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Post by jenjie on May 17, 2018 21:26:44 GMT
I have never, ever licked my finger to open a bag, to count money, or for any reason like that. Until today. I cannot open those stupid bags at the grocery store. Not the shopping bags and not the produce bag.
I don’t know what possessed me to try, but I was SHOCKED at how well, how immediately, it worked. So I did it again. I made sure not to touch any produce with that hand and now I feel like I need to carry sanitizer so I can immediately use it after licking my finger.
Your turn! What did you never, ever do - until you did? What made you do it? Do you regret giving in, or wonder what took you so long?
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Post by leannec on May 17, 2018 21:30:39 GMT
Never have I ever spit on a Kleenex to clean my dd's face ... until I did  Dd's are now 19 and 15 so they lived  |
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Post by jenjie on May 17, 2018 21:31:42 GMT
Never have I ever spit on a Kleenex to clean my dd's face ... until I did Dd's are now 19 and 15 so they lived Never have I ever done that! |
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Post by workingclassdog on May 17, 2018 21:37:31 GMT
When I was working at the grocery store and helped bagged on occasion, I tried SOOOOOOO hard not to lick the fingers to open, but damn it was so hard to pry them open, so finally I glanced up and no one (that I know of) wasn't looking, did a quick lick and bamity-bam, that bag opened right up. So sorry for the customers who didn't know, but pretty sure they are all still alive. I tried not to but sometimes......
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Post by katlady on May 17, 2018 21:39:38 GMT
When I can't get a bag open, and there is nothing around to wet my fingers on, I will lick my fingers. It is my own food I am bagging, not someone else's.
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Post by papersilly on May 17, 2018 21:42:46 GMT
Instead of licking my fingers at the supermarket, I will run my fingers across any packaging with moisture on it. Just enough to get my fingers wet enough to open a bag. Usually there is enough condensation around to do the job.
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Post by jenjie on May 17, 2018 21:51:11 GMT
Instead of licking my fingers at the supermarket, I will run my fingers across any packaging with moisture on it. Just enough to get my fingers wet enough to open a bag. Usually there is enough condensation around to do the job. I’ll try that! |
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Post by christine58 on May 17, 2018 21:58:44 GMT
When I was working at the grocery store and helped bagged on occasion, I tried SOOOOOOO hard not to lick the fingers to open I wonder if those sponges with water in a small bowl would work?? Wet your fingers that way |
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Post by gale w on May 17, 2018 22:04:02 GMT
Instead of licking my fingers at the supermarket, I will run my fingers across any packaging with moisture on it. Just enough to get my fingers wet enough to open a bag. Usually there is enough condensation around to do the job. That's what I do if I have something cold. My kids can get those bags right open but I have trouble with them. And I refuse to lick my fingers right after I've handled who knows how many groceries. I just can't do it. |
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Post by Belle on May 17, 2018 22:06:22 GMT
I have never, ever licked my finger to open a bag, to count money, or for any reason like that. Until today. I cannot open those stupid bags at the grocery store. Not the shopping bags and not the produce bag. I don’t know what possessed me to try, but I was SHOCKED at how well, how immediately, it worked. So I did it again. I made sure not to touch any produce with that hand and now I feel like I need to carry sanitizer so I can immediately use it after licking my finger. Your turn! What did you never, ever do - until you did? What made you do it? Do you regret giving in, or wonder what took you so long? I always look for some wet produce to touch in lieu of licking my fingers to get those darn bags to open. |
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Post by joteves on May 17, 2018 22:29:57 GMT
Instead of licking my fingers at the supermarket, I will run my fingers across any packaging with moisture on it. Just enough to get my fingers wet enough to open a bag. Usually there is enough condensation around to do the job. That's what I do too. My boss licks her fingers to turn the pages on documents and then passes them to me, it makes me want to scream! 😖 |
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Post by rickmer on May 17, 2018 22:33:28 GMT
My boss licks her fingers to turn the pages on documents and then passes them to me, it makes me want to scream! 😖 eww. gross. and i am not a germ-phobic person at all. |
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Post by dawnnikol on May 17, 2018 22:37:37 GMT
SORTKWIK for anyone who handles documents all the time, this is priceless. I used to work in escrow and I had to print out all the mortgage documents and put them in a specific order and this helped tremendously. 
