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Post by redexpress on Jan 24, 2018 13:25:40 GMT
How on earth do you manage to never hold on to or touch a handrail on public transport? You're going to have to hope you never get injured or have wobbly joints if you want to keep that tactic going. When I see people cough up their organs and then immediately hold onto a handrail on public transport, without sanitising their hands, that spurs me on to keep my hands to myself. I'm a complete germophobe; rather get a conk on the head from a bus suddenly stopping than willingly grab on to germs/bacteria. Presumably you never use cash either? I'm not being flippant here, but people come into contact with germs / bacteria all the time. It's inevitable unless you seal yourself in a bubble forever. That's why we have an immune system. If you take sensible precautions - such as washing your hands before eating - you won't die. You can die from a conk on the head though.
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Post by wirewiper on Jan 24, 2018 13:30:53 GMT
Trouble is, they are NOT cleaned. I would hardly even press a bell push on a bus for the very same reason and would wait until someone else presses it. Whenever I go to the upper deck, I would extend my arms out to the poles as a safety net if the bus suddenly jolts for whatever reason. I never touch the grab poles on buses, trains, Ungerdround, etc. Coming downstairs is the tricky bit, so am braced to put my hand out on the partition at the bottom of the stairs should emergency breaking ever happen. Think I've only had to do that twice, but it's way better than touching those germ-ridden things. My immune system is weak as it is! I usually carry a small hand sanitising gel in my backpack. I like the Carex range as it dries quickly and doesn't leave my hands sticky like some other gels do. £1 for a 50ml bottle at Boots.
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Post by M1104 on Jan 24, 2018 13:38:28 GMT
Whenever I go to the upper deck, I would extend my arms out to the poles as a safety net if the bus suddenly jolts for whatever reason. I never touch the grab poles on buses, trains, Ungerdround, etc. Coming downstairs is the tricky bit, so am braced to put my hand out on the partition at the bottom of the stairs should emergency breaking ever happen. Think I've only had to do that twice, but it's way better than touching those germ-ridden things. My immune system is weak as it is! I usually carry a small hand sanitising gel in my backpack. I like the Carex range as it dries quickly and doesn't leave my hands sticky like some other gels do. £1 for a 50ml bottle at Boots. I especially use that when after opening the doors to leave the gents
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Post by sid on Jan 24, 2018 14:06:38 GMT
Whenever I go to the upper deck, I would extend my arms out to the poles as a safety net if the bus suddenly jolts for whatever reason. I never touch the grab poles on buses, trains, Ungerdround, etc. Coming downstairs is the tricky bit, so am braced to put my hand out on the partition at the bottom of the stairs should emergency breaking ever happen. Think I've only had to do that twice, but it's way better than touching those germ-ridden things. My immune system is weak as it is! I usually carry a small hand sanitising gel in my backpack. I like the Carex range as it dries quickly and doesn't leave my hands sticky like some other gels do. £1 for a 50ml bottle at Boots. So do I and I think most bus drivers carry it with them, especially those who still have to handle cash.
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Post by vjaska on Jan 24, 2018 14:11:04 GMT
I usually carry a small hand sanitising gel in my backpack. I like the Carex range as it dries quickly and doesn't leave my hands sticky like some other gels do. £1 for a 50ml bottle at Boots. So do I and I think most bus drivers carry it with them, especially those who still have to handle cash. Is this an actual thing - people actually carry hand sanitizer with them?
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Post by sid on Jan 24, 2018 14:15:04 GMT
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Post by vjaska on Jan 24, 2018 14:20:05 GMT
I know you can get miniature ones but presumed it was more for holidays - what I meant was people actually walk about with hand sanitizer on them?
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Post by wirewiper on Jan 24, 2018 14:24:12 GMT
Is this an actual thing - people actually carry hand sanitizer with them? Yes - I am that Snowflake
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jan 24, 2018 14:24:34 GMT
So do I and I think most bus drivers carry it with them, especially those who still have to handle cash. Is this an actual thing - people actually carry hand sanitizer with them? I always carry hand sanitiser in my bag along with a tissue packet and other things. However that's mostly due to the fact I'm very talented at making a mess and getting my hands dirty so having sanitiser nearby always helps me in that respect. As for touching poles then washing your hands, I do think that's extreme but I understand why people do it considering the germs that live on them. That said we breathe in worse things than we catch from touching poles, most of our illnesses are caught from airborne viruses. Most of the time when I'm standing on the train I usually lean on one of the glass dividers or hold onto a pole, especially on the Central Line where the train sets off then jerks when someone leans on the door, had far too many instances of far larger people than me come flying at me when such a situation happens. I understand some people suffer from mysophobia however living in London we've got far worse things that we actually come into contact with on a daily basis and it's going to be a side effect of city life. We are quite likely to be breathing in strains of the flu virus all the time whenever we travel.
