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Re: This is *not* communal soap
By: oogyda Date: January 6, 2020, 7:24 pm
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There is a possibility that "management" isn't really to blame.
OP, who cleans (and stocks) the bathrooms? Is there a cleaning
service? Perhaps it's part of building maintenance. Maybe
they've changed the products they use.
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Re: This is *not* communal soap
By: vintagegal Date: January 7, 2020, 6:52 am
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I've been in communal bathrooms where the hand soap smells just
like the stuff they use to clean floors. Horrible.
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Re: This is *not* communal soap
By: DaDancingPsych Date: January 7, 2020, 11:03 am
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[quote author=AnnaT link=topic=1467.msg44996#msg44996
date=1578352121]
Thoroughly wash out one of those little hand sanitiser bottles
and decant your soap into that. Those bottles are small enough
to tuck into a pocket (or bra) for a trip to the bathroom and
will easily fit into your purse otherwise (and then you have
your soap with you wherever you go)...
[/quote]
Ohhh... and some kinds have carrying cases that allow you to
hook it to things. I am half joking when I say to put it on a
lanyard to make soap on a rope... but actually, that might be a
solution, too.
Here are the holders that I'm trying to describe.
HTML https://www.bathandbodyworks.com/c/hand-soaps/pocketbac-sanitizer-holders
I have seen more generic holders if some of those are too wild
for your workplace/style.
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Re: This is *not* communal soap
By: Sycorax Date: January 7, 2020, 5:10 pm
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[quote author=DaDancingPsych link=topic=1467.msg45046#msg45046
date=1578416603]
[quote author=AnnaT link=topic=1467.msg44996#msg44996
date=1578352121]
Thoroughly wash out one of those little hand sanitiser bottles
and decant your soap into that. Those bottles are small enough
to tuck into a pocket (or bra) for a trip to the bathroom and
will easily fit into your purse otherwise (and then you have
your soap with you wherever you go)...
[/quote]
Ohhh... and some kinds have carrying cases that allow you to
hook it to things. I am half joking when I say to put it on a
lanyard to make soap on a rope... but actually, that might be a
solution, too.
Here are the holders that I'm trying to describe.
HTML https://www.bathandbodyworks.com/c/hand-soaps/pocketbac-sanitizer-holders
I have seen more generic holders if some of those are too wild
for your workplace/style.
[/quote]
I've seen them for tiny bottles of Purell in/near the travel
toiletries section of stores.
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Re: This is *not* communal soap
By: Luci Date: January 7, 2020, 6:15 pm
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[quote author=Pandorica link=topic=1467.msg45077#msg45077
date=1578438625]
[quote author=DaDancingPsych link=topic=1467.msg45046#msg45046
date=1578416603]
[quote author=AnnaT link=topic=1467.msg44996#msg44996
date=1578352121]
Thoroughly wash out one of those little hand sanitiser bottles
and decant your soap into that. Those bottles are small enough
to tuck into a pocket (or bra) for a trip to the bathroom and
will easily fit into your purse otherwise (and then you have
your soap with you wherever you go)...
[/quote]
Ohhh... and some kinds have carrying cases that allow you to
hook it to things. I am half joking when I say to put it on a
lanyard to make soap on a rope... but actually, that might be a
solution, too.
Here are the holders that I'm trying to describe.
HTML https://www.bathandbodyworks.com/c/hand-soaps/pocketbac-sanitizer-holders
I have seen more generic holders if some of those are too wild
for your workplace/style.
[/quote]
I've seen them for tiny bottles of Purell in/near the travel
toiletries section of stores.
[/quote]
But that's sanitizer, which s very harsh. I would put the soap
in a sanitizer or other small bottle and just carry it in a
lanyard or pocket.
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Re: This is *not* communal soap
By: Sycorax Date: January 7, 2020, 6:59 pm
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[quote author=Luci link=topic=1467.msg45083#msg45083
date=1578442555]
[quote author=Pandorica link=topic=1467.msg45077#msg45077
date=1578438625]
[quote author=DaDancingPsych link=topic=1467.msg45046#msg45046
date=1578416603]
[quote author=AnnaT link=topic=1467.msg44996#msg44996
date=1578352121]
Thoroughly wash out one of those little hand sanitiser bottles
and decant your soap into that. Those bottles are small enough
to tuck into a pocket (or bra) for a trip to the bathroom and
will easily fit into your purse otherwise (and then you have
your soap with you wherever you go)...
