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voldothegr8
11/28/18 9:58:36 AM
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https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/28/poo-found-on-every-mcdonalds-touchscreen-tested-8178486/

Traces of faeces have been found on every single McDonalds touchscreen swabbed in an investigation by metro.co.uk. Samples were taken from the new machines that have been rolled out at restaurants across the country every one of them had coliforms.

Senior lecturer in microbiology at London Metropolitan University Dr Paul Matawele said: We were all surprised how much gut and faecal bacteria there was on the touchscreen machines. These cause the kind of infections that people pick up in hospitals. For instance Enterococcus faecalis is part of the flora of gastrointestinal tracts of healthy humans and other mammals. It is notorious in hospitals for causing hospital acquired infections.

Unsuspecting diners choose their food on the touchscreens then head to the server to pick up their burgers more often than not without washing their hands. A screen at one branch was found to have staphylococcus, a bacteria that can cause blood poisoning and toxic shock syndrome. Dr Matawele said: Seeing Staphylococcus on these machines is worrying because it is so contagious. It starts around peoples noses, if they touch their nose with their fingers and then transfer it to the touchscreen someone else will get it, and if they have an open cut which it gets into, then it can be dangerous.

There is a lot of worries at the moment that staphylococcus is becoming resistant to antibiotics. However, it is still really dangerous in places like Africa where it can cause toxic shock. Metro.co.uks study with the universitys school of human sciences involved swabs taken from eight McDonalds restaurants. Six in London and two in Birmingham.

Listeria bacteria was found in Oxford Street and Holloway Road branches. It can cause listeriosis which can lead to miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women. Dr Matewele said: Listeria is another rare bacterium we were shocked to find on touchscreen machines as again this can be very contagious and a problem for those with a weak immune system.

Three quarters of the screens swabbed showed traces of the bacteria proteus. Dr Matewele said: Proteus can be found in human and animal faeces. It is also widely distributed in soil. It can cause urinary tract infections and is also one of the hospital acquired infections where it may responsible for septicaemia. Klebsiella is also from the gut and mouth, they are associated with urinary tract infections, septicemia and diarrhoea. Some species can infect the respiratory tract resulting in pneumonia.

Dr Matewele added: Touchscreen technology is being used more and more in our daily lives but these results show people should not eat food straight after touching them, they are unhygienic and can spread disease. Someone can be very careful about their own hygiene throughout the day but it could all be undone by using a touchscreen machine once.

McDonalds does clean the screens with disinfectant but Dr Matawele said it could not have been strong enough. He added: These bacteria can be on touchscreen machines for days on end. A McDonalds spokesman said: Our self-order screens are cleaned frequently throughout the day. All of our restaurants also provide facilities for customers to wash their hands before eating.

No more touch screens for me at restaurants. This makes me cringe thinking about sit down places that have touchscreens right at the table.
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clearaflagrantj
11/28/18 10:00:06 AM
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Touching cash money is probably worse, and can't be cleaned regularly with a simple disinfectant wipe

Your phone is probably dirtier than those touchscreens anyway
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Were_Wyrm
11/28/18 10:00:09 AM
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voldothegr8 posted...
uk

Found the problem.
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Weezy_Tha_Don
11/28/18 10:02:45 AM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
Touching cash money is probably worse, and can't be cleaned regularly with a simple disinfectant wipe

Your phone is probably dirtier than those touchscreens anyway


yeah, but its my poop
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Zikten
11/28/18 10:02:55 AM
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Simple fix is to wash your hands after you take a shit
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Schwarz
11/28/18 10:03:22 AM
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clearaflagrantj posted...

Your phone is probably dirtier than those touchscreens anyway

This doesn't sound quite right
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EvalAngell
11/28/18 10:04:26 AM
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Were_Wyrm posted...
voldothegr8 posted...
uk

Found the problem.


lol
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Dragon239
11/28/18 10:04:30 AM
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Implement mandatory antibacterial wipes and usage everywhere!
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HowardStern69
11/28/18 10:09:49 AM
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Just cover your hand in shit whenever you order from a touchscreen. Problem solved.
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Caution999
11/28/18 10:10:54 AM
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Zikten posted...
Simple fix is to wash your hands after you take a shit


I would venture to bet most of the trace amount feces found was probably from parents who brought their toddlers/babies to the restaurant and had to change them.

