Don't eat the donuts out of the display case

Seriously.

I don't care which grocery store you're in, the donuts out of the self-serve glass cases are not to be trusted. For starters, they always smell like wet dog. Every time I go to put up the pastries in there, the smell hits me like a damp towel to the face. I don't know when the last time maintenance cleaned the case, but the evidence points to either long ago or never.

Oh, the flies. They are everywhere. I don't know if people either don't see them or just choose to ignore them. But, yes, there are flies and gnats landing on those donuts. No, the store just can't seem to get rid of them.

What's more gross than flies are people. I have seen children, teenagers, adults, and the elderly alike put their uncovered, unwashed hands inside of there and touch multiple donuts in one go. 

Just get the prepackaged donuts. They're literally the same thing. Save yourself a disease.