I bet he would stop if you shit in the sink. Anyway, why does this trouble you? It's his mouth and dishes. Your only involvement is wafting your airborne stench particles, which you would be doing anyway.

One of things I hated most about being in the Navy was having to smell other people's shit while brushing my teeth in the morning.

As for the dish-washing ... maybe he's just rinsing them enough to re-pack and take home. Once there, he probably puts em in the dishwasher.

C Everett -- it doesn't trouble me; it baffles me. I'm looking for insights, not solutions.

Maybe he was raised in a 1 bathroom singlewide with 8 siblings. In that situation, multitasking the bathroom would be commonplace. How's that for insight?

Heres some insight: C Everett is a steak nugget

I've seen people brushing their teeth in the bathroom at work before (at a few different jobs). They're probably just germaphobes.

I have seen people brush their teeth at work.People usually clean dishes in the pantry sink.We had a guy who would not wash his coffee cup.It probably stunk worse then poop.

Mmmmmmmmm steeeeak nuggets ...

Certainly the bathroom is the appropriate place for relieveing oneself, brushing teeth and a host of personal grooming tasks. A bathroom sink, while not a kitchen, offers water for cleaning dishes at work. Patriotic makes a good point about your co-worker's bathroom utilization.

I brush my teeth in the shower or the kitchen sink because the water supply is higher than bending over a bathroom sink. People piss in the shower, shave in the shower. Why would these differ from the story mentioned? If the co-worked is unfazed, that's his dilemma (or lack thereof).

If I'm not mistaken, MythBusters once did an episode where they flushed a toilet and checked to see if the toothbrush 15 feet away got any microscopic poo-germs in its bristles. They did in fact find poo-germs.

Poopaloopas - the Mythbusters did indeed do the test you mention. Adam built two toothbrush racks in the bathroom. They placed twenty-four toothbrushes in the racks. Then, every day for a month, Adam and Jamie went in, washed their hands with antibacterial soap, then wet each toothbrush, put toothpaste on each one, then rinsed each one out with distilled water. They also left two toothbrushes in a glass on the top of the toilet, and they actually brushed their teeth with those. They also had two toothbrushes that they kept in the office, away from the bathroom. Those also got the wetting, toothpaste, rinse treatment. Additionally they kept track of how much dumpage (pee and poop) went on in the bathroom for that month.

At the end of the month, a Dr. Engel came over and tested each toothbrush for fecal coliform by rubbing them on a Petri dish and in some broth. She incubated the dishes and the test tubes, and then showed the guys that all of the toothbrushes, including the two in the office, had fecal coliform on them.

Myth true - fecal coliform bacteria do grow in toothbrush bristles.

However, when Adam asked if we should be concerned about this, Dr. Engel said no.

We keep our toothbrushes in a drawer now.

C.Everett, your shitting in the sink comment made me laugh pretty hard. Yeah, that might do it.

When I used to go out after work when I was bartending, I always took a folding toothbrush (one of the little ones that you can collapse into itself so it doesn't leak all over your purse) and a little toothpaste and would brush my teeth after my shift.

I would rather get odd looks in the bathroom than try to pick up a cute guy and get turned down because I have bad breath. Besides, 8 to 9 hours is a really long time not to brush and then go out slumming for guys. A girl's gotta have her limits.

However, washing your dishes in a public washroom sink is really, really odd. I mean, do you guys not have a kitchenette area? A lunchroom deal? Most offices do. Second, if it was me, I would, against my better judgement, either use paper plates (forgive me) or just bring Tupperware that has a top on it that I could close and take home to clean.

Yes, the dish washing thing is weird to me.

Amazingly, just this afternoon this happened to me again, and it had been quite awhile since the last time. And I decided that it does bother me (as C. Everett suggested). He brushed vigorously for 3 minutes, like he was playing an instrument, using his mouth to change the timbre and pitch of the sound, and I found it disturbing -- more grating, at least in that context, than the sound of someone shitting next to me. In my mind, I saw a ring of foam developing around his mouth, dripping down his chin and into the sink. I was trying hard to fart real loud, but had already blown my load.

Regarding the dishes, there is a sink in a small kitchenette area not 30 feet away that he could use to do both of these things. And I think at least some of the stuff he washes is not to rinse to take home, but to prep for the next day's lunch.

The Purgin' General is an a roll, three days running.

Personally I think the guy likes you, Logjam. And he likes to smell your crap. Maybe you should approach him about the prospect of some SML (Sweet Man-Love)... Or just ask the guy if he knows about the other sink.

"Personally I think..." Hey DungD. Good to see ya expressing yourself without first running it by the wife.

As a shameful shitter I would find this behaviour highly unsettling... if I were on the can, I'd have to hold it in for the whole time this guy was using the sink. I find the concept of brushing your teeth in public kinda disgusting, as you never know how what's going through the drains, around the sink, etc. Personally, I find a quiet area with no one around and use those Oral-B Brush Ups () to clean my teeth until I get to the safe zone of my own bathroom (at least there I know the germs floating around come from me, so I probably have a tolerance or slight immunity to them if I ingest them). As for washing dishes in a public toilet sink... I think you should leap out of your cubicle and smash the plates over this guys head for being such a disgusting arsehole. That's what kitchen sinks are for. Surely the toilet sink isn't the only one in the building?

