How to Count Money

[Ghel]

There are various fingertip moistener products available. I don't work with money much any more, but I work with tons of paper (mostly loan documents), so I use it all the time. Different brands have different feeling to them. Some are really gross. I personally use the Sortkwik brand, because it feels best on my fingers and it really works.

But yeah, licking the bills is really gross. Good way to get sick in a hurry.

[XCashier]

He took out a wad of cash, LICKED THE WAD, and then counted the money out with his thumb to give to me.

Doesn't he know where that money's been?! Covered with drug residue, stored in other people's sweaty socks and underwear, dropped on the ground and driven or walked on, etc?

I recall another post where some jerk was holding his change in his mouth. When did blatant stupidity become the norm?

[Seanette]

Doesn't he know where that money's been?! Covered with drug residue, stored in other people's sweaty socks and underwear, dropped on the ground and driven or walked on, etc?

I recall another post where some jerk was holding his change in his mouth. When did blatant stupidity become the norm?

You didn't realize that Idiocracy was a documentary?

[wolfie]

Actually, Idiocracy wasn't a true documentary. They "bent the facts" - by grossly understating the level of stupidity.

[Slave to the Phone]

Actually, Idiocracy wasn't a true documentary. They "bent the facts" - by grossly understating the level of stupidity.

Looks frantically for the "like" button.

Money has to be about the dirtiest thing ever unless its straight from the mint and even then I wouldn't lick it.

I have a co-worker who buys new clothes and doesn't wash them before wearing them.

Even ignoring the chemicals in the fabric from the manufacturing process...what about all the people who handled them and tried them on first?

[Racket_Man]

Actually, Idiocracy wasn't a true documentary. They "bent the facts" - by grossly understating the level of stupidity.

I've been saying the same thing since I first heard about the movie 9 or so years ago.

[XCashier]

I've been saying the same thing since I first heard about the movie 9 or so years ago.

"Heard about"? You haven't seen it yet? Dude, go see it! (You can probably borrow a copy from your local library, that's where I first saw it.)

[Mental_Mouse]

Oh yeah -- money is basically the most unsanitary thing that most people touch on purpose. (Including genitals.)

[EricKei]

Along with, perhaps, the faucet handles on public bathroom sinks (as I have mentioned before, IIRC)...Which is why I try to use paper towels to turn them *off* when I'm done. Your hands may be nice and clean after washing them, but the handles have been touched by countless people just *before* washing their hands...

[wolfie]

And why I'm ticked off when (looking at you, Pilot/Flying J) an establishment remodels their washrooms, including replacing the paper towels with hot air dryers, but doesn't do anything about the "pull to open from the inside" doors (e.g. replacing them with a labyrinth so there's no line of sight from the hall to inside, or adding a "handicap friendly" push button opener where you can "hip check" the button).

The pull handle will have been touched by people who "do their business" and fail to wash their hands. When the hand-drying setup is paper towels, you can use one as a shield when opening the door (and there's usually a garbage can you can reach while propping the door open with your foot). With hot air dryers, you MUST grab the handle.

[Arcus]

Back when I was sorting and counting large amounts of bills, I can tell you how dirty they are. My hands would start to turn black from all the garbage on them. Even the bills that looked clean are dirty. No one in my house could understand how I could go though so much hand soap.

[Minflick]

Back when I was a Senior Student, my bio class did a swab and culture experiment in our building. The Toilet seat was pretty clean. The drain in the bathroom was pretty clean. The faucets, etc. were pretty clean. The filthiest place swabbed was the outside hallway wall where people braced themselves to pull open the very heavy door. Janitors got everything else more than once a day, but somehow they never did the wall outside... IIRC, that spot grew about 8 different kinds of bacteria.

[Ironclad Alibi]

With hot air dryers, you MUST grab the handle.

Unless you grab a piece of clean toilet paper for the task.

[WishfulSpirit]

YogsCast did a series from the US and had to change out their money. They said US currency smelled funny. Money can have dirt on it, but since it tends to be dry, it doesn't allow much to actually grow that normal handwashing can't take care of. Germs don't like dry environments. The dirtiest thing is the kitchen sponge, and that often has really nasty bugs like salmonella. If you're going to use a kitchen sponge, microwave it at least once a day. That'll kill off the nasties.