We've finally reached the age of telephone sanitizers

[Xipe Totec]

Douglas Adams must be rolling in his grave laughing.

Your Cell Phone Is 10 Times Dirtier Than a Toilet Seat. Here's What to Do About It
Abigail Abrams
Aug 23, 2017

http://time.com/4908654/cell-phone-bacteria/

All aboard the B Arc!

[Not Ruth]

1. Keep it in a case and buy a new case every month for $5 if you are a hypochondriac

[democratisphere]

2. Clean my case containing my phone at least once a day.

Think about where that infected phone or pad travels in one day. Nasty.

[Javaman]

3. the orange menace tweets on the toilet.

I really don't want to know how filthy his phone is.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

19. But at least he refuses to share phones with anyone.

[Javaman]

20. got to be thankful for small blessings LOL nt

[FLPanhandle]

4. Stick them all on Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B

If they don't go, remind them of the giant mutant stargoat.

As for bacteria, we now freak out a bit too much about it.

[neeksgeek]

5. It's truly a shame that Douglas Adams is gone.

I wonder what he'd have to say about our predicament?

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. We had those 30 years ago

In my first job, I found the girl in the office (teenager, like me) cleaning the phones. She didn't understand why I was laughing so much. I suppose at least those were shared phones. But no one was taking them to the bathroom.

[Orrex]

7. This is why I use a toilet seat for all of my telephony needs

[Major Nikon]

8. I wipe the receiver with my ass to clean it

[Orrex]

9. To clean your ass, or the receiver?

I'd hate to think I've been doing it wrong all this time.

[Major Nikon]

10. If your phone rings while releasing the kracken, do you answer it?

[Orrex]

11. I answer and immediately announce what I'm doing

It's great for telemarketers, less so when the school is calling to announce a fund raiser.

[Major Nikon]

14. You'd be surprised at how well it works in business situations

[Flaleftist]

12. They have an app for that now?

[Major Nikon]

13. Yes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/places-ive-pooped-pin-and-track-in-map/id417926033?mt=8

[Flaleftist]

15. That's it. Now my app collection is complete.

[progressoid]

16. I'm convinced. I will no longer lick my screen to clean it.

[Binkie The Clown]

17. My rule number one is "don't piss on your cell phone."

Then it won't be as dirty as a toilet.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

18. There used to be phone cleaning services years ago.

Back around 1980, shortly after people were first allowed to buy landline phones outright, I recall a service becoming available for cleaning them. Local supermarkets contracted with a company that did the cleaning. You'd drop your phone off at the supermarket's customer service desk. The company would pick them up, take them off to their own site, clean and sanitize them inside and out, then return them to the store for customer pick up.

[Iggo]

21. I'd like to take this opportunity to opine that that's different dirt. (n/t)

[oberliner]

22. That same article ran in 2006

Douglas Adams right again: Lack of phone sanitizers will doom planet

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Constantine von Hoffman

https://collateraldamage.wordpress.com/2006/05/02/douglas-adams-right-again-lack-of-phone-sanitizers-will-doom-planet/

Same basic idea. Over ten years ago.