Freak or Normal?
Apr 10th, 2004, 04:02 PM
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And consider this. The less you expose yourself to common germs, the less immunity you have in your body. And a place with the least common germs (like a hospital, where they use pretty strong disinfectant for everything) is the place with the most nasty germs that are resistant to cleaning agents and drugs.
We don't live in a void; microbes are everywhere. More we care about disinfecting this and disinfecting that, the more likely we are going to suffer and die from them.
We don't live in a void; microbes are everywhere. More we care about disinfecting this and disinfecting that, the more likely we are going to suffer and die from them.
Apr 10th, 2004, 05:13 PM
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Annabel -- you really "crack" me up, but some of this stuff is really food for thought.
I have lots of friends who travel with their pets, and you can bet they don't run and point it out to the management when kitty has sprayed on the furniture or barfed on the floor.
And then there was the time when my friend and her kitty arrived at the $250-a-night hotel, one flight ahead of their luggage. Obviously, the closest thing to a litter box was the bathtub.
I have lots of friends who travel with their pets, and you can bet they don't run and point it out to the management when kitty has sprayed on the furniture or barfed on the floor.
And then there was the time when my friend and her kitty arrived at the $250-a-night hotel, one flight ahead of their luggage. Obviously, the closest thing to a litter box was the bathtub.
Apr 10th, 2004, 06:26 PM
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The problem with the philosophy diazkris and annabel are putting forth is the inconsistency.
Nothing wrong with being careful in a hotel.
But you ARE exposing yourself to countless disease causing bugs when you breathe (recirculated) airplane air, touch the FILTHY seats and arm rests of a plane, touch money, touch any public door handle or knob....
The list just goes on.
You're fooling yourselves. The hotel precautions you take probably cut your overall exposure by 1-2% in a 24 hour period.
Apr 10th, 2004, 06:58 PM
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Please re-read my posts.......I am not afraid of germs--I just think sleeping on OTHER peoples drool, funk whatever is gross. For example - just because you know you can't get sick from it does not mean it is not discusting. I don't watch fear factor becuase it is discusting..I don't sit on the seat in an airplane because it's discusting. I know smelling someone elses farts in an elevator will not make me sick but it certainly is discusting, isn't it? There is a difference, I just happen to find some things gross, but I am not afraid of germs. We travel all over the place, eat out 3-4x a week I live a normal life, I just might see more than the person who travels once a year does.
Also I have noticed lots of people using the Sky Mall magazine for other things than reading then putting it back. So I never touch that either. If you have ever wondered why the pages are stuck together --- well I'll tell you why...it's snot. Just last week I saw a woman in the next aisle with a stream of snot hanging out her nose at least 4 inches long in a hanging drip like egg whites...what did she do..she reached across and grabbed the Sky Mall Magazine and flung it in there with her finger. She closed the magazine up and put it back. Need I say more? Do you think she is the minority or the majority? I have seen more people use it as a kleenex than a kleenex. Do you really want to read it now? If you say that does not bother you, than I am not the one with the problem. I just don't know why people have to be so discusting. Like I said, I travel often and maybe I do see more thatn the average person. This is just what I have SEEN, not read about. In the future bring your own magazine.
It's just like the Dial Soap commercial..."not as clean as you think?"
Also I have noticed lots of people using the Sky Mall magazine for other things than reading then putting it back. So I never touch that either. If you have ever wondered why the pages are stuck together --- well I'll tell you why...it's snot. Just last week I saw a woman in the next aisle with a stream of snot hanging out her nose at least 4 inches long in a hanging drip like egg whites...what did she do..she reached across and grabbed the Sky Mall Magazine and flung it in there with her finger. She closed the magazine up and put it back. Need I say more? Do you think she is the minority or the majority? I have seen more people use it as a kleenex than a kleenex. Do you really want to read it now? If you say that does not bother you, than I am not the one with the problem. I just don't know why people have to be so discusting. Like I said, I travel often and maybe I do see more thatn the average person. This is just what I have SEEN, not read about. In the future bring your own magazine.
