Free nuts
Some bars put free peanuts on the bar. I guess the idea is that the salt in them will enhance the thirst and sell more beer or maybe the publican is just nice.
BUT, having seen what you've seen, I would NEVER take any peanuts from that dish!
You are OK with the coffee, you know. You're going to pass boiling water through the filter and that WILL kill anything. Except, I suppose, any thermophilic bacteria that may be evolving in adaptation to global warming.
At the other end of the spectrum there are those who are so obsessed about germs that they will only flush a stall toilet (mostly with a handle in the UK) with their feet and open the door to the stall with their hands wrapped in bogroll paper. It would seem that they are quite a large minority of the toilet-going public. These, at least, then wash their hands.
Takes all sorts.
Neil 
This post has been disinfected and is free from all bacteria and most viruses including (I hope) Wildthrill.
There's a couple of pubs near me
that put out nuts on Sundays. I've seen many people come straight out of the gents, scoop a handful of nuts and return to their seat and pass the nuts around. Do they wash or do they walk? Is it polite to ask?
I did point out the possibility one lunchtime and it was quite funny to see the faces of a few of my friends.
I think that from a purely microbiological standpoint, it's not so bad if someone has just been for a quick wiz, but anything else...
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I'm agreeing with you
Make the most of it, it doesn't happen too often!
It would be OK eating the peanuts if it WAS just a quick wiz but I generally don't study how long anyone has been in the gents so the best value judgement is to buy your own peanuts...
Free peanuts just may carry a price that you don't want to pay! ]:)
Don't shake my hand
Contrary to what others might think, I'm a very cordial and sociable kinda' guy. However, I'm beginning to think that I should stop the practice of shaking one's hand when extended in greeting.
I was standing in the restroom the other day ("standing" should be a hint), and some other guy came out of the stall ("standing" versus "the stall" should be descriptive enough). Did he go to the sink to wash his hands? Nooooooo -- right for the door and out he went. This wasn't a one-time occurrence, of course, as it's been suggested that up to twenty percent of people do not wash their hands after using the restroom. (I wonder if there's been a "stall" versus "standing" comparison?) Men are worse offenders than women, by the way. (Don't ask me how I know!) However, I wonder how accurate that twenty percent number really is? After all, who would actually admit to not washing their hands after using the restroom? And how many people might do it only when there's someone else in there to see, and not do it when they're alone? I would bet that it's higher than twenty percent.
A few minutes later I was walking down the hallway, and I see this other guy with his finger so far up his nose that you'd think he was digging for gold. According to some publication that I may or may not have read (and which may or may not be reliable, depending on your desired end conclusion), upwards of 65 percent of people pick their nose regularly throughout the day. I've yet to see a study on how many of those people wash THEIR hands afterwards. I'd also bet that more men than women pick their noses. After all, those fingernails could really do some damage! (By the way, do you know which bacteria is most prevalent on the utensils used in buffet lines?)
It's cold and flu season, you know, and I can't tell you how many people I've seen sneeze and cough into their bare hands. I've never seen one of them, however, wash their hands afterwards. And how many people **** their nose into a tissue, only to **** a huge hole right through it? My God, they may as well **** their nose right into their hands!
At the end of a day observing such behavior, I went into the break room for a cup of coffee. "Fresh coffee coming up", someone told me as he was fumbling through the filters to pick one out. On second thought, perhaps I shouldn't have a cup of coffee so late in the day -- especially since I wasn't sure that he wasn't the same guy I saw digging for gold earlier!
And just think about all those keyboards and mice you fondle each and every day!
For some reason, I've been wondering about something. What would be a good way to politely refrain from shaking one's hand? And some people, you know, are so danged pushy about it!
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