Damn, I was supposed to put in a link for people who don't know what Brush Ups are. Here it is -
http://www.oralb.com/products/onthego/brushups.asp
it's almost like brushing your teeth... if you use your imagination. Cleans you up enough until you get home anyway.

Look - just say to this fool something like: "QUIT BRUSHING YOUR TEETH AND WASHING YOUR DISHES, YOU FREAK!!! I'M TRYING TO MAKE A BROWN BABY!" In general after that point, just be as disgusting and disturbing yourself as possible. Be creative. Throw toilet paper, burst out of the can like a crazy guy. Be assertive. And if nothing else, a sound beating goes a long way.

The toothbrushing in the bathroom reminds me of a tale years ago in a library restroom. There was someone in the stall trying to be really quiet. When I would brush my teeth, this person would start to piss and all, but if I stopped and lsitened, he would stop. Lol, I held it for about a minute and could hear moaning and grunting as he strained to hold the flow. Ah, well I was only 10 at the time. Also, I like steak nuggets, with ginger.

Leave him a little note. I don't shit in your kitchen, don't wash your dishes in our bathroom.

I think, if the guy were to come in one day for his clockwork dishwashing ritual, the discovery of a massive dook in the sink, perhaps even along with the note, would put a stop to it.

Or, maybe some hair. That might do it. Who knows? But, maybe, if there were, oh say, four to five hairs in the sink, it might gross him out.

I mean hairs off your head.

Then again, putting some pubic hair in the sink might be an interesting experiment as to see what he'd do.

Granted germs are everywhere. Wouldn't scalding hot water on the toothbrush kill most of the germs? I would bet toothp[aste has antiseptic qualities as well.

maybe hes homeless u ever thought about that? and the only place he can do dishes is in the bathroom..even tho thats rlly gross...

I don't see anything wrong with brushing your teeth at work, but washing your dishes in the bathroom?! Maybe he doesn't want to make two trips (one to the bathroom for his teeth, one to the kitchen for the dishes).

Jeeze, I see this all the time. The ladies at the office will be talking while on the can or filling up the coffee pots at the sink... Not that filling up the coffee pots at the water/ice machine in the lunchroom is any better. Some asshole dumped what was left of his "Oodles of Noodles" in the drainage of the ice machine.
What gets me is that we DO have an industrial grade sink in there and it's big enough to fit two normal size sinks in AND a can clearly labeled "Garbage Only".

And personally, I bring in bottled water.

just curious, does this wierdo also wash sox and undies or fill his canteen at the lavatory?

Because he's in a public bathroom! People's poop germs are floating around the air, landing on his toothbrush! And the poop germs people washed into the sink are now splashing up to his plate as he cleans it! THa'ts gross. I won't drink water that comes from the bathroom at home, even though I know it's the same water as comes from the sink.

I put a plastic bag of dog crap in my neighbors van....it was there about 5 days before he noticed it. He is freaking out cuz he thinks the fumes are harmful? Is he correct in his concern?

*rofl*. "...He is freaking out cuz he thinks the fumes are harmful..."

This just struck me as humorous. We know that when we have a scent in our nose, it's really microscopic particles of whatever we're smelling. Ergo, when we smell crap, we're ingesting it, I guess. But people have been smelling crap for thousands of years, and the only effect is the wrinkling of the nose.

I have changed diapers in the back hatch of the car, rolled it up into a ball and tied it into a grocery sack, and tucked it in the corner to throw away at home, only to forget the thing until several warm days later, when there's condensation on the back window and a foul fug in the vehicle. I'm still here.

I don't think it's harmful.

poo is everywhere
80% of germs are travelled by touch!
the one thing that everyone can do is wash their hands each and everytime they go to the toilet, before AND after you eat, and dont keep toothbrushes out in the toilet.
and especially do NOT wash your dishes in a public toilet OR a room that has been flooded with poo. if you do, then it is likely that you are eating off poo plates!
also, when you poo, open the window, spray after use. clean your toilet regularly and close the lid once you have flushed the toilet.
there ARE things that we can do to prevent breathing in poo. and having a world full of poo where it gets so bad that you must wear oxygen masks!

try AQIUM!
if you would like to talk further more about this email me.

I'll carry a travel-sized toothbrush and toothpaste in my purse from time to time. I need to get back to that, as I value my teeth.

Several years ago, I never left home without my toothbrush and toothpaste, and, as far as I know, I've never gotten e-colli from this habit. However, I do still have nice teeth at the age of 55.

My kitchen sink needs to have some parts replaced so that it doesn't leak all over the place. This means that, if I want to wash a small item such as a piece of silverware or a bowl, I do this in my bathroom sink and save the hassle of my kitchen sink for when I want to do a full dishwashing.

However, I've never washed dishes in the bathroom sink in some public place.

Even at home, I don't wash dishes right in the sink but just run soap and water over them while holding them.

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