'soap it off or eat it later'. Disgusting messages work best to motivate men to use soap.

[snagglepuss]

A large UK study was undertaken to determine how best to motivate men and women to use soap after using the toilets.

Shaming The Public Into Washing Their Hands

"A quarter of a million people were counted using the toilets and their use of soap was monitored by on-line sensors. Only 32% of men washed their hands with soap whilst women were twice as good, with 64% washing their hands."


A variety of messages...were flashed onto LED screens at the entrance of the toilets and the effects of the messages on behaviour were measured. 'Is the person next to you washing with soap?' was best overall, showing how people respond to whether they thought others were watching. There were intriguing differences in behaviour by gender, with women responding to reminders, while men tended to react best to messages that invoked disgust, for example 'soap it off or eat it later'.



http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167469.php#

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

1. There is an old joke.

A Army Sgt. and a Marine Cpl. are taking a piss beside of each other as they get done the Army Sgt goes to the door while the Marine goes to the sink. The Marine says to the Army Sgt, "In the Marines the teach us to wash our hands after we piss." The Army Sgt replies, "In the Army they teach us not to piss on our hands."

[snagglepuss]

2. Thanks for the chuckle.

[supernova]

3. Men respond to the crass version

surprise, surprise!

:D

/gomer pyle

[snagglepuss]

4. But what was once anecdotal is now scientifically proven:)

If it works with men, I'm thinking that this slogan would work with kids.