Pappy
Living the Dream
How about the old public phone booths? They had to be tops of the germ list. I have seen people actually put paper money in their mouth while trying to find something out of their purse or pocket.
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Guilty on occasion. What about kissing! :eewwk:
Pappy
Living the Dream
Kissing spreads gems too, but it's so much fun. How about, oh,forget that one.
Pappy
Living the Dream
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QuickSilver
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Kissing spreads gems too, but it's so much fun. How about, oh,forget that one.
One would hope one is selective in who they kiss.. Not everyone on the street..
QuickSilver
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I do a few things to keep down exposure to germs.
I mentioned flushing with my foot.. I also wash my hands and dry them. I use the paper towel to turn off the water faucet if it's not automatic. I also use the paper towel to turn the door handle when leaving the restroom. Then discard it in the nearest waste basket.
I use my elbow to push elevator buttons.
Working in a hospital.. I do NOT use the phones on the nursing station, I use a cell phone. I also steer clear of community computer key boards. I have my own laptop.
I mentioned flushing with my foot.. I also wash my hands and dry them. I use the paper towel to turn off the water faucet if it's not automatic. I also use the paper towel to turn the door handle when leaving the restroom. Then discard it in the nearest waste basket.
I use my elbow to push elevator buttons.
Working in a hospital.. I do NOT use the phones on the nursing station, I use a cell phone. I also steer clear of community computer key boards. I have my own laptop.
RadishRose
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Years ago I was in a restaurant in NYC. On the way to the Ladies room, I bypassed the doorway to the kitchen and saw:
The cook held a spoonful of coleslaw while looking for a dish to put it in, grabbed a dirty dish from a pile, plopped the slaw into it and wipe the rim off with his apron. UGH! I had already finished my meal but if I'd seen that first, I would have left.
Revolting!
The cook held a spoonful of coleslaw while looking for a dish to put it in, grabbed a dirty dish from a pile, plopped the slaw into it and wipe the rim off with his apron. UGH! I had already finished my meal but if I'd seen that first, I would have left.
Revolting!
Falcon
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- So. California
I was in a Chinese take-out restaurant waiting for my order to be filled. I could see the kitchen through a window in the door.
Inside, there was a big fat sweaty Chinaman stirring a pot with a ladle. He picked up the ladle, TOOK A SIP then put the ladle
back in the pot and kept on stirring.
I walked out and never went back. "They" say, "What you don't know won't hurt you." ( I shouldn't have looked.)
Inside, there was a big fat sweaty Chinaman stirring a pot with a ladle. He picked up the ladle, TOOK A SIP then put the ladle
back in the pot and kept on stirring.
I walked out and never went back. "They" say, "What you don't know won't hurt you." ( I shouldn't have looked.)
QuickSilver
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Then some feel that the US is way too obsessed with germs and cleanliness. We shower too often and over use hand sanitizers.. Has anyone ever heard George Carlin's
routine on germs? Go ahead and google George Carlin Fear of Germs. warning though... George uses some pretty blue language.. so if you are easily offended.. do not google.. If not.. google and enjoy.
routine on germs? Go ahead and google George Carlin Fear of Germs. warning though... George uses some pretty blue language.. so if you are easily offended.. do not google.. If not.. google and enjoy.
In many public bathrooms you can't flush with your foot. It's either a handle or like in Thailand or Australia it's a button on top of the tank. It's also very hard to find public bathrooms that have paper towels.