世界上有兩種人：第一種人總是不厭其煩地清洗辦公室裡的咖啡杯；第二種人只會在重新泡咖啡時才會將杯子帶離辦公桌，用新的咖啡掩蓋杯子裡已經硬化的咖啡漬，並在心裡默念，熱咖啡的溫度一定足夠殺死杯子裡的細菌或其他什麼東西，用這個理由掩蓋自己內心的罪惡感。
Depending on which type of person you are, this will be either mildly annoying or more-than-mildly exciting: As Heidi Mitchell wrote in a recentWall Street Journal column, it's fine to never wash your mug, as long as you're not sharing it with anybody else. Better than fine, in fact: It may actually be the most sanitary option.
如果你是第一種人，下面的內容可能會令你有些不適；如果你是第二種人的話，恭喜，你可以竊喜了：Heidi Mitchell在《華爾街日報》的專欄裡寫道，只要不與其他人共用一個杯子，從來不洗咖啡杯也是可以的。不僅如此，實際上：這可能是最最衛生的做法了。
There are two caveats to that statement, infectious-disease expert Jeffrey Starke, a pediatrics professor at Baylor College of Medicine, told Mitchell: One, it only applies if you're not sharing the mug with anybody else. And two, "if you leave cream or sugar in your mug over the weekend, that can certainly cause mold to grow" — in which case, wash it out.貝勒醫學院的小兒科教授、傳染病專家Starke Jeffrey表示，關於以上說法，有兩個需要注意的地方。他對Heidi Mitchell說道：第一，這只在不與其他人共用一個杯子的情況下才能成立。第二，如果你在杯子裡留下了奶油或糖，周末過後，裡面很可能會發黴，這時就需要清洗了。
Otherwise, though, there's not really much to worry about: "If I went and cultured the average unwashed coffee cup, of course I'm going to find germs," Starke said. "But remember the vast majority came from the person who used the cup." Even if you drink from it while sick, it's pretty hard to re-infect yourself with the same mug; most viruses don't live long outside the body.
不過，除此之外，確實沒有太多需要擔心的。Starke教授稱，「如果對一隻沒洗過的普通咖啡杯進行培養，肯定能在裡面發現細菌。但其中大部分細菌都來自使用杯子的人。」如果一個人在生病的時候用同一個杯子喝東西，也很難造成再次感染；病毒在體外存活的時間大都不長。
Which means that just letting your mug live in its own filth may be a safer bet than the alternative: scrubbing it with the disgusting communal sponge in the office kitchen. "The sponge in the break room probably has the highest bacteria count of anything in the office," Starke said. If the idea ofnot washing horrifies you, just stick the sponge in the microwave before using. Otherwise, though, feel free to continue your lazy ways without guilt.也就是說，與其用公司廚房裡骯髒的公共海綿清洗杯子，還不如讓咖啡漬繼續安靜地留在你的杯子裡，這可能是更安全的做法。Starke教授說道，「休息室的海綿裡，細菌數量可能比公司其他任何地方的還多。」如果你覺得不洗杯子實在是件無法忍受的事情，你可以在使用前將海綿扔進微波爐裡消下毒。不然的話，儘管大大方方地犯懶吧。嘿！我們Cafe Culture給你帶來了好消息，想和你分享，請儘快與我們聯繫！
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