Shopping Carts

Okay, is it just me who thinks shopping carts are the grossest things around?

First of all the handle bars, which everybody touches, including "the devil and his old mother", (a Dutch translated saying). So you put your stuff inside it, such as: butter, cheese, milk, candies, ice cream, salad dressings, well you know all the things we need on a regular basis.

So while contemplating this enormous serious problem, Ted and I walked into the grocery store, got a cart, like everybody else including a mom who told her child with his dirty boots to sit right where I will have to put my cheese, milk etc.

Now I don't blame that mom, after all, I have done it with my grandchildren, so that I don't have to run after them. Nevertheless, it still makes for a very unappetising situation.

I could suggest to grab a bunch of plastic bags and place each item in one, but than we have to deal with the environment, too many plastic bags. Or may be they could come up with a liner? Or have a teenager who wants to make money, hose them down? Hahahaha! Or we could walk through a sanitising tunnel on our way into the store?

Well, in order to make myself feel better, I wipe each item with a wet cloth when I come home before placing them in the fridge. Am I carrying this too far? I have mentioned before I have a very vivid imagination.