Gross! The person next to you doesn’t wash their hands after the toilet!

Hongkongers are struggling with basic hygiene, with one in two people failing to wash their hands after using the toilet, according to a study conducted by Reckitt’s brand Dettol.

About 80 percent of infectious diseases are transmitted by unclean hands touching contaminated surfaces, however, the study found that this hand hygiene knowledge was not known by 80 percent of people in the territory.

The shocking discovery came after Dettol interviewed 300 people last month on their hand hygiene practices. The troubling result revealed that 80 percent of the respondents were unaware that 80 percent of infectious diseases are transmitted through hands.

A majority of people do not wash their hands with hand sanitizer before consuming snacks or even medication, which is inadvertently leading to the consumption of bacteria, it noted.

Another incredibly not-nice statistic also shows that 57 percent of people do not wash their hands after they go to the toilet, meaning one in every two people has germy hands.

Of the men who washed their hands after using the toilet, 60 percent only washed their fingertips, citing excuses like cold water temperature and laziness. Some also insisted it was not necessary for them to wash their hands, claiming they “have not touched their private parts” when using the toilet.

Meanwhile, the study also found that 63 percent of Hongkongers had been in conflict with their partner over issues related to hand hygiene—or, more specifically, not washing their hands after using the toilet.

So now you know, watch where you’re putting your hands - a pair of dirty hands could’ve been there.