Comments on: Unnecessary instructions

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:49:30 +0000

Vlad: I like the direct approach

Medivh: If you make sure there’s no witnesses, you’d be fine. They’d be too traumatised to tell anyone about it.

By: Medivh

Medivh — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:50:41 +0000

Whoa, wait a second. People open loo doors with a paper towel and then throw said towel back into the loo?

I suddenly know the answer to a question that was bugging me the whole of last year. Pity I don’t work there anymore; I can’t track down the culprit and spray them with water, but claim it’s urine.

That’d be an awesome way to get sacked… *grins evil-ly*

By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:04:46 +0000

> but do adults really need six illustrations to show them how to do it?

No, they don’t, because it won’t help. All they need is a big bright sign with “Wash your f*ckin’ hands if you tend to piss your palm and handshakes are common in your country!” And a shovel-yielding gorilla nearby, trained to hit their heads if they’re not following. No, better chop their pissed hands off, so they could do no more handshakes!

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:50:53 +0000

marr: this workplace’s ultimate clean freak does that exact thing!

By: marrngtn

marrngtn — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:03:57 +0000

Don’t you just love the germ freaks that use the paper towel to open the door when they leave the bathroom but are so trifling that they throw the paper towel behind the door making the “crapper” a “real crapper.”

By: The Ryno Pen » Another Squick In The Wall

The Ryno Pen » Another Squick In The Wall — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:48:12 +0000

[...] piggybacking on the talented and much-more-famous Mr Angry for inspiration with this entry, but his post on clean-freaks in his excellent blog put me in mind of another time, another place. Tech toys cost a lot, [...]

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:16:47 +0000

Katie: one step at a time

Massif: yeah, the germ freaks are actually doing themselves harm

Medivh: I’ll take your word about ACA, I certainly don’t watch it. And I was worried Massif might be starting something with bleach enemas…

By: Medivh

Medivh — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:44:09 +0000

Sounds like someone’s been watching A Current Affair too much, really. Or that other crap, what’s it called? “What’s good for you”? ‘Cause one of them ran something, relatively recently, regarding the germs that you find on keyboards and mice.

All I can say about that is, “consider yourself lucky if you’ve never used a computer in a computer science course at uni.” Not only are they crawling with the disease du jour, they’re visibly greasy and just a general mess.

Also, the same program ran something else, which might have sparked the sign, about the crud found under fingernails and how you need to wash your hands properly.

As if you didn’t know how to do that already…

But bleach enemas? That sounds fun! Me first!

By: Massif

Massif — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:54:16 +0000

I don’t mind people who actually have OCD, they’re just crazy people, and you can’t blame people for being crazy.

But the rest of them should chill the fuck out. You have an immune system for a reason. Also, obsessively avoiding any infection means that your immune system doesn’t get the exercise it needs, and is the immune system equivalent of the dorky guy in glasses on Mr. Muscle adverts. (Apologies if this is a cultural reference too far for many.)

You’ll also find that the human body carries a shitload (literally, in many cases) of bacteria and other pathogens around inside it at all times. You gonna give yourselves a bleach enema every day?

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:17:22 +0000

In the spirit of truth and honesty, I’m one of those people who’s got OCD-like tendencies about cleanliness, but, in my defense, at least I’ve stopped carrying the bottle of Germ-x in my purse.

Well… not quite. I just carry a smaller bottle. :]