purell?

mashedpotato

so my company put a giant purell dispenser in the ladies room, isn't the soap and water provided sufficient?  also, this seems to confuse some, I've seen 3 people put purell on their hands and then rinse it off as if it were soap. 

SarahBethBR

Our company did this during the first go round with swine flu.  I guess they think some people are more likely to just use the purell than wash their hands?I just realized I got shafted out of my free bottle of purell with my flu shot.

KristenBtobe

I got my flu shot yesterday, what an effing ordeal. After waiting nearly an hour, I got the last preservative free shot at the Walgreens I went to.  People are flu shot crazy. PS, that thing hurts! My arm and shoulder are killing me today.

cmc714

My office just put purell all over the place last month, including giving all of us mini bottles for our desks too. And I can't forget all the signs in the bathrooms reminding you that we 'all have germs' and to wash your hands!

Novemberrocks

My company put purell dispensers all over the building.  I totally agree with you, Kristen.  I see people coming in with hacking coughs and runny noses and it pisses me off.  Dude, you're not that important - taking a day off to keep your nasty germs to yourself is not going to sink the ship.

mashedpotato

the purell dispenser would have a much better use at the coffee pot and the table where all the wrapped utensils are, in my opinion.

FallinAgain

Yep, ours is 3 feet from the sink  I hear countless people wash their hands and then Purell.  Why?  And yes, how about putting it next to the copiers?

kmmssg

Soap and water is fine as long as people wash their hands for at least 17 seconds.  Very few people do.  I watch how people wash their hands (dorky) and my favorite is the old-lady-fingertip-rinse.  I see a lot of elderly ladies rinse off the tips of their fingers and call it washing their hands.  Most don't use soap.  I'll take the purell just because I know more people will have less germs.  Shouldn't be in the bathroom though.

ChristinS

I just got this image of the Purell people swimming in their money like the Uncle Scrooge duck. Does anyone else remember that show? I used to love when he swam through his money. I always wanted to try that.

SarahBethBR

Christin, my goals in life are to be able to swim in my money a la Scrooge McDuck and to have a closet filled with gold bars.  I think it will have to be a lot of pennies for the first and a very small closet for the second.

tastyburger

purell is the devil.  do you know that there is enough alcohol in those type of sanitizer gels to eat away asphalt?  and people put that on their hands. just WASH them, people.  I love clean hands.  I love nice smelling soap.  sometimes I wash my hands and then I smell them and go like this "snnnnnnnnnnniiiiiffffffff"

Stackeye210

Our executive director made a HUGE stink at the beginning of the week about not coming to work sick, and yesterday he made the office manager order big Purell dispensers.  AND TODAY - he comes to work sick and threw up all in the hallway trying to run to the bathroom.  FAIL.

tastyburger

eww.  adults should be able to get their v* into a proper receptacle.  I don't care if people come in with a cold, but diarrhea and puking is where I draw the line.

Stackeye210

The worst part is, he has done this before.  Only like 6 months ago.

Vinny08

I don't use Purell.  I am just an obsessive hand washer.  I now also have Lysol wipes that I use on my desk every couple of days.  I buy into those urban myths that talk about Purell initally killing the germs, but then creating a more habitable environment for cooties to breed shortly thereafter.  I also have heard that the alcohol content is so high, that small children have basically become drunk after eating it off of their hands.I was in the bathroom stall at work the other day and heard somebody leave without washing their hands.  I didn't realize people still did that.  I know that sounds stupid, but I really trusted that people, especially in a professional environment, would take that little step in germ management.

lindsayll

They have them in our building at the elevator banks.  I kind of appreciate the quick germ kill right after coming off the subway.  I try to be mindful about not touching my face at all during my commute, but I forget pretty quickly once I sit down at my desk and start the day.

Samtimes2

Thankfully my company was smart enough to put the purell in the break room with the coffee and the fridge. I'm somewhat of a germaphobe and I wash my hands for probably at least a minute. People will look at me strange because I will sit there and scrub and scrub. And then I have to use lotion because the soap dries out my skin.

FallinAgain

I was in the bathroom stall at work the other day and heard somebody leave without washing their hands. We have someone who does this too.  The first time, I gave her the benefit of the doubt that she was maybe late for the train and hurrying.  The second time she stopped to adjust her clothing and check her makeup before strolling out.  WTF?

tastyburger

20 seconds (or the amount of time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice) is the scientifically accepted amount of time it takes to thoroughly wash one's hands.when I'm at home and just doing a quick-pee, I don't always wash my hands.  when I'm out and about or at work, I do every time, but generally just because I like to wash my hands regularly whilst coming into contact with the nasty, germy public.

buddhagouda

[i]when I'm at home and just doing a quick-pee, I don't always wash my hands. when I'm out and about or at work, I do every time, but generally just because I like to wash my hands regularly whilst coming into contact with the nasty, germy public. [/i] This. Andplusalso, even if I wasn't a regular hand washer, I would still do it in a public restroom just because I would not want other people judging me.

Vinny08

Back in college, one of my roommates was very OCD about washing her hands, at home.  She would scrub her skin raw.  When she was out, she would never wash her hands.  She somehow rationalized that she came into contact with more germs by touching the sink and soap dispenser (however she disregarded everything else she touched up until that point).  I really never understood, like, at all.

CaliopeSpidrman

I actually have a complex about other people judging my hand washing.  I usually try to time it so that I don't have to wash in front of anybody.  If that means sitting in the bathroom stall for a minute while I wait for people to clear out, I'll do it.

Samtimes2

We have a lady at work that I'm pretty sure doesn't wipe herself after she pees. There is like 3 seconds between her finishing up and leaving the stall. I mean you can hear the toilet paper roll when someone gets it. And I know it takes longer than 3 seconds to wipe, pull up your pants and leave. I just don't get it.

SarahBethBR

Back in college, one of my roommates was very OCD about washing her hands, at home. She would scrub her skin raw. When she was out, she would never wash her hands. She somehow rationalized that she came into contact with more germs by touching the sink and soap dispenser (however she disregarded everything else she touched up until that point). I really never understood, like, at all. I do this if the bathroom is particularly nasty.  But it has to be REALLY gross.  Like, crusted nasty stuff around the sink gross.  Then I use purell.