Electronic Reader Etiquette - Page 3

mogui · 11-06-2007, 01:56 PM

eTiquette used to be a strategy for not getting shot. I feel safe in using the term eReader now, even if eDoesn't like it. One might prefer the term eeReader though, when reading King or Kuntz. I use the words eReader and eBook because they are cute, concise, denotative, modern and hyphen-free. eNough said?

Steven Lyle Jordan · 11-06-2007, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Aren't we all eReaders?

"I'm not an eReader! I'm a Free Man!"

Steven Lyle Jordan · 11-06-2007, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

There are cases now with it is inappropriate to refer to a Sony Reader as a Sony Reader as there are now two models and not everything said about a Sony Reader refers to both models. Something said might refer to the 500 or the 505 without referring to the other.

You can call a Ford a Ford, and everyone knows you're talking about a car. Simply say "F-150" and some won't know if you're talking about a truck, a camera setting, or a fighter jet.

Call a Sony Reader a Sony Reader, so everyone knows that you're talking about first. Worry about the specific model, if you have to, after that's established.

Barcey · 11-06-2007, 08:02 PM

I’m probably about the only one interested in the results and most people just think it’s an inappropriate/stupid poll but I must say that I’m surprised by the results thus far. The current percentages (80% Yes and 20% No) are about the opposite of what I would have guessed.

My family often teases me because I’m always walking around with a book but it’s generally been a different book. If my new Cybook is going to be my constant faithful companion for the next 3 years she’s going to have to learn how to take a bath and change her clothes every once in a while, or rather I’m going to learn how to give her a proper bath without damaging her delicate inner workings.

It raises some design issues when I think about future generations of electronic reading devices that will target replacing magazines and newspapers. Maybe the correct answer is to get a display cheap enough that it stays in the bathroom and you wirelessly transmit a few pages of content to it. We already have the Japanese style toilets with the control console maybe we just need a fold out screen too. 

If nothing else in the future I’m going to go wash my hands after I try out someone else’s electronic reader.

Safe reading out there.

Madam Broshkina · 11-06-2007, 08:19 PM

What ever you do, do not read erotic e-fiction in the bathroom, you might go blind.

mogui · 11-06-2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

What ever you do, do not read erotic e-fiction in the bathroom, you might go blind.

It is probably worth the risk of one eye.

Barcey, I am interested in the thread topic, but as happens with lively threads, it has suffered from topical drift. This is an evolutionary phenomenon to which every active process is subject. It is more powerful than you or I, and probably wiser as well. Hee hee. Is that topic #3?

JSWolf · 11-06-2007, 10:35 PM

What I do is when I go sit in the bathroom, I take the reader sometimes and then when I am done, I put it down on the vanity or the floor. I then wash my hands and pick up the reader and leave the bathroom. No need to wash your hands after touching my 505.

CommanderROR · 11-07-2007, 05:59 AM

I'm also a firm believer in bathroom reading. It has always been one of my favourite places to read and I try to avoid hygenic problems by doing as JSWolf does...

Barcey · 11-07-2007, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What I do is when I go sit in the bathroom, I take the reader sometimes and then when I am done, I put it down on the vanity or the floor. I then wash my hands and pick up the reader and leave the bathroom. No need to wash your hands after touching my 505.

Yes but how do I know it's you?

I do the same thing but I've also seen too many people that don't even bother washing their hands when they leave a public washroom.

JSWolf · 11-07-2007, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Barcey

Yes but how do I know it's you?

I do the same thing but I've also seen too many people that don't even bother washing their hands when they leave a public washroom.

The problem with a public bathroom.... You go to the bathroom, you then wash your hands. So to exit the bathroom, you touch the germ filled door handle. So now your one of your hands has germs. You can go back and wash only to get germs again. What you need to do is get a paper towel or toilet paper and hold that as you open the door. Then you have to figure out how to dispose of such.

It's a lose-lose situation no matter what you do.

yvanleterrible · 11-07-2007, 09:12 AM

You're right Jon. It has been said in a study that the best place to find live germs is a public washroom door handle. There is always a fresh water supply to keep germ cultures alive as every wet hand brings some more.

I think a reader is a befitting device for the GIGO room... Garbage In , Garbage Out !

There are worse things one can do than buy a used reader belonging to a gigo reader. Having kids (changing diapers on a kid that has diarrhea) owning a dog or a cat (they love to lick things) drinking tap water, eating pork or chicken... worse vegetables; they grow in manure.

EVERY thing around one is a possible infection source. The human body has been marvelously designed with securities and ways of combating micro organisms. We should trust them and maintain them, that's all!

nekokami · 11-07-2007, 09:27 AM

It always surprises me that public restroom doors don't open out, rather than in, which would solve this problem. (You can nudge a door open with your shoulder, etc.)

yvanleterrible · 11-07-2007, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

It always surprises me that public restroom doors don't open out, rather than in, which would solve this problem. (You can nudge a door open with your shoulder, etc.)

