James Dyson suggestion box 1

[keano77]

After you've dried your hands on one of his efficient machines why doesn't the machine feed you a hygienic tissue that you can use to open the filthy, pathogenic door handle? Otherwise you've spent two or three minutes on an arm workout similar to washing clothes on an old-fashioned washboard all for nought. Defeats the object.

(Idea Copyright Keano 2017)

[uncleglen]

You could always take a small bottle of hand gel in with you- the driers in Ikea are the best- you get a free hand massage with those!

[JohnL]

just wait until someone else opens the door :)

[Robert Poste's Child]

Use a piece of loo paper to open the door and chuck it into the loo as the door swings shut behind you. Or use your sleeve.

[Saffron]

These dryers aren't super hygienic anyway. They micro-aerosolise bacteria remaining after handwashing. Then it's nicely inhalable and spread all around the room too. Charming.

[JohnL]

JohnL Wrote:

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> just wait until someone else opens the door :)

of course this means standing at the door to the mens smiling hopefully at every boy :)

[Earl Aelfheah]

just wipe your hands on the back of your trousers and be done with it.

[red devil]

What rah said. Odds are that if any germs are on the toilet door they will have been transferred elsewhere e.g. the next door you use etc etc. Life's too short...

[JoeLeg]

red devil Wrote:

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> What rah said. Odds are that if any germs are on

> the toilet door they will have been transferred

> elsewhere e.g. the next door you use etc etc.

Not really, no. In fact not at all the case. The only way to be sure is to carry your own antibacterial wipes.

However...

> Life's too short...

Very true. Very true indeed. If you're going to star worrying about toilet door handles theN the list of things you should also worry about will have you doing a Howard Hughes, and OCD behaviour is less fun than it looks.

[red devil]

JoeLeg Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

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> > What rah said. Odds are that if any germs are

> on

> > the toilet door they will have been transferred

> > elsewhere e.g. the next door you use etc etc.

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> Not really, no. In fact not at all the case. The

> only way to be sure is to carry your own

> antibacterial wipes.

So how long does an anti-bacterial wipe supposedly give protection for? We're in contact with germs all day long. And is constant use of anti-bacterial wipes a good thing in the long run? Only this week there's been reports on a Gov ad campaign for people not to be so over reliant on anti-biotics, as bacteria are building up a resistance to them...

[JoeLeg]

Antibacterial wipes will clean whatever is on your hands at that moment - the best if you can get it is the stuff your wipe over your hands when entering a hospital ward, but again it will only sanitise your hands from that point - touch a handle on a bus or the door to your office building and you're back to square one. This is why constantly sanitising is a road to OCD which is not a fun place to end up.

And of course there is the point you make which is essentially that a certain level of exposure to germs is actually healthy (not 'hanging around Porton Down' level of course); the body needs to build inherent resistance as far as it can.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

When I use one of those Dyson hand drying machines, I imagine that my hands are skydiving.

[Seabag]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Use a piece of loo paper to open the door and

> chuck it into the loo as the door swings shut

> behind you. Or use your sleeve.

I've read it takes 27 layers to stop germs

[Cardigan006]

I love listening to the harpsichord...................and then some..

[dc]

Seabag Wrote:

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> Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> > Use a piece of loo paper to open the door and

> > chuck it into the loo as the door swings shut

> > behind you. Or use your sleeve.

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> I've read it takes 27 layers to stop germs

Sorry, but I think you either read wrong or read rubbish.

[Seabag]

dc Wrote:

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> Seabag Wrote:

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> > Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> > > Use a piece of loo paper to open the door and

> > > chuck it into the loo as the door swings shut

> > > behind you. Or use your sleeve.

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> > I've read it takes 27 layers to stop germs

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> Sorry, but I think you either read wrong or read

> rubbish.

Wholeheartedly agree.

Thanx