I'm a bit of a germaphobe, and I recently went grocery shopping and saw something quite disturbing. You know how when you buy a carton of eggs you usually examine them to make sure there are no cracked ones? Well, I saw a lady take a carton of eggs, examine them, and the entire time she was coughing away, all over the eggs! I'm assuming all the eggs were fine because she fortunately put the carton of eggs in her cart.
Today's question is:
What is an example of how far you've gone to prevent GERMS?
One thing I do that my friends raise their eyebrows at is whenever I stay at hotels, I ALWAYS shower with my slippers on.
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I have to be honest I am of the mind that the more you are exposed to early on, the better your immune system is. I believe in lots of good old fashioned hand washing.
Have a great weekend!
I normally am very pro germ, too, the more you are exposed, the better your immune system. The more you avoid germs, the more likely you are to get sick.
However, this does not carry over to chicken. I am paranoid about chicken germs and wash and rewash every thing a raw chicken has been near. And I even used to get sick just eating chicken, and I thought it was probably psychosmatic, but more like it was my gall bladder since I don't have problems now that I had it removed, hehe.
For those of us with compromised immunities, 'shower shoes' are a MUST. I use "FIT" to wash any and all fruits and vegetables that are not grown by me.
You think that's bad? My husband and I were at the grocery store in the juice aisle when he says, "I just saw a cockroach." I was like, yeah right! So, being me, I got down on the floor and looked under the shelf. Sure enough, there was a cockroach, but that was only the half of it. There was dust at least an inch thick, other random dust balls, and products that looked like they'd been under there for years. Nobody ever cleans underneath the shelves, apparently. I contacted the health department...
And that's the second time I've contacted them about this store. The other incident involved a broken jar of pasta sauce. We noticed it one day, it was on the lowest shelf and had run down the wall to the floor. At least 2 months later, we noticed that the jar was still there, as was the mess it had made. Nasty.
Oh yeah, I forgot. I'm a germaphobe, too. I carry hand sanitizing spray, a portable toothbrush and tube of toothpaste, and mouthwash spray. I worked at a daycare once... I swear I would come home covered in a thin, microscopic layer of boogers... man did I have dry hands from washing them constantly!
I'll tell you though, I don't use water fountains anymore after seeing what a 2 year old can do to one.
I don't think I go very far...although I do go through A LOT of hand sanitizer at school.
I always carry a small hand sanitizer in my bag. When I use the bathroom at the mall or other public places, I wash my hands but after holding the doorknob of the restroom on my way out, I still rub my hands with hand sanitizer to make sure my hands are clean.
I don't even really feel clean with hand sanitizer alone. I HAVE to wash my hands to get the germs off!
It all started when I taught first grade and watched the kids do gross stuff like eat boogers all day. GAHK! GROSS!
I generally don't worry about germs, unless someone has a stomach bug...then I break out every germ killing item I have...hand sanitizer, lysol spray, clorox wipes.....
If everyone is healthy, I'm pretty lax on germs.
I wash my hands and wipe down the counters.
I refuse to touch anything in the lavatory including the door handle. I'm always walking out of there with paper towels in hand. The passengers look at me strangely but I don't care. hee hee
Kailani
An Island Life
You will pick up more germs in a hospital setting then anywhere else. I agree with theangelforever and qtpies7 being pro germ and don't worry too much except in a hospital setting. Wear the free masks they have if you must go there. Just Ask for them, they dont mind at all.
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