I use my shirt sleeves to turn knobs or my wrists for free swinging doors.

Actually it's a building code law for fire hazard that public room doors, as exit doors, should swing outwards. Report them to the owners.

nekokami · 11-07-2007, 09:35 AM

Exit doors for the whole building do swing outwards, but not restroom doors. By custom, they seem to always swing inwards. Perhaps it's because there should never be so many people in a restroom that a panic could result in too much weight against the door to open it, but it seems strange to me.

yvanleterrible · 11-07-2007, 09:41 AM

Have you ever been in a club or a popular bar? What about a rock concert or a theater? There can be a hundred persons in some of those places. Out swinging doors are code in every public room.

View Poll Results: Do you use your electronic reading device in the WC?
Yes, I use my electronic book in the WC all the time.	35	36.84%
Yes, I use it at home but not in a public WC.	31	32.63%
Yes, on occasion but I normally have separate reading material.	9	9.47%
No, it is non sanitary.	9	9.47%
No, it’s a matter of etiquette. I wasn’t raised that way.	4	4.21%
No, I might damage it by dropping in the bowl/sink/tub.	7	7.37%
Voters: 95. You may not vote on this poll

11-07-2007, 09:12 AM	#41
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	You're right Jon. It has been said in a study that the best place to find live germs is a public washroom door handle. There is always a fresh water supply to keep germ cultures alive as every wet hand brings some more. I think a reader is a befitting device for the GIGO room... Garbage In , Garbage Out ! There are worse things one can do than buy a used reader belonging to a gigo reader. Having kids (changing diapers on a kid that has diarrhea) owning a dog or a cat (they love to lick things) drinking tap water, eating pork or chicken... worse vegetables; they grow in manure. EVERY thing around one is a possible infection source. The human body has been marvelously designed with securities and ways of combating micro organisms. We should trust them and maintain them, that's all! Last edited by yvanleterrible; 11-07-2007 at 09:34 AM. Reason: Have you ever heard of vedetables? Me neither...

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11-06-2007, 01:56 PM	#31
mogui eNigma Posts: 503 Karma: 1335 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Philippines Device: HTC G1 Android FBReader	eTiquette used to be a strategy for not getting shot. I feel safe in using the term eReader now, even if eDoesn't like it. One might prefer the term eeReader though, when reading King or Kuntz. I use the words eReader and eBook because they are cute, concise, denotative, modern and hyphen-free. eNough said?

11-06-2007, 08:02 PM	#34
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	I’m probably about the only one interested in the results and most people just think it’s an inappropriate/stupid poll but I must say that I’m surprised by the results thus far. The current percentages (80% Yes and 20% No) are about the opposite of what I would have guessed. My family often teases me because I’m always walking around with a book but it’s generally been a different book. If my new Cybook is going to be my constant faithful companion for the next 3 years she’s going to have to learn how to take a bath and change her clothes every once in a while, or rather I’m going to learn how to give her a proper bath without damaging her delicate inner workings. It raises some design issues when I think about future generations of electronic reading devices that will target replacing magazines and newspapers. Maybe the correct answer is to get a display cheap enough that it stays in the bathroom and you wirelessly transmit a few pages of content to it. We already have the Japanese style toilets with the control console maybe we just need a fold out screen too.  If nothing else in the future I’m going to go wash my hands after I try out someone else’s electronic reader. Safe reading out there.

11-06-2007, 08:19 PM	#35
Madam Broshkina Manic Do Fuse Posts: 2,312 Karma: 3325462 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony 500, 505, 350, Kindle 3, DXG, nook, Irex DR800SG, iPad	What ever you do, do not read erotic e-fiction in the bathroom, you might go blind.

11-06-2007, 10:35 PM	#37
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,727 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	What I do is when I go sit in the bathroom, I take the reader sometimes and then when I am done, I put it down on the vanity or the floor. I then wash my hands and pick up the reader and leave the bathroom. No need to wash your hands after touching my 505.

11-07-2007, 05:59 AM	#38
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	I'm also a firm believer in bathroom reading. It has always been one of my favourite places to read and I try to avoid hygenic problems by doing as JSWolf does...

11-07-2007, 09:27 AM	#42
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	It always surprises me that public restroom doors don't open out, rather than in, which would solve this problem. (You can nudge a door open with your shoulder, etc.)

11-07-2007, 09:35 AM	#44
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Exit doors for the whole building do swing outwards, but not restroom doors. By custom, they seem to always swing inwards. Perhaps it's because there should never be so many people in a restroom that a panic could result in too much weight against the door to open it, but it seems strange to me.

11-07-2007, 09:41 AM	#45
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Have you ever been in a club or a popular bar? What about a rock concert or a theater? There can be a hundred persons in some of those places. Out swinging doors are code in every public room.