Seems like taiwanese men rarely wash their hands with soap. Nearly everyone in Taipei at least washes with water but almost no one uses the soap. It’s pretty gross and makes me worried about restaurant staff.
One time I went to a restaurant with my wife and get family. The soap dispenser was empty. I asked my wife to help me ask the staff to please refill soap and they told us they don’t have soap! I couldn’t believe it. Luckily I mostly eat at home but what the hell is up with these habits?
In other cases people here seem so afraid of germs but yet still do this things that will make them sick. It just makes no sense
Kaoshiung, most of the washrooms I use don’t have soap in the dispenser, and most of the time if people turn on the tap at all the water doesn’t run long enough to even wet their hands…
I feel that some people have a similar thought process as with mask wearing. Masks protect them from getting sick. Similarly, they won’t get sick from their own faeces. Therefore, there’s no need to wash their hands.
This reminds me of the time I was sitting on a bench chatting to friend in a large park. Nearby was a public bathroom and I happened to notice a local yokel wandering in to take care of some business. He emerged about 10 minutes later, casually started walking away, and then stopped. He raised his hand to his nose, smelled it, and made a funny face. He then turned around and walked back into the bathroom to, I assume, wash his hand(s)
Yes, sure. You can get infected by feces of other people.
My point was that your own feces are not a problem.
Mind that there are hygienic implications of that: always wash hands before eating not just after use of toilet.
This is because you can get the microbes on your hands from touching objects other people touched: door handles, railings, furniture, toys etc
I’m sorry to tell you that a lot of women don’t even wash their hands. Also, a lot of bathrooms don’t have soap at all. In winter, their excuse is that they avoid it so that their hands don’t get cold. During the rest of the year…I guess they avoid it so that their hands don’t get too dry?
Also, a lot of bathrooms don’t have soap at all. In winter, their excuse is that they avoid it so that their hands don’t get cold. During the rest of the year…I guess they avoid it so that their hands don’t get too dry?