Friday Rant – The school water fountain?

Welcome to my Friday Rant from the Soap Box in my Living Room. A small space in the week where I can have a chunter about things that have made me twitch with annoyance or made me question if the world has gone mad or not….
I also linked up with MummyBarrow for her Ranty Friday. You can find her blog and link up if you’d like to join in. A good rant can be therapeutic. Click on the link at the end to join in!

So, this week my rant is brief, it’s been a crazy week, but I want to share my loathing of one item, in the school playground, in many school playgrounds, I am sure….

The school water fountain! I shudder, every time we walk past it, and my children insist on having a drink from it. I am not generally a germaphobe, in fact, given that we don’t use antibacterial soaps, wipes or sprays, and I am pretty relaxed about my kids getting dirty, it would seem odd that I feel a bit sick when I think about the germs and bacteria lurking around this thing that probably a large percentage of the school population has had their mouth and hands on!

The children are encouraged to take water bottles into school, and have a drink mid morning, and at lunch time, and have access to their water bottles in the classroom. WHY do we need these horrible contraptions in the playground?

Am I alone? Am I being overly neurotic? With cold, flu and tummy bug season looming, I just feel we could do with one less thing to spread the nasty lurgies?

What say you blogland? Love the school water fountain, or hate it?

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That’s my Friday Rant. Have a good weekend!