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Horrifying "Dirty Jobs" episode last night - St. Regis Hotel Coin Cleaning!
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One of the segments on the new "Dirty Jobs" episode last night was a tradition of harsh coin cleaning at the St. Regis hotel in San Francisco. Here is an excerpt from the hotel's web site:
"In 1938, another time-honored tradition was instilled at The Westin St. Francis – coin washing. For more than seventy years, the hotel has operated the world’s only silver coin cleaning operation as a special amenity for its guests. This custom began when the hotel’s general manager insisted that the silver coins, the currency of the day, be cleaned to keep the ladies’ white gloves from getting dirty. Periodically, the change is collected, washed and polished in a silver-burnishing machine, rinsed off and dried under hot lights, then carried back to the front desk. Today, taxi drivers and cashiers in San Francisco know that if they receive mint-clean money, it’s probably from The Westin St. Francis."
I think the ANA should avoid the St. Regis if they have a convention in San Franscisco
"In 1938, another time-honored tradition was instilled at The Westin St. Francis – coin washing. For more than seventy years, the hotel has operated the world’s only silver coin cleaning operation as a special amenity for its guests. This custom began when the hotel’s general manager insisted that the silver coins, the currency of the day, be cleaned to keep the ladies’ white gloves from getting dirty. Periodically, the change is collected, washed and polished in a silver-burnishing machine, rinsed off and dried under hot lights, then carried back to the front desk. Today, taxi drivers and cashiers in San Francisco know that if they receive mint-clean money, it’s probably from The Westin St. Francis."
I think the ANA should avoid the St. Regis if they have a convention in San Franscisco
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ever been shown to be a vector for infection
<< <i>Why was that a dirty job? Will wiping off the kitchen table be on next week? >>
<< <i>Why was that a dirty job? Will wiping off the kitchen table be on next week? >>
I guess he needed a break after cleaning the sluge from the water softening plant in Minnesota.
<< <i>it would be interesting to know if coins (or currency) have
ever been shown to be a vector for infection >>
Yes indeed they have! Currency is they greatest culprit as a fomite.
For coins or notes.... I know they seem to have a life of their own, they don't qualify as vectors.
I can post some links to some of the studies if you'd like.
Remember that hand washing
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<< <i>Back in my armored car days I picked up the money from the St. Francis and met the guy who did the coin washing. Nice fellow who must have been in his late 70's or early 80's. >>
It's a good thing some of you don't have that coin washing job, you wouldn't get anything done.
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<< <i>Back in my armored car days I picked up the money from the St. Francis and met the guy who did the coin washing. Nice fellow who must have been in his late 70's or early 80's. >>
It's a good thing some of you don't have that job, you wouldn't get anything done. >>
<< <i>germs don't grow on silver. That's why silver utensils came into vogue. "Born with a silver spoon..." came to mean a very healthy person (not wealthy as it is viewed today) >>
True or at least settlers use to think so. They use to put a silver dollar in each of their water barrels on their wagons to keep the water fresh. There is also a pool sanitizer system that used silver and copper to kill germs and algae.
...lots of infection inhibiting medication contain silver.
<< <i>...lots of infection inhibiting medication contain silver.
True, but since i am 1/4 Werewolf I can't tske them.
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<< <i>...lots of infection inhibiting medication contain silver.
True, but since i am 1/4 Werewolf I can't tske them.
sorry such an awful joke I had to edit.
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<< <i>it would be interesting to know if coins (or currency) have
ever been shown to be a vector for infection >>
Yes indeed they have! Currency is they greatest culprit as a fomite.
For coins or notes.... I know they seem to have a life of their own, they don't qualify as vectors.
I can post some links to some of the studies if you'd like.
Remember that hand washing
OK, I would be interested in seeing them.
<< <i>it would be interesting to know if coins (or currency) have
ever been shown to be a vector for infection >>
Currency is an important vector for disease and is one of the big reasons to eliminate the usage of small bills
since these have a higher velocity and this velocity compounds the danger. Coins are too slick to be much of
a danger since things don't stick to them and anything wet will quickly evaporate rather than absorb into them.
Silver has antimicrobial properties and is even better than base metals or gold.
Our cents are not only toxic in themselves but with all the corrosion and holes in the plating they even will carry
more disease.
It appears the hotel won't even wash the pennies.
<< <i>It appears the hotel won't even wash the pennies. >>
I don't even know why they wash coins -- not like you would use them for tips. Now if we had $1 and $2 coins, THOSE would be handy for tips.