So you're fastidious when it comes to germs. You are careful to wash your hands during flu season to avoid getting sick, and you don't even think twice about washing after using the restroom. Once your hands are clean, you routinely go to the only available option to dry your hands: the electric dryer hanging in the restroom you use at work / the gym/ the mall / in whatever public place you happen to be when nature calls. All good, right? Well... not so fast. You might want to brace yourself (but preferably not with your hands...).
According to the American Society for Microbiology, those hand dryers that have been billed as excellent for the environment because they cut back on paper waste might not be so great for our health. In fact, they have been shown to suck up bacteria that is floating in the air, heat it up, and then spray it all over the room (and your newly washed hands). Do you know what kind of bacteria might be floating around the air in a public restroom? You guessed it: poop.
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Also, think what that noise does to your hearing.
ReplyDeleteGerms, no. I Do ^^Not**^ think So.! This is the Next Chem Trailers experoment. Your poo Wind blowers will turn many people into ^^liberals?**^ but NOT me, listen now! Do not Kneel for flag now and No Chem Trailers Can Not fool me!!
ReplyDeleteDrinking early 6:31?
ReplyDeleteHaven't used them in years. Pat my hands on my jeans if they don't have paper.
ReplyDeleteExits from public restrooms should have doors that push outward instead of pulling inward. The handle inside the door is one of the dirtiest items in the room, made that way mostly by unwashed hands.
ReplyDeleteAnd for those places with paper towels, please put the trash can near the door so that we can use the towel to open the door if it's a "pull" and not a "push".
Answer is easy, bring napkins with you when you go.
ReplyDeleteI'm a pants wiper myself.
ReplyDeleteI was downtown in a city building bathroom and saw a man standing by one of these machines letting the air blow on his face!
ReplyDeleteI assumed they have FILTERS?
ReplyDeleteNo?
There are some NASTY bathrooms in this town.....NO Toilet paper...or TP sitting in the floor. The floor is so filthy your tennis shoes stick to the floor. Ladies rooms with no place to hang your hand bag so they end up in the floor or worst...falling in the john.....same with your coat. No hand soap. There are just so many nasty rooms I think we should keep a report on them. The good...the bad...the vomit.
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