Can't believe folks connecting up sewer without gloves

Veebyes wrote:
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.

Not true at all. I use nitrile gloves AND am careful about getting any waste on my gloved hands. When I'm done, I use a technique I learned during first aid training of taking the gloves off while turning them inside out. I throw the gloves into a garbage bag then carefully wash my hands just like you non-glovers.

You have been full timing since 2012 and just now realizing some choose to wash their hands. How do you take care of business in the bathroom? I am guessing without gloves.

Saw a report/study that said that they found traces of fecal matter on 90% of all shopping cart handles they tested...:E

I also touch;

cash, shopping cart handles, airline fold down trays (think baby diapers), public bathroom door handles, urinal flush levers, cell phones, keyboards....

Have you ever looked in the bottom of the holder for cocktail straws at the bar ?

Makes some folks want to bathe in bleach. But we've all survived the pre-germophobe marketing days when soap (which doesn't