the hand drier button ?

Honestly, sanitation can go to far - look at poor Howard Hughes!

Pighead,

How would you ensure the todger holder did not cross pollinate?

It doesn't bother me but at the time I thought it was funny

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

OldGoat wrote: »

Why can't toilet doors be hung so that they open outwards. Then way, when I wash my hands after doing the deed I don't have to use the handle on the door that the previous user(s) who fail to wash up have just used.

Are you one of those germaphobic freaks? Seriously: how do you know the previous user didn't wash his hands and even if he didn't chances are you;ve touched something more unsanitary at some point in the day.

Suggest you wear rubber gloves if you're that bothered?

Red_Marauder

Doors leading onto public areas usually don't open out because you'd run the risk of striking somebody who was walking along a corridoor. Keep some alcohol wipes by your desk, and never use a public computer. People are disgusting.

Pighead

OldGoat wrote: »

I see a small flaw in your idea Pighead. It would mean a major re-design of all toilets to allow room for the urineist and the todgerholder to stand side by side. Unless the todgerholder stands behind the urineist and reaches around...however I can see that many men would feel ill at ease with that particular set up. My idea simply involves re-hanging the doors so they hinge outwards.

You raise a fair point. Maybe the idea should be touted towards the unemployed midgets out there . Give them a stool, a magazine and a pair of gloves, sit them down under the urinal and Bob's your uncle.

The only problem Pighead could see with this line of action is that their hands might not be big enough to properly handle todgers like Pighead's which would be of a more hefty specimen than the average man on the street.

Ridley

What you need are them there electronic doors that are timed and open regardless of whether you're finished or not.

OldGoat

Are you one of those germaphobic freaks?

No, simply hygenic. Arn't you?

Seriously: how do you know the previous user didn't wash his hands

Been in a men jacks in Ireland lately? Handwashers are the exception rather then the rule.

and even if he didn't chances are you;ve touched something more unsanitary at some point in the day.

Agreed but I would have washed up after. :P

Suggest you wear rubber gloves if you're that bothered

Yeah sure, like every public toilet will supplie them just so I can open the door. Re-hanging the doors make more sense.

Ridley

OldGoat wrote: »

Been in a men jacks in Ireland lately?

I haven't, what are the connections to the door like because you could use those instead of the main handle (and a hand towel).

stiff kitten

i wear disposable gloves throughout my day.

OldGoat

Pighead wrote: »

You raise a fair point. Maybe the idea should be touted towards the unemployed midgets out there . Give them a stool, a magazine and a pair of gloves, sit them down under the urinal and Bob's your uncle.

The only problem Pighead could see with this line of action is that their hands might not be big enough to properly handle todgers like Pighead's which would be of a more hefty specimen than the average man on the street.

Your midget idea is genius sir. I would imagine that the unions will have a clause written into any contract that specifies extra allowences or a doubling up of midgetmanpower to cope with your bratwurst scale member.

Rebelheart

OldGoat wrote: »

Why can't toilet doors be hung so that they open outwards. Then way, when I wash my hands after doing the deed I don't have to use the handle on the door that the previous user(s) who fail to wash up have just used.

So who's been listening to Newstalk this afternoon?

deereidy

Just open the door with your elbow, even better if its a swing door cos you can just push it with your shoulder. Or use a handful of tissue to open it.
There isn't much point though, germs are everywhere You're better off trying to keep healthy so you'll have less chance of getting sick

AnonoBoy

Who uses public toilets these days?

Colostomy bags FTW!!!!!

OldGoat

Rebelheart wrote: »

So who's been listening to Newstalk this afternoon?

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Not I, I assure you. I'm guessing that something similar is being discussed there. See, I have my finger on the VoxPop pulse.

Vain

As a carpenter we are thought to always hang the door with it opening into the room, unless its a hot press etc. A door opening out into a corridor would be dangerous.

Just wait till someone leaves or goes in and duck out behind them before the door shuts.;)

smileysurfer

I Usually take a bit of tissue and after I wash my hands i use that to open doors on the way out to avoid touching the filthy handles......well I do that since the whole swine flu thing

Rebelheart

OldGoat wrote: »

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Not I, I assure you. I'm guessing that something similar is being discussed there. See, I have my finger on the VoxPop pulse.

