If they’re going to break the rule about washing hands they’re not going to follow the door handle one either.
I’ll just lick both handles to be safe
⬆️ Found patient zero, everyone.
That’s me actually after I have Sprucey lick my eyeball
I would bet good money that both door handles are equally filthy, by nature of it being a school. Kids are walking talking germ incubators. We all are, but kids especially. And that’s before we even get into the kids who are intentionally malicious little bastards – I guarantee you, in some school districts, with some kids, signs like these would just be asking for an aspiring Poo-casso to smear their shit on the door handles.
Poo-casso
This got me.
The bottom one might be dirtier, with kids specifically wanting to “soil” it because that is “so funny”. And the group that does wash their hands don’t want to touch “the dirty one”.
I’d put good money on your take.
I would argue that the bottom would be dirtier, not because of kids reflex to be contrarian, but because human nature pushes people to prioritize themselves even at the cost of society. They may not wash THEIR hands, but they are not going to touch other dirty peoples handle.
Plus the bottom handle looks to be about the same height as my butt cheeks. If I can grab it between the cheeks instead of getting my hands dirty then I’m definitely doing that.
(No, not really, I’m not that talented)
So that’s why I saw that door with two separately labeled butt plugs on it instead of handles
Just get the foot door opener thing I love those things
You shouldn’t be touching any handles upon exiting a bathroom.
The door should be push to exit, so you can open it by pushing with your elbow.
That would be ideal. I’ve also seen a few with weirdly discrete foot pedals. I like that idea, although the ones I’ve encountered haven’t exactly nailed the design.
I just use a paper towel to grab the handle (if there’s not foot pedal. What’s annoying is when there’s no trash can near the door to toss the paper towel while exiting.
Out of idle curiosity about your username, I’d like to ask.
Dune, cryptography, or both?
I’m a Dune fan and work in security, so I’d say both!
Haven’t seen that.
You can also push a door open with a foot as you take a step forward.
It’s trickier than using an elbow, as it involves the balancing act of putting your weight on the door, which will give way, before allowing your foot to actually land. Do it wrong or with a door that’s much lighter than you thought, and you fall over as you deliberately shift your weight off the one foot you’re still standing on :D
I initially started doing it to push open doors while holding stuff with my hands, but now I kinda just walk into doors and open them with a foot as I do.
We’re talking of pulling doors open. Unless I misread, I believe you’re describing a method of pushing a door outwards.
I am.
How would a pedal that opens a door towards you work? Unless it’s like a handle for your foot?
Yeah it kind of is… The ones on the bathroom doors at my work place are a little metal plate at the bottom of the door with a grip on it, and a kind of… lip? I don’t know how else to describe it. You can probably find photos if you’re that interested.
But yeah, you kind of have to pause for a split second and brace, then you use your foot on the grip to pull the door open. After one or two times, it’s second nature now.
My place of work installed those foot pedals around COVID time, and they work just fine.
I’ve also seen the ones that have the pull handle, plus the little piece that extends upwards so you can use your forearm to pull the door open.
I’m pretty sure there’s regulations against that, so you’re not pushing a door into a random passer by as you’re exiting the bathroom.
The foot hook handle thing is my preferred method.
That might not be up to fire standards demanding doors in the hallway to be opened to the inside of the room.
Is that a thing?
Feels like something door closer makes irrelevant.
You’d think fire code would require exit always be push, because that makes evacuating smoother.
For small spaces with limited occupancy, you can get away with opening into the room. Main exits are push, unless it opens onto a public sidewalk and not a stoop or something.
Assuming the bathroom is in a hallway, having the door open into the hallway would cause the flight path to be narrowed which would be against (some) fire code(s).
After all, significantly more people would want to flee through the hallway than out of a room adjacent to the hallway.
If they opened outward, they’d block egress in the hallway, which would have equal or more traffick than any single room connected and will enough people in the hallway, you wouldn’t be able to open the door to escape at all.
I imagine it’s because bathrooms have no point of egress, so the ability to block the bathroom door from the outside (intentionally or not) needs to be avoided at all costs for safety reasons.
Makes sense.
yay critical thinking!
I prefer airport style bathroom entry and exits … there is no door, just a walkway the gives privacy to the entry so that you can’t see inside from the hallway.
Takes up more space though
So’s your mom lol
Alri
I’m fond of the paper method. Paper barrier to protect me from the gross handle.
Me: grabs both handles
Schrodinger’s washed hands
Which handle is for opening the door with my (washed) prehensile pp?
there should be a guy in every bathroom who body slams you into the pavement if you don’t wash your hands for 20 seconds with warm soap and water
Per the CDC
Use your preferred water temperature – cold or warm – to wash your hands. Warm and cold water remove the same number of germs from your hands. The water helps create soap lather that removes germs from your skin when you wash your hands. Water itself does not usually kill germs; to kill germs, water would need to be hot enough to scald your hands.
this whole time i had no idea… thank you. i’ll update the suggestion in light of this new information
BOOOOOOOO! DOUBLE-DOWN! DOUBLE-DOWN! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
I still wouldn’t trust either handle. People are assholes.
There are some folk who I went to school with I can see rubbing their assholes on the handles because “fuck you, you’re a sign not a cop”. I’m sure there’s a name for that disorder.
Oppositional Defiance Disorder, I have a coworker like this. It’s exhausting.
“Don’t you dare do anything I say”
He is also too intelligent for reverse psychology. I just ignore him if I can.
I like public restroom doors that have a handle like protrusion down near the bottom for your foot
Literally scrolling while pooping at work and someone came in, did their thing and left without hand washing. These idiots walk among us.
I see it happen all too often. People suck.
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This problem is solved by having paper towels (air dryers suck) and placing the paper towel trash bin next to the door so that you can use your hand-full of towels as a barrier between the handle and throw the towels away as you leave.
also a foot handle
Or motorized door, or no door at all, this clearly isn’t a house, just have an S shaped passage. Voila, way fewer sick people on your building. It quickly pays for itself. And without reminding everyone on every day of how gross humans are.
it seems like a good idea to me, but my question is would it lead to more poop particles circulating more widely throughout the building than without a door? ig airports, etc seem fine with it so it must not be a big problem?
This is probably a weird cropping, but I like to think this doors pushed open since there are no hinges on this side.
Based on the differences in color for each handle it makes me wonder if the one for not washing your hands is a different material. Maybe an antimicrobial metal like a copper alloy.
Instructions unclear, genitalia stuck in the lower door handle. Send HALP
