Braves fans are filthy animals
September 22nd, 2005Fans at Atlanta Braves games were the worst about washing their hands after visiting the restroom, according to a recent study.
Findings indicated that at Turner Field, 37 percent of men left the bathroom without washing, and 16 percent of the women did.
Take a bow, Braves fans, for being uncivilized and downright disgusting. Of all the places where you ought to wash your hands after using the bathroom, a sports stadium should be at the top of the list.
This reminds me of high school. I don’t know if you ever witnessed this, but anytime Mr. Vallowe was in the men’s room and he saw someone that didn’t wash their hands, he’d follow them out and go screaming down the hall, “pee pee hands!” Maybe employing a few people like Mr. Vallowe to run bathroom patrols could help out those statistics.
Tim,
I believe this is a distraction from the upcoming series play. As “filthy animals” we’re tougher than most fans and proud that our Braves will whip the “lesser” NL teams, including the Cards.
Of course I say all this knowing we (Braves) probably won’t make it beyond game 4 in the first series.
Now, pass the peanuts, will ya? : )
I remarked to Val while we were at Phantom of the Opera last Saturday that the number of guys that walked out of the bathroom during intermission without washing there hands. Now, in my opinion, the Fox shoots itself in the foot a little here: they provide roughly 16 urinals/ stalls, yet only 2 sinks and no paper towels. Still, I had waited 5 minutes for relief, I had no problems waiting 2 for a sink.
Although I just got a great mental image of the Phantom running after someone singing “Pee-pee hands.”
I read on the news the other day that public bathroom faucets contain more germs then the public bathroom floor surrounding the toilet. Yuck. A bottle of hand sanitizer does the trick better then the water at the sink… but then we would lower the number of people who “wash” after using the bathroom at the ballpark. LOL
Isn’t it sad how fans of other teams will sink to any point to discredit the Braves? Well, I have to admit when I went to ESPN.com and saw that article, I hung my head in shame…. Why? Why does it have to be the stadium of my team?? But I for one always wash my hands at Turner Field, I’m one of the good guys…
You know Tim, I do know a few Cardinals fans. I wonder if they did this study at Bush Stadium… I’d be interested to see the rating for those nasty Redbird fans :).
Oh well, I guess my team will just have to win the division for another decade in a row to live this one down. Hey wait a minute, that’s fine by me!! GO BRAVES!!!
I think Jacksonville NFL games would blow away that Atlanta stat. At the Falcons-Jaguars pre-season game, I was the only one washing my hands and counted 11 men exiting the restroom before 1 walked to a sink. Scott, where’s Bush Stadium at? Does another team named the Cardinals play there also?
That would be the Cardinals alright… hopefully the soon to be losers to the Braves in the NLCS… even though a third of our fans apparently can’t wash their hands, urgh. That actually does want to make me sick. Next time I go to the Ted, I’m going to be afraid to touch anything, lol. Eww….
My wife and I will be at the Braves game tonight. Should be easy to spot - cueball head, sitting next to a pink hazmat suit…
It doesn’t matter — Braves fans don’t stay at the stadium long enough to get dirty.
When I was there, the Braves fans would show up about halfway through the second inning and leave at the top of the ninth. Even if it was a close game — I stayed one day when they were playing Baltimore (first year of inter-league play) and the game went into extra innings. Most of the people who stayed were Orioles fans.
Normally, Warren, you’re right. I think weekend games are a bit of an exception - last night’s come from behind win was one of those. I don’t think many left before that one was over.
And I blame part of the problem on the city of Atlanta. Traffic wise, they’ve made it downright frustrating to get to the park. I’ve been to 4 games this year and been routed in different directions 3 times. Native Atlantans know roughly where to go and what to do, but out of towners have no clue. And it’s the same leaving - sometimes Fulton St. is open, sometimes it’s closed. If you don’t know the area, who can blame them for wanting to get out in front of the crowd - makes it a little easier to kamikaze dive across 6 lanes when those 6 lanes are open.
And this may just be my gripe, but when did baseball parks turn in to meat markets - and I’m not talking about hot dogs. Most of the people my wife and I saw last night were dressed for clubbing, which they promptly did at the bar area up in right field.
misawa, it’s really easy if you take the western route. Getting off at Spring Street it’s a hop north, skip left past whatever school that is and park in one of a local church’s lots for five bucks. Besides the five minute walk to the park and back, it takes that much time to leave afterwards via the same route.
As for the “meat market,” as a single guy here in Atlanta I just say, “Thanks, ladies!”
To the topic of the post, Tim, I’ve been to over a dozen MLB stadiums, and frankly I can’t imagine that any of them (not even my beloved Fenway) are any more uncivilized than Turner Field. Men are filthy and disgusting, simple as that. Now pass the jumbo dog!
By the way, does anyone else get nervous when they’re in a restaurant bathroom and there’s a sign telling employees to wash their hands? Does that mean there was a problem with this? Because, ew.
What I don’t get Jeff, is why don’t they just have a sign asking EVERYONE to wash their hand?? Not just employees.