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Study: Women's Desks Four Times More Dirty Than Men's
FOX ^ | 02/15/07 | Unknown

Posted on 02/15/2007 8:46:13 AM PST by Froufrou

Your office desk harbors far more bacteria than your workplace restroom, and if you're a woman, chances are your workspace has more germs than your male co-workers', a new research report shows.

Women have three to four times the number of bacteria in, on and around their desks, phones, computers, keyboards, drawers and personal items as men do, the study by University of Arizona professor Charles Gerba showed.

Gerba, a professor of soil, water and environmental sciences, tested more than 100 offices on the UA campus and in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oregon and Washington, D.C. The $40,000 study was commissioned by the Clorox Co.

"I thought for sure men would be germier," Gerba said. "But women have more interactions with small children and keep food in their desks. The other problem is makeup."

Don't get Gerba wrong: Women's desks typically looked cleaner. But the knickknacks are more abundant, and cosmetics and hand lotions make prime germ-transfer agents, Gerba said. Makeup cases also make for fine germ homes, along with phones, purses and desk drawers.

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To: JimWforBush

41 posted on 02/15/2007 9:18:54 AM PST by Lucky9teen (Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15)
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To: doodad

I used to work in a grocery store, and one filthy hag (filthiness is not limited to the "fairer" sex but in this case "hag" is an apt description) was known by other female staff to never wash her hands after she used the toilet.

That's who is handling you groceries at the check out counter and handing you your change. Pure vile nastiness.


42 posted on 02/15/2007 9:18:55 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Life is tough. It's even tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: driftdiver
50% of men and 33% of women do not wash their hands after going to bathroom. Doesn't matter whether its #1 or #2.

That's exactly why I don't like those pot luck deals. Or the community popcorn/potato chip bag. Ish.

43 posted on 02/15/2007 9:23:42 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Froufrou

All this agonizing in a society where oral sex is mundane and commonplace.


44 posted on 02/15/2007 9:24:21 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Lucky9teen; Big Giant Head

Ummm, that doesn't look like my husband's desk, but it is vaguely familiar. *blush*


45 posted on 02/15/2007 9:25:22 AM PST by Marie Antoinette (Proud Clinton-hater since 1998. Sporkweasels Up!)
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To: Froufrou

I moved into the desk of a woman who had been fired - the desk had BOOGERS all over & under it.


46 posted on 02/15/2007 9:26:21 AM PST by nina0113
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To: nina0113

Oh, thank you. I drank mimosas last night, totally spoiling my diet. Now I won't have any trouble skipping lunch!


47 posted on 02/15/2007 9:28:57 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou

I can fix you up for dinner, too - I was complaining to co-workers, and one said "yeah, we had a guy like that once before - his drawer was so full of them we had to throw the desk away".

Always happy to help a diet buddy!


48 posted on 02/15/2007 9:31:09 AM PST by nina0113
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To: Froufrou

It's all the damn hand lotion!


49 posted on 02/15/2007 9:31:23 AM PST by Buck W. (If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
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To: No Blue States
She also speaks like a drunken crack head

Maybe she is one?! Have you talked to your boss about this?

50 posted on 02/15/2007 9:32:10 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Froufrou

Can we just come out and say it? Women are pigs.


51 posted on 02/15/2007 9:35:15 AM PST by Minn
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
That's who is handling you groceries at the check out counter and handing you your change.

Our local grocery store now has a dispenser with those disinfectant wipes located right next to the cart pickup area. I use one EVERY time when I pick up a cart in that store. It's not just the workers who might be depositing infectious germs on the cart handles; it's also the other customers!

52 posted on 02/15/2007 9:35:57 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Lucky9teen

Oh my gosh, where is this?


53 posted on 02/15/2007 9:36:19 AM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Froufrou
Maybe some offices need

54 posted on 02/15/2007 9:41:39 AM PST by Lucky9teen (Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15)
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To: Squawk 8888

Har! Bump for later.


55 posted on 02/15/2007 9:41:51 AM PST by ghostrider
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To: MEGoody

I don't know, but the picture came from http://www.ritilan.com/


56 posted on 02/15/2007 9:42:35 AM PST by Lucky9teen (Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15)
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To: Minn
Women are pigs.

You should have said, "SOME women are pigs. And so are SOME men!"

Women who post here are NOT pigs! :-)

57 posted on 02/15/2007 9:43:23 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: toast
You might be right about the purses. Looking in my wife's purse is like undertaking an archaeological expedition. It is perennially filled to the brim with:

ancient tissues, lipsticks from a previous decade, candy wrappers from many-a-Halloween-ago, loose change strewn senselessly about in pockets and compartments, old supermarket checkout receipts, torn ticket stubs, non-working pens in various colors, used make-up cases with cracked mirrors, paper clips, rubber bands, expired credit cards, cough drops heated and chilled over time until their wrappers have atomically fused with the lozenges, hair clips and pony-tail holders, crumpled business cards with hair appointments from the '90's, more coins, a calculator with the numbers "2" and "5" missing, straight pins, expired coupons, dry cleaner receipts, and at the very bottom, there is a fine layer of silty dust containing microbial forms of life as yet uncatalogued by science.

58 posted on 02/15/2007 9:44:35 AM PST by andy58-in-nh
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Men are clean. Women are dirty! Any muslim man knows this.

Some men are both clean and articulate.

59 posted on 02/15/2007 9:45:59 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: No Blue States

Is she at least sorta hot?


60 posted on 02/15/2007 9:47:51 AM PST by jdm
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