Here is my dumb question of the day.:dunce: I assume that most of you buy only soaps that contain no animal products for your homes. What do you do outside of your home? Do you use the soap (most likely with animal products)in that restroom, skip washing your hands, take your own soap with you or just avoid using restrooms outside of your own?

I just use the soap at the restrooms. I never really thought about it until now. I drink water constantly, I have to hit the restroom about everywhere that I go.....I guess that is another angle of veganism I had not thought about.

Quite honestly I am doing the best that I can to go vegan right now. Eating about 90-95% vegan right now, switching to cleaning products and all of my health and beauty products that are all animal and cruelty free. My wallet is suffering. Once I can get that down, I will have to think of outside the home vegan care! :rockon:

I will be interested on the input this thread gets. :smoke:

Today at work I just thought of this myself...I was in the restroom and put soap on my hands and thought, "I bet this soap isn't cruelty-free or animal-free":sweat: I have to admit that I'll probably continue to use soap in public restrooms, but I have replaced all my soap at home with animal-friendly fare. I'm still working on switching over cleaning products and shoes though:notvegan:

If I go on a trip, I take my own soap with me.

In other cases, rinsing my hands is usually enough, I don't need soap.

If I go on a trip, I take my own soap with me.

In other cases, rinsing my hands is usually enough, I don't need soap.
Remind me not to shake your hand. :sick:

I always carry sanitizer in my purse that substitutes quite well.

I use the soap in the restrooms that's provided, and try not to think about it too much. It actually bothers me more to see some chick leaving the water running at full power longer than necessary, and then grab 4 times the amount of paper towel needed to dry her hands.

Use the soap in the restrooms!!!! No need to give people another example of a sickly vegan (catching germs all the time!)

That said, when I travel, I bring my own soap, and I quite guiltlessly use soap in restrooms.

It actually bothers me more to see some chick leaving the water running at full power longer than necessary, and then grab 4 times the amount of paper towel needed to dry her hands.
The hospital I volunteered at recommended leaving the water running while washing for 30 secs, then grabbing a paper towel to turn off the water and use the paper towels to open the door. We had to watch a few videos on it during our yearly training sessions. Maybe the water and paper towel wasters that you see have been through similar training.

I use soaps wherever I am at. I am not even sure that the soap I have at home for handwashing is vegan because I did not buy it.

Remind me not to shake your hand. :sick:

How often are people getting pee on their hands when they go? I really don't think you have much to worry about.

If i'm in a public place, I just use the soap that's there. At work, I pee a lot during a 8-9 hour shift. I soap about 2 out of 7 times I pee there. My hands get way too dry if I soap every time. If I poop, I'll use soap. :D Especially since reading that doo doo germs can go through 6 layers of toilet paper.
I always laugh to myself when I wash my hands after going poop. I always think "I COULD be getting my b12 naturally if I didn't wash my hands so much.."

How often are people getting pee on their hands when they go? I really don't think you have much to worry about.

Doesn't just have to be about the pee. If some guy who hasnt showered in 2 days went to the bathroom and held his sweaty wang while peeing, I wouldn't want to to touch his unwashed hand afterwards.

Not washing one's hands after going to the loo is a disgusting habit. Animal cruelty soap or not, I wash my hands out of respect for ME and for my fellow companions.

I vigorously boil my hands for three minutes after I relieve myself.

Oh sure, it hurts like the mighty bejesus, but it gets around the problem of using non-vegan soap for me.


No.

Seriously.

Wash your hands after relieving yourself.

Before you cook.

After you cook.

Before you eat.

After you wipe.

Whenever.

If nothing else you're likely to be much healthier for it.

Anyway, until someone invents portable vegan wallet soap I'll just use what's provided and bring my own on trips.

Cheers!
TJ

How often are people getting pee on their hands when they go? I really don't think you have much to worry about.I'll dip my genitals in the next soup you're going to eat and we'll see whether you have something to worry about :p

How often are people getting pee on their hands when they go? I really don't think you have much to worry about.
It's not pee I'm worried about. Frankly, I'm more worried about catching an illness from a germ-ridden toilet handle/faucet/doorknob than I am from someone's urine or even from a toilet seat. The more we wash our hands with hot water and soap, the more we can prevent the casual spread of pathogens. During cold/flu season, I used to go through the bathroom and kitchen at work with a can of Lysol and disinfect all the toilet handles, stall latches, faucets, doorknobs, and the fridge handles. I bet people catch a lot of upper respiratory infections from seemingly innocuous things in the communal kitche that everyone touches, like the fridge handle and coffeepot handle.

Anyway, I use the soap wherever I am and don't worry about it. I'm more concerned about the people who waste water by flushing five times every time they use the bathroom, and waste paper towels by grabbing a whole handful and throwing them away barely used.

I'll dip my genitals in the next soup you're going to eat and we'll see whether you have something to worry about :p

I hope for your sake it's gazpacho.

Cheers!
TJ

I hope for your sake it's gazpacho.

Cheers!
TJ:lol:

I vigorously boil my hands for three minutes after I relieve myself.




I vigorously boil my privates after relieving myself. It's surprisingly invigorating. :surprised



Oh sure, it hurts like the mighty bejesus, but it gets around the problem of using non-vegan soap for me.


:lol:

bejesus is an inherently funny word.

The hospital I volunteered at recommended leaving the water running while washing for 30 secs, then grabbing a paper towel to turn off the water and use the paper towels to open the door. We had to watch a few videos on it during our yearly training sessions. Maybe the water and paper towel wasters that you see have been through similar training.
Yep, I interned at a nursing home and that's what they told us to do as well. I know I've gotten mean looks a few times because I leave the water running while I get a few paper towels to turn the faucet off, then open the door with the towels. If you only get one paper towel, the paper is sopping wet (as I thoroughly rinse) and then the wet paper would just transfer the germs right back through the wet towel--or so I've been told by nursing students and the nursing home training.

Most of the people I see using gobs of paper towels aren't doing that. They're just wasting them.

I hope for your sake it's gazpacho.

Cheers!
TJ

ROFL :lol:

Most of the people I see using gobs of paper towels aren't doing that. They're just wasting them.
Yeah, I've seen people just grab a bunch of papertowels after turning off the faucet and barely dab their hands before throwing them away, then opening the door:doh:

Yeah, I've seen people just grab a bunch of papertowels after turning off the faucet and barely dab their hands before throwing them away, then opening the door:doh:

Oh, yeah! The old sweaty doorknob trick. I'm pretty sure some of the guys at my work invented it.

I swear to god.

From now on I'm going to bring rubber gloves and tongs with me everywhere I go.

Or maybe I'll just give up liquids altogether.

'cos man can other people be gross or what???

Cheers!
TJ