:-) Well there was a good discussion/interview on this particular topic on Newstalk a few hours ago.

prendy

smileysurfer wrote: »

I Usually take a bit of tissue and after I wash my hands i use that to open doors on the way out to avoid touching the filthy handles......well I do that since the whole swine flu thing

do you use cash? Just asking coz the chances are that the filthy germs from scummy people are way way way more likely to be on coins and notes than on a door handle near a sink.

smileysurfer

prendy wrote: »

do you use cash? Just asking coz the chances are that the filthy germs from scummy people are way way way more likely to be on coins and notes than on a door handle near a sink.

course I do, but I also carry a small bottle of hand sanitiser in my bag and I use it before eating if im out and just randomly a few times during the day.

pikachucheeks

Pighead wrote: »

It would probably make more sense to employ a fellow who will hold your todger for you whilst your doing the deed

Pay one euro for them to hold it, Pay a bit extra for them to hold it

Service with a smile!

Awesome-O

Pighead wrote: »

It would probably make more sense to employ a fellow who will hold your todger for you whilst your doing the deed thus enabling you to dispense with the hand washing nonsense.

Genius idea for all u menfolk but what about the fairer sex? We still have to open the door after stinky non-washers. I'm thinking maybe pay someone to do the door opening would be a lot more pleasant for them then paying someone to do the wiping?!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

OldGoat wrote: »

No, simply hygenic. Arn't you?
Been in a men jacks in Ireland lately? Handwashers are the exception rather then the rule.

Hygenic, yes; paranoid, no. I wash my hands and have never once been worried about the door handle.

Yeah sure, like every public toilet will supplie them just so I can open the door. Re-hanging the doors make more sense.

Not them, you - bring your own. If you never take them off, you'll never have to worry about germs in your life. And are you seriously telling me you wash your hands after touch everything?

Raise glass, drink, wash hands, return, raise glass, drink, wash hands, return...

OldGoat

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

I wash my hands and have never once been worried about the door handle.

/Doubletakes on posters name.

FlutterinBantam

In fairness Pighead's idea was a good one, however if I might refine it a bit.

Have an attendant holding a spatula shaped instrument,but with a solid base and a groove in the middle.

When the member is unfolded from the jocks area it is rested on the proffered instrument fitting snugly into the groove and ready for action.

When finished the device is slid away from the member and the attendant can administer a sharp tap on the top of the bellend to release any remaining drops.

The pissee then opens the jock area and the attendant spoons the spotless and germ free member back in it's lair.

Dip of Dettol on the spat and it's ready for the next.

Is that hygienic or what!!!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

OldGoat wrote: »

/Doubletakes on posters name.

I know, I know, you're not the first to point it out (relatives of A A Milne lost a law suit over it) but you're avoiding the issue!

Raiser

Pighead wrote: »

It would probably make more sense to employ a fellow who will hold your todger for you whilst your doing the deed thus enabling you to dispense with the hand washing nonsense.
Should get plenty of takers given the current economic climate. Pride doesn't pay the bills.

Hmmmm - I'd say you could use the names who thanked this post as a short list for the interview.......

Poor Uncle Tom

OldGoat, never mind rehanging the door, just hang the f*ckers who don't wash after using the conveniences.

waraf

Pighead wrote: »

It would probably make more sense to employ a fellow who will hold your todger for you whilst your doing the deed thus enabling you to dispense with the hand washing nonsense.
Should get plenty of takers given the current economic climate. Pride doesn't pay the bills.

a fellow who will hold your todger :eek::eek:

OldGoat

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

I know, I know, you're not the first to point it out (relatives of A A Milne lost a law suit over it) but you're avoiding the issue!

I didn't see an issue here but lets have a crack at it anyway.

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Hygenic, yes; paranoid, no. I wash my hands and have never once been worried about the door handle.

Just looking back at the number of other posters who agree that toilet door handles are unhygenic seems to to suggest that theres a lot of 'paranoid' people out there.

Not them, you - bring your own. If you never take them off, you'll never have to worry about germs in your life.

