Do you use public drinking fountains?

[PamNY]

(but then again, in Italy, you do NOT touch fruit on display to choose the piece you want ... so maybe it's just a cultural thing of which germs people are afraid of?)

I'd be willing to bet that's true, though I can't name examples.

I think one of these people may be a little germ-phobic in general. I saw a bike light on the road and picked it up to see if it was usable. He asked if I wasn't afraid of germs. I wasn't planning to put it in my mouth.