Food Contamination Phobias
When you find a hair in your food at a public restaurant, do you...
| 27% (12) | Pull it out and continue eating if it's YOUR HAIR | |
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| 13% (6) | Pull it out and continue eating even if NOT your hair | |
| 27% (12) | Abandon the meal and complain | |
| 30% (13) | Abandon the meal and do not complain |
43 voters have answered this question.
When you find a hair in your food at home, do you....
| 60% (26) | Pull the hair out and continue eating | |
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| 39% (17) | Abandon the meal |
43 voters have answered this question.
When preparing to make yourself a drink of water or other beverage, do you...
| 44% (19) | Look in the glass first to make sure it's clean | |
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| 37% (16) | Wash the glass out, even if it appears clean | |
| 9% (4) | Do not check the glass for cleanliness | |
| 9% (4) | Rinse out the glass 3 or more times before using |
43 voters have answered this question.
When preparing a drink for someone else, do you....
| 54% (23) | Check the glass for cleanliness | |
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| 4% (2) | Rinse out the glass 3 or more times | |
| 30% (13) | Wash the glass even if it appears clean | |
| 9% (4) | Do not check the glass for cleanliness |
42 voters have answered this question.
When you drop a piece of bread, do you...
| 69% (29) | Throw it away and get another piece | |
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| 21% (9) | Pick it up, inspect it, eat it if it looks ok | |
| 9% (4) | Pick it up and brush it off, then eat it |
42 voters have answered this question.
If you came into the kitchen and caught your cat or dog licking your breakfast, would you....
| 93% (40) | Abandon the meal | |
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| 4% (2) | Inspect the meal, then eat it if it looks ok | |
| 2% (1) | Wash the food, then eat it |
43 voters have answered this question.
If someone else takes a few bites of your food, do you feel...
| 48% (21) | Secretly annoyed, now it's contaminated | |
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| 6% (3) | Indifferent, so what | |
| 32% (14) | Depends upon whether it's a relative | |
| 11% (5) | Openly hostile |
43 voters have answered this question.
When you leave your soda out of your view, how much time can pass before you will no longer consider drinking any?
| 25% (11) | Once it's out of my sight, no way | |
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| 25% (11) | Five to ten minutes | |
| 16% (7) | An hour is ok | |
| 16% (7) | I cover the opening of my soda when I walk away | |
| 16% (7) | I will drink it no matter how much time has passed |
43 voters have answered this question.
When ordering fast food, do you feel...
| 38% (16) | Not at all concerned about contamination | |
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| 26% (11) | Nervous that there may be debris or hair in it | |
| 35% (15) | Very fearful of germs and contamination |
42 voters have answered this question.
Can your food touch on your plate?
| 67% (29) | Yes, it doesn't matter | |
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| 25% (11) | Only certain foods | |
| 6% (3) | No, I hate it when one food touches another |
43 voters have answered this question.
Did this poll make you feel...
| 33% (14) | Slightly nauseated | |
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| 45% (19) | I wasn't affected | |
| 11% (5) | Very nauseated | |
| 9% (4) | More fearful of contamination |
42 voters have answered this question.
