Wino Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 A smile goes a long way. Do your business and get out would be the best way to handle it. Not sure why a handshake would hurt someone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvdkeyes Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 "Not sure why a handshake would hurt someone?" Especially with a stranger in a men's room where you don't know if he has washed his hands after peeing or using the toilet, could quite easily pass along disease causing bacteria. With touts on the street, you are shaking hands with everyone he has shaken hands with and you have no idea where those hands have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wino Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Sounds like you may be germ-aphobic or is it mysophobia? Like I said before, nothing that a little soap and water cannot cure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvdkeyes Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 It is mysophobic and I am not. I spent 40 years as a health care professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Chang Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 "Not sure why a handshake would hurt someone?" Especially with a stranger in a men's room where you don't know if he has washed his hands after peeing or using the toilet The drunk was at the urinal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 The drunk was at the urinal. Well, when you responded, you should have turned towards him and peed on his shoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaimo Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 This is all very interesting. The part that interests me the most is the fact that a thread about comparison shopping in Thailand has turned into a thread about shaking hands with a drunk who just finished urinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wino Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 It is mysophobic and I am not. I spent 40 years as a health care professional. Because you were in the health care field for 40 years does not mean you are not mysophobic. Seems to me someone who is worried about shaking hands with a stranger is a little out there! As you know, your skin is a great barrier against many germs/bacteria. If you practice your handwashing technique you talk about, then you should have nothing to fear. I am sure you also have plenty of alcohol-based hand cleaner, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wino Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 This is all very interesting. The part that interests me the most is the fact that a thread about comparison shopping in Thailand has turned into a thread about shaking hands with a drunk who just finished urinating. Don't you love the way we go off on tangents! Not too much to say about comparison shopping but "squirters" are a different matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Chang Posted January 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Need to buy a cheap pair of swimming trunks and some cheap white socks. Squirter already is in my hong nam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvdkeyes Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 My bf bought 12 pair of white socks at an open market for 180 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 My bf bought 12 pair of white socks at an open market for 180 baht. That reminds me: it rained pretty hard up here in Chiangmai last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvdkeyes Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 LOL, How did socks remind you of the heavy rain? I am confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Chang Posted January 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Me too but when it rains I tend to wear sneakers and white sox instead of sandals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 LOL, How did socks remind you of the heavy rain? I am confused. It didn't! I got the drift we were inserting non-sequiturs so I did (which probably means now that something floated over my head). By the way, cotton or nylon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvdkeyes Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Cotton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Cotton. Well, that will teach you! Bananas are never that spicy! And, besides, Mary told me I had the wrong address anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Chang Posted January 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 I like all cotton or mostly cotton too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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