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wishstar

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13. My favorite grocery stopped putting out samples this week and food bars looked untouched

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 08:09 PM

Mar 2020

I will not be partaking of either samples that others could have touched or food bars where everyone touches the utensils and often even put back food they have picked up. Several weeks ago I watched a firefighter crew come in to the store for lunch and one of them weirdly handled every one of the pears in the produce display after coming from their truck and didn't even select any to purchase so I am now sticking to bags of apples and produce instead of individual pieces.

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Looking At The Supermarket Through The Eyes Of This Coronavirus Crisis..... [View all] global1 Mar 2020 OP

our house does not buy off the salad bar, and costco veggies are pretty much packaged nt msongs Mar 2020 #1

People touch and handle packaged and canned goods too frazzled Mar 2020 #2

You Can Swab Down And Sanitize A Can Or Package.... global1 Mar 2020 #5

What about the packages and cans? Big Blue Marble Mar 2020 #3

It only clings to certain surfaces, right? and then only lasts on them for under a day. skip fox Mar 2020 #12

I'm not going near that hot bar at Whole Foods C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #4

What's wrong with the hot bar? Flaleftist Mar 2020 #7

+1. "How many people have touched those spoons/tongs?" dalton99a Mar 2020 #8

just as I was leaving KT2000 Mar 2020 #6

I dunno. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #9

I have also always had a pretty "casual" attitude toward germs and so far have smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #15

Our immune system is designed to be challenged by all sorts of things. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #16

When I was around three and a half I had a terrible flu. I was delerious, sky high temperature, I smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #18

It's a combination of genetics and what you've been exposed to. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #19

Interesting about the flu vaccine. I wasn't aware of that. I have not had a bad smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #21

I was very surprised by that. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #22

Yes. Wash your food before your cook it and wash your hands meadowlander Mar 2020 #10

General habits pat_k Mar 2020 #11

My favorite grocery stopped putting out samples this week and food bars looked untouched wishstar Mar 2020 #13

The hand-held scanner at Home Depot grossed me out to no end. SMC22307 Mar 2020 #14

None of the stores are filling the handiwipe canisters often enough Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #17

Costco had the greeter wiping down cart handles spinbaby Mar 2020 #20