When I serve drinks, my cups are stacked upside down on a clean linen on top of my cart. I hand you the can of your choice, (I never open them), grab the bottom of the cup on top of the stack, holding by the bottom, use the freshly opened ice scoop to scoop ice, and as I am handing you your drink, I fully open my palm, so I am extending your glass to you bottom side down, balancing on my palm. So, fresh ice (out of a just opened bag), fresh scoop, fresh glasses, and a can of whatever to open/disinfect at your leisure, and I swear, this irritates people. I am at a loss! Maybe they think I am lazy because I don't open the can and only give them a few dribbles?

As for the bleach lady:

Certain items are considered hazardous and are prohibited from air transportation by federal law. You may not travel with these items as checked, cabin-seat, or carry-on luggage. Examples of these items include:

* Flammable Items: fuel, paints, lighter fluid, matches
* Explosive Materials: fireworks, signal flares, sparklers, freon, helium, gunpowder
* Dangerous Chemicals: bleach, adhesives, linseed oil, spray starch, insecticides, cleaners and solvents, wet-cell batteries (except those in wheelchairs)

Bleach carried on an aircraft is a big no-no

For the record, we flight attendants (most of us) are somewhat germ-phobic just like you. I can't tell you how many times passengers try to hand us a snotty kleenex, just as they wiped their nose with it. They seriously don't get why they can't put it in our hands! My personal favorite, though, is the mother who changes her kid on the tray table, and bare-hands me the nasty diaper. This happens at least one time per trip. When I step away and tell them they have to dispose of that properly in the lav, and ask them to please do further diaperings on the provided baby changers, I become an uppity overpaid waitress!

So believe me ladies and gentlemen when I say, we are doing the best we can with the germ situation, and yes, our immune systems are impenetrable. I haven't been sick in about 5 years. Most of us are avid hand washers, and I suspect that this helps quite a bit.