Many (if not all) of us harbor no ill-will towards eating at our desks. From a previous post here on PR (accessible HERE [1]) it seems as if the same people unopposed to desk-dining are absolutly abhorrent about crapper-consuming. Well, new evidence from the University of Arizona shows that the average workstation harbors more than 400 TIMES [2] as many germs as toilet seats.
Telephone key-pads bore the brunt of the bacteria load (the average office contains 20,961 germs per square inch...isn't that just a little too specific to be an average??), checking in at just over 25k greeblies per square inch. Computer mice had only 1,676 per square inch (although I bet if other factors were considered, the fact that the mouse is traditionally also the booger repository would offset the difference).
Regardless, I think I'll be taking my lunch-breaks in the shitter from now on, and will always be sure to wash my hands after typing.
