Comments on: Number of times hands washed daily

By: Eedyrb

Eedyrb — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:04:18 +0000

I, like buttercup ^, am an obsessive compulsive hand washer, but also work at mcdonalds. My hands constantly get greasy and salty and covered in strawberry topping or the like, and i cant stand it. I wash my hands atleast 30 times in an 8 hour shift.

By: I'm a pac-man geek. I'm a grammar nazi. I'm a "first" troll. Any questions?

I'm a pac-man geek. I'm a grammar nazi. I'm a "first" troll. Any questions? — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:26:44 +0000

I love the comments… They are more hilarious than the graph!

By: lynd

lynd — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:46:55 +0000

OMG GET THE HELL OVER IT

By: buttercup

buttercup — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:07:39 +0000

what if you’re an obsessive compulsive fast food employee such as myself? I work at mcdonalds and I have to wash my hands constantly because they get so greasy or nasty… and oh thank baby jesus for that hand sanitizer dispenser!

By: warriorsrock89

warriorsrock89 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:10:47 +0000

lol I’m obsessive compulsive *washes hands*

By: crash

crash — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:45:13 +0000

there’s always time. it takes twenty seconds to wash your hands properly.

By: crash

crash — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:42:22 +0000

i love reading stuff like the previous comment. seriously? that’s disgusting. i’m a manager at a mcdonald’s. i wash my hands about every ten minutes, and twice after using the bathroom. i’m not constantly yelling at my crew to wash their hands. they do it on their own. yes, i watch them just to be sure. we wear gloves in the grill area, as well as hairnets.
don’t be afraid to call the health department on your own workplace.

By: Dutchie

Dutchie — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:29:50 +0000

hahaha it’s actually true for the fastfood restaurant i work at….

it’s actually usually so busy we don’t get the time :\ unless of course, i’m at the ice cream machine and spill caramel all over my hands, as always.

By: Points Out The Obvious

Points Out The Obvious — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:16:58 +0000

I was once an obsessive-compulsive dunkin donuts employee. I couldn’t take the contradiction and quit within a week.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:56:46 +0000

I think that if Adrian Monk went past 10, he would have to go all the way to 100…..but I do wonder if he ever thinks about the fact that 100 has an odd number of digits…..

By: Jupiter

Jupiter — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:47:11 +0000

25 is 5*5, and 5 is prime.

By: Thud

Thud — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:53:06 +0000

I’ve been in the service industry my whole life, an I have quite a few “things” that get to me, though I hate it. I’m a bartender now, and I like things to be stacked just so.. even the glasses that go in the dishwashing tray go in an order.. but to be honest, it’s efficient. I like all the same types of glasses to go next to each other so I can grab them all at once and put them where they need to go. Other bartenders give me crap for it, but I’m also a lot faster than them. That’s why I was put on the busiest nights at the bar I work at. I fast and efficient.. even if a little anal.

Ok, so maybe I’m OCD. I even wash my hands a lot.. (would you want something different from someone serving you something?) but am I gunna cry about something I saw on a humor site?

By: Athanar

Athanar — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:01:41 +0000

I just have to be in multiples of 5 that aren’t also multiples of other odd prime numbers unless they’re multiples of 10. (15 is bad, 20 is good, 25 is good, 30 is good, 35 is bad, 40 is good, 155 is bad, etc.)

Also, I have Tourette’s Syndrome, but that comes with a lot of OCD symptoms. (They’re caused by the TS.) The main thing that sets them apart is the twitches I used to have. (Especially in my head.)

By: Lane

Lane — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:02:02 +0000

45 is not a very even number.

By: Lane

Lane — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:56:04 +0000

…but these go to 11

By: Jupiter

Jupiter — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:22:31 +0000

Only 45?

By: Jupiter

Jupiter — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:19:32 +0000

It actually makes perfect sense: Emily does not have severe OCD, but it is close, and she was diagnosed with it. Therefore: near-severe diagnosed OCD. It could have been stated better, but it still has the same meaning.

I do agree that there it is silly to be offended by something on the internet. I’m also not a compulsive hand washer, but I have a number of other compulsions, and I still found the graph funny.

However, it could just be the fact that it is ’19′ that makes me giggle. (a cookie to anyone who gets the reference).

By: Jupiter

Jupiter — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:13:44 +0000

I’m with you there–three is my favorite number.

By: Thud

Thud — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:01:23 +0000

Obviously made by someone who’s never worked in the service industry in their entire life.

By: Thud

Thud — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:56:58 +0000

“near-severe diagnosed OCD”
I’m pretty sure you’re just making that up.

Plus; if you are offended at something you found on the internet, you should pretty much just give up at this point.

By: >.

>. — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:47:58 +0000

yea its a shame :’(

By: kebb

kebb — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:14:19 +0000

I also have severe diagnosed OCD, and at times I did wash my hands that much, maybe even more (and I like odd numbers too!). I thought this was hilariously funny. Although, some people with OCD have worked in fast food, so maybe not 100% accurate…

By: gabbo

gabbo — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:10:57 +0000

You forgot something:

Adrian Monk = 45

By: salana

salana — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:06:20 +0000

Unless you have Raynaud’s syndrome, in which case cold water makes you choose between hygiene and lack of debilitating pain.