Or people are just disgusting. I don't know.

Or they're from kids. Kids who go to the bathroom and don't properly wash up because ...they're kids.
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Twin3Turbo
11/28/18 10:23:10 AM
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Schwarz posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...

Your phone is probably dirtier than those touchscreens anyway

This doesn't sound quite right

I don't know if they would be worse than a touch screen, but you would be surprised just how dirty your phone is.

I remember doing a biology lab in college and we basically swabbed different surfaces and but them in petri dishes that would allow bacteria to grow more easily, just to see how much they would grow. We swabbed a lot of different things, table tops, bottom of shoes, cell phones, urinals, toilets, door knobs, water fountains, etc.

Believe it or not, the cell phone was by far one of the worst ones, if not the worst. The urinals and toilets actually weren't that bad, presumably because my university has staff consistently using disinfectant on them.
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bobtuse
11/28/18 10:26:30 AM
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Who cares? There's probably feces on all the employees handling your food anyway.
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Irony
11/28/18 10:27:31 AM
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Poop is on everything
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0AbsoluteZero0
11/28/18 10:30:15 AM
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Irony posted...
Poop is on everything

Yeah, I was just thinking this probably applies to any commonly touched public surfaces - doors and handles, countertops, chairs, tables... its kinda gross, but what can you do.
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Caution999
11/28/18 10:31:11 AM
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0AbsoluteZero0 posted...
Irony posted...
Poop is on everything

Yeah, I was just thinking this probably applies to any commonly touched public surfaces - doors and handles, countertops, chairs, tables... its kinda gross, but what can you do.


You could become a germaphobe like Howie Mandel >_>
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kingdrake2
11/28/18 10:34:31 AM
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Caution999 posted...
0AbsoluteZero0 posted...
Irony posted...
Poop is on everything

Yeah, I was just thinking this probably applies to any commonly touched public surfaces - doors and handles, countertops, chairs, tables... its kinda gross, but what can you do.


You could become a germaphobe like Howie Mandel >_>


we have to use those gloves
but there's POOP on em.
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The_Scarecrow
11/28/18 10:45:07 AM
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Not surprising. I see so many people walk out of public restrooms without washing their hands. Even if some of them do, they use only water for two seconds and call it a day.
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Esrac
11/28/18 10:48:41 AM
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I think people underestimate how much stuff has feces residue on it.
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gatorsPENSbucs
11/28/18 10:50:16 AM
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Well, no shit. There's a lot of nasty people out there that only care about themselves.
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Kombucha
11/28/18 10:51:48 AM
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There's anti-bacterial/anti-microbial screens out there already that could be implemented.

I mean corning was working on this way back in 2013.

http://allthingsd.com/20130705/good-news-germaphobes-corning-working-on-bacteria-killing-smartphone-screens/
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prince_leo
11/28/18 10:52:03 AM
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after touching the menu, I go and wash my hands before eating
it'd be the same if I used a touchscreen
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TwoDoorPunkCab
11/28/18 11:11:20 AM
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so what, there's probably traces of faeces on anything that anyone touches
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Zodd3224
11/28/18 11:19:12 AM
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I used one of these in Downtown Boston a few days ago... probably had homeless man shit on it
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Twin3Turbo
11/28/18 11:24:49 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
...Yeah, not going to McDonald's anymore, ever

If you think any other given restaurant is that much cleaner, you're probably kidding yourself.
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s0nicfan
11/28/18 11:26:52 AM
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
Touching cash money is probably worse, and can't be cleaned regularly with a simple disinfectant wipe

Your phone is probably dirtier than those touchscreens anyway


yeah, but its my poop


Ever used your phone in the bathroom? Then it's probably not just your poop.
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P4wn4g3
11/28/18 11:27:22 AM
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Kombucha posted...
There's anti-bacterial/anti-microbial screens out there already that could be implemented.

