"ravinwulf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:51:26 GMT, "Peter Aitken"
> > wrote:
>
>>"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:12:35 -0600, Damsel >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>There's a store in town that offers sanitary wipes at the door, for
>>>>people
>>>>who don't want to pick up crud from previous users, and to put on the
>>>>handle if they've got kids who put everything in their mouths. I think
>>>>that's a nice touch.
>>>
>>> Gelson's in SoCal does this. There's a stand with a container
>>> advertising "sanitary wipes." I am such an idiot that it wasn't until
>>> I read your post that I realized why they were there. Doh!
>>>
>>
>>This has to be the height of silly obsessive fussiness. First of all, it
>>is
>>generally agreed that having children exposed to a normal range of germs
>>and
>>viruses is good for them, helps to build their immune systems. Second of
>>all, no matter how many things you wipe and disinfect you will at best get
>>rid of a very small percentage of what you are exposed to. Finally, GET A
>>LIFE, do you really not have anything better to do than obsessing over
>>germs?
>
> How many times have you picked up a package of meat or poultry at the
> store that has been sticky on the bottom from blood and other fluids?
> Did you push your cart away after handling it? The germs that are on
> supermarket shopping cart handles almost certainly go beyond
> run-of-the-mill cold germs and whatnot to include things like
> salmonella. I don't see anything fussy about wanting to limit exposure
> to that sort of thing.
>

AARRGGHH!! The cooties are going to get you! Those same people pick up items
from the shelves and put them back - are you going to disinfect every item
you buy? How about the pen they give you to sign your receipt at the
register. AARRGGHH, cooties! Ot the cash in your wallet - who knows what
filthy people have handled that? And when you give your credit card to
someone at the store - god only knows which fatal lethal germs they have on
their hands. BOIL THE CREDIT CARD! And when you travel by air, who knows
what plague-infested poeple handle your luggage, so you should certainly
irradiate the suitcase handles before you touch them. Shake hands with
someone? God forbid - it might kill you! Push an elevator button - call the
morgue!

I hope you get my point. The world is full of germs and once in a while they
make you sick. Fussing about shopping cart handles makes no difference and
wastes your time and energy. If you want to waste it that is your business,
but do not be surprised when more knowledgeable people find it silly.


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Peter Aitken

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