‘Clients want us to clean the air’: How the pandemic took hygiene to a whole new level
The past year has turbo-charged our relationship with cleanliness, raising expectations and turning many into germophobes. Has it gone too far?
By Jess Cartner-Morley / The Guardian
Before Lynsey Crombie sits on a train, or outside a cafe, she takes out her antibacterial wipes and cleans the table, the arms of her seat — anywhere she might touch or put her cellphone down.
“I’ve always done it,” said the bestselling author of The 15-Minute Clean and How To Clean Your House And Tidy Up Your Life. “Until last year I used to get some funny looks.”