the old chuckwagon days..good point--i think if you look around the web a bit you will find info that points out that the
whole world was the "third world"--people were sick all the time from bad food and water--

Question about the 3 sink method, wouldn't it be better to rinse after sanitizing to rinse off any residual sanitizing agents?

As far as hotel glasses, I would advocate rinsing them well with tap water, then treating them with a solution of 40% to 50% ethanol, preferably at least 8 years old.

Regards,

Will

Yes,
I agree, rinse the glass then treat with ethanol, the older the better,but even if it doesn't kill all the microbes at least you will not care.
Let stand a couple of minutes.

Here is what my wife thought about this...

Verbatim transcript of a portion of the report: "Watch what the maid does with our dirty glasses: she turns on the water, rinses them out, and puts them out to be used again".

Oh the humanity! The maid takes the dirty glass, washes it, and puts it back. I suppose, what she should have done was break the glass, mash it into fine powder, melt it down, and burry it at a toxic waste disposal site in nevada?

Am I missing something?

Rinsing and washing are two different things...

The high class motels we usually stay in have plastic glasses, sealed in plastic, thrown away after use...

No, the maid did. Its commonly called dish soap/sterilizer.

I get to stay in those same high class motels and have discovered the "sealed" wrapper ripped open ever so slightly so that a "fresh" glass could be stuffed in and the wrapping re-used.

And in more than one motel chain, too. And more than once. Yuck.

Call me paranoid but I carry a packet of antibacterial wipes now. I'm sure to hit every switch, doorknob, telephone, alarm clock, remote control, etc. in the room that I might touch, just like Howie Mandel.

'Antibacterials' are seen as a panacea these days and seem to be everywhere these days. However given information like this: http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/Q&A/Q&A_antibacterials.html that is rather worrying. As they note you may be better of with more traditional solutions using 70% solutions of ethyl or isopropyl alcohol, household bleach or hydrogen peroxide. Although use of these requires may well require some sensible precautions.

OIMO

Good point, but I'm going for the convenience factor when traveling. The antibacterial and disinfecting wipes are a lot easier to lug around than liquid mixtures of alcohol or bleach.

Being sick on the road is no fun and I'm gonna boost my odds any way that I can.