Almost every McDonalds rest room has a door that you pull open to exit. That along with air hand driers. I can understand the existence of bad stuff on order terminals.

Bigdeal's post is sound, and I tell myself the same everyday. However, I just can't bring myself to pull open the door of the restroom (after washing my hands) without using a paper towel.

What I don't get is what this discussion has to do with whether or not employees are paid $15 an hour.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Germaphobes crack me up.

Agreed.

You'll find fecal bacteria (and others) everywhere.

Get over it.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
The employees touching your food likely used the air dryers (aka fecal atomizer)...

LOL. That is exactly what they are.

If I'm forced to pull open a bathroom door sans paper towel. I go for the least used area of the bar or handle. I will usually get TP for the job if there are no taper towels available. Makes a mess if you have wet hands however.

They should at least pay those $15hr burger flippers as much for having to use all those handles in the bathrooms every day at work..

I once read in the Germophobe Quarterly the absolute worst tested for germs were motel/hotel TV remotes

Folks, your own skin is covered in nasty germs like staph and other flesh-eating bugs right now.
Situation normal.

There's feces everywhere!

Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPyyVIHO3So

Raising children cured me of germ squeamishness. I wasn't a phobe exactly. Just the idea of fecal germs etc. made me wince. After over a decade of some kind of child generated sewage, slobber, vomit, ear wax, pus, blood, tears, snot, you name it, being imposed on me and everything I owned, I'm cool with the idea of germs. I Just try to wash frequently enough to avoid teh bola.

Kind of reminds me of this scene.

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Originally posted by Steve Collins:
What I don't get is what this discussion has to do with whether or not employees are paid $15 an hour.

They wanted $15 to take orders and flip burgers. They got replaced by a kiosk. A poop-covered kiosk, apparently.

Personally, I've had 100% order accuracy from a kiosk so far.

Go home and test your bathroom door and sink handles, counters etc, you might move.... especially the ones in the kids bath...

Don't fool yourself. The human beings cooking your burger and taking your order will also test positive for fecal bacteria.

You're going to be exposed to that stuff no matter what you do, unless you turn into Howard Hughes.

Get over it.

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I long ago decided that the assaults on my immune system in countries around the world for the past 64 years really did just make it stronger.

Yeah, I have traveled a lot in the military (Iran, western Europe, Turkey for example) not to mention vacation/leave to virtually every western European nation.

When I arrived in Iran as a military advisor I was greeted at the airport in Tehran by my sponsor. He greeted me, introduced himself, and handed me a bottle of "pink lady" to deal with the inevitable case of extreme diarrhea. And he was correct. Since most of us were far outside Tehran, we were essentially forced to eat of local foods, establishments, etc.

Never had that problem in Europe.

Most (all?) of us have a resistance built up by living to most of the stuff people seem to get excited about.

Out in western Iran, we had a "Howard Johnson's" where we often stopped to eat. Mud hut, food cooked over a charcoal fire. Meat was largely goat meat. Pork was out of the question for obvious reasons.

Life is too short to worry one's self to death over the possibility of picking up germs from some touch screen.

I would worry a lot more about some asshole spitting in my food before serving it. Maybe that is why over the last 10-12 years we have not eaten out.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Report is from the UK.

They have a large Muslim population, yes?

Muslims wipe their ass with their left hand, yes?

It all starts to make sense.

Do you think about what you say? Non-muslims wipe their ass with either hand. What is the difference with respect to spreading those bacteria?

Enjoy your EXTRA BIG ASS FRIES!!!!

Idiocracy one day at a time.

Do you think about what you say? Non-muslims wipe their ass with either hand. What is the difference with respect to spreading those bacteria?[/QUOTE]
But non Muslims use toilet paper...

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Originally posted by Cassandra:
Do you think about what you say? Non-muslims wipe their ass with either hand. What is the difference with respect to spreading those bacteria?

But non Muslims use toilet paper...[/QUOTE]

What makes you think Muslims don't?