Why I Use a Grocery Cart Cover
I have an unusual disdain for grocery carts. When you think about all of the gross things people can touch out of the grocery store and inside the grocery store and then they put their hand on that cart and push it around. I mean, YUCK!! I probably need to use my vinegar spray on the grocery carts!! To top all of this grossness off, I have a story about grocery carts.
One day my mom went grocery shopping. As she pushed her cart around the store she kept noticing a rather peculiar odor. A really stinky one. She kept wondering to herself, “what is that smell, and where is it coming from?” She finally decided to smell her hands. Hmm, poop. Oh, yeah, there was poop ALL OVER the cart handle. Needless to say, she left that cart right where it was, and went straight to the bathroom to wash her hands and start all over again with a fresh cart.
After I had kids, the thought of them touching a grocery cart and then putting their hands in their mouth, was just too gross. So I bought a Clean Shopper
I love this PureCart System idea. I’m not sure it would actually wash poop off of a cart, but that is probably hopefully a rare occurrence. The PureCart System is a cart purification system. The sanitizing solution it uses has a 99%+ kill rate on common bacteria. Sounds good to me. I would totally use this every time I went to the grocery store if it were available!
Got any cart horror stories? I’d love to hear ‘em. They’re usually pretty funny. Do you use a cart cover? There are tons on the market now. Or, have you gotten to try out the PureCart System? I’d love to know about that experience! Have fun grocery shopping this week. Hope you get a clean cart.
I usually wipe down the cart handle and the part where Alexis sits with baby wipes. I’m usually reminded when I feel the greasy cart handle, YUCK! HEB has those disinfecting cart wipes in the front of their store. You do have the advantage of the toys with the cover, though.
Great post! Grocery carts gross me out!
that poop story is DISGUSTING! YUCK!
I wipe my handles down too. Publix has disinfectant wipes at the door.
Oh good god, people. Out of *HOW MANY* grocery carts handled each year did that *one* cart have something gross?
Unless you are so stupid as to stuff your face without washing your hands, it is highly unlikely that you’re going to be harmed by coming in contact with a dirty grocery cart handle.
The concern is much more for the safety of my babies. Anyone who has children will know that they tend to put their hands in their mouth at every opportunity, whether they are clean or not.
Very good point Alisha. My little one actually would put her mouth on the bar of the cart so a cover was the only way to really protect her at that point. I am not a clean freak but now I carry a little spray bottle with organic germ killer in it and just spray the cart down.