Snickers of Doom!

I was getting a snack out of the vending machines at work today. A ginger ale from the drink machine and a candy bar from the snack machine. After purchasing the soda, I pulled the quarters from the change slot to get the snack and I noticed there was a red "X" on the quarter. You know what my first thought was? It was marked by people who were using it to propogate a disease or some other pathogen using currency. Keep in mind that I'm thinking this as I'm moving the 3 feet from the change dispenser on one machine to the coin slot on the other machine. Ol enough, as I'm literally telling myself that it's a completely absurd thought and even if it was true, it'd already be too late because I've already touched the money, the other half of my brain actually tries to manipute the coin in my hand so as to minimize skin contact with it while the rational half of my brain looks omments on how stupid I look trying to hold 2 quarters in one hand while simultaneously trying to not touch one of the coins AND put it in the coin slot. I would later make the mental observation that my disease-fearing half-brain essentially (if it was right) knowingly passed on a potentially lethal disease to one or more complete strangers so that I could have a Snickers.