Dirty trains and railway stations - ongoing discussion, merged topics

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[Red Squirrel]

Digressing, as ever: Many people are surprised to hear that the household item bearing the highest number of potentially-deadly microbes is not your lavvy, or even your bogbrush - it's yer kitchen sponge or cloth (you know, the one you lovingly smear all over your dishes before putting them in a nice warm dark cupboard to fester). Makes you wonder how we survive...

[Noggin]

Digressing, as ever: Many people are surprised to hear that the household item bearing the highest number of potentially-deadly microbes is not your lavvy, or even your bogbrush - it's yer kitchen sponge or cloth (you know, the one you lovingly smear all over your dishes before putting them in a nice warm dark cupboard to fester). Makes you wonder how we survive...

Indeed. Some people seem to be very selective when it comes to cleaning, my missus included. I'll come home and find that the kitchen table (and floor) still has the kids breakfast things on it and hasn't been cleaned, then she'll go around cleaning light switches and door handles with antiseptic because she thinks that's why the kids have tummy bugs!

[ChrisB]

and you help her out of course?....

[Noggin]

and you help her out of course?....

Of course - not that it gets noticed! The funny thing is that when she goes away and I'm on my own with the kids the house is considerably tidier!

[ChrisB]

Does she notice do you think? :-)

[chrisr_75]

and you help her out of course?....

Of course - not that it gets noticed! The funny thing is that when she goes away and I'm on my own with the kids the house is considerably tidier!

I hope she never reads this forum, otherwise you're in trouble! 

[LiskeardRich]

Hmmm. 

I've just picked up this otherwise dormant topic during my work in migrating various existing posts from our 'the wider picture' board to one of the new boards, so please accept my apologies for the delay in my response / resurrecting an old topic. 

Suppose you don't get dirty clientele at your partnership that you want to clean yourself after visiting! 

You would be surprised.  I have two examples of customers who, while obviously able to order their shopping online, were apparently unable to look after themselves in their own homes.  In one case, I referred the matter to social services, as I was so concerned.  That was the one where I actually used the hand sanitizers in the van when I had completed the delivery.  It was that bad. 

Since my previous post I now do the same role as you, but in an orange branded van. I'm glad I haven't come across anything like this.
We've a fair few customers who have their order done by family up country, and we can be the only people they see from week to week. I take longer and have a good chat with those.

[stuving]

Some time ago I read of this theory about the immune system (and I've seen nothing since, so maybe it was just someone's theory). The idea is that it is set up to mount about twenty immune responses at any time, and it picks the ones that are causing the most signs of harm. If you have fewer serious infections, it goes further down the scale and attacks things are hardly - or not - harmful at all.

It was meant to explain how the system sets its threshold, and also the observed increase in auto-immune disease and allergies over recent decades. Hence the advice, which you do hear, that being too hygienic is bad for you, and more importantly for your kids.

Well, as an argument it's worth trying anyway.

[rower40]

and you help her out of course?....

Of course - not that it gets noticed! The funny thing is that when she goes away and I'm on my own with the kids the house is considerably tidier!

Pointing out one's other half's failings in the washing-up department is the quickest route out of marital harmony and bliss that I've ever encountered.So Far.

[Bmblbzzz]

I rather suspect that the touch screens of Ticket Vending Machines are one of the germiest places at all (TVM^▸ (Ticket Vending Machine) equipped) stations  ...

Without a doubt ...

Confirmed - from City am

Ever resisted holding on to handrails on the Tube because of the prospect of germs, even if it means you find yourself stumbling around every time the train judders?

You might be on to something: new analysis has revealed London’s germiest Tube lines - and the Northern Line takes top spot with almost three times more germs than its nearest competitor.

Surprised the escalator handrail is so much cleaner than the handrails in the trains. Perhaps it gets scrubbed clean on the return half of its revolution?