It's just like the Dial Soap commercial..."not as clean as you think?"
Apr 10th, 2004, 07:15 PM
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Annabel -- does this mean you wouldn't take a book out from a library either? Or who's to say the magazine you buy isn't just as contaminated (after all, think how many people have flipped through it at the store?) I'm not trying to be rude, I'm really just curious after reading your last post.
Apr 10th, 2004, 07:28 PM
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I think some people have no children. It is impossible to think about germs the same way after having a child. Anyone remember trying to keep a pacifier clean when the baby insists on tossing it so you will catch it?
How about babies picking up everything off of every surface and sticking it in their mouth?
Then they wipe their mouths and hands off on you.
We won't discuss the diaper parts.
Every day we are bombarded with germs..you would have to live in a bubble to escape what seems to cause you such dread!
We knew someone who behaved the way you sound, he washed the change he had in his pockets when he came home. He would cross the street if he heard someone sneeze. He would use a handkerchief when he opened doors so as not to touch them. He was no healthier than anyone else, just a little crazier.
How about babies picking up everything off of every surface and sticking it in their mouth?
Then they wipe their mouths and hands off on you.
We won't discuss the diaper parts.
Every day we are bombarded with germs..you would have to live in a bubble to escape what seems to cause you such dread!
We knew someone who behaved the way you sound, he washed the change he had in his pockets when he came home. He would cross the street if he heard someone sneeze. He would use a handkerchief when he opened doors so as not to touch them. He was no healthier than anyone else, just a little crazier.
Apr 10th, 2004, 07:38 PM
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Can you read??? It's not about germs or paranoia, but discusting behavior.
I also think there are more people flying than going to the library on any given day. So your odds on taht are way off. Who needs a library when theres the internet and also amazon.com, where you can actually buy a book for less than it would cost to pay the library's late charge.
Maybe you will get a Sky Mall magazine so filled with snot that you go from page 3 to 25 because they are all stuck together or an ice bucket that smells like piss some day..don't say I did not warn ya!
What do you do when you go to an expensive restaurant and your wine glass has lipstick on it? Do you ignore it and drink from the other side or ask the waiter for a new one?
I also think there are more people flying than going to the library on any given day. So your odds on taht are way off. Who needs a library when theres the internet and also amazon.com, where you can actually buy a book for less than it would cost to pay the library's late charge.
Maybe you will get a Sky Mall magazine so filled with snot that you go from page 3 to 25 because they are all stuck together or an ice bucket that smells like piss some day..don't say I did not warn ya!
What do you do when you go to an expensive restaurant and your wine glass has lipstick on it? Do you ignore it and drink from the other side or ask the waiter for a new one?
Apr 10th, 2004, 08:29 PM
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I noticed references to money in a couple of posts. Sorry, this doesn't have anything to do with the original question, but has anyone else ever heard the story of the man with the "ass-pennies"? According to the story, he had such a disdain for his fellow members of the human race, that he "supposedly" stuck every penny he ever got into his butt, before he spent it. Then, he had the satisfaction of knowing that anyone who ever received or handled one of "his" pennies had touched his "funk" ... sorry, I just couldn't help myself ...
Apr 10th, 2004, 09:12 PM
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The latest reasearch indicates one reason there is so much asthma and other "trendy" diseases among American children is because of all the "disenfectant" soaps and neat freak mothers. In generations past, kids developed immunity by living among normal people with normal habits. Nowadays so many folks are worried about every little germ they don't develop immunity to them.
EVERYTHING you do subjects you to germs. In a restaurant, have you ever sent a meal back to the kitchen? Talk about disgusting habits
You can't even say on TV what the chef might have done to your meal before sending it back to you.
Relax and enjoy that lovely hotel room, clean-ish carpet, clean-ish tub, etc. The amount of water in a typical bathtub dilutes any germs to waaaaaay below the danger level. . . .
