Food Contamination Phobias
When you find a hair in your food at a public restaurant, do you...
| 31% (35) | Pull it out and continue eating if it's YOUR HAIR | |
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| 23% (26) | Pull it out and continue eating even if NOT your hair | |
| 36% (40) | Abandon the meal and complain | |
| 8% (9) | Abandon the meal and do not complain |
110 voters have answered this question.
When you find a hair in your food at home, do you....
| 86% (94) | Pull the hair out and continue eating | |
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| 13% (15) | Abandon the meal |
109 voters have answered this question.
When preparing to make yourself a drink of water or other beverage, do you...
| 60% (65) | Look in the glass first to make sure it's clean | |
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| 14% (16) | Wash the glass out, even if it appears clean | |
| 13% (15) | Do not check the glass for cleanliness | |
| 11% (12) | Rinse out the glass 3 or more times before using |
108 voters have answered this question.
When preparing a drink for someone else, do you....
| 69% (75) | Check the glass for cleanliness | |
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| 6% (7) | Rinse out the glass 3 or more times | |
| 11% (12) | Wash the glass even if it appears clean | |
| 12% (14) | Do not check the glass for cleanliness |
108 voters have answered this question.
When you drop a piece of bread, do you...
| 51% (54) | Throw it away and get another piece | |
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| 30% (32) | Pick it up, inspect it, eat it if it looks ok | |
| 18% (19) | Pick it up and brush it off, then eat it |
105 voters have answered this question.
If you came into the kitchen and caught your cat or dog licking your breakfast, would you....
| 79% (86) | Abandon the meal | |
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| 14% (16) | Inspect the meal, then eat it if it looks ok | |
| 5% (6) | Wash the food, then eat it |
108 voters have answered this question.
If someone else takes a few bites of your food, do you feel...
| 24% (26) | Secretly annoyed, now it's contaminated | |
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| 20% (22) | Indifferent, so what | |
| 43% (47) | Depends upon whether it's a relative | |
| 11% (12) | Openly hostile |
107 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?
| 7% (8) | Once it's out of my sight, no way | |
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| 30% (32) | Five to ten minutes | |
| 23% (25) | An hour is ok | |
| 17% (19) | I cover the opening of my soda when I walk away | |
| 20% (22) | I will drink it no matter how much time has passed |
106 voters have answered this question.
When ordering fast food, do you feel...
| 62% (66) | Not at all concerned about contamination | |
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| 23% (25) | Nervous that there may be debris or hair in it | |
| 13% (14) | Very fearful of germs and contamination |
105 voters have answered this question.
Can your food touch on your plate?
| 66% (70) | Yes, it doesn't matter | |
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| 29% (31) | Only certain foods | |
| 4% (5) | No, I hate it when one food touches another |
106 voters have answered this question.
Did this poll make you feel...
| 18% (19) | Slightly nauseated | |
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| 71% (75) | I wasn't affected | |
| 0% (1) | Very nauseated | |
| 9% (10) | More fearful of contamination |
105 voters have answered this question.
