K32682 Posted February 10, 2020 #76 Share Posted February 10, 2020 33 minutes ago, ducklite said: I have no problem reminding someone who is leaving a restroom directly from a stall without washing their hands that they "forgot something." I have no problem ignoring comments from self-appointed toilet monitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed01106 Posted February 10, 2020 #77 Share Posted February 10, 2020 38 minutes ago, ducklite said: I have no problem reminding someone who is leaving a restroom directly from a stall without washing their hands that they "forgot something." Old joke: Sailor: (to a Marine leaving the head without washing his hands): In the navy we learn to wash our hands after using the urinal. Marine: In the marines we learn not to pee on our hands. 😀😀😀 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted February 10, 2020 #78 Share Posted February 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Donald said: Last year in the USA, over 700 Americans died from complications coming from Norovirus. vs. over a thousand Chinese in just over a month from novel corona. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted February 10, 2020 #79 Share Posted February 10, 2020 19 minutes ago, K32682 said: I have no problem ignoring comments from self-appointed toilet monitors. How often do they have occasion to bring up the issue in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted February 10, 2020 #80 Share Posted February 10, 2020 1 hour ago, ducklite said: I leave the water running if the faucet isn't an automatic one and turn it off with a papertowel. Dispose of that one and grab another to dry my hands. Problem solved. What if they have an electric hand dryer and no paper towels ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducklite Posted February 10, 2020 #81 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Just now, lenquixote66 said: What if they have an electric hand dryer and no paper towels ? Toilet roll will do as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted February 10, 2020 #82 Share Posted February 10, 2020 What if all the stalls are in use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted February 10, 2020 #83 Share Posted February 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said: What if all the stalls are in use ? That is a contingency you should have contemplated upon first entering the bathroom - and you should then put into effect your Plan B - using the supply of paper towels you always carry in your pocket, or Plan C - finding another bathroom. I you cruise unprepared, you must be prepared for problems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mom says Posted February 10, 2020 #84 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, lenquixote66 said: What if all the stalls are in use ? Then you are doomed to stand there helplessly drip drying until some good Samaritan opens the door for you. Or someone exits a stall. Whichever comes first. Edited February 10, 2020 by mom says 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducklite Posted February 10, 2020 #85 Share Posted February 10, 2020 3 hours ago, lenquixote66 said: What if all the stalls are in use ? Then I'd wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted February 11, 2020 #86 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 hours ago, mom says said: Then you are doomed to stand there helplessly drip drying until some good Samaritan opens the door for you. Or someone exits a stall. Whichever comes first. I worked with a guy who never dried his hands.He shook the water off.He felt that the drying of his hands caused damage to his skin . We all have quirks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted February 11, 2020 #87 Share Posted February 11, 2020 59 minutes ago, ducklite said: Then I'd wait. I am waiting for Godot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K32682 Posted February 11, 2020 #88 Share Posted February 11, 2020 5 hours ago, navybankerteacher said: How often do they have occasion to bring up the issue in the first place? It hasn't happened so far. In public toilets I do my business and mind my own business. Self-appointed toilet monitors should do the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Steelers0854 Posted February 11, 2020 #89 Share Posted February 11, 2020 10 hours ago, lenquixote66 said: After you wash your hands with soap and water and get them clean you have to shut the faucet which is not clean. On my last cruise I only went to a public restroom twice ,it was a 14 day cruise. i bring 3-5 bottles of Purell from home. when was the last time you saw a faucet on a cruise ship in a public bathroom that wasn’t automatic? also purell isn’t effective against any virus just FYI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted February 11, 2020 #90 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Steelers0854 said: when was the last time you saw a faucet on a cruise ship in a public bathroom that wasn’t automatic? also purell isn’t effective against any virus just FYI. In the words of Joe Greene “anything is possible on any given day”. I have not been on every ship on the seas and therefore not in every bathroom. I have been using Purell on every cruise I have been on since the product became available and I have yet to become sick on a cruise.I also take Purell with me to restaurants,theaters,etc, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted February 11, 2020 #91 Share Posted February 11, 2020 We've been off the grid so I'll admit that I've not read all these replies. But I've often wondered if hand washing is to keep the 'hand washer' from transmitting cooties to others rather than the 'hand washer' getting cooties from other. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruznjan Posted February 11, 2020 #92 Share Posted February 11, 2020 No problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted February 11, 2020 #93 Share Posted February 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, clo said: We've been off the grid so I'll admit that I've not read all these replies. But I've often wondered if hand washing is to keep the 'hand washer' from transmitting cooties to others rather than the 'hand washer' getting cooties from other. ? I just did a little research and, yes, you're supposed to wash to protect others. That's all that makes sense, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted February 11, 2020 #94 Share Posted February 11, 2020 7 hours ago, K32682 said: I have no problem ignoring comments from self-appointed toilet monitors. 1 hour ago, K32682 said: It hasn't happened so far. In public toilets I do my business and mind my own business. Self-appointed toilet monitors should do the same. How do you ignore comments which haven’t been made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted February 11, 2020 #95 Share Posted February 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, clo said: I just did a little research and, yes, you're supposed to wash to protect others. That's all that makes sense, right? Washing your hands is one of the few actions you can perform which benefits others and yourself at the same time. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K32682 Posted February 11, 2020 #96 Share Posted February 11, 2020 18 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said: How do you ignore comments which haven’t been made? Sufficient experience with bothersome busy bodies in other situations to know what my initial response would be. When in the toilet are you inclined toward casting furtive glances at other people's hands and correcting anyone who doesn't meet your hygiene standards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted February 11, 2020 #97 Share Posted February 11, 2020 22 minutes ago, K32682 said: Sufficient experience with bothersome busy bodies in other situations to know what my initial response would be. When in the toilet are you inclined toward casting furtive glances at other people's hands and correcting anyone who doesn't meet your hygiene standards? No “furtive glances” are required to notice some vulgar slob who fails to observe basic and generally accepted (not simply mine) hygiene standards. And, any responsible person will speak up in circumstances where indicated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K32682 Posted February 11, 2020 #98 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said: No “furtive glances” are required to notice some vulgar slob who fails to observe basic and generally accepted (not simply mine) hygiene standards. And, any responsible person will speak up in circumstances where indicated. And when you do speak up and are ignored then what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted February 11, 2020 #99 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Last year was a study done at airports and in airplanes and they found in that usually the cleanest places was the public toilet, probably because they are constantly cleaned. I would think cruise ships clean the public toilets incessantly and if people are deliberately avoiding them then they are most likely the cleaner parts of the ship😛. It is a bit like how most people avoid the first stall assuming it is the most used therefore the dirtiest but because everyone trys to avoid using it, it becomes under utilized and therefore the cleanest😆. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted February 11, 2020 #100 Share Posted February 11, 2020 36 minutes ago, K32682 said: And when you do speak up and are ignored then what? I have yet to encounter the sort of schlub who was so confidently entrenched in his slovenliness that he ignored a courteous reminder about the normal, civilized practice of washing his hands after relieving himself in a public bathroom. I suppose, however, that such a dismal person might still be encountered. I might be tempted to follow him out of the bathroom- continuing the reminder so that others present might be aware of the sort of person they were travelling with - I’ll have to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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