In this office, not only do we provide free hand soap, but I personally refill the dispenser when necessary. Truly, I am a great man…
Regardless of my greatness, today I discovered that soap appears to have a finite lifespan. While refilling the hand pump with SoftSoap, I noticed that the jug that contained the replacement SoftSoap had an expiration date on it of 07/07. This is quite interesting. I didn’t realize that soap "went bad". I thought the presence of bacteria was what made things "turn", and I’m surprised to find that apparently SoftSoap is just as susceptible as milk.
I wonder what would happen if you used soap after it expired. Perhaps for each second washing your hands with it, would more dirt appear?
I might have to put a jub of the stuff in a cabinet in a few years and see what evolves in there…
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