Does anyone really wash their hands that much?

I read that same study too soccermom. Scary, isn't it?! I avoid any public free candy dish just because of that...thanks, but no thanks!

That has got to be the grossest thing I have ever heard! I will be avoid publicly offered candies from now on. Thanks for the tip.

I've seen restaurant employees who do that. And, the second I get out of the bathroom I leave. I will not eat food in a place where a serving employee or waitress or cook has so obviously violated local health codes. It's against the law to do that. Those restaurants could get shut down for that and much less. If you ever see it again, please be sure to call your local health department to report it. They do want to hear about this stuff. And you could be saving one of the restaurant's customers from a bad hepatitus infection. That's what happened with the Wolfgang Puck catering incident in Los Angelos. Did you hear about that?

Luckily I haven't seen this happen in restaurants with employees. It's actually usually just in a store or a restaurant where it's just another person there eating or even sometimes at my job in an office. It's horrid. I'd definitely report it if I saw it in a restaurant with their employee. I didn't hear about the wolfgang thing, that's crazy.

I've seen people do that before too. It is very gross and disgusting. Don't people care that they might make others sick? And, even so, the same people might make their own kids sick. Most parents handle the food their kids are going to eat. Most days, I wash my hands with antibacterial hand soap or dish detergent before handling my daughter's food. And, then rinse forever! I am so meticulous with her health. A person has to be, or their kid ends up sick all the time. And, the hand washing has to be done outside of the bathroom too, like during food preparation in the kitchen. When I was growing up, my mom was not very careful when handling raw chicken and the entire family got a flu like illness that lasted almost one entire month. At the time everyone assumed that it was flu, but years later I was reading that if you don't wash your hands or counter top surfaces after handling raw chicken you can spread the salmonella to your cooked food. I'm pretty sure that's what happened.

Yes, I am familiar with what you are talking about. It's called a compulsion. But, I am sure more people could happily suffer from a little compulsive hand washing and it would not hurt them. Germy hands could however. Thanks for dropping by. Always nice to talk to you, youless!