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Is this what you expect when you take the grandkids to McDonalds?; filthy, germ infested environment
Topic Started: Oct 28 2011, 10:27 PM (250 Views)
Pat
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Nobody cleaned the playground equipment when I was a kid or when my children were young. But that was before the country had 320,000,000 inhabitants and the restaurants were filled with illiterate third country workers. I doubt the McDonalds manger has ever been trained in the proper care and sanitation of the play area. In fact, I doubt many if any are. The least the store owner could do is post a warning sign for parents. Yet how many would read the signs, or could read for that matter.

We were taught to wash our hands before and after going to the bathroom and when we came in for work or play. Now every public bathroom at a food establishment has warning sign instructing the employees to wash their hands. I guess the workers never had a mom or dad showing them what proper hygiene is. Many probably don't associate germs and bacteria with illness.

A rule of thumb I have practiced and taught my kids serves us well. Before eating at a place, we always visit the bathroom to wash our hands and see how clean it is. If the bathroom is dirty you can bet so are the workers and the food. They go hand in hand.
So the next time you visit a McDonalds, steer clear of the play area. And check out the bathroom. You and your families life my depend upon it.



http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/10/26/20111026mcdonalds-bans-asu-instructor-chandler-mom1027.html

Chandler resident Erin Carr Jordan got a morning surprise from McDonald's this week and there were no eggs or muffins involved. It was a 7 a.m. hand-delivered letter from a lawyer prohibiting her from setting foot in eight Valley McDonald's and threatening her with criminal trespassing charges if she did.

The mother of four, a college instructor with a doctorate in developmental psychology, is on an unrelenting national crusade to clean up fast-food play areas, claiming the pathogens she found in them threaten children's health.

• The letter Carr-Jordan received

The incident she believes spurred the lawyer's letter happened during one of her repeat visits to a Gilbert McDonald's. She said she discovered antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, known to cause potentially life-threatening infections, in the restaurant's PlayPlace.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/10/26/20111026mcdonalds-bans-asu-instructor-chandler-mom1027.html#ixzz1c5OXG1ru
Edited by Pat, Oct 28 2011, 10:29 PM.
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tomdrobin
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My granddaughter works at the local McDonalds. I used to drop her off at work, and was amazed at the business the do. It's kind of a ritual for many seniors to eat at McD's. Not this senior though, I rarely stop unless I'm traveling and it's the only food available.
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Sea Dog
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When I was a kid,
we played in the barns and pig pens.

The water that we swam in was the color of coffee.

In our rural public school, the drinking water was in a bucket,
a tin cup that everyone used.

While I am not underplaying the problem with listeria etc,
the modern phobia with germs is, in my opinion,
greatly overdone.
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tomdrobin
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One theory is being exposed to germs when you are young is good for your immune system, and that environmental allergies are the result of living in too sterile an environment.
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It has nothing to do with "illiterate third country workers". Our local McD's used to have a ball pit for the kids to play. Every Sat morning a van would pull up, bag all the balls, spray down the play area, and replace the dirty balls with new ones.

Today, parents don't feel the need to stay home with their sick kids. It's not their problem if your kid catches a sinus infection or chicken pox, as long as they get to do what they (the parents) want.

Have you seen school classrooms lately? They're disgusting, janitorial staffs are bare skeleton crews and I doubt any sanitizing is happening. Have you ever seen a school or park playground cleaned and sanitized? I never have. Lunch tables used to be hosed down after lunch everyday. I doubt that happens very often now.

The only time we washed our hands growing up was after using the bathroom, before dinner, and in the shower at night. Today we use anitbacterial soaps and slather hand sanitizer on our kids' hands several times a day.

You want to bash McDonald's playgrounds, have at it. But you better look around because they aren't the only breeding grounds for disease. Check out shopping cart handles, ATM machines, and money.
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