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Post by jenjie on May 17, 2018 23:37:49 GMT
SORTKWIK for anyone who handles documents all the time, this is priceless. I used to work in escrow and I had to print out all the mortgage documents and put them in a specific order and this helped tremendously. We used something like that for counting money when I was a bank teller. |
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Post by lisae on May 17, 2018 23:52:05 GMT
Not the shopping bags and not the produce bag. If I have something in my cart with moisture like something from frozen foods or some freshly misted produce, I'll wet my fingers on that first. I just can't bring myself to take in the germs on my fingers in a grocery store. |
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Post by lauradrumm on May 18, 2018 0:00:44 GMT
Never have I ever spit on a Kleenex to clean my dd's face ... until I did Dd's are now 19 and 15 so they lived Ha,ha. I tried to do that to my 26 year old dd yesterday and she nearly decked me! |
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Post by FurryP on May 18, 2018 0:11:17 GMT
Instead of licking my fingers at the supermarket, I will run my fingers across any packaging with moisture on it. Just enough to get my fingers wet enough to open a bag. Usually there is enough condensation around to do the job. Yep, that is what I do. No way am I licking my fingers, after having touched the cart handle. |
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Post by AussieMeg on May 18, 2018 0:38:14 GMT
Never have I ever spit on a Kleenex to clean my dd's face ... until I did I can honestly say I have never done that, even when my kids were little, because I remember how gross it was when my mum did it to me. I would get my kids to lick the tissue instead so it was their own slobber used to clean their face. I used to lick my finger to scroll through the pile of orders at work if I was looking for something. One of the girls (who is a massive germaphobe) would tell people off for doing it, so I ended up ordering a whole lot of rubber thimbles to use instead. And now whenever we get anyone new in the department, we always warn them not to lick their finger to go through the orders, especially if A is nearby! |
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Post by femalebusiness on May 18, 2018 0:41:50 GMT
I have never, ever licked my finger to open a bag, to count money, or for any reason like that. Until today. I cannot open those stupid bags at the grocery store. Not the shopping bags and not the produce bag. I don’t know what possessed me to try, but I was SHOCKED at how well, how immediately, it worked. So I did it again. I made sure not to touch any produce with that hand and now I feel like I need to carry sanitizer so I can immediately use it after licking my finger. Your turn! What did you never, ever do - until you did? What made you do it? Do you regret giving in, or wonder what took you so long? I found the perfect solution to that problem. Steal a grape, pinch it in half, and wet your fingers on it to open bags. One grape opens a ton of bags and you don't have to lick. |
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Post by jackietex on May 18, 2018 0:51:33 GMT
I always look for some wet produce to touch in lieu of licking my fingers to get those darn bags to open. I'll do this, or if desperate, I'll lick the back of my hand and wet my fingers on that. |
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Post by jenjie on May 18, 2018 0:52:05 GMT
I have never, ever licked my finger to open a bag, to count money, or for any reason like that. Until today. I cannot open those stupid bags at the grocery store. Not the shopping bags and not the produce bag. I don’t know what possessed me to try, but I was SHOCKED at how well, how immediately, it worked. So I did it again. I made sure not to touch any produce with that hand and now I feel like I need to carry sanitizer so I can immediately use it after licking my finger. Your turn! What did you never, ever do - until you did? What made you do it? Do you regret giving in, or wonder what took you so long? I found the perfect solution to that problem. Steal a grape, pinch it in half, and wet your fingers on it to open bags. One grape opens a ton of bags and you don't have to lick. Never have I ever stolen a grape 😂 I don’t think. |
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Post by pinklady on May 18, 2018 1:13:26 GMT
I have never, ever licked my finger to open a bag, to count money, or for any reason like that. Until today. I cannot open those stupid bags at the grocery store. Not the shopping bags and not the produce bag. I don’t know what possessed me to try, but I was SHOCKED at how well, how immediately, it worked. So I did it again. I made sure not to touch any produce with that hand and now I feel like I need to carry sanitizer so I can immediately use it after licking my finger. Your turn! What did you never, ever do - until you did? What made you do it? Do you regret giving in, or wonder what took you so long? I found the perfect solution to that problem. Steal a grape, pinch it in half, and wet your fingers on it to open bags. One grape opens a ton of bags and you don't have to lick. That’s just gross! |
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Post by alexa11 on May 18, 2018 1:26:15 GMT
I admit it-I've licked my fingers to open produce bags at Walmart of all of the gross places. Those friggin' bags WILL NOT open. I have no problem at Publix though.
