Posted on 11/29/2018 9:51:00 AM PST by Louis Foxwell
[[ We were all surprised how much gut and fecal bacteria there was on the touchscreen machines.]]
Well dog-gonit, move the touch screen out of the bathrooms then. j/k
This is why I always try to use my knuckles, NOT fingertips.
I’m less likely to spread disease and less likely to get it by my mouth.
Kinda blends right in there.
Fecal bacteria can be found on everything used by the public - shopping carts, door handles, and don’t get started on subway straps.
Why they are they picking on McDonalds?
crappy meals with a free prize... Ecoli
[[This is why I always try to use my knuckles,]]
Knuckle-dragger
“We were all surprised how much gut and fecal bacteria there was on the touchscreen machines.”
Well just think of all the gut and crap bacteria that are on the fingers preparing the meal...
Likewise anything else all the world toucjes.
When in college I worked in a corporate biochemistry lab. My boss had a beef (pun) with the corporate cafeteria, so he had me take surface cultures from all sorts of different surfaces in the cafeteria— serving trays, dishes (ostensibly cleaned) chairs, floors, door handles, pretty much anywhere I could stick a contact dish.
The results were what WE expected, but absolutely scared the crap out of the staff.
We found most every ‘pathogen’ known to human kind (short of plague) growing somewhere in the cafeteria.
Serving trays were the most, ahem, bio-diverse. Floors were the cleanest, we think due to the biocides in the floor cleaners.
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thankfully though our systems are mostly capable of fighting off infections- but every now and again, we get too much for our systems to handle, but it’s not really that common to do so-
Finger in mouth ,Hmm thinking , touch screen ,Hmm finger back in mouth thinking ,LOL
Not that I approve of poop on my menu, but traditional menus are a host for bacteria and poop too.
I eat at home. The only micky-D’s I’ve had in recent years were caramel frappes. I guess I’ll make mine at home now....
Why don’t restaurants optionally front-end customer orders with smart phones in addition to public touchscreens? GPS could make sure that person placing order is in the store.
Big deal. Test the shopping cart handles and baby seats in them.
Like those Dyson air blade hand dryers that vaporize urine and fecal bacteria for convenient breathing in the restroom.
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