Germs at the grocery store.

I do not have a problem with people bringing their well-behaved pets into the grocery store. I do not find dogs to be any more germy or messy than a human baby or kid. Some people freak out when they see a little dog in the shopping cart. Think about this- People routinely put their baby, with a diaper on, in the baby seat. Later someone else gets that cart and sticks their veggies or deli sandwich right there. Ew. People also sneeze all over those cart handles. Babies put their mouths on them.
Some customers will put a donut directly on the belt while I am checking them out. Then I have to figure out how to hand it to them without touching it. People give their kids fruit to snack on right off the pile. 28 people have touched that apple before you! And do not try to hand me the sticky banana peel your baby has been sucking on. I won't touch it. There is a garbage can right there.
Do not eat anything off the floor. Do not let your kids play down there. Really! Stop doing that.
And don't put anything directly on the belt. Meat and hot chickens leak on there all day. I have seen grown people drool on the belt. Dads think it is fun to put the baby on the belt. Moms never think this is a good idea but men find it to be hilarious. The kid never enjoys it.
Anyway, the grocery store offers a thousand ways to pick up germs. Bring your hand sanitzer.