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To me, this is just ick!

In-x-s — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 04:45:03 GMT

Saw this today ............. brushing your teeth in a public restroom. I understand wanting to brush your teeth before a dental appointment you're going to directly from work. However, not only do I not like washing my hands in the sink after somebody has repeatedly spit in it, but the thought of brushing your teeth at a sink hundreds have used throughout the day just grosses me out!!

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VanSleepy — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 04:57:02 GMT

I don't know... I don't think it's so strange or disgusting. You have no idea what people may be doing in a public restroom!!

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sunshine45 — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 04:57:05 GMT

LOL i guess you have never lived in a dorm with a communal bathroom?

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adelle38 — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:00:48 GMT

It's not like you would put your toothbrush in the sink.

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Plaid Pants — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:04:03 GMT

Where I work, we have a sink in the breakroom. Would you prefer that people brush their teeth there?

People using the restroom sink to brush their teeth, to me is more preferable.

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madzonie — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:17:01 GMT

In public restrooms, I never touch the sink. I turn the water off (if it's manual) using a paper towel-covered hand. If there are no paper towels I use my sleeve or shirt tail (same with exiting the door). I don't see a problem with brushing teeth in a public restroom as long as you don't touch any surfaces.

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lovesrecess — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:25:59 GMT

Its better than the person sitting by me on a 3 hr flight last weekend flossing her teeth most of the flight.

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Toppers — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:27:26 GMT

Personally, I guess that I don't worry about these kinds of things too much, as I figure the hot soap and water would be washing things down the drain, so if I had to, I would brush my teeth at the sink and not think anything more about it.

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circles — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:27:34 GMT

if you want disgusting....I worked with a woman who would floss her teeth at the luncheon table....while people were eating...stuff was being flicked all over the place....

no, I never sat at the same table as her...I couldn't even look at her when she did that...I mostly tried to get a different lunch time ....

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dooBdoo — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:32:31 GMT

I'm not a germaphobe, but I try to touch as little as possible in a public restroom. I wouldn't want to brush my teeth there, but you never know why someone else might be doing so -- to each her/his own, I guess.

I used to work in a regional office which was set up as a maze of cubicles in a large room while our offices were being remodeled. One of the guys who worked with us decided to bring an enormous bottle of mouthwash to his cubicle and proceeded to gargle with it. Now, that was "just ick!"

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Plaid Pants — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:37:39 GMT

To me what's really gross is, when I'm in a public restroom, and there is a woman, inside a stall, and talking on the phone while she is using a toilet.

Nothing can be so important, that the person on the other end of the line has to hear you pee and/or take a dump as you talk with them.

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sylviahomeatlast — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 06:24:43 GMT

As I was reading, I thoight, " well I guess I don' think that's so bad. i don't touch unless I have a paper towel or even better, a no touch bathroom. ". By the end, I felt grossed out. (

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maisysiobhan — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 06:32:20 GMT

When I was in Vancouver BC, a couple of years ago, a Department Store restroom that I was in, had a sign at the sinks, that said something like, "Brushing your teeth? Please use a vanity stall". The vanity stalls were just a larger stall. They had a sink, and a mirror, with nice lighting. I guess the idea was, others might not want to see you brush your teeth, and, you could fuss with your make up, without blocking someone else, who, just needed to wash their hands.

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Mistic — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 06:36:52 GMT

Well, We have done a lot of camping all over the country. So, in that situation it is the norm. But I have seen a woman in a rest stop along the highway brushing her false teeth in the sink. She then laid her tooth brush on the counter to run them under the water. That kind of grossed me out.

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seattlegirl98026 — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:01:27 GMT

One day at work I went into the ladies room and a co-worker was washing her feet in the sink. I'd much rather someone brush their teeth than wash their feet in the communal sink.

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santorini — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:15:01 GMT

It's not the germ part that bothers me, it's the sound! I can't stand hearing strangers make all those noises and then spit, spit, spit, gargle..... Gross. I work with someone who does that and if you happen to be in there at the same time, she talks to you while she's brushing her teeth. I can't get out of there fast enough.

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Shorty2U — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:31:13 GMT

I see nothing wrong w it IF you have your toothbrush in a case and of course you don't touch the toothbrush on the sink! My husband actually brushes and or flosses daily after lunch at work. Has had 1 cavity since I met him in 1999. Every time he comes home from the dentist I say look ma no cavities? (For a joke like the old commercial!...lol). So it must help. (Really I think he just has great strong teeth but ya never know? It could be that lunch time ritual).

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In-x-s — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:21:14 GMT

Maybe it was just yesterday that it bothered me. I've used the camping shower houses and that doesn't bother me. Our building at work does not have the cleanest of bathrooms and yesterday morning having this toothpaste frothing woman next to me spitting and drooling at the sink just bothered me. I personally get ready for work at home, not after I get to work.

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brii — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:55:11 GMT

Public restrooms in general just disgust me. I can't imagine brushing my teeth in one.

I've used those Wisp brushes before. I don't do those things in public though.

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faeriemoon — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:37:08 GMT

Major yuck!! No way!!