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Sat May 2, 2020, 01:43 AM

May 2020

I've been ruminating about the card slot. Probably thousands of cards a day go in there, inserted most likely with bare hands, landing and sitting on the same spot in the machine, etc.

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What do you do with your card after it comes out of the ATM slot? [View all] LuckyCharms May 2020 OP

Been thinking about this myself. Gotta have cash sometimes. fleabiscuit May 2020 #1

Good idea on the stylus... LuckyCharms May 2020 #3

You realize, of course, that the cash you get from the machine is filthy and could have... TreasonousBastard May 2020 #5

Yes, but I was thinking more in terms of... LuckyCharms May 2020 #8

I never made the assumption that the machines that I used were safe. TexasTowelie May 2020 #6

Every hour could be 10 customers between jimfields33 May 2020 #22

Put it away MissB May 2020 #2

Too much opportunity to inadvertently touch your face between here and there, instead Maru Kitteh May 2020 #35

I hit mine with hand sanitizer after using it happybird May 2020 #4

I put it in the back pocket and when I get home wash hands with soap and cc with soap on hands. LizBeth May 2020 #7

Don't forget car handle, keys and stealing wheel. jimfields33 May 2020 #23

Only one thing to do... Silent3 May 2020 #9

Great idea! Also, here's another life hack that I have been using... LuckyCharms May 2020 #12

+1 n/t Silent3 May 2020 #55

I have an old Dr Bronners soap bottle in the car mahina May 2020 #10

I don't use it. roamer65 May 2020 #11

Cash is filthy. I try never to use it. But I am in gloves when I am out now all the time. CTyankee May 2020 #16

Paper money is very dirty. roamer65 May 2020 #43

Somehow I find it hard to believe that anyone is getting PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #13

I once had a person, 6 inches from my face, sneeze into LuckyCharms May 2020 #14

I once saw an elderly guy at Wally take a bite out of an ear of corn. His denture slipped, Maru Kitteh May 2020 #36

Not too long ago, I saw some guy at the ATM..... lastlib May 2020 #54

It is being passed by any surface where two people touch it and Squinch May 2020 #30

The ATMs and packages were such perfect vectors, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #41

Maybe you ought to read up a little more on this. Squinch May 2020 #44

I have seen zero reports of anyone actually getting the virus this way. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #45

I don't find this conversation - in which you are demanding links to Squinch May 2020 #46

Right? SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #33

Exactly. People need to chill. tinrobot May 2020 #37

I agree with you. NT EllieBC May 2020 #38

Thank you Ace Rothstein May 2020 #50

Indeed. Codeine May 2020 #51

The buttons and screen are by far BGBD May 2020 #15

I wipe mine off with a disinfectant wipe Olafjoy May 2020 #17

Now, where did you get such a treasure such as disinfectant wipe? LisaL May 2020 #26

I feel weird being in possession of so many MissB May 2020 #34

I just put it, and the cash, back into my pouch/fanny-pack Worried2020 May 2020 #18

I Wipe It Down ProfessorGAC May 2020 #19

Yea, ethanol would work too. LisaL May 2020 #25

Yep ProfessorGAC May 2020 #47

When I use my card at the checkout, first I wipe down the reader unit, then wipe down my card abqtommy May 2020 #20

I just put it back in my pocket. demmiblue May 2020 #21

Well, I haven't used it in a while. LisaL May 2020 #24

Money goes through washing machine well. mantis49 May 2020 #31

Since this all began Squidly May 2020 #27

I figured the machine slot is clean, but put the money into a bag to get washed at home. Squinch May 2020 #28

I wipe mine. sinkingfeeling May 2020 #29

The risk is low, but it exists Generic Brad May 2020 #32

The money is a bigger risk than the card (nt) Recursion May 2020 #39

I've been wearing gloves when using ATM machines and retail payment machines FakeNoose May 2020 #40

I don't put it in my wallet until I've gotten in the car, where I ALWAYS sanitize... LAS14 May 2020 #42

Haven't done an ATM transaction yet but thought that when/if I do, I will ooky May 2020 #48

I keep both my card & my driver's license in a small zip-lock bag & wipe that off when I get home... Hekate May 2020 #49

I don't worry about it. Codeine May 2020 #52

I'm at risk, but I don't really have a choice. n/t LuckyCharms May 2020 #53