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Post by sid on Jan 24, 2018 14:30:24 GMT
I know you can get miniature ones but presumed it was more for holidays - what I meant was people actually walk about with hand sanitizer on them? I normally do and seems a lot of people do, I just use it before eating etc. Just a tiny one that fits in the pocket easily
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Post by enviroPB on Jan 24, 2018 14:54:20 GMT
When I see people cough up their organs and then immediately hold onto a handrail on public transport, without sanitising their hands, that spurs me on to keep my hands to myself. I'm a complete germophobe; rather get a conk on the head from a bus suddenly stopping than willingly grab on to germs/bacteria. Presumably you never use cash either? I'm not being flippant here, but people come into contact with germs / bacteria all the time. It's inevitable unless you seal yourself in a bubble forever. That's why we have an immune system. If you take sensible precautions - such as washing your hands before eating - you won't die. You can die from a conk on the head though. I tend to use cards mostly, for the reason that loose change on my person always ends up being spent. It's just the precautions I take on public transport, rightly or wrongly. I am aware though that I can still catch an illness despite what measures I take; it's normally from another family member. I am also aware I can make myself ill, but very rarely is it down to my bad decisions. My asthma was really bad as a child and I did end up going to hospital on frequent occasions. I learnt from the House of Disease & Death to always take precautions to prevent illnesses
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Post by vjaska on Jan 24, 2018 15:07:50 GMT
I know you can get miniature ones but presumed it was more for holidays - what I meant was people actually walk about with hand sanitizer on them? I normally do and seems a lot of people do, I just use it before eating etc. Just a tiny one that fits in the pocket easily Fair enough - honestly never knew that people actually did that not that there is anything wrong with it.
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Post by vjaska on Jan 24, 2018 15:11:48 GMT
When I see people cough up their organs and then immediately hold onto a handrail on public transport, without sanitising their hands, that spurs me on to keep my hands to myself. I'm a complete germophobe; rather get a conk on the head from a bus suddenly stopping than willingly grab on to germs/bacteria. Presumably you never use cash either? I'm not being flippant here, but people come into contact with germs / bacteria all the time. It's inevitable unless you seal yourself in a bubble forever. That's why we have an immune system. If you take sensible precautions - such as washing your hands before eating - you won't die. You can die from a conk on the head though. Not only that but I remember watching a program where having no contact with bad germs can be a bad thing - it probably links back to the immune system where it would probably not work if its come into very little contact with bad germs meaning when you do, your immune system is lost at effectively dealing with the bad germs - so I believe that's right anyway?
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jan 24, 2018 15:24:27 GMT
Presumably you never use cash either? I'm not being flippant here, but people come into contact with germs / bacteria all the time. It's inevitable unless you seal yourself in a bubble forever. That's why we have an immune system. If you take sensible precautions - such as washing your hands before eating - you won't die. You can die from a conk on the head though. Not only that but I remember watching a program where having no contact with bad germs can be a bad thing - it probably links back to the immune system where it would probably not work if its come into very little contact with bad germs meaning when you do, your immune system is lost at effectively dealing with the bad germs - so I believe that's right anyway? Yes indeed, when your body comes into contract with germs, or pathogens as they're known the White Blood Cells produce antibodies that effectively make them harmless by neutralising them, some other white blood cells then come along and engulf these neutralised antibodies for their own nutrition. The more illnesses you have the more stronger your immune system becomes, unless you have a disease that affects the immune system itself. It leads to a circle of people with weak immune systems trying their best to not get infected, in the end leading to their immune system remaining weak. I am pretty sure that's why healthy individuals are also not funded by the NHS for a flu jab every year, as it's likely to do more harm than good to them. This is also how vaccines work, a dead form of the "germ" is injected into your blood so your immune system can effectively prepare for this in case the real deal comes along later in your life. Very interesting subject immunology is. However I'll stop here before I bore you all with my degree content
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Post by VPL630 on Jan 24, 2018 15:38:07 GMT
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