Do you have any idea how many filthy things restaurant workers touch with their hands? Cash, debit and credit cards, pens, order pads, communal computers, dirty dishes, raw food prep services, the chewed up bite of blooming onion your two-year-old spat out into a napkin? Even at exceptional, two star restaurants with responsible staff, like Noma (ranked one of the 50 best restaurants in the world), there are still outbreaks of preventable food-borne illnesses. At Noma, it was norovirus, and who knows what it could be at yours? So please, please, please wash your hands as much as humanly possible to help prevent the spread of disease.

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