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The way people behave in airport bathrooms bothers me. The bathroom gets cleaned 5 times a day and people still use a mountain of tp on the seat and flush the toilet with their foot like a bunch of homo zombies with norovirus just rode the handle.
But if you must do the above, in any restroom with soap, wash your hands afterwards. You’d want your doctor to.
that bothers you? Consider yourself lucky if you’ve never heard/seen someone disgustingly snorting their snot into the sinks, or washing their feet in it.
Many places put these on the bottom of the door for this very reason. Granted they only help people able to use them.
Nothing like losing your balance or getting your foot jammed when someone slams the door open from the other side. I prefer the wheelchair buttons
Those things fucking suck when you can get them to work and they are downright dangerous otherwise.
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You clean your hands but then you have to touch a probably dirty handle to open the door.
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.
Theoretically, if everyone did the Yes, the But wouldn’t be that big of a But.
Sadly, I’m well aware not everyone does the Yes. Going into a men’s public bathroom is disgusting; it’s disgraceful how many men I’ve seen leave without washing.
My favorite was a guy in college who came in, used the urinal, used the hand dryer, and left.
i hate this so much
Do you expect him to leave with wet urine on his hands? Those dryers are made specifically for drying urine and blowing away the smell. That’s clearly what the little picture on them means.
I know where my dick has been. Usually.
Edit: Why so serious?
I genuinely don’t even know what you’re trying to say with that comment.
All the more reason to wash.
My hands harbor far more bacteria than my dick. And so does that door handle, the grossest part of the whole business.
Just use the paper towel you used to dry your hands to open the door
And some places are smart and put a garbage can by the door, for the reason.
If the trash is not close enough to the door, that paper towel goes on the floor. I know it’s a bit rude, but every public restroom should have it close enough to do this.
This is an additional reason I hate places that use air driers instead of paper towels
after you’ve peed on your hands, open the door, then quickly wash your hands and run out. the wind will dry your hands.
this is why i usually pee on my friends hands. then they have to open the door
Why the unnecessary steps? Just pee on the door handle.
I’ve noticed a lot of places now have a trash can conveniently located by the door for this.
I’m that asshole who leaves paper towels by the door until they get the hint.
Just move the bin yourself. They’ll get the hint without extra work.
Some (most) are mounted into the wall though.
I’ve settled into a routine of pulling the door open with the paper towel, flinging the paper towel into the nearest trashcan, and darting out quick enough without having to keep the door open with my foot or anything. Not necessary, but fun
This is the way
You also pull up your pants before washing your hands. If I were a germophobe, I’d be terrified of the two spots I grab to pull my pants up after pooping.
I sure hope people aren’t going to the sink with their pants still around their ankles
are… are you getting poop on your pants???
Are you getting poop on your hands? I’m not, but I still wash my hands after.
As everyone has already said, use the paper towels. Some doors are also equiped with a small piece of metal at the base of the door which you step on, and pull with your shoe
That foot thing is an awful design IMO. Rather than a step-on to pull, it should be a design that allows you to flex your foot up and hook it under something to pull. The step-on kind necessarily requires you to put weight on it, letting off pressure on your other foot thereby causing instability. This can be difficult to manage for lighter people or on doors requiring a heavier pull force to open. The hook under kind would stabilize the person trying to open the door.
Edit: there have been some good arguments for why the step-on kind has advantages. Clearly the only answer is for bathrooms to have two doors. One with a step-on and one with a hook-under.
But realistically the hook-under could easily have a top portion allowing step-on utilization as well.
Counter argument: having to hook your foot runs the risk of damaging the tops of your shoes (often softer material) or your foot if you’re wearing sandals. You can be sure that the bottoms of everyone’s shoes are designed for at least minimal impact protection.
I like the foot step and use them when I can, but it helps to reinforce that the paper towel with a well-placed trash can is the best method imo.
Handicapped people can press down, but not lift up, especially those in a wheelchair.
Neither option is good, tbh. Hook under allows better grip for those capable, but doesn’t allow for some disabled people. Step on increases the likelihood of usability but also increases the likelihood of becoming unbalanced and falling.
Both options ignore the possibility of broken toes when someone on the outside attempts to push the door in at the moment you’ve got your foot planted on it or hooked under it.
We live in an era where automatic doors and push buttons to open them are a well established thing. Do that instead.
Barring that, the hallway with two turns like Walmart uses is an option. Just make sure they’re wide enough for the widest wheelchairs and power chairs, and the turns aren’t too tight.
The kind you describe is the only type I’ve ever seen.
I don’t disagree, I still use a paper towel. When it was first installed they forgot to modify the mechanism that closes the door on one of the bathrooms. The tension was set still set to prevent someone from being smashed in the face (or the door from slamming shut), but that meant you needed apply a fair amount of force to open the door. They’ve since adjusted it and now it’s pretty easy to open with just one foot
In my country it is illegal to have bathroom doors open to the inside. Same with doors leading outside. It was weird to move abroad as I couldn’t get used to them opening the other way.
It’s unsafe for doors to open into hallways, so you need to design alcoves for every entrance otherwise, so far more space is wasted.
Also, use paper to open the door, and a lot of places have foot pulls now, easier for handicapped people as well.
The best entrance, especially for handicapped people, is a maze entrance, but uses even more space.
On the other hand doors opening to the inside are less safe in case of an emergency. In my country, all doors in public places must open towards the exit of the building.
That’s due to a panic response and people pressing against the doors so you can’t pull them open. That only happens after a certain amount of people. The couple dozen max in a bathroom or most office and conference rooms won’t have that issue. But all the doors from the hallways out will swing towards the path of egress though.
Codes stipulate the occupancy amount that requires it, I believe the model building codes of NA and most of Europe calls for 100 people occupancy. Unless it’s been changed in the last few years.
I’ve seen a lot of places add those foot pull handles to doors since COVID. Not the best, but it’s a solution
I never saw this but want them everywhere. I just have to try to grab the doors/handles on unusual places where not many people would touch them
Some places have little foot hooks at the bottom.
I wonder if push to enter doors cut down on injuries of people rushing to the toilet, or if it’s just because they usually open into corridors.
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Foot pulls are a part-solution. Accessibility button as well.