I mean corning was working on this way back in 2013.

http://allthingsd.com/20130705/good-news-germaphobes-corning-working-on-bacteria-killing-smartphone-screens/

"antibacterial" is only good news if you actually have strep or whatever. Otherwise you're doing more damage than good.
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Kolibri X
11/28/18 11:31:02 AM
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Feces is on literally everything and in every food. It is impossible to avoid.
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LightHawKnight
11/28/18 11:32:25 AM
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Remember when Mythbusters tested toothbrush placements and how fecal matter is literally everywhere?
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CharlesBronson
11/28/18 11:35:58 AM
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prince_leo posted...
after touching the menu, I go and wash my hands before eating
it'd be the same if I used a touchscreen

lol and then you re-contaminate your hand at the sink when you turn the water off
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Kombucha
11/28/18 11:36:26 AM
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P4wn4g3 posted...
Kombucha posted...
There's anti-bacterial/anti-microbial screens out there already that could be implemented.

I mean corning was working on this way back in 2013.

http://allthingsd.com/20130705/good-news-germaphobes-corning-working-on-bacteria-killing-smartphone-screens/

"antibacterial" is only good news if you actually have strep or whatever. Otherwise you're doing more damage than good.


There are plenty of dangerous bacterias. Salmonella and E-Coli come to mind.
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P4wn4g3
11/28/18 11:44:29 AM
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Kombucha posted...
P4wn4g3 posted...
Kombucha posted...
There's anti-bacterial/anti-microbial screens out there already that could be implemented.

I mean corning was working on this way back in 2013.

http://allthingsd.com/20130705/good-news-germaphobes-corning-working-on-bacteria-killing-smartphone-screens/

"antibacterial" is only good news if you actually have strep or whatever. Otherwise you're doing more damage than good.


There are plenty of dangerous bacterias. Salmonella and E-Coli come to mind.

There are more healthy bacterias than dangerous ones, and many live on your skin or just wherever we are. There is also the issue of making super bacterias by exposing them all to bacteriacides. We have all grown to be overly germaphobic.
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spudger
11/28/18 11:46:38 AM
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Gross
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Funkydog
11/28/18 11:48:11 AM
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You all almost certainly have poop particles on you right now.
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spudger
11/28/18 11:50:47 AM
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ClunkerSlim posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOyG0tkAtvA" data-time="


Alanis Morissette eating at her local McDonalds franchise.

omg nostalgia
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Kombucha
11/28/18 12:00:22 PM
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P4wn4g3 posted...
Kombucha posted...
P4wn4g3 posted...
Kombucha posted...
There's anti-bacterial/anti-microbial screens out there already that could be implemented.

I mean corning was working on this way back in 2013.

http://allthingsd.com/20130705/good-news-germaphobes-corning-working-on-bacteria-killing-smartphone-screens/

"antibacterial" is only good news if you actually have strep or whatever. Otherwise you're doing more damage than good.


There are plenty of dangerous bacterias. Salmonella and E-Coli come to mind.

There are more healthy bacterias than dangerous ones, and many live on your skin or just wherever we are. There is also the issue of making super bacterias by exposing them all to bacteriacides. We have all grown to be overly germaphobic.


I'll be sure to let my doctor know that I don't want them to use antibacterial metals around me ty.
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P4wn4g3
11/28/18 12:10:53 PM
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Kombucha posted...
P4wn4g3 posted...
Kombucha posted...
P4wn4g3 posted...
Kombucha posted...
There's anti-bacterial/anti-microbial screens out there already that could be implemented.

I mean corning was working on this way back in 2013.

http://allthingsd.com/20130705/good-news-germaphobes-corning-working-on-bacteria-killing-smartphone-screens/

"antibacterial" is only good news if you actually have strep or whatever. Otherwise you're doing more damage than good.


There are plenty of dangerous bacterias. Salmonella and E-Coli come to mind.

There are more healthy bacterias than dangerous ones, and many live on your skin or just wherever we are. There is also the issue of making super bacterias by exposing them all to bacteriacides. We have all grown to be overly germaphobic.


I'll be sure to let my doctor know that I don't want them to use antibacterial metals around me ty.

They should just use surgical steel.
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prince_leo
11/28/18 12:30:54 PM
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CharlesBronson posted...
lol and then you re-contaminate your hand at the sink when you turn the water off

I mean, it's still better than touching the menu
and most places have motion sensors at the sink

it's not a big deal, it's just that washing my hands before I eat is something i'd do regardless, the menu/touchscreen just gives a clear moment to do it
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SubtletyRefuge
11/28/18 7:26:18 PM
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It's just little bacteria. your immune system should be able to easily handle it. But yeah it does show how messy the world is. Always wash your hands with sanitizer before going anywhere near your face
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