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Six Germiest Places (EWWW!)

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Platinum

 

Washing your hands regularly throughout the day is an absolute must.  And, you may want to give your hands an extra scrub after coming in contact with these six locations:

1.  Shopping cart.  E. Coli was found on 80 percent of shopping carts sampled in a recent study!

2.  A cutting board.  There's more harmful bacteria on this kitchen staple than on your toilet seat.

3.  First floor elevator button.  Everyone touches this throughout the day, which means the amount of germs drastically increases.

4.  ATM Enter Key.  Once again, more fingers + more germs.

5.  Your desktop.  Staying in your office all day means a higher amount of bacteria due to any food you eat, coughs and sneezes.

6.  Playground.  Almost every kid who comes back from playing on the jungle gym and monkey bars has major bacteria (even fecal) all over their hands.  So march those kids right over to the sink the minute they come in and make sure they suds up really well.

 

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Comments (36)

Tom Boos
Sine & Monaghan Realtors, Real Living - Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Providing the very best of service to Sellers and

My wife is always leery of shopping carts.  In fact, she bring me along on shopping trips so I can push the cart for her.  These days, we seldom travel without  hand sanitizer to minimize germ contact.

Dec 29, 2009 03:51 AM
Leslie Prest
Leslie Prest, Prest Realty, Sales and Rentals in Payson, AZ - Payson, AZ
Owner, Assoc. Broker, Prest Realty, Payson,

You left out money. So many people touch it, it's awful.

Dec 29, 2009 04:09 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Tom, I love it that you push the carts for your wife :-)

Dec 29, 2009 04:35 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Leslie, good one...yup, that is gross too!

Dec 29, 2009 04:35 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Kristin

The germs are all around us. I guess we have to carry and use hand sanitizer.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Dec 29, 2009 06:45 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Yes, or live in a bubble right LOU!

Dec 29, 2009 06:49 AM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Kristin, such cute little germs in your clipart!  It makes me NOT want to wipe off the shopping cart.

You will never believe what my first thought was going to be for a comment but ALAS you sadly  underestimated my commenting ability.  :-(   I will let it rest with Craig since the sun is up first over the Tar Heel State and he thought of it first. :-)

Have a safe and great New Year with your HTH!!!!!!!

Dec 29, 2009 08:34 AM
Jim Mushinsky
Centsable Inspection - Framingham, MA

Hi Krisin,

Interesting article, also reminds me of an episode of "Top Gear" where the examined the boot or as we know it, the trunk of a car.  Since this is where many people place their groceries.  I don't recall their data, yet I think the boot/trunk was worse than the shopping cart.

It inspired me to clean out the trunk before each trip to the grocery store.

Dec 29, 2009 08:35 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Thanks Bruce!  You are silly!

Dec 29, 2009 08:39 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Hmmm...that is interesting indeed JIm.  THanks for making me add that to my list of worries..he hee

Dec 29, 2009 08:39 AM
Gary Swanson
Century 21 Harris & Taylor - Grants Pass, OR

Hi Kristin, yucky blog!  Hopefully there is a lot of handwashing going on out there, I know I do.

Dec 29, 2009 04:08 PM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Kristin, I had not thought of the elevator and ATM. Thanks for the tips.

Dec 29, 2009 09:23 PM
Karen Kruschka
RE/MAX Executives - Woodbridge, VA
- "My Experience Isn't Expensive - It's PRICELESS"

Kristin That isn't scary - it's frightening - guess I;ll use paper and pen instead of my PC  :)

Dec 30, 2009 12:18 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Gary, I know!  I wash my hands sooo many times each day!

Dec 30, 2009 01:12 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Gita, sorry to put that thought in your head now :-)

Dec 30, 2009 01:13 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Karen, then I am sure your pen would need sanitizing!

Dec 30, 2009 01:13 AM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Kristin

Don't forget about carrying all that money around in your pockets.

Dec 30, 2009 01:37 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Tom, yup...someone mentioned that too above....ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Dec 30, 2009 01:38 AM
Deena Cottingham
GreenApple Staging & Images, Calgary Staging & Photography - Calgary, AB
Home Stager & Photographer

That's great, Kristin! I have read similar findings that kind of throw our stereotypes about bathrooms out of the window! I've also heard that pens (in banks and at checkouts) are a germ haven.

Dec 30, 2009 11:05 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Deena, that makes sense...ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww right?  LOL  Happy New Yr!

Dec 31, 2009 01:46 AM