You are quite worried about touching other people’s stuff because of how germ-infested their items are. You are concerned about making sure that your hands are washed each time you go out shopping or go anywhere. But have you considered that your own items may be quite germ-infested as well?
In fact, you will be shocked to know which possessions of your are full of germs. Therefore, you will want to wash your hands after using them as well. Here are 11 things that you are carrying that have plenty of germs.
#11 – Your Keys
You are touching your keys when you go out shopping or go anywhere. After touching germ-filled items such as shopping carts and ATM keypads, you are handling your keys. Viruses and bacteria also live on metal for a long time. Give those keys a good wipe as well as your phone.
#10 – Your Mobile Phone
You carry your phone everywhere you go. And you are touching it in public places after you had touched other things. You would be horrified to know how many germs are lurking around your phone. Think about it. You are at the grocery store, for instance, touching the cart which is full of germs. You are buying food for someone, and you text them with your fingers after touching the cart by asking them what they want you to pick up at the store. Germs get transferred to your phone easily that way. You will want to give it a good wipe after you are done shopping.
#9 – Grocery Bags That Are Reusable
Think about it. Your grocery bags have been placed on floors of grocery stores and your home that have not been clean with germs lurking there. You will want to wash your reusable grocery bags as instructed and do this religiously. They are germier than you can imagine.
#8 – Your Own Yoga Mat
If you go to a yoga studio, you likely have heard how dirty those yoga mats are. And yes, that is true. But what about your own? You also have germs and dirt on your own floor at home. And when you bring your own yoga mat to the studio, you are also transferring germs from the studio to your mat! They need to be wiped down with sterilizing wipes at least once a week.
#7 – Your Gym Clothes
Your gym clothes are smelly and dirty for a reason that goes beyond sweat. You sweaty gym clothes are attracting germs and making them not healthy at all to wear. There are so many germs from other people and the equipment that you use at the gym will cause your clothes to attract all kinds of microbes as well. After you come home from the gym, you need to throw your clothes in the wash!
#6 – Plastic Water Bottles
Did you know that your plastic water bottles are growing microbes constantly after they have been opened? This is why you will want to get a metal water holder instead. After opening the plastic water bottle, you will want to pour the rest of the water that you will not be drinking at that moment into a metal holder. Metal will prevent microbe growth whereas plastic ones will promote it. You don’t want to drink those microbes as well which can make you sick.
#5 – Your Wallet And Purse
You are handling your wallet when you go and pay for your items after touching the germ-filled keypads on the debit or credit machines. Those germs are being transferred to your wallet. And if you have a purse or a handbag, you are handling it too and it is in the cart which is also full of germs.
#4 – Your Dog’s Leash
It is not a surprise to know that your dog’s leash is filled with microbes from your hands holding it all of the time. And it does not occur to anyone to wash their dog’s leash. But that thing is really full of germs which means you will want to wash it after you take your pooch out for a walk with soap and water and let it dry naturally.
#3 – Your Child’s Car Seat
If you have young kids that need to be in a car seat, then you can only imagine the germs that are lurking there. Your child touching it as well after they have been touching germy things is one reason that it is so dirty. Forget about those times when they had been eating and dropping snacks on it, or worse, have gotten sick on it. Those things are purely germy and need to be cleaned up at least several times a week.
#2 – Your Suitcase
You likely do not travel often unless your business requires you to take plenty of business trips. However, think about how your suitcase is rolling on the dirty floor of the airport, and then placed onto the germy conveyor belts. You can only imagine how germ-filled your suitcase really is! Consider giving it to a good wipe down after you get to your destination and then again back home.
#1 – Your Shoes
There is a reason that you are told to take your shoes off when you get home or go to someone else’s home. You cannot imagine what kind of germs that your shoes are carrying from being on the ground and floors of buildings. Not only germs are on your shoes, but you also have pollutants as well from the outside. You can wash your shoes and it is recommended that you do as instructed. But be sure to not bring them into your home past the door because you don’t want to track what is on your shoes in your home.
After learning about this, you will want to keep doing a lot of cleaning and sterilizing since these objects you have are more germ-filled than you have ever imagined!
