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Why I should not watch TV. Ever.
Nov. 10th, 2012 08:35 pmOkay, it wasn't a documentary, but it was a CBC's Marketplace's report on how hygienic hotel rooms are. http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/episodes/2012/11/thedirtonhotels1.html
Watching it, all I could think was "Crap. I'm checking into a Best Western on Wednesday."
Mercifully, reality (or cynicism) also checked in within seconds of that thought. "Anya, my darling delusional self, how many hotels have you slept in? How many showers have you been in? How many loos have you used where hygiene probably wasn't at it's best?"
Case in point, my gym. Sweat, more sweat, and god knows what else lurks. And yet, I pad into the showers there, happily touching the controls to the water, and then touching a curtain that is probably crawling with bacteria as I leave. And that's to say nothing on the washrooms, where the cleaner uses the same cloth to clean toilets, and counter tops.
And hey -- then there's the McDonald's washrooms. In 1973 I saw the bathroom in every McDicks between Ontario and Florida. (I'd just been toilet trained. And my parents opted for a road trip. Silly parents. Silly paranoid parents who bought into my cries of "I need to pee!") If ever there was a cesspool, I'm sure the loo's in the McDonalds along the highways and off ramps of the US probably qualified. So many different people using the facilities. And not all of them were fond of soap and water. Plus, find me a 16 year old that cleans to a sterilized standard any toilet, sink, faucet or floor. Using different clothes, and fresh water, or rinsing thoroughly in a lovely disinfecting solution before going to the next object to clean.
AND if that wasn't gross enough, consider the home. At least restaurants / gyms / businesses are required to clean several times a day. How often do you scrub down your bathroom? I'm once a week. And my shower curtain gets washed maybe once a month.
So, since I miraculously survived all that to this ripe old age, I can safely chance the disease and bacteria of the Best Western. I'm sure I can avoid contracting the plague.
Oh, and for the record, I thoroughly cleaned my bathrooms, and kitchen today. Shortly after watching that above link. Multiple cloths, fresh water, and a considerable amount of bleach. (It's a damn good thing I'm outlet shopping next week, seeing as I ruined a t-shirt cleaning with bleach. Gah!) Lastly, I may be O.C.D. Maybe.
Watching it, all I could think was "Crap. I'm checking into a Best Western on Wednesday."
Mercifully, reality (or cynicism) also checked in within seconds of that thought. "Anya, my darling delusional self, how many hotels have you slept in? How many showers have you been in? How many loos have you used where hygiene probably wasn't at it's best?"
Case in point, my gym. Sweat, more sweat, and god knows what else lurks. And yet, I pad into the showers there, happily touching the controls to the water, and then touching a curtain that is probably crawling with bacteria as I leave. And that's to say nothing on the washrooms, where the cleaner uses the same cloth to clean toilets, and counter tops.
And hey -- then there's the McDonald's washrooms. In 1973 I saw the bathroom in every McDicks between Ontario and Florida. (I'd just been toilet trained. And my parents opted for a road trip. Silly parents. Silly paranoid parents who bought into my cries of "I need to pee!") If ever there was a cesspool, I'm sure the loo's in the McDonalds along the highways and off ramps of the US probably qualified. So many different people using the facilities. And not all of them were fond of soap and water. Plus, find me a 16 year old that cleans to a sterilized standard any toilet, sink, faucet or floor. Using different clothes, and fresh water, or rinsing thoroughly in a lovely disinfecting solution before going to the next object to clean.
AND if that wasn't gross enough, consider the home. At least restaurants / gyms / businesses are required to clean several times a day. How often do you scrub down your bathroom? I'm once a week. And my shower curtain gets washed maybe once a month.
So, since I miraculously survived all that to this ripe old age, I can safely chance the disease and bacteria of the Best Western. I'm sure I can avoid contracting the plague.
Oh, and for the record, I thoroughly cleaned my bathrooms, and kitchen today. Shortly after watching that above link. Multiple cloths, fresh water, and a considerable amount of bleach. (It's a damn good thing I'm outlet shopping next week, seeing as I ruined a t-shirt cleaning with bleach. Gah!) Lastly, I may be O.C.D. Maybe.
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