Hotel room cups and glasses -- you might not want to hear this
Jun 26th, 2006, 12:04 PM
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I once was on a business trip to Minsk, the capital of Belorussia. Our party was there on invitation of the Belorussian government, and we used to have breakfast, lunch and dinner at a fine restaurant which belonged to the university.
Until one of my colleagues made the mistake to enter the kitchen. After that, he didn't taste a single bite for the rest of the trip.
I continued eating and stayed healthy...
What does not kill us makes us hard!
Until one of my colleagues made the mistake to enter the kitchen. After that, he didn't taste a single bite for the rest of the trip.
I continued eating and stayed healthy...
What does not kill us makes us hard!
Jun 26th, 2006, 12:12 PM
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Another thing that bothers me in hotel rooms is the TV remote control...I think about people doing things, scratching themselves, and then using the remote...and I do not think they swipe the remote down with bleach or other disinfectant when they clean.
I have not brought wipes (I use hand sanitizer religiously-and I believe it is the reason I have not, knock on wood, had a cold in two years) but now I'm thinking that will be packed on the next trip.
I have not brought wipes (I use hand sanitizer religiously-and I believe it is the reason I have not, knock on wood, had a cold in two years) but now I'm thinking that will be packed on the next trip.
Jun 26th, 2006, 12:18 PM
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travelling1959 -- True, but there are some things that we have more agency over. My friends who work in kitchens have told me horror stories about how dirty it is but I won't stop eating out and I can't/won't storm into a kitchen and make sure my food hasn't been dropped on the floor, etc.
But I can quite easily not lie on top of a bedspread that hasn't been washed in years and that a thousand people might have come into intimate contact with. I can also quite easily glance at a glass in my hotel room and determine whether to use it, rinse it under hot water, etc.
But I can quite easily not lie on top of a bedspread that hasn't been washed in years and that a thousand people might have come into intimate contact with. I can also quite easily glance at a glass in my hotel room and determine whether to use it, rinse it under hot water, etc.
Jun 26th, 2006, 12:43 PM
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What about the carpet? Do we sanitize those as well?
Or the chairs we sit in in restaurants? Do we have to carry our own personal bleach bottle to wipe those down?
Oh oh...what about the air that we breathe when we have to leave our houses and go out in public?
Should we carry around little spritzers with bleach and sanitizer ?
Should we all just move to the Sun where it's too hot for germs to live?
Or the chairs we sit in in restaurants? Do we have to carry our own personal bleach bottle to wipe those down?
Oh oh...what about the air that we breathe when we have to leave our houses and go out in public?
Should we carry around little spritzers with bleach and sanitizer ?
Should we all just move to the Sun where it's too hot for germs to live?
Jun 26th, 2006, 12:49 PM
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Humans are amazingly robust.
We need contact with germs to train our immune system. Research proved that people who use sanitizers fall ill more often and may develop allergies.
BTW, I never peel fruits, I take drinks with ice cubes everywhere, I have eaten raw fish in the middle of Africa and I have never been sick.
We need contact with germs to train our immune system. Research proved that people who use sanitizers fall ill more often and may develop allergies.
BTW, I never peel fruits, I take drinks with ice cubes everywhere, I have eaten raw fish in the middle of Africa and I have never been sick.
Jun 26th, 2006, 01:06 PM
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Traveler-I've eaten street food all over Asia (just this past Jan. grilled squid on a stick in Thailand) and never gotten sick, but there's always a first time! And that doesn't mean that hotel rooms are not FULL of e coli bacteria-as many tests have shown.
You CAN get other, icky diseases from toilet seats, and hot tub areas, as you probably already know...
and fishee-that's not a bad idea!
You CAN get other, icky diseases from toilet seats, and hot tub areas, as you probably already know...
and fishee-that's not a bad idea!
Jun 26th, 2006, 01:16 PM
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You might catch a cold or virus from an unwashed hotel room glass. It is highly unlikely that it could cause you to be running for a bathroom with severe stomach cramps and diarrea. That's from food. Trust me.
Jun 26th, 2006, 01:48 PM
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Actually, though, with E Coli bacteria, you have to be careful-if someone DOES have a food poisoning sickness and is sick (say in a hotel room)- if that room was not properly cleaned, the E coli bacteria could theoretically infect other people-that's why a person who has such a sickness (particularly a food service worker) has to be careful to use proper hygiene in order to avoid passing the bacteria on to others.
Another thing that hotel rooms have-staph germs-which are rampant in hospitals (and other community areas-like gyms) can be life-threatening. There is a direct correlation between staph infections with the cleanliness of a particular area.
Another thing that hotel rooms have-staph germs-which are rampant in hospitals (and other community areas-like gyms) can be life-threatening. There is a direct correlation between staph infections with the cleanliness of a particular area.
Jun 26th, 2006, 01:54 PM
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Jun 26th, 2006, 01:54 PM
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I don't understand this near hysterical wailing when a high percentage of the beaches on the east coast of the USA are contaminated with bacteria of fecal origin. How often are beaches closed because of contamination?
We are far from being the most sanitary nation in the world.
We are far from being the most sanitary nation in the world.
Jun 26th, 2006, 02:02 PM
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>>> near hysterical wailing<<< ????
On THIS thread? I'll go back and reread. Most of the posters seemed to be nonchalant and travel savvy about this posting. I must have missed something...
On THIS thread? I'll go back and reread. Most of the posters seemed to be nonchalant and travel savvy about this posting. I must have missed something...
