[Oldeconomybuyer]

[Hammer Tym]

I don’t touch anything on those trains; very gross

[G Larry]

I had a perfectly smart remark for the headline......

And now you’ve made me forget what it was!

[Cementjungle]

Reason number 3,276 not to live in San Francisco.

[Lorianne]

Although undoubtedly true that this bacteria is in the seats, it’s probably all over the train and all over things you touch everyday, like money.

[mac_truck]

Compounding the problem is that something like 47% of the BART cleaning crews are ‘absent’ from work on a given shift. These jobs have a starting pay around $40K plus benefits but managment is looking for new 'incentives' to get the crews to come to work.

Lol!

[Venturer]

If she rides dressed like that I don’t blame her for not sitting down. She is practically exposed.

Maybe they should check out her bicycle seat.

[buccaneer81]

Not Guilty!

[Ditter]

We stopped going to a movie theater in downtown Houston because the carpet and cloth seats were so filthy. Mr Ditter and I both caught something and I think that was the place. I had the forethought when we left the theater that night to find the manager and tell her it was filthy and that we were never coming back. My husband ended up in the hospital for 5 days with a serious complication.

[Gaffer]

And, in a related story....bicycle seat sniffers throughout the world are going nuts at the moment.

[Carry_Okie]

Back when I was a young feller in the 70s, riding a bike 150 mi/week, you couldn't find a girl like that who would ride a bike with drop handlebars. Saddle technology changed everything.

Too late.

[kittymyrib]

After reading about the filthy fecal and E. coli contaminated shopping cart handles all over the country, I certainly wouldn’t trust train seats around San Francisco. Too many people who don’t use soap and water in this country.

[Ramius]

The whole world has germs. Better to just accept it.

[libertarian27]

BART Trains

should change their name to -

MRSA Trains

It’s catchy.....

[xp38]

The biggest problem with public transit is that it is public.

[Terry Mross]

Think about all the germs going through airport security. Everyone takes their shoes off and puts them in a plastic container. Then the containers get recycled and you put your stuff in one. It sickens me to think of what’s in those containers.

I’ve made the decision to never fly again unless hog tied and forced to do so. If I’d thought of the creepy crawlers getting on my watch and wallet I’d probably have stopped flying long ago. And I don’t even want to think of what’s on the seat upholstery.

[upchuck]

Did anybody else notice that the person named Franklin in the article changes sex in the article. Unless the lady is named Bob.

[count-your-change]

The old movie theater I used to go to as a kid had what appeared to be smooth plastic covered seats. “appeared” since at one time they were plush too.

[hattend]

I wouldn’t pick up a 5 dollar bill if I dropped in San Francisco.