EVERYTHING you do subjects you to germs. In a restaurant, have you ever sent a meal back to the kitchen? Talk about disgusting habits
You can't even say on TV what the chef might have done to your meal before sending it back to you.Relax and enjoy that lovely hotel room, clean-ish carpet, clean-ish tub, etc. The amount of water in a typical bathtub dilutes any germs to waaaaaay below the danger level. . . .
Apr 10th, 2004, 09:20 PM
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Anabel- you tell us you continue your obsessive behavior because of your fear of gross and disgusting things. Why then do you think that writing such gross and disgusting details here is acceptable?
Just understand that you are NOT normal and quit trying to talk others into joining you in your obsession! Sheeesh! there are medications that can help you relax.
Just understand that you are NOT normal and quit trying to talk others into joining you in your obsession! Sheeesh! there are medications that can help you relax.
Apr 10th, 2004, 09:26 PM
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Maybe there is something to the fear factor comment. I have friends who love the show and I can't even watch the commercials. I rarely read library books, and buy lots of discounted paperbacks (except university library books-- I can't imagine even the most extreme "germophobe" could work on a doctorate without using a library).
I take the blanket cover off right away and prove my own point since I usually have no choice but to leave it on the floor. I wear slippers in the room and usually in the shower. I hope that the toilet and sink take priority in cleaning since I don't line the seat and put my toothbrush near the sink. I just started travelling with my own pillow and two cases-- and I sleep so much better knowing that I can burrow my head into the pillow. After a particularly questionable blanket in a hotel I've been travelling with a light-- but warm enough-- easy to pack fleece blanket which I put on top of the sheet. Most importantly, I never use a hotel wash cloth-- I have seen too much on those things (in motels as well as really nice hotels) and always take a few washcloths with me. If I'm going to one place for a few days at least I will try to take some towels but I usually use the towels in the room (after checking them as well as I can) Maybe this is extreme-- but it is natural and easy for me-- and I do have confirmation that I'm not the only one.
I take the blanket cover off right away and prove my own point since I usually have no choice but to leave it on the floor. I wear slippers in the room and usually in the shower. I hope that the toilet and sink take priority in cleaning since I don't line the seat and put my toothbrush near the sink. I just started travelling with my own pillow and two cases-- and I sleep so much better knowing that I can burrow my head into the pillow. After a particularly questionable blanket in a hotel I've been travelling with a light-- but warm enough-- easy to pack fleece blanket which I put on top of the sheet. Most importantly, I never use a hotel wash cloth-- I have seen too much on those things (in motels as well as really nice hotels) and always take a few washcloths with me. If I'm going to one place for a few days at least I will try to take some towels but I usually use the towels in the room (after checking them as well as I can) Maybe this is extreme-- but it is natural and easy for me-- and I do have confirmation that I'm not the only one.
Apr 10th, 2004, 09:55 PM
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My boyfriend and I knew we were made for each other when we discovered we both crossed the street when we saw someone sneezing in a nasty manner. I know germs are everywhere, but the thought of breathing in a stranger's spit is gross. But raise your hand if you've ever taken home a stranger from a bar!
But the only "germyphobe" thing I do in hotels is get rid of that gross comforter, and that's probably just a habit from my mom.
And until I came to this forum I never tipped a maid, and I hope to the sweet baby jesus I saved her from having to touch one more nasty germ infested dollar bill.
What? Settle down, the world's a gross place.
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But the only "germyphobe" thing I do in hotels is get rid of that gross comforter, and that's probably just a habit from my mom.
And until I came to this forum I never tipped a maid, and I hope to the sweet baby jesus I saved her from having to touch one more nasty germ infested dollar bill.
What? Settle down, the world's a gross place.
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Apr 10th, 2004, 10:34 PM
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Sorry, I can't stand it anymore. Annabel, it's d-i-s-g-u-s-t-i-n-g, with a "g" not a "c." Root word "gust" as in gusto, gustatory, having to do with taste. As a friend of mine always says, "De gustibus non est disputandum," which means there's no arguing over matters of taste -- so that's all I've got to say on this matter!
