What To Do About USING SOMEONE ELSE’S BAR OF SOAP

2008 September 26
by Tim Mallon

Using someone else’s soap can be a scary experience depending on the situation. A freestanding bottle of liquid soap is much less daunting than the bar. Yeah “The Bar”.

Who knows what someone else touched before they touched the bar. AND, who knows if remnants of what they touched are still mixed with the top layer of slime and soap that is on the bar. Who knows? Who knows?


What you need to do, to overcome this obstacle, is to pre-clean the soap. Other than bringing your own soap, it’s your best option. You simply take the soap with the water running and clean off the layer of scum and whatever, then rinse, then re-lather, and then re-rinse. This is your best bet without becoming OCD and letting your fears rule your life. I mean, it’s just a bar of soap. You can take it, along with the hepatitis that it holds. Don’t be a germaphobe.

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  • Tim
    Whoa, I read this yesterday morning, then went to my youth leaders house. And I went into his bathroom and, what a surprise, they used a bar of soap instead of liquid soap. Ah, coincidence. But there was no slime on it. It was perfectly fine.
  • combatchuck
    Now that you have addressed step one of the soap bar needs to be clean process; what about touching the hand dryer and then the door handle on the way out. OCDer's unite!!!
  • From the first source below by Terry: "First, take your own hand cleaner or at least a hand towel. Second, as soon as you get inside the latrine go straight to the condom dispenser and get two condoms out of the machine and place them... no, no, not there, put them on your hands. Then proceed to use the facilities."

    other sources:
    What To Do About USING PUBLIC RESTROOMS
    What To Do About USING A BATHROOM WITH NO PAPER TOWELS
    What To Do About MEN'S RESTROOM ETIQUETTE
  • stevenleopold
    I say soap is still clean no matter what. It's soap. There is no way soap can get dirty.
  • No way! No way? No Way!
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