I know a club where I coukld get away with that. But, if I grab a piss stained door handle with a glove then the gloves are just as likely to spread germs to my pint glass as my skin would. Disposable golves would be better...but, and this is original point...it would be easier to have a door that I could push open with my foot or shoulder rather the have to don gloves, open the door and then dispose of the gloves.

And are you seriously telling me you wash your hands after touch everything?
Raise glass, drink, wash hands, return, raise glass, drink, wash hands, return...

I do use clean glasses to drink from. If the glass had been left in a toilet I don't think I'd be very comfortable drinking from it.
However I do wash my hands frequently throughout the day. Before I prepair food, whilst prepairing food, after consuming food, after taking a trip to the toilet. That would be the minimum number of washes I do a day. Nothing obsessive there.

Lets look at a typical sceneario in a pub. It's lunchtime, your order a roast pork sandwich and a pint, you go for a pish before eating. You do the business, wash your hands, grab the grimey handle of the door, then head back, sit down, pick up your sandwich and put it in your mouth. Now you can't really say your comfortable with that.

Now, another story. You are in one of those clubs that leave bowls of peanuts and saltcrackers on the bar. You pick at the peanuts, you and a couple of other friends. Late in the evening you are following one of those friends back from the toilet, you've washed, he hasent and you watch as he reaches into the bowl of nuts. Will you continue to share that bowl of peanuts?

What if we take this story out of the pub and into a hospital where you are visiting a sick friend, perhaps one with some kind of stomach bug:rolleyes: ...do you wash your hands in the public toilets there or are you still happy to let bravado take the day and you grab that handle... the now might have more then just fecal matter on it.

Three not unreasonable situations I think.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

OldGoat wrote: »

I didn't see an issue here but lets have a crack at it anyway.


Just looking back at the number of other posters who agree that toilet door handles are unhygenic seems to to suggest that theres a lot of 'paranoid' people out there.



I know a club where I coukld get away with that. But, if I grab a piss stained door handle with a glove then the gloves are just as likely to spread germs to my pint glass as my skin would. Disposable golves would be better...but, and this is original point...it would be easier to have a door that I could push open with my foot or shoulder rather the have to don gloves, open the door and then dispose of the gloves.


I do use clean glasses to drink from. If the glass had been left in a toilet I don't think I'd be very comfortable drinking from it.
However I do wash my hands frequently throughout the day. Before I prepair food, whilst prepairing food, after consuming food, after taking a trip to the toilet. That would be the minimum number of washes I do a day. Nothing obsessive there.

Lets look at a typical sceneario in a pub. It's lunchtime, your order a roast pork sandwich and a pint, you go for a pish before eating. You do the business, wash your hands, grab the grimey handle of the door, then head back, sit down, pick up your sandwich and put it in your mouth. Now you can't really say your comfortable with that.

Now, another story. You are in one of those clubs that leave bowls of peanuts and saltcrackers on the bar. You pick at the peanuts, you and a couple of other friends. Late in the evening you are following one of those friends back from the toilet, you've washed, he hasent and you watch as he reaches into the bowl of nuts. Will you continue to share that bowl of peanuts?

What if we take this story out of the pub and into a hospital where you are visiting a sick friend, perhaps one with some kind of stomach bug:rolleyes: ...do you wash your hands in the public toilets there or are you still happy to let bravado take the day and you grab that handle... the now might have more then just fecal matter on it.

Three not unreasonable situations I think.

I can honestly say I don't pay that much attention. And I appear to be still in good heallllthgggg...... *lands on floor twitching nervously*

Awesome-O

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

OldGoat, never mind rehanging the door, just hang the f*ckers who don't wash after using the conveniences.

here here

Dont be at yourself

Clean freaks.

hatetherain!

I totally agree with Old Goat! Imagine someone peeing on the hand...( drunk guy or a kid etc) then not washing their hands, then touching the door handle. Your in next relieved to pee, you touch the handle and walk away with more than you bargained for! What it you were in a fast food place and picked up your burger to eat....... Uuuuugh Gross!!!!

renraw

I use my sleeve to open the doors every time