Can't believe folks connecting up sewer without gloves

Not a big deal with us since we have no solid waste, but I'd have plenty of wet alcohol wipes if I had solid waste in my tank. It can make you very sick if you are very unlucky, but you'd have to be downright unlucky and really careless.

I'm one that does not use gloves. The fact is, if you do it right, your hands never touch anything "wet. And if they do, that's what soap and water is for. If you do it right, you don't need gloves at all.

Guess you won't be shaking our hands. Been rv'n for 20 plus years and have never worn gloves. But then again, we dont stick our hands up the sewer hose. That's what hand washing is for, and the reason they put a station on your rv by the hoses.

Or, don't you cringe when you see someone using their fresh water hose to rinse out their sewer line? I watched a guy stick it down inside the stinky slinky as he was rinsing it.

I'm on a trip now and using the Sewer Solution. I've only pumped out once, but I am pretty happy with it so far and it does eliminate having to rinse a stinky slinky....after dumping, it flushes itself with fresh water. But...at a slower speed, so I wouldn't do it at a dump station where the extra time could inconvenience others.

This is me at a campground getting ready to connect my sewer hose..

Lemme see if I have this right for those who use gloves.

First you put the gloves on, handling the outside of them as you do so. You do all of your business not being all that care because you have gloves on, right?

Finally you take them off which involves handling them on the outside to do so & store the 'contaminated' gloves away. You probably do not wash your hands because you have been wearing gloves.

Now for the gloveless. We do all of the dirty barehanded however we are likely to be very careful when doing so. Further, after the job is done, at a minimum we wash our hands or use a disinfectant hand cleaner kept in a very convenient place before handling anything else.

No gloves either....just wash hands when done, and also use hand wipes...I also try to be careful.

I have a friend to stopped years ago in North Seattle to watch a guy dump his tank, thinking he would learn something. Well the hose blew off and covered the guy dumping. Friend put that old NCR truck in gear and head on down the road LOL! Chris

I tried gloves, thought they were too much trouble and went back to hand sanitizer.

I am more concerned with having a special hose for washing the sewer hose, I have one painted in red, gloves sometimes if I want to dig into my pockets for some M&M as soon as I am done.