How often do you clean your Mobile phone

[Mups]

I've just been reading about our mobiles.
They say smartphones are likely to be crawling with germs,  in fact 10 times more germs than a public toilet seat! 

Phones are often smothered with E.Coli and Streptococcus,  which can easily lead to food poisoning.

Most mobiles receive constant handling but are not often likely to be cleaned,  and then we press them up to our faces. 
 
Many people don't even seem to mind using their phones whilst sitting on the loo  -  which I personally think is horrible.   You surely would not chat to anyone standing there while you were on the loo,  so why do it on a phone?   If the phone rings while I'm in the loo, they can ring back or leave a message thank you.

You remember when we had the Covid scares in the early days?  Along with the masks and distancing,  wiping trolley handles,  some even wiping everything they bought  before they packing it away,  and yet how many people cleaned their phones?

10 times more bugs than a toilet seat though,  that's a bit of an eye opening though,  isn't it.

[Scrumpy]

I don't clean my mobile phone very often..
I'll do it now..

[dextrous63]

Any time I shove it in my pocket it gets a bit of a wipe over😉

March 18, 2025, 01:37:14 PM

I don't clean my mobile phone very often..
I'll do it now..

Wouldn't tumble dry it if I were you😬

[klondike]

I haven't read about vast numbers waiting in A&E with mobilitis. To my mind the bigger danger for many must be getting run over.

Sounds like a slow news day story to me.

[Ashy]

I didn't know you were supposed to. I remember a colleague dropping one into a bucket of paraffin once, it never worked again.

[Mups]

I didn't know you were supposed to. I remember a colleague dropping one into a bucket of paraffin once, it never worked again.

I give mine an occasional wipe over with a wet wipe,   same as I do my steering wheel if its been in the garage for servicing or whatever.
Sounds a bit paranoid,  but I am far from it. 

[dextrous63]

Sounds a bit paranoid,  but I am far from it. 

Of course you are

[Alex]

I don't clean mine either, yet first thing I do when I come home is wash my hands.  I never hold a trolley by the handle, always by the metal part, so maybe I'm suffering from selective paranoia 

[dextrous63]

I don't clean mine either, yet first thing I do when I come home is wash my hands.  I never hold a trolley by the handle, always by the metal part, so maybe I'm suffering from selective paranoia 

The real bug bear for me is public toilet doors.  I wrap my hand inside my coat/fleece sleeve before grabbing a handle to pull them open.

[Scrumpy]

I push a toilet door with my foot or elbow..
I never sit on a public toilet seat.. I stand up .. 
Everyone in the ladies room can hear me going to wee..

[JBR]

Clean?  Mobile phone?

[dextrous63]

I push a toilet door with my foot or elbow..
I never sit on a public toilet seat.. I stand up ..
Everyone in the ladies room can hear me going to wee..

I suppose one could use one's mobile phone to push a toilet door open, although balancing one's buttocks on a phone screen placed on the loo seat while having a wee may be a bit precarious.  In fact, potentially embarrassing if the camera accidentally got turned on😬😬

March 18, 2025, 05:14:19 PM

Clean?  Mobile phone?

Are you struggling with the meaning of both concepts? 😬😬

[JBR]

March 18, 2025, 05:14:19 PMAre you struggling with the meaning of both concepts? 😬😬

Only the former.

[Mups]

I push a toilet door with my foot or elbow..
I never sit on a public toilet seat.. I stand up ..
Everyone in the ladies room can hear me going to wee..

Ah,  so that's what it was.   I thought it was raining.   

[dextrous63]

Ah,  so that's what it was.  I thought it was raining. 

I wonder what you'd make of my attempt to recreate the dam busters when I go to the loo😬😬