By: RS

RS — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:52:10 +0000

Ka-blammo

http://graphjam.com/2008/10/05/song-chart-memes-hand-washing-by-demographic/

By: RS

RS — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:51:00 +0000

Really original graph we got here.

http://graphjam.com/2008/10/05/song-chart-memes-hand-washing-by-demographic/

By: toastygod

toastygod — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:45:44 +0000

Yeah I have pretty severe OCD and this made me laugh. I do the odd numbers too. Can’t risk hitting a six, even inadvertently. While 13′s are also bad, there’s only one so it’s easier to avoid than 6′s and 18′s, which are my kryptonite. And now that’s I’ve typed them I have to go perform several rituals that will garner the confused, and perhaps a bit frightened, glances of my co-workers. Way to go GraphJams!

By: Ferdbags

Ferdbags — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:30:01 +0000

You realise “Everyone Else” would include Fast Food employees if you position it as the second to last column? The only way it wouldn’t is if you position it as the last column.

Also, has anyone noticed that these graphs are almost constantly trying to represent home-truths as opposed to humorous statements?

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:28:23 +0000

I actually find this a bit offensive. I have near-severe diagnosed OCD, and I don’t wash my hands that much. I wash my hands whenever anyone else does: After cooking, before cooking, before dinner, and after playing with something dirty, like a muddy dog, or a garden. I’m more obsessive than compulsive, but I’m still severe, and this offends me.

By: Kookaburra

Kookaburra — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:25:07 +0000

Ha ha, I’m not obsessive compulsive, but I wash my hands more than 20x a day. But then I work in healthcare and my second job involves handling money. Ewwwww.

By: Tori

Tori — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:48 +0000

Hot water does not improve germ killing. It would have to be boiling to do that. Washing your hands removes germs mechanically.

By: chatnoir

chatnoir — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:39:10 +0000

Damn, you beat me to it.

Does it really count as handwashing if you’re sitting in the sink at the Anderson KFC?

By: miss.nessa

miss.nessa — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:28:49 +0000

yes
yes it has
it involved 5 year olds too i think

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:27:46 +0000

You forgot obcessive-compulsive surgeons, i.e. Michael J. Fox in his Scrubs cameo.

By: Ex-McD Employee

Ex-McD Employee — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:21:55 +0000

I also worked at a McDonald’s. I was the person who handled precooked and cooked meat. I was the only person who could be said to wash his/her hands more than twice an hour. And I was FAR in the lead. I must say, however, that most of the people did wear gloves and sanitized their hands/gloves regularly. This graph is not incorrect. It is exaggerated. It is funny.

I have not eaten at a McDonald’s in 8 months.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:57:53 +0000

All well and good until some moron sues them because they burnt their hands in the bathroom.

By: kashmir

kashmir — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:19:39 +0000

at least it went past 11

By: Blah

Blah — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:04:16 +0000

it double counts.

By: Blah

Blah — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:01:03 +0000

I’m the same way: primes, and numbers that divide by three. and unfortunately, i think i was the only person at the fast food jobs I”ve worked at that regularly washed their hands.

By: MissLace

MissLace — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:57:47 +0000

So what explains all the COLD WATER ONLY in fast food chain restaurant bathrooms?
Could the lack of HOT WATER be because there is NO NEED TO WASH?
***** ***** Shouldn’t there be a law about providing HOT WATER (and cold water) for washing up in bath rooms in order to promote HYGIENE? ***** *****

By: Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:46:07 +0000

I worked fast food for almost a year, and I was constantly washing my hands. To the point where they were chpped, and no, you’re not supposed to use lotion either. I wasn’t usually washing because the things I was touching were not sanitized properly, it was because my coworkers smoked and then handled everything, many used the restrooms and didn’t wash thier hands, or went straight from handling the mop or dumping the trash to passing out food. not all of ‘us’ were flithy, but I was shocked at people I thought I knew as clean, tidy and respectful of themselves and others. *shudders*

By: Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:43:00 +0000

Do you need ice in your soda? For that BURN, I mean.

By: Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:41:10 +0000

I menat in an ungodly way, like she was possessed by the demons of her past meals at indian resturaunts. I wondered after I left if my breath would smell funny after being in there, because I know my clothes did.

By: konkonsn

konkonsn — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:35:39 +0000

Right…you remember how fail it is to work at McDonald’s the next time you need fast food. Having a job is better than not having a job.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:11:07 +0000

Yea, it’s definitely one of my favorite shows…and episodes!

By: LazySpoon

LazySpoon — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:10:13 +0000

I too am a bit OCD but I prefer 2′s, 4′s & 8′s which actually stemmed from my love for electronic music. Everything had to be done like that because my mind was stuck in DJ mode.

Though I’ve worked through some of my OCD ticks, I still have little rituals I go through sometimes, especially with hygiene, that revolve around it.

By: stormoftara

stormoftara — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:59:55 +0000

I am a manager at Taco Bell, and if my employees don’t wash their hands I get really pissed. EVERYONE MUST WASH HANDS! I don’t care if you just washed your hands in the bathroom, you touched the DOOR! Who knows who else touched that door. Of course I am a bit OCD too, but I can’t stand people not washing their hands, I mean that’s people’s food they are touching.

By: katillac

katillac — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:35:38 +0000

Is there a ladylike way to stink up a bathroom? Millions of inquiring minds wish to know!

By: Czernobog

Czernobog — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:33:41 +0000

Well, at least it isn’t working a McDonald’s.

There’s fail and then there’s Fail.

By: Turk

Turk — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:30:01 +0000

So that’d make me a surgeon. :/

Wait, does Purell count?