i may never eat barbeque again

the company i work for used to make an item called "cotton dish mop." it was a handheld brush, if you will, with cotton fibers. (see picture). as indicated by the name, it was to be used as a dish washing implement. that is all.

this item was recently disco'd from the line. since it was disco'd, there have been some requests for it to be brought back. nothing unusual yet.

here's where it gets disgusting. said customers are using it to slap / smother / apply barbeque sauce to meat! this is vile for many reasons, including:

a. little cotton fibers wind up in the sauce
b. the sauce would stain the cotton fibers; how would one clean said implement?

my rep then told me that he's been to barbeque places that use a full-sized cotton deck mop to apply alot of sauce to alot of meat.

i may barf. haven't these people heard of silicone barbeque brushes? no fuzzies and easy to clean!