[/quote]
Ohhh... and some kinds have carrying cases that allow you to
hook it to things. I am half joking when I say to put it on a
lanyard to make soap on a rope... but actually, that might be a
solution, too.
Here are the holders that I'm trying to describe.
HTML https://www.bathandbodyworks.com/c/hand-soaps/pocketbac-sanitizer-holders
I have seen more generic holders if some of those are too wild
for your workplace/style.
[/quote]
I've seen them for tiny bottles of Purell in/near the travel
toiletries section of stores.
[/quote]
But that's sanitizer, which s very harsh. I would put the soap
in a sanitizer or other small bottle and just carry it in a
lanyard or pocket.
[/quote]
Yes, that's what the PP was talking about -- emptying the Purell
bottle and reusing it because it has a holder
#Post#: 48379--------------------------------------------------
Re: This is *not* communal soap
By: Rose Red Date: March 8, 2020, 9:12 am
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Any updates or solutions?
With what's going on now and potential shortages, I would no
longer be sharing!
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Re: This is *not* communal soap
By: Shores Date: May 28, 2020, 12:52 pm
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[quote author=honeybee42 link=topic=1467.msg44592#msg44592
date=1577992431]
It's a little bit aggravating, but maybe there's some wording
that I can stick in my mind for being able to respond at the
time that isn't too abrupt.
Background: many years ago, I got a level of skin injury from
cold that has left skin on my hand (basically over the
knuckles--put on a pair of biking gloves and see where the
openings are, that's the area in question) extremely sensitive
to a lot of substances, so I have to be very cautious about what
soap/moisturizer and so forth that I use to prevent reactions.
(Once, when my preferred moisturizer stopped being produced, I
was looking for a new one while visiting my parents. My mom
brought out one that she used, to see if it would work. I was
within 3 feet of the bathroom, and put a very tiny (like the
diameter of an ink pen) amount, and immediately the skin turned
red and by the time I got it washed off in the bathroom sink I
had a blister from the exposure!). So when they changed soaps
in the work bathroom, I tried the new soap while there was still
some old soap (which I knew I could use) in the bathroom.
Immediately started to feel skin burning, washed again with the
old soap, and still ended up with lots of tiny cracks and blood
oozing up on my hands. So, I now bring my own soap (basically,
the same soap I use at home, I have bought an extra bottle that
stays at my work desk and I carry it back and forth to the
bathroom when I'm headed there).
So--no one else likes the new soap (everyone finds it really
drying, but I'm the only one who starts oozing blood from it),
but there's no good place to leave the soap in the stall so I
leave it on the counter while I'm in the stall. This has been
months since the change in soap (I am now on the fourth fill of
my soap bottle). So -- what to say to people who cheerfully say
"I'm so glad you were in the bathroom just now, so I could use
your soap"? >:(
[/quote]
“No, this is for a medical condition” then tell them where they
can buy their own. I despise cheap people, they can buy their
own soap.
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Re: This is *not* communal soap
By: ladameestmorte Date: March 8, 2021, 11:20 am
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[quote author=DaDancingPsych link=topic=1467.msg44972#msg44972
date=1578338800]
Not helpful: Let's bring back soap on a rope! Then it would be
around your neck and only available for your use. (Sorry... this
popped into my head as a silly solution.)
[/quote]
You reminded me of my childhood; every single year my poor dad
got a Brut soap-on-a rope from me. I never saw it again after I
gave it to him, but, every year he always acted like it was the
best gift ever :)
#Post#: 64282--------------------------------------------------
Re: This is *not* communal soap
By: honeybee42 Date: March 9, 2021, 8:09 am
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Since this got bumped back up--as an update, by late March last
year we moved to work-from-home, which neatly solved the soap
issue for me altogether (since I *only* buy soap of brands that
I know won't eat my skin, and one of my safe brands (method)
makes a full line of cleaning products including dish soap for
those things that I need to handwash vs putting in the
dishwasher).
I have seen some of those TSA-approved new containers (for
filling with whatever products one might want without having to
dispose of product one doesn't want) at the store, so getting
one of those for my soap and carrying in a pocket would be an
option if they make us return to the office. Personally, I am
enjoying working from home and hope I never have to go back to
the office for many reasons beyond the soap.
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