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Supermarket Trolleys
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LadyScozz | Report | 1 May 2014 08:35 |
We all know they're not clean :-0 |
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AnninGlos | Report | 1 May 2014 08:44 |
No, there are continually complaints in letters pages here about people who put young children into the trollies, with shoes on, having been walking on dirty pavements. I wish the stores were more strict about it. But, I have never seen a dog in one I must say. :-( |
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SheilaSomerset | Report | 1 May 2014 09:23 |
I'd rather a dog than a child with goodness-knows-what on their shoes and hands, but I guess I'm just less squeamish about dogs and have never had children... I never use a sit-in trolley, only the shallow ones and wash my hands as soon as I get home. Some of the baskets look pretty manky too :-D |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 1 May 2014 10:43 |
Fruit and veg ought to be washed and/or peeled before eating. What other non-wrapped items are 'you' buying in supermarkets? The only loose fruit/veg we place in the film-bags are Jersey Royals and tomatoes just so that we can avoid squashing them all. We don't bother with anything else including other 'dirty' root veg. |
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SueMaid | Report | 1 May 2014 11:37 |
It's the handles on the shopping trolleys that are a concern. We pass on so many germs with our hands. People sneeze, cough and use the loo without washing their hands. A quick wipe over with a tissue and antibacterial gel will help. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 1 May 2014 11:43 |
I could very easily get phobic about some things! |
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SueMaid | Report | 1 May 2014 12:03 |
Having done a number of courses on infection control I can be quite annoying pointing out numerous places and things that can be "dangerous". The worse place?........the doctors' surgery. Watch out for magazines :-0 |
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AnninGlos | Report | 1 May 2014 12:06 |
Sue maid and people licking their fingers to turn the pages, also hospital waiting rooms and dentists!! |
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Dermot | Report | 1 May 2014 12:32 |
I don't know why such individuals have different standards, generally lower than us common plebs. |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 1 May 2014 12:33 |
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DazedConfused | Report | 1 May 2014 13:03 |
It is this obsessive concern about hygiene which is causing our medical practitioners and scientists so many problems. |
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Island | Report | 1 May 2014 14:00 |
I've never thought about the cleanliness of shopping trolleys. |
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Dermot | Report | 1 May 2014 14:00 |
Accepting a dinner invitation is hardly living dangerously nor is it legally binding. But had you the opportunity to carryout a food hygiene survey at the colleague's home, you could end up reassessing the health risk. |
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Elizabeth2469049 | Report | 1 May 2014 14:21 |
I have a feeling (no scientific proofs) that frequent exposure to everyday dirt is a useful sort of protection like vaccination- if we (and I do include children in this) are kept immunised from all dirt and bugs it will hit us the harder when exposed to them later |
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LadyScozz | Report | 1 May 2014 15:36 |
I always wash down the kitchen counter after putting away the groceries. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 1 May 2014 15:50 |
The boiling water would have killed off any bacteria although washing the potatoes first would be more likely to get rid of the grit! |
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AnninGlos | Report | 1 May 2014 17:17 |
But you will or can catch colds from touching places where germs have been deposited, I think the advice given when flu and colds are around a lot is to wash hands as much as possible after touching places where germs might lurk and if you don't wash your hands don't touch your mouth or nose with them. |
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Susan10146857 | Report | 1 May 2014 18:12 |
I must admit to starting to get squeamish about touching trollies. I put my jacket sleeves over my hands.....my reason is as follows, for those who may think it is over the top.....Only today I saw a man blow his nose on a grotty tissue only to wrap it up in his palm then put it in his pocket....he then proceeded to touch the vegetables....YUK!....just think of all those who sneeze into their hands then touch the tins.....no wonder I get their flu so easily......and again YUK!....there is no telling what is on anyone's hands.....then there are those who use the supermarket loos and don't wash their hands....YUK!.......after thinking of it all....Faints and vows never to eat again :-S |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 1 May 2014 19:11 |
Get yourself a haz-mat suit with an integrated oxygen supply ;-) |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 1 May 2014 19:18 |
I never put my shopping bags on the worktop - I drag them in and leave them on the kitchen floor. Far too much effort needed to lift them up :-S |
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