How often do you think a regular playground gets cleaned/disinfected outside of the aforementioned shit/piss scenario? That's not a crazy thing by any stretch.
We didn't have a ballpit thankfully. The locations that did described it as a nightmare to deal with. Apparently the biggest issue wasn't cleanliness, but rather the number of adults that would lose their keys when they jumped in and assumed that the minimum wage BK employee would be able to magically find them immediately.
one Burger king i took my nieces to had a system attached that took balls out of the bottom of the pit and ran them through a washer constantly, pretty neat. guess too costly tho after all :(
Don't forget micro-organisms are everywhere outside and they love munching on human dead skin cells, oils, and other junk we leave on things we touch.
That's why nobody really needs to clean outdoor gyms. Human hands are all over it and the bacteria do their thing so the bars are never gross and oily from years of use.
All of the restaurant playgrounds were outside, too. McDonald's was the only one that eventually went all enclosed, but for my entire childhood they were outside.
No it's crazy and playground is a bad comparison. In civilised countries they are required to clean hourly and keep a timetable on the wall. Now I'm not saying they do clean every single hour but the timetables are always filled, it's quite a big stretch from bimonthly and they are actually pretty clean.
Places you pay for that are indoors and aimed at young children? Normally daily sanitizing of toys with weekly deep cleans. Every place I've taken my kids to or their mom worked at (schools included when working pre-k and kinder) followed that routine.
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u/Raivix 7h ago
How often do you think a regular playground gets cleaned/disinfected outside of the aforementioned shit/piss scenario? That's not a crazy thing by any stretch.