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Originally Posted by GGG
To me this is odd. Your waitresses hands covered in fecal matter and bacteria are of far more risk to you than her hands coverd in the herpes virus. The only real difference is that you see on and dont see the other.
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But restaurants have hand-washing signs above all sinks and in the restaurants I've worked at (20 years ago), proper hand-washing techniques were taught. The problem of unwashed hands is already being mitigated to the extent it can be.
I doubt there is a similar education campaign for appropriate hygiene for servers with cold sores. The only thing between a customer and a cold sore is the server's judgement, but I'd prefer if further steps were taken to help protect diners from contracting a cold sore from restaurant staff, if it indeed is even an issue.
My friends and I have talked about how troubling we find being served by somebody with a cold sore, but I guess people on Calgary Puck don't worry about such trivialities like contracting herpes at restaurants and I'm just a paranoid basket case.