Posted on 07/26/2010 12:07:59 AM PDT by rvoitier
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Worse than bugs, rodents, or temperature problems is when people handle money and then touch the food. Lucre tends to be filthy.
Stick to tailgating.
“when people handle money and then touch the food.”
And, by far, the worst offender is the filthy dollar bill! They’re breeding grounds for bacteria and viruses. They don’t last more than 18 months on average, whereas the dollar coins can last up to 40 years. The copper in the alloy is naturally anti bacterial and anti viral. After their 18 month life-span, greenbacks are bleached, shredded, and dumped in landfills, and more are printed. A complete waste of our tax money. These a-holes waste money on everything! Why did we have to pay to re-design, and buy new dies, to change the flip-side of the penny? I’m having a hard time paying my bills, and those jerks waste money everywhere! FUDC!
Rant off.....
I feel like wearing a rubber suit complete with rubber gloves everytime I have to go in Wal Mart (a.k.a the store from hell). When I leave Wal Mart, I feel the need to find lysol, alchohol, sanitizers etc and shower in them. ESPECIALLY after the series of the ‘Pictures from Wal Mart’ started making the rounds.
On a side note , someone said that germs last 40 years on a coin...now think about that, really. I don’t know who puts these statistics out but really, 40 years? Come on. I think we’re losing our logical thinking skills as a population.
they should just shoot the food to the customer through some irradiating device, or those light things that kill bacteria.
NO WONDER there are germ a phobes!
Yep, I carry a little bottle all the time. If I hear one sneeze or cough from someone I’m at least 10-15’ away.
I think you misread that, actually...someone said *the coins* could last 40 years.
About 3-4 years ago, I was down with the flu and having fever, pain etc. Well it was late in the evening, probably around 8:30PM and I decided I had to get some meds and went to the local grocery store. There was one other customer in the store when I went in and I walked through the area where she was...she had a nasty cough and she was standing at the meat counter coughing her head off...then she moved to the dairy products and same thing, coughing and NOT covering her mouth. Well I’m listening to this and that sow move through the store and by the time she ended up in the aisle where I was I said ‘what the hell...weren’t you taught any better when you were growing up???” COVER YOUR MOUTH!!!” I was so freakin’ sick myself but wanted to clobber her right there. I told the checker that they needed to sanitize EVERYTHING... Freaking pigs...
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You’re right...I did misread that. Thanks
The old lady laughs at me when I pull my sleeve over my hand to grab door handles! I usually reply with something such as, “Do you think everybody washes their hands before leaving the restroom?”
The teacher pointed out that, when people FIRST touch the handle on a faucet in a public toilet, they have just finished their "personal toilet experience" but haven't washed their hands. So . . . after you've washed your hands and touch the handle to turn the water off, you've essential shaken hands with somebody who just finished their "personal toilet experience" and contaminated your hands again.
She pulled out a paper towel to turn on the faucet and, after washing, pulled out another towel to turn off the faucet.
Finally, she pulled out a third paper towel to use to open the door - pointing out that (a) many people who had opened the door hadn't washed their hands and (b) the others had just turned off the faucet, which (to repeat) was repeatedly handled by people who had just finished their "personal toilet experience."
Her personal diatribe against McDonald's and the manufacturers of the hot air dryers for public restrooms was a thing to hear. She pointed out that more people didn't wash, because they couldn't dry, and those who did wash still had wet hands after touching the filthy faucet handle.
She may have been over the top, but she made her points and they made sense.
“She may have been over the top, but she made her points and they made sense.”
Ha! You could put my name in place of every “She” in your reply! I do the exact same thing!
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