And I had to use my teeth to open one of those flavored Goody powders that you're supposed to be able to tear- yeah right. I bought them because they were out of the easy-folded-over-packet-unflavored ones-lol. I was in the car and had no scissors and a killer headache.
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Post by MorningPerson on May 18, 2018 1:47:20 GMT
I found the perfect solution to that problem. Steal a grape, pinch it in half, and wet your fingers on it to open bags. One grape opens a ton of bags and you don't have to lick. Never have I ever stolen a grape 😂 I don’t think. I steal one every time I'm grape shopping. I hate it when I buy a big bag of grapes and it turns out they're sour, so I always taste one before I buy. (And I usually do buy.) It must be ok with the produce department employees because I don't try to hide it from them and they haven't called the police on me yet.  SaveSave |
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Post by femalebusiness on May 18, 2018 2:09:05 GMT
I found the perfect solution to that problem. Steal a grape, pinch it in half, and wet your fingers on it to open bags. One grape opens a ton of bags and you don't have to lick. That’s just gross! No, licking your fingers is gross. |
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Post by jenjie on May 18, 2018 2:11:55 GMT
Never have I ever stolen a grape 😂 I don’t think. I steal one every time I'm grape shopping. I hate it when I buy a big bag of grapes and it turns out they're sour, so I always taste one before I buy. (And I usually do buy.) It must be ok with the produce department employees because I don't try to hide it from them and they haven't called the police on me yet. SaveSaveIs that theft or checking for quality? I bought grapes today and ds complained they were sour. |
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Post by mygigiscraps on May 18, 2018 2:17:38 GMT
You do not have to lick your finger! Just huff on you fingertips. Your hot breath has enough moisture to make opening the bags easy, kind of like reactivating ink on a rubber stamp. No tongue is required.
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Post by MorningPerson on May 18, 2018 2:18:13 GMT
I steal one every time I'm grape shopping. I hate it when I buy a big bag of grapes and it turns out they're sour, so I always taste one before I buy. (And I usually do buy.) It must be ok with the produce department employees because I don't try to hide it from them and they haven't called the police on me yet. SaveSaveIs that theft or checking for quality? I bought grapes today and ds complained they were sour. Good question. I'm usually very much a rule-follower and highly value honesty and ethical behavior, but for some reason I have no problem rationalizing my grape tasting. SaveSave |
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Post by bdawnb on May 18, 2018 2:25:55 GMT
I have been guilty of the finger lick (hanging my head in shame). But a good trick is to rub the bag briskly between your hands, that will generally break the “seal” and separate the sheets of plastic.
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Post by gale w on May 18, 2018 3:29:42 GMT
I have been guilty of the finger lick (hanging my head in shame). But a good trick is to rub the bag briskly between your hands, that will generally break the “seal” and separate the sheets of plastic.
I've rubbed like mad, to the point where people are staring, and still the freakin' bags (walmart) will not open. |
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