Would you ever lick the surface of your phone?
How about your keyboard?
How about the doorknob?
Ew!
But you probably go dilly-dallying around the office without thinking twice about
what and who's touched the surfaces we regularly encounter.
Well, I'm here to ruin your day and
tell you the top ten places that are as dirty as the toilet seat.
(Sound) A tool
to measure the dirtiness of a surface is called the ATP meter.
Basically, any surface with an ATP reading of over 300 is at serious risk
of spreading an illness, while anything over 100 requires a serious wipe-down.
Let's start with number 10.
This one might actually surprise you, coffee pots.
48% of all coffee pots and dispensers have enough bacteria that you should definitely
wash your hands after using them.
I'm sorry, coffee lovers, but this is the price you pay for being caffeine addicts.
It's bacteria!
Boom, boom, bah!
Number 9, in this computer-obsessed culture, this one's obvious, your mouse.
51% of all computer mice need a thorough wipe-down.
It's no coincidence that you mouse is as dirty as a real-life mouse.
(Sound) Number 8, the porcelain throne, the whizz palace, your toilette.
The toilet seat actually comes in lower than you probably thought.
Coming in at around 200 on the ATP meter,
it's lower than other common office services.
It's still not clean by any means.
You're pooping on it, for poop's sake.
Just use a toilet seat cover, and don't lick it, not that I do that.
Number 7, vending machine buttons.
I know this isn't a vending machine.
21% of all vending machine buttons have high potential to spread an illness.
A bad cold for just a small bag of Cheez-Its?
No, thank you, or yes, thank you?
I don't know.
I'll keep you posted.
Number 6, the literal fountain of life, water fountain buttons
(Sound) 23% of all water fountain buttons have enough bacteria to make you sicky.
And that's kind of ironic, because water sustains us, yet it can also make us sick.
Curse you, water.
I'm just going to drink vodka instead.
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Number five, refrigerator door handles.
26% of refrigerator door handles had ATP levels of over 300.
And that makes sense, because the office is full of hungry mongrels who just
want to munch on goodies all day.
Is this why I'm fat and stink?
Number 4, your precious keyboard.
27% of keyboards came in at levels high enough to give you the sicky-sick.
What, are you insinuating that all I do is type indoors and not go outside?
I like air and not looking at the screen and not reading dirty jokes.
Leave me alone!
Number 3, your trusty old microwave door handles.
48% of all microwave door handles have enough bacteria that you should
Clorox this fish, wash your hands, and Clorox this fish again.
Number two, sink faucets be dirty.
75% of all break room faucet handles have enough bacteria to send you home for
a few days.
Can you imagine all the gross hands, wet foods, and
just general grossness happening over there?
The solution here is simple, order all your food, go broke,
move in with your parents, and make them do all the dishes.
You're welcome.
And number 1, yep, you guessed it, your cell phone.
An average cell phone comes in at over 900 on the ATP meter.
Don't lie, I know you bring your phone to the toilet and sit there for
30 minutes while swiping on Tinder.
If only your soulmate knew that you guys matched while you were relieving yourself.
Just make sure you wipe down your phone every once in a while so
you don't come down with the nasty-nasty.
There you have it.
You'll probably say, I touch these surfaces all the time, and I'm okay.
Well, think about all the times that you've had a bad cold and
you've blamed it on your friend or your family members.
You probably got it from one of these surfaces.
Just give it a good wipe-down every now and then, couldn't hurt.
Stay clean, dirty ones.
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