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I am not his supervisor.are you his supervisor?
if yes, absolutely you should talk to him
dont make it confrontational
just lay out the issue, and have him come up with the solution
ie....he will stop splashing so much, or use paper towels after to clean up
shouldnt be a big deal
We hired a new kid fresh out of college earlier this year. He's 25. Good kid. Nice kid. But, he's OCD about washing his hands. That, in and of itself, is fine. I find it curious, but otherwise really don't care.
What I do care about, is this ritual he does at the end of every hand washing. He is apparently afraid to turn the water off and get germs, so he cups his hands and splashes water on the faucet handles before he shuts them off. He will do this several times. In doing this he also splashes water all over the sink... and does not clean it up. That is the issue, the pools of water on the sink. It is not uncommon for someone to go in with something in their hand and set it down, only to have it get wet because he didn't wipe the sink when he was done.
I want to say something to him, but with today's uber-sensitive and uber-letigious work world I also don't want to get in trouble for being insensitive to his issue or "disability". (I don't think OCD is a disability, hence the quote marks.)
Here's the question: Should I talk to him, or should I talk to management and let them deal with it?
FWIW, he's a good kid and probably would work with us, and is just clueless, but ya never know.
I am not his supervisor.
We hired a new kid fresh out of college earlier this year. He's 25. Good kid. Nice kid. But, he's OCD about washing his hands. That, in and of itself, is fine. I find it curious, but otherwise really don't care.
What I do care about, is this ritual he does at the end of every hand washing. He is apparently afraid to turn the water off and get germs, so he cups his hands and splashes water on the faucet handles before he shuts them off. He will do this several times. In doing this he also splashes water all over the sink... and does not clean it up. That is the issue, the pools of water on the sink. It is not uncommon for someone to go in with something in their hand and set it down, only to have it get wet because he didn't wipe the sink when he was done.
I want to say something to him, but with today's uber-sensitive and uber-letigious work world I also don't want to get in trouble for being insensitive to his issue or "disability". (I don't think OCD is a disability, hence the quote marks.)
Here's the question: Should I talk to him, or should I talk to management and let them deal with it?
FWIW, he's a good kid and probably would work with us, and is just clueless, but ya never know.
I am not his supervisor.
We share the same supervisor.Oh. Then it is difficult. Is his also your boss?
Old office building, in a rural area. I hear ya, but it's not my money.Bite the bullet and install motion sensing faucet. It's the 21st century for gods sake
I thought about posting a sign in the restroom, but that seemed kind of passive-aggressive.Generic office memo about cleaning up in the bathroom and include not splashing water everywhere.
I thought about posting a sign in the restroom, but that seemed kind of passive-aggressive.
Agree the sign would be inappropriate.don't do that, it would cruel in the extreme
deal directly with the problem...go to your boss and talk about "best practices"
and ensure the paper towels are there, they should be anyway
I would never place my cleanly washed hands on the door knob of a washroom ever
nor would I touch the taps
our taps are elbow friendly otherwise...paper towels will easily solve this
Agree the sign would be inappropriate.
And we do have paper towels right there. The soap and paper towel dispensers are motion-sensed, too, but the faucet is not.
We share the same supervisor.
Old office building, in a rural area. I hear ya, but it's not my money.
They're talking upgrade to the whole building, but also probably for at least not another 3 years... and IMO that's optimistic.
I thought about posting a sign in the restroom, but that seemed kind of passive-aggressive.
I am not his supervisor.
don't do that, it would cruel in the extreme
deal directly with the problem...go to your boss and talk about "best practices"
and ensure the paper towels are there, they should be anyway
I would never place my cleanly washed hands on the door knob of a washroom ever
nor would I touch the taps
our taps are elbow friendly otherwise...paper towels will easily solve this
(removed)You germophobes boggle my mind.I seriously don't get it.
There's jizz all over the handles, sure, I ain't touching them either. But standard faucet handles at work? Generally can't find anything wrong with them.
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...suffice to say when people turn the facet on their hands may contain urine or feces as they have just come from using the toilet, if you clean your hands and touch them, you have contaminated them again
you people who are completely ignorant of basic hygiene boggle my mind
take a health course and educate yourself
Right, but you turn them on and then you wash your hands.I'm not going to concern myself with worrying about some microbes that humans have spent millions of years building up resistance and immunities to.Provided there's not an actual clump of poop on the handle and it's visually clean,
Attempting to avoid everyday microbes isn't "basic hygiene",.get a grip
Well, it doesn't specify, but the OP didn't make it sound like he works in a hospital, and neither do I. So looks like I'm all set, chief.good thing science understands bacteria better than you do
don't go into medicine, you will kill your patients with your bacteria laden hands
oh and by the way
it's happened... yup one of the best ways to spread bacteria in a hospital is poor hand washing
good luck there skippy
We hired a new kid fresh out of college earlier this year. He's 25. Good kid. Nice kid. But, he's OCD about washing his hands. That, in and of itself, is fine. I find it curious, but otherwise really don't care.
What I do care about, is this ritual he does at the end of every hand washing. He is apparently afraid to turn the water off and get germs, so he cups his hands and splashes water on the faucet handles before he shuts them off. He will do this several times. In doing this he also splashes water all over the sink... and does not clean it up. That is the issue, the pools of water on the sink. It is not uncommon for someone to go in with something in their hand and set it down, only to have it get wet because he didn't wipe the sink when he was done.
I want to say something to him, but with today's uber-sensitive and uber-letigious work world I also don't want to get in trouble for being insensitive to his issue or "disability". (I don't think OCD is a disability, hence the quote marks.)
Here's the question: Should I talk to him, or should I talk to management and let them deal with it?
FWIW, he's a good kid and probably would work with us, and is just clueless, but ya never know.
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