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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
Carts in stores are filthy. I've tried for years to break my husband of sitting items in the baby seat part of the cart. I guess it would take a stinky diaper to be there in plain sight for him to get it.
So is paper money, all those touch screens for payment, the conveyor belts where you sit your stuff, etc. While I don't go crazy, I do wipe off the handle of the cart if there are wipes available. At the very least, I wash my hands as soon as I get home.
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Bugs are everywhere. If you want to sanitize everything you ever touch in public or other people have touched, you'll go insane in no time. Germophobia (pathological fear of contamination and germs) is a real disorder and many people suffer from it. Actually you do yourself a disservice by excessive disinfecting, because the less used you are to various germs, the more susceptible you'll be to various infections. That doesn't mean that you must live dirty, of course. But ordinary washing with soap (not antibacterial soap) should be sufficient for people with normal immune systems. That goes for the elderly too, if they're reasonably healthy for their age. My 82-year-old mother is not overly fussy about such things and she very rarely catches anything (she goes shopping with me, uses public transport etc, so she doesn't live an isolated life).