咖啡杯还要洗？不存在的

咖啡杯也要洗？找不到的

后谷君前言：世界上二种人：第一种人一直不辞劳苦地清理公司办公室里的咖啡杯；第二种人总是在再次泡现磨咖啡时才会将杯子带离办公室桌子，用新的现磨咖啡掩盖杯子里早已硬底化的咖啡渍，并心里念叨，热咖啡的溫度一定充足杀掉杯子里的病菌或别的什么，用这一原因掩盖自身心里的负罪感。

There are two types of people in this world: those who regularly wash their office coffee mug, and those who only take it off their desk to cover up the crusted coffee stain at the bottom with a fresh pour, chasing away their shame with the reasoning that the heat must kill the germs or something.

如果你是第一种人，下边的內容将会会令你一些不适感；如果你是第二种人得话，恭贺，你能欣喜了：

Depending on which type of person you are, this will be either mildly annoying or more-than-mildly exciting:

海蒂·米切尔在《洛杉矶时报》的栏目里写到，要是不与别人同用一个杯子，一直不洗咖啡杯都是能够的。

As Heidi Mitchell wrote in a recent Wall Street Journal column, it's fine to never wash your mug, as long as you're not sharing it with anybody else.

值得一提的是，事实上：这将会是最为环境卫生的作法了。

Better than fine, in fact: It may actually be the most sanitary option.

贝勒医学院的儿科专家教授、传染性疾病权威专家杰弗里·斯塔克表达，有关左右叫法，有2个必须留意的地区。他对海蒂·米切尔讲到：

There are two caveats to that statement, infectious-disease expert Jeffrey Starke, a pediatrics professor at Baylor College of Medicine, told Mitchell:

第一，这只不在与别人同用一个杯子的状况下才可以创立。第二，假如你一直在杯子里留有了鲜奶油或糖，礼拜天之后，里边很将会会长霉，这时候就必须清理了。

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.

不过，除此之外，确实没有太多需要担心的。斯塔克教授称，"如果对一只没洗过的普通咖啡杯进行培养，肯定能在里面发现细菌。但其中大部分细菌都来自使用杯子的人。"

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."

如果一个人在生病的时候用同一个杯子喝东西，也很难造成再次感染；大多数病毒在体外存活的时间大都不长。

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.

也就是说，与其用公司厨房里肮脏的公共海绵清洗杯子，还不如让咖啡渍继续安静地留在你的杯子里，这可能是更安全的做法。

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.

如果你觉得不洗杯子实在是件无法忍受的事情，你可以在使用前将海绵扔进微波炉里消下毒。不然的话，尽管大大方方地犯懒吧。

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.