SpaceDoctorWOBorders t1_jaa27a6 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:04 PM

Reply to comment by StarGaurdianBard in Google lays off 100 robot workers used to clean its cafeterias, says report by snowmaninheat

You think a keyboard is the only thing being shared in the cubicle? The whole cube/desk can carry bacteria.

Also, isn't there a whole thing about the overuse of disinfectant and breeding more harmful bacteria/viruses?

https://vitalacy.com/super-germs-are-we-making-bacteria-more-resistant/

StarGaurdianBard t1_jaa2tw7 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:08 PM

Super germs are being created primarily as a response to overuse of antibiotics, not because of disinfectant wipes.

If you are worried about the whole cube/desk having germs ill once again point out that you shouldn't go out in public then. Where you eat at a restaurant will have more germs than a cubicle. Public transportation will have easily 1000x more. Being In a crowd will have more. Literally any doorknob/doorhandle in public. And if you don't believe in disinfectant I hope you only ever use the bathroom at home.

SpaceDoctorWOBorders t1_jaa4bbh wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:18 PM

You still do all those things though when traveling to work to share a cube, you're just adding extra risk. Where are you getting your info about shared cubicles not being health risks. Just because it's 10,000x less dangerous then eating out of a toilet bowl doesn't mean there isn't any risk.

I've never seen someone defend having a shared working space so hard.

StarGaurdianBard t1_jaao7vh wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:42 AM

Because it may be hard for some people to understand but the vast majority of jobs require shared work spaces and aren't in cubicles lmao. It would apparently shock you to learn that nurses and doctors in hospitals don't have cubicles and that we share the same computers.