Just when I thought British hygiene was pretty rudimentary (personal observation in public toilets*), I find a study that suggests 1/3 of French people don't wash their hands after going to the toilet, and less than half before eating.
The bombshell is that only 1 in 5 Frenchmen change their underwear more than twice a week.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/26/unclean-french-continue-flout-basic-personal-hygiene-rules-study
*I'm the bloke that avoids public toilets unless I'm bursting to pee and then uses the paper towel to turn off the tap and open the exit door before depositing the damp paper in a bin. |
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"Just when I thought British hygiene was pretty rudimentary (personal observation in public toilets*), I find a study that suggests 1/3 of French people don't wash their hands after going to the toilet, and less than half before eating.
The bombshell is that only 1 in 5 Frenchmen change their underwear more than twice a week.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/26/unclean-french-continue-flout-basic-personal-hygiene-rules-study
*I'm the bloke that avoids public toilets unless I'm bursting to pee and then uses the paper towel to turn off the tap and open the exit door before depositing the damp paper in a bin."
Paper towels, toilet roll have more germs on them than toilet seats. |
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"Paper towels, toilet roll have more germs on them than toilet seats."
Using a toilet seat to turn off the tap and open the door tends to draw attention.
It's also unlikely to fit in a typical waste bin. |
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"I'd estimate that 90% of men don't wash their hands after using public loos!
I'm not in there long enough to count to ten, but at least 50% don't.
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I'm a cleaner in a pub and I can tell you that it's not just men . In fact , believe it or not there are always paper towels used in the men's toilet but not in the women's! The toilet s have been used , I point the paper when I've cleaned from one day to the next but I can go in a find nobody has washed their hands . There's only the public toilet s for staff as well. Food is served on the premises and the kitchen has no hand soap only the soap in the toilets . Funnily enough when any one has the winter vomiting bug or the cold , they all get it! |
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I think us Brits are gross. I'd estimate that 90% of men don't wash their hands after using public loos! 
