How can I protect myself from dirty Restaurant menus?

Touching a Menu. Not me!

If you could see flu germs, you’d see how quickly they spread. Cold and flu germs can live on some surfaces for hours. You would need to always carry tissues with you and use them to catch your cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue into the garbage, and to kill the germs, wash your hands with soap and water, or use a sanitizer gel. This is the best way to help slow the spread of the flu. Protect yourself and others.

But how do you protect yourself if your intent on socializing in restaurants is your choice of hangouts, wouldn’t you want to feel safe? Imagine a waiter delivering a menu to your table that was most probably touched by hundreds or thousands of people before you.

Who said that waiter washed every menu or sanitized them. Touching a menu. Not me!

The odds are he or she may have missed one or two menus during busy times of the day. This could happen and no one is perfect. But now re-imagine the scenario where you scan that QR Code on a business card, tent card, or poster that you don’t have to manipulate. Your own menu in the palm of your hand. You don’t need the waiter to bring it to you, you can now browse the selections when you’re ready. And totally germ-free from anyone else. That’s an ideal practice that all restaurants should start using. Staying as safe as possible should always be at the forefront.

Recommending this to your local restaurateur might be a good idea. In these times finding alternate ways to share time without sharing germs just makes sense.