Grocery cart handles EWWWW!

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Originally Posted by cali

I think safety parinoia in general has gone too far lol. I am not a safety nut in the slightest. I really dont care whats on shopping cart handles, nor I am terrified of public washrooms, I dont sanitize everything I touch and I dont get the flu shot. I let my dogs off leash in unfenced areas near quite roads, and let then run along the van in the country side. I happily stick my hands in mud and splash in puddles etc... no I wash my hands with soap and hot water fatre handling raw meat, I wash my hands after using the washroom, and if a starnger walks into work with hands covered in open wounds I then sanitize my hands and everything the person touched AKA I follow common sence guidlines. and guess what? I have a predispotion to severe allergys and illness, I have only 2 mild "sorta" allergys that is the fabric Rayon cannot touch my skin, and Codine affects my kidneys. I almost never get sick, and when I do its mild and short.

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I'm the same way. I think growing up in my mom's house and where I did gave me an awesome immune system. Me and my mom laugh about it all the time. I rarely and I mean rarely get sick, and even if I do 2-3 days and poof gone, and just something mild. And I'm not allergic to anything. Sometimes I think I got lucky, and other times I think my body is just trained....lol.

I've always knew that grocery store cart handles had germs.... but I didn't know they had THAT many! I'm a TOTAL germaphobic, I wash my hands very often.

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Originally Posted by Pam

I know most of us are probably pretty knowledgeable about germs and hand washing but did you know, according to what I just heard on TV, that grocery cart handles are the absolute worst? :eek:

Several stores in my area have disposal wipes located where the carts are in the front of the store so that shoppers may wipe off the prior person's germs before touching that handle. When you hear about the types of germs and material that come off these things with a swab it makes you just cringe. Anyone remember when Oprah did a show on this a couple of years back? Everyone please be careful what you touch, especially in flu season. :eek:

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eww that's disgusting!!I heard from my cousin that girls bathrooms have more germs than boys!!!What's up with that anyway?lol

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Originally Posted by cali

I think safety parinoia in general has gone too far lol. I am not a safety nut in the slightest. I really dont care whats on shopping cart handles, nor I am terrified of public washrooms, I dont sanitize everything I touch and I dont get the flu shot. I let my dogs off leash in unfenced areas near quite roads, and let then run along the van in the country side. I happily stick my hands in mud and splash in puddles etc... no I wash my hands with soap and hot water fatre handling raw meat, I wash my hands after using the washroom, and if a starnger walks into work with hands covered in open wounds I then sanitize my hands and everything the person touched AKA I follow common sence guidlines. and guess what? I have a predispotion to severe allergys and illness, I have only 2 mild "sorta" allergys that is the fabric Rayon cannot touch my skin, and Codine affects my kidneys. I almost never get sick, and when I do its mild and short.

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I am with you 100%.

I would never worry about touching handles, etc. Maybe if I had a child I would be a bit more worried about germs and bacteria, but until that day, I will happily push anyones shopping cart around if needed! :p

I must be phobic....I won't even open a door with my bare hands. I don't touch magazines in waiting rooms, and I always have hand sanitizer wherever I go and towellettes in the car. I wear rubber gloves to handle raw meat and clean everything with Javex when done. I mean meat for my dogs that I pick up at the butcher's by the barrel full. My immune system is a total zero and I was told to be careful, so I try. :)

I am pretty 'safe' when it comes to germs. I'm constantly washing my hands (especially at work, where I handle everything from raw chicken to trash cans to money) however, I've never been too hesitant to open doors, touch carts, etc. You will NEVER see me touch meats in the meat section unless there are wipes near by.

While I have no problem touching handles and the like, the first thing I will do is wash my hands when I get home, even before I touch my dogs.