Originally Posted by ByrdluvsAWACO
Being the latent germaphobe that I am, I've come to notice that FA's always seem to handle cups by the rim when serving beverages and when collecting already used cups. I’ve noticed this on most US carriers.
Now anyone with knowledge of basic hygiene could tell you that serving beverages after handling used cups is unsanitary. One might as well French kiss everyone on the plane. I can't imagine that it's good for the FA's to be coming in contact with the saliva of passengers either.
Has this ever been addressed by the airlines, unions, or any government agency? It's bad enough that we share the same air on a plane. Must we share the same oral bacteria as well.
I have noticed flight attendants handling used cups by the rims. Today on the WN flight I took, the flight attendants wore plastic gloves when placing the used cups in trash bags.
Not only FA's pass out beverage cups by the rims. I have noticed this extremely unsanitary practice at several restaurants over the past few years.