Hygiene
I was trying to figure out how to spell the word hygiene this evening. I've never written it before, as far as I can remember.
Hygiene.
Doesn't it look weird?
Naturally, this got me wondering...where lies the boundary between practical hygiene and germophobic behavior? Let's go over some examples. There is no right answer, so don't feel like I'm being Mr. hygienically-superior-pants or anything. Clearly, that is not the case. For each of the following, rate it either "Yeah, I do that" or "No, that's a little much."
- Wiping the handle of a shopping cart at the grocery store with anti-bacterial wipes.
- Washing your hands after using the bathroom
- Opening a bathroom door with a paper towel after washing your hands
- Not sharing a glass with anyone
- Giving "air kisses" instead of shaking hands
- Never walking barefoot
- Wearing fresh Kleenex boxes on your feet while walking around your home
- Showering after exercise
- Showering after sneezing
- Following a shower with a layer of anti-bacterial gel and lye.
Not to be judgmental, but I would hope you said "Yeah, I do that" to all of the above. If not, gross!
You know, I really should clean my keyboard...soon. Like before 2010.
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I love people who wear flip-flops in the shower at the gym. It as if the flip-flop platform is magically keeping all the spoogey water away from them. Unless you wash those flip-flops every night, I suspect they're covered in exactly the same gunk the floor of the shower is!
# Posted By Dirty Girl
| 6/18/08 11:21 AM
Flipflops in the shower! I forgot that one. Damn. Of course, I do that. Even at home. Kleenex boxes are not very water proof, and I fear the germs know this ;)
# Posted By erikv
| 6/18/08 11:50 AM
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