Thursday, February 15, 2007

Not my desk.



I am anal, and germophobic, so you can pretty much do open heart surgery on my desk. In fact, I have a surgery planned next week.

Most of the women's desks at work, are laden down with crap. But I know a bunch of the male office population are a bunch of non-handwashers. It's grody.

Women's desks only look cleaner

Study: Their workspaces have up to four times more bacteria than men's

'TUCSON, Ariz. - Your office desk harbors far more bacteria than your workplace restroom, and if you're a woman, chances are your workspace has more germs than your male co-workers', a new research report shows.

Women have three to four times the number of bacteria in, on and around their desks, phones, computers, keyboards, drawers and personal items as men do, the study by University of Arizona professor Charles Gerba showed. Gerba, a professor of soil, water and environmental sciences, tested more than 100 offices on the UA campus and in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oregon and Washington, D.C. The $40,000 study was commissioned by the Clorox Co.

"I thought for sure men would be germier," Gerba said. "But women have more interactions with small children and keep food in their desks. The other problem is makeup."'

This part cracks me up:

'Food in desk drawers also harbors lots of microorganisms, and it is more abundant among female office workers. Gerba found 75 percent of women had munchies in their desks.

"I was really surprised how much food there was in a woman's desk," he said. "If there's ever a famine, that's the first place I'll look for food."

Back pocket an ‘incubator for bacteria’


The news isn't all negative for the fairer sex.

Gerba found the worst overall office germ offender is men's wallets.

"It's in your back pocket where it's nice and warm, it's a great incubator for bacteria," Gerba said.

Another hot spot for bacteria in men's offices: the personal digital assistant.

"Men tend to play with their Palm Pilots more," Gerba said. "I think they're playing video games or something."'

Play with their Palm pilots. Ha. That sounds kind of naughty.






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Blogger Eddie said...

Oh damn. You've woken up my inner-OCD. I'm just about to scrub this keyboard...

Besos

February 18, 2007  

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