| Posted By |
Message |
| Pages: 1 2 [3] |
melbalalala
Little Lady
Member since 5/07 5014 total posts
Name:
Melissa
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
Posted by oldtimerocknroll
As far as why it skeeves me out...
I'm not a germaphobe in any other area of life, but the air in a public bathroom has so much bacteria and so many germs. When you flush those toilets, germs come up into the air. People are touching everything with germ-infested hands. It seems like an unsanitary place for a toothbrush. Also, disease can get into your gums and enter your bloodstream. It just seems like too much of a risk for me, personally.
So smiling and mouth breathing are also a no-no in public bathrooms?
I'm all for not touching anything in a public bathroom without a paper towel in hand but a bloodstream infection from brushing your teeth at work seems a wee bit far-fetched...
|
Posted 6/30/16 8:26 PM  |
| |
|
Long Island Weddings
Long Island's Largest Bridal Resource |
|
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
Posted by melbalalala
Posted by oldtimerocknroll
As far as why it skeeves me out...
I'm not a germaphobe in any other area of life, but the air in a public bathroom has so much bacteria and so many germs. When you flush those toilets, germs come up into the air. People are touching everything with germ-infested hands. It seems like an unsanitary place for a toothbrush. Also, disease can get into your gums and enter your bloodstream. It just seems like too much of a risk for me, personally.
So smiling and mouth breathing are also a no-no in public bathrooms?
I'm all for not touching anything in a public bathroom without a paper towel in hand but a bloodstream infection from brushing your teeth at work seems a wee bit far-fetched...
You can brush your teeth if you want. I'm not going to start. Different people are skeeved out by different things.
Message edited 7/1/2016 12:20:47 AM.
|
| Posted 6/30/16 11:21 PM |
| |
|
WhatNow
Say Cheese!
Member since 1/06 8033 total posts
Name:
A (formerly WhatNow?)
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
I don't understand: people who are too afraid of germs to brush their teeth at work, do they place the toothbrushes directly on the sinks or the toilets? What difference does it make where one brushes if the toothbrush is not touching anything but the teeth of its owner!
I am just trying to follow the logic, very curious as to the thought process here...
|
| Posted 6/30/16 11:53 PM |
| |
|
Mushesgirl
Too blessed to be stressed
Member since 4/09 6691 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
yummy!
|
| Posted 7/1/16 8:42 AM |
| |
|
klingklang77
kraftwerk!
Member since 7/06 11487 total posts
Name:
Völlig losgelöst
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
Those who find brushing in public nasty because of germs in the air, what do you do with your toothbrushes at home? Are they in some airtight container?
|
| Posted 7/1/16 8:56 AM |
| |
|
Katareen
5,000 Posts!
Member since 4/10 7180 total posts
Name:
Katherine
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
Posted by klingklang77
Those who find brushing in public nasty because of germs in the air, what do you do with your toothbrushes at home? Are they in some airtight container?
We keep ours in the medicine cabinet.
I just find the brushing at work to be gross because I've seen people spitting into the sink and their spit sprays all over the faucet handles 
There are often threads on here about how disgusting everyone's coworkers are... So I would assume the same disgusting people aren't worried about keeping the bathroom clean and wiping up after themselves.
|
| Posted 7/1/16 9:26 AM |
| |
|
|
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
Posted by klingklang77
Those who find brushing in public nasty because of germs in the air, what do you do with your toothbrushes at home? Are they in some airtight container?
1. My toothbrush is not near my toilet.
2. I can ventilate my bathroom by opening a window or the door.
3. I am not flushing my toilet while brushing my teeth. The lid on the toilet is closed.
4. No one else is standing in my bathroom flushing the toilet while I am brushing my teeth.
5. I imagine that a public toilet needs more power in its system to deal with the constant flushing, creating a greater expulsion than a bathroom at home.
|
| Posted 7/1/16 9:37 AM |
| |
|
chilltocam
LIF Adult
Member since 11/11 9141 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
Posted by oldtimerocknroll
Posted by klingklang77
Those who find brushing in public nasty because of germs in the air, what do you do with your toothbrushes at home? Are they in some airtight container?
1. My toothbrush is not near my toilet.
2. I can ventilate my bathroom by opening a window or the door.
3. I am not flushing my toilet while brushing my teeth. The lid on the toilet is closed.
4. No one else is standing in my bathroom flushing the toilet while I am brushing my teeth.
5. I imagine that a public toilet needs more power in its system to deal with the constant flushing, creating a greater expulsion than a bathroom at home.
All of this. I keep my toothbrush in the medicine cabinet, where I know it's clean and always flush with the lid shut
|
| Posted 7/1/16 10:08 AM |
| |
|
NervousNell
Just another chapter in life..
Member since 11/09 54921 total posts
Name:
..being a mommy and being a wife!
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
I have a crest spin brush that came with a cover that goes over the bristles.
I also keep it in the medicine cabinet.
|
| Posted 7/1/16 11:05 AM |
| |
|
melbalalala
Little Lady
Member since 5/07 5014 total posts
Name:
Melissa
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
Posted by oldtimerocknroll
Posted by melbalalala
Posted by oldtimerocknroll
As far as why it skeeves me out...
I'm not a germaphobe in any other area of life, but the air in a public bathroom has so much bacteria and so many germs. When you flush those toilets, germs come up into the air. People are touching everything with germ-infested hands. It seems like an unsanitary place for a toothbrush. Also, disease can get into your gums and enter your bloodstream. It just seems like too much of a risk for me, personally.
So smiling and mouth breathing are also a no-no in public bathrooms?
I'm all for not touching anything in a public bathroom without a paper towel in hand but a bloodstream infection from brushing your teeth at work seems a wee bit far-fetched...
You can brush your teeth if you want. I'm not going to start. Different people are skeeved out by different things.
Good point. My strangest... I am so grossed out by "street clothes" touching my bed. Like coming home from work and sitting on the bed to change clothes makes me want to vomit, I think of all of the germs and dirt from the train, conference room chairs, restaurant seats... UGH And pretty much everyone i Know makes fun of me for it.
|
| Posted 7/1/16 1:48 PM |
| |
|
2BadSoSad
LIF Adult
Member since 8/12 6791 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
It doesn't normally skeeve me out, but there is one woman who is a SERIOUS toothpaste foamer when she brushes and its ALL over her face and mouth, makes me GAG so bad.
|
| Posted 7/1/16 10:00 PM |
| |
|
PhyllisNJoe
My Box Is Broken
Member since 6/11 9145 total posts
Name:
Phyllis
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
Posted by 2BadSoSad
It doesn't normally skeeve me out, but there is one woman who is a SERIOUS toothpaste foamer when she brushes and its ALL over her face and mouth, makes me GAG so bad.
Hahahahahaha serious toothpaste foamer hahahahaha
I only ever brushed my teeth at work if I was going to a dentist appointment right after.
I also skeeved when people did it but mainly bc of what others were saying - the sink spitting. I never want to watch someone spitting in general let alone in the sink I may be using next
Blech
Message edited 7/2/2016 1:43:06 PM.
|
| Posted 7/2/16 1:42 PM |
| |
|
Chai77
Brighter days ahead
Member since 4/07 7364 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Spinoff - do u brush your teeth @ work?
No way.
|
| Posted 7/2/16 3:22 PM |
| |
|
| Pages: 1 2 [3] |
