IT PEOPLE: READ!

[J0hnny]

For all you IT and networking or support people, please clean your hands after touching each keyboard!

I have a friend in that area who is constantly sick and upon further research realized that it's most likely from getting all those germs from the keyboard!

You don't even want to know how much germs there are on keyboards. According to a recent survey the average keyboard and mouse have 100 times more germs than the average toilet seat!

GERMS!

 

[Wapp]

After typing this reply I'm going to rub my eyes. Real men welcome germs. Gives the immune system a bit of a workout.

 

[isasir]

Hmm, maybe I should start wearing gloves... Maybe I can get an assistant who comes with me to each computer and I can hold up my hands and she'll put on the gloves.

 

[40Hands]

I have a super buff immune system.

 

[LeiZaK]

toilet seats are amazingly clean as a rule. Actually, I read that your typical kitchen sink and counter is over 100 times more infested with germs than the average toilet. I think it is because people clean toilets with much stronger chemicals than they normally use in the kitchen or whatever

 

[DnetMHZ]

I've haven't taken a sick day in my adult life.

 

[J0hnny]

Hey, I feel bad for the IT people that end up touching my keyboard. I eat and drink and spit and sneeze and slobber all over my keyboard. It never gets cleaned. There has got to be some sort of thin film of oils on my keyboard letters.

 

[piroroadkill]

Originally posted by: Wapp
Real men welcome germs. Gives the immune system a bit of a workout.

 

[mugs]

And amazingly, most of us IT people don't get sick at the drop of a hat... Maybe your friend is just weak.

I used to maintain the computer lab at an elementary school. I wish they made the dirty little brats wash themselves before they used the computers, because the keyboards and mice were absolutely repulsive. They were coated with a black residue that was a PITA to get off.

 

[Rastus]

The Alizee thread probably contaminated a few mice and keyboards.

 

[DocBartend]

common sense

 

[calvinbiss]

I heard that eating your boogers is the best antibiotic.

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: calvinbiss
I heard that eating your boogers is the best antibiotic.

link?

 

[Wapp]

Originally posted by: calvinbiss
I heard that eating your boogers is the best antibiotic.

I read that on wikipedia.

 

[Squisher]

I always try to leave more diseases than I take with me.

 

[Lonyo]

Most people have these things called "immune systems" which protect us from germs.
Unless you are an uncircumcised gay male living in Africa, you're not hugely likely to get sick from using your keyboard.

 

[J0hnny]

Bump for the latecomers.

 

[SuperFreaky]

Originally posted by: Wapp
After typing this reply I'm going to rub my eyes. Real men welcome germs. Gives the immune system a bit of a workout.

ditto

 

[Saint Nick]

actually i have thought about this a lot, i thought about getting some clorox wipes or whatever... the guy who had my desk last was nasty and it needs a nice clean

 

[scorpmatt]

jeez, we are not freakin Howard Hues here. Germs are everywhere, not just including your keyboard, wear a bio suit with massive air filtration and there will still be germs in there. some germs are helpful some aren't

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: Rastus
The Alizee thread probably contaminated a few mice and keyboards.

Responses like this keep me coming back to ATOT.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

I have a hand sanitizer dispenser outside my office that I use everytime I come in or out. But that's cause I have small children and it's miserable when they get sick. But, ya, I KNOW that a lot of people don't wash their hands when leaving a bathroom or touch the handle on the way out, etc.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Rastus
The Alizee thread probably contaminated a few mice and keyboards.

:laugh:

- M4H

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
toilet seats are amazingly clean as a rule. Actually, I read that your typical kitchen sink and counter is over 100 times more infested with germs than the average toilet. I think it is because people clean toilets with much stronger chemicals than they normally use in the kitchen or whatever

That's why I cook in the bathroom....

 

[Amused]

The funny thing? Your irrational fear of germs is called "Spermophobia."

http://psychology.about.com/cs/glossaries/g/Spermatophobia.htm

Our excessive fear of germs and anti-septic society has had an ill effect on our immune systems. It's the main suspect as one of the reasons for the explosion of a whole host of auto-immune disorders.