12 most likely (UNLIKELY?)places for germs
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kathydwells
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
I even hate pushing the buttons to enter my pin number. Gives me the creeps!!!!!
I work in an office and have to sign for a lot of packages. As soon as the UPS/FedEx guy or gal leaves my office I break out the hand sanitizer. I don't even want to know how many people (who don't wash their hands) use that little stylus pen.
Remember that not all germs are bad (a friend claims she's going sprinkle her kids w/ dirt to help build their immune systems), but I this thread definitely shows that Mom was right when she made you wash your hands before eating anything and avoid the public restrooms!
I agree 100% with all of them but this one...
Unless you're talking about what may be on the seat and toilet shroud there really isn't a tornado of germs that can happen IMHO. We (Delta) have pneumatic toliets on close to half of our fleet, now. I tell ya what...when you flush those boogers, the rush of air down...not out...down the toilet is so great that you can feel the rush coming under the door. That would be one strong germ to fly out of that vacuum!
All the others use the blue water that swirls so gently down that it doesn't create an aerosol. Besides, it has hydrochloric acid in it.
...and now your useless trivia nuggets...
If you ever had the opportunity to lay toilet paper from a pneumatic toilet down the aisle of an aircraft for a ways and then flush the toilet, it would suck up a distance of close to 15 rows! I don't have to tell you how I know that!
...and there was never an overwieght woman on an American Airlines flight who flushed a pnuematic toilet while seated on it which allegedly glued her to the seat by vacuum until they could land and have a mechanic release her! LOL!
Unless you're talking about what may be on the seat and toilet shroud there really isn't a tornado of germs that can happen IMHO. We (Delta) have pneumatic toliets on close to half of our fleet, now. I tell ya what...when you flush those boogers, the rush of air down...not out...down the toilet is so great that you can feel the rush coming under the door. That would be one strong germ to fly out of that vacuum!
All the others use the blue water that swirls so gently down that it doesn't create an aerosol. Besides, it has hydrochloric acid in it.
...and now your useless trivia nuggets...
If you ever had the opportunity to lay toilet paper from a pneumatic toilet down the aisle of an aircraft for a ways and then flush the toilet, it would suck up a distance of close to 15 rows! I don't have to tell you how I know that!
...and there was never an overwieght woman on an American Airlines flight who flushed a pnuematic toilet while seated on it which allegedly glued her to the seat by vacuum until they could land and have a mechanic release her! LOL!
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Mrs. Singinchicken's brother and wife were almost OCD about keeping their baby from contacting anything at all that had germs. She did really good until she picked up a superbug. The Doctor told them that anti-bacterial this and that is good up to a point, but the child has to pick up bugs here and there for the very reason you mention. He said that she would not have had near the problem she had if she had gotten smaller bugs leading up to it...
I was thinking a gas pump handle must get pretty nasty.
I certainly don't qualify as a germ-a-phobe. However, to me, the comforter (or whatever you call it) on a hotel bed is the nastiest thing on the planet. They NEVER wash those things! It takes me exactly 2.3 seconds to strip it off the bed when I check-in. I still get shivers just thinking about some 300lb. traveling salesman sitting "bare-butt" on the bed picking the lint out of his toenails.
Ditto, We do the same thing. We even bring our own lightweight conforter to the beach with us.I certainly don't qualify as a germ-a-phobe. However, to me, the comforter (or whatever you call it) on a hotel bed is the nastiest thing on the planet. They NEVER wash those things! It takes me exactly 2.3 seconds to strip it off the bed when I check-in. I still get shivers just thinking about some 300lb. traveling salesman sitting "bare-butt" on the bed picking the lint out of his toenails.
...can't say that i've ever had the opportunity...