Speaking as a consumer - if an artist at a show offers to let me
try on earrings, they have just lost the sale. Alcohol wipes are a
sweet touch but they aren’t effective. I understand the
psychological allure of wearing an earring instead of simply
looking at it on a card, but having had several ear infections I
would not want to unknowingly transmit or receive an infection
through such a practice. I also do not let people try on my
earrings for this reason.
~kara (in San Francisco where it’s raining yet_again - I think I’m
growing gills)