Rant- Everyday Germ Warfare

That is all really gross! I carry wipes with me everywhere we go so if there's a kid mess or anything else I can clean up after my kids and I.

Thats why I always wipe down the carts =) Never know what kinds of germs until you observe the shopping trips! I can't even eat ice cream without making a mess (especially the ones on the stick) ... so I while pushing a kid around eating ice cream, I can only imagine a mess is on its way!

sounds like the "i don't live here" factor at work.some people are really disgusting when they know they ain't gotta clean it up.

Even using those wipes in the store does not help. Wipe it and the minute you take the cart into the store the germs are all over the cart again.

Now I feel sick, I usually use a wipe to clean the handle before to touch it. You are right people are gross.

O. M. G.!!!!! (Why, oh why did I pick this old discussion of yours to look at and respond to, Plethos? You really should post a warning on discussions like this when you write them! GROSS!) (working at keeping my supper where it belongs!) You observed some really sick and disgusting behavior! But observing it yourself wasn't good enough for you? You HAD to come to myLot and tell us about it, too? (You are a nasty man! I'm telling you now, you are lucky I like you! Even more lucky after I read this discussion! ) A few days ago I was talking to a woman about a cell phone she was interested in purchasing. She had (I think.) her granddaughter strapped into the shopping cart seat. I was thinking, what a cute kid, when she grinned at me, looked at granny and LICKED the handle on the cart! I almost lost it right there! I know I lost some of my normal coloring! (Another associate was walking by, looked at me and ask if I was feeling alright because I was white as a sheet!) Granny patted the girl's cheek and told her not to lick the handle. She said she (granny) had to hold the handle to push the cart and she didn't want to put her hands into saliva on the handle... but didn't wipe the handle or say anything when the little girl did it again! I excused myself, ask another associate to wait on granny and the little germ bag, went to the bathroom and threw up! (That part all happened really fast! It probably took longer for me to type that sentence that it did for the sequence to take place! not a joke, either!) I can give you another disgusting verbal image, if you are feeling froggy, Plethos! *Warning! Do not read the rest of this if you have a weak stomach!* About a month ago I was walking around the counter in the Connection Center when I noticed someone had spilled/dropped chili on the floor. (Or so I thought at the time.) I stepped past the spill and called maintenance to come with a mop bucket. Then stepped back around to keep anyone from stepping in the mess or driving a shopping cart through it. It seemed to take the maintenance associate a long time to get to me, but I figured he had come across another problem he needed to take care of first. (He had, sorta.) When he finally reached me, he said he had wondered where the trail had started at... I looked at him and ask what he was talking about... He told me someone's kid had filled its diaper and overflowed it, leaving a trail with a few skips in the trail. The parent noticed a problem when he saw his kid licking "chili" off its hands and wondered where the chili came from! I almost barfed right then and there! I now am very careful if/when asking for clarification when dealing with things in Walmart!!! I just don't need to know everything people see/do there!! (sorta grinning sickly at you!) I think I will need to be a bit more careful jumping into one of your discussions, from now on!!!

Humans are very strange. They make a mess everywhere and think someone else will clean it up.

I always use the wipes there to clean off my cart or basket.Yes,some of them are gross.

That does sound pretty disgusting

I always carry wet wipes and hand sanitizer with me for that very reason. I wish there are those dispensers here though! Apparently hygiene isn't common sense to some people.

They say we can pick up the most germs from door knobs and bathrooms in public places. I wonder how it was in the days when public phone booths were in use?