Posted on 10/19/2012 7:56:07 PM PDT by Daffynition
I am amused at the number of people who don’t seem to know that the water in the toilet tank and the water coming from the sink come from the same pipes.
Not from the tank. From the bowl.
Have you ever been sorry you’ve opened a thread?
And....read it?
Ice machines are in general never cleaned. Hotels are probably worse than fast food joints, which at least cycle the water through quickly.
The article can be quite misleading because the relevant issue is often not the quantity of bacteria but rather the type, and I strongly suspect toilets are more likely to be harboring pathogens.
Also many other surfaces in the bathroom, which don’t get cleaned, are likely more contaminated than the water in the toilet.
(sorry)
THEN the worker picked up one bucket ,dropped it into the other bucket and carried them away.
I doubt anyone even rinsed out the buckets between carries.
When I spoke to the manager,I got a look of incomprehension,as though she could not see a problem.
The scariest part of any public restroom has always been the door knob.
When I run a kitchen, the ice scoop is kept in a 1/3 pan with bleach water (50PPM) in it.
Doesn't go back, or you reach in with your hands, or a glass? Fired.
Walk into the kitchen and don't first go to the sink and wash? Fired.
Ice machines are dangerous. They are a prime place to grow bacteria.
When I was in a military kitchen, they got emptied and bleached regularly. I couldn't fire anyone... but I could make life miserable.
If I see an ice scoop on top of an ice machine, I won't eat at a restaurant.
I'm a jerk about it, but 20% of a deployment ineffective or degraded with a preventable stomach bug just doesn't suck, it can get you killed.
In the military, in the field, we had daily health inspections by the medical officers. In the commercial world, when I run a kitchen, I do the same inspection.
Some folks love me, some folks hate me. Most don't know and don't care.
/johnny
I was going to say that she should have also gotten a sample from the the bathroom sink faucet. Very few fast food restaurants use toilet tanks. The popular alternative is those timed auto valves.
LOL...if *I* posted it....you can be sure it would be frivolous and full of useless info. :)
I just checked the manual that came with my new fridge...no where does it recommend that the ice maker be cleaned periodically. Heh.
You suspect wrong. The worker that didn't wash his/her hands after latrine call and sticks them in the ice machine may have put the exact same pathogens in the ice machine that doesn't get cleaned as often as the toilet bowl.
Ice machines are petri dishes for bacteria. I once cleaned one that had a pink slime on the floor of it, when I got to the bottom. It had NEVER been cleaned.
/johnny
We went out for pizza last night.
I had Coke.
With ice. Whoooooooooooooob boy.
I have never thought of those particular problems, now I’m paranoid. lol
Just a note. The water pipe connected to the tank which is connected to the bowl......
I’ve gone in the RR after a theater movie or other places and seen countless purses ON THE FLOOR in the stalls. They usually put little hooks on the doors just for that. I have no idea why any woman would put their purse on the floor in a public toilet, but they do. If there’s no hook, I hang mine over the corner of the door.
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