StarGaurdianBard t1_ja9k22b wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:05 PM

Reply to comment by SpaceDoctorWOBorders in Google lays off 100 robot workers used to clean its cafeterias, says report by snowmaninheat

Do you not practice hand hygiene? Do you not wipe down your work station before you use it? You can get yourself sick if you don't use a disinfectant wipe at the start of your shift even if it's your own stuff so that's more telling on you than anything.

SpaceDoctorWOBorders t1_ja9nvf5 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:29 PM

No I've never washed my hands in my life and I wouldn't share a workstation with anyone. I'm not going to get randomly sick from touching the same keyboard I used yesterday compared to if a sick person used it before. Don't pretend like you don't see the increased risk.

StarGaurdianBard t1_ja9zwh6 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 10:48 PM

Literally the whole point of hand hygiene and disinfectant is to kill germs. To deny the effectiveness of having the ability to I'll 99.9% of germs means you should live in a bubble since the chances of you getting sick from a disinfected keyboard is astronomically lower than literally touching a doorknob, being around other people, etc. A disinfected keyboard, mouse, etc will have much less germs on them than literally anything else in your life.

It's literally how germ theory and cleanliness works.

SpaceDoctorWOBorders t1_jaa27a6 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:04 PM

You think a keyboard is the only thing being shared in the cubicle? The whole cube/desk can carry bacteria.

Also, isn't there a whole thing about the overuse of disinfectant and breeding more harmful bacteria/viruses?

https://vitalacy.com/super-germs-are-we-making-bacteria-more-resistant/

StarGaurdianBard t1_jaa2tw7 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:08 PM

Super germs are being created primarily as a response to overuse of antibiotics, not because of disinfectant wipes.

If you are worried about the whole cube/desk having germs ill once again point out that you shouldn't go out in public then. Where you eat at a restaurant will have more germs than a cubicle. Public transportation will have easily 1000x more. Being In a crowd will have more. Literally any doorknob/doorhandle in public. And if you don't believe in disinfectant I hope you only ever use the bathroom at home.

SpaceDoctorWOBorders t1_jaa4bbh wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:18 PM

You still do all those things though when traveling to work to share a cube, you're just adding extra risk. Where are you getting your info about shared cubicles not being health risks. Just because it's 10,000x less dangerous then eating out of a toilet bowl doesn't mean there isn't any risk.

I've never seen someone defend having a shared working space so hard.

StarGaurdianBard t1_jaao7vh wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:42 AM

Because it may be hard for some people to understand but the vast majority of jobs require shared work spaces and aren't in cubicles lmao. It would apparently shock you to learn that nurses and doctors in hospitals don't have cubicles and that we share the same computers.