Posted on 11/29/2018 9:51:00 AM PST by Louis Foxwell
Scientists Just Found Something Absolutely Shocking on These McDonald's Self-Order Touchscreens The discovery of fecal bacteria on McDonald's self-order touchscreens is raising concern about their safety. By Peter EconomyThe Leadership Guy @bizzwriter CREDIT: Getty Images
Fast-food giant McDonald's has been rolling out touchscreen self-order kiosks in its restaurants for the past several years. While they make ordering your Big Mac, fries, and chocolate shake more efficient and accurate (and they're actually kind of fun), yesterday scientists revealed that they found something on those touchscreens that should be of tremendous concern for McDonald's customers.
Bacteria.
But not just any kind of bacteria -- fecal and other bacteria from human digestive tracts that could cause all sorts of health problems for someone who happens to ingest the living organisms.
Traces of poo and potentially deadly bacteria found in McDonald's https://t.co/nQkdf6ZIEs pic.twitter.com/Ee13aRNLby -- The Sun (@TheSun) November 29, 2018
According to Dr. Paul Matewele, a senior lecturer in microbiology at London Metropolitan University:
We were all surprised how much gut and fecal bacteria there was on the touchscreen machines. These cause the kind of infections that people pick up in hospitals. For instance Enterococcus faecalis is part of the flora of gastrointestinal tracts of healthy humans and other mammals. It is notorious in hospitals for causing hospital acquired infections.
In addition to fecal bacteria, the scientists also found staphylococcus, listeria, klebsiella, and proteus bacteria, all of which can cause illness in humans.
The samples were gathered by the U.K. newspaper Metro from eight different McDonald's restaurants in England -- six in London and two in Birmingham -- and then analyzed by Dr. Matewele and his team. Shockingly, touchscreens in every one of the restaurants had bacteria, often virulent, living on them.
And as touchscreens become a greater presence in our lives, the problem is likely to get even worse. Says Dr. Matewele:
Touchscreen technology is being used more and more in our daily lives but these results show people should not eat food straight after touching them, they are unhygienic and can spread disease. Someone can be very careful about their own hygiene throughout the day but it could all be undone by using a touchscreen machine once.
According to a McDonald's statement, the company is careful to routinely clean the touchscreens to avoid problems such as those revealed by Dr. Matewele:
Our self-order screens are cleaned frequently throughout the day. All of our restaurants also provide facilities for customers to wash their hands before eating.
If you're not loving the idea of coming in contact with one or more of the listed bacteria, then consider bypassing the kiosks altogether and ordering the old fashioned way -- at the register with a real, live person. Published on: Nov 29, 2018
Thats a screen that gets wiped down 2-3 times a day, do you want to know what is on the ATM that never gets wiped off?
IIRC the first water fountain for the public to drink from had one tin cup there attached to the spout. London I think.
By the time the authorities are thought, people will be required to turn over all cell phones to an attendant before using the toilet, schools etc... and wash your hands before and after use.
The gloves? Gloves may interfere with the conductance on the surface of the screen.
If people actually knew, we wouldn't dare leave the house and even then you're not safe for the shit we're tracking in from the streets and sidewalks.
Is the shocking part behind the poop coated screen? I feel like King Arthur's knights when Tim the Enchanter tells them "It IS the rabbit!"
I am sure ATM screens are similar. Hasn’t killed me yet.
Ever been to a public swimming pool? I know they are chlorinated, but if the chemistry isn’t spot on, you are basically swimming in a public bidet.
I’ve looked at some of the people working the pickup window at McDonalds and I would NOT want to shake hands with any of ‘em.
ATM machines should be checked too...
This is horse$hit
Almost EVERYTHING you touch will test positive for trace amounts of all kinds of stuff.
This is just to badmouth McD’s for replacing people with robots.
"Eee-coli!
Food handlers are not supposed to touch the product without sanitary tools or gloves. The counterpersons handle money, trays, and containers, not the objects to be eaten. Apparently ice cream cones fall outside this scheme, although the cone itaelf is paper-wrapped.
The touch-screen for customers is a nasty thing to use to conduct the transaction. So is recirculation of money.
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Check a subway turnstile. Or an escalator handrail. Or any of a hundred door handles you come in contact with every day. They’re probably as bad or worse.
Yet I don’t see people dropping over dead from the mere touch.
This is fear-mongering to scare people away from using kiosks.
Who’s shocked? There’s poo on nearly everything we touch throughout the day because people do not wash their hands.
Not to mention menus. I always wash my hands after placing my order, no matter how “nice” the restaurant.
Of course the server also handles the menus before bringing your drinks and food...
After your remark on moslems there really is nothing left to say.
If we want a healthier world we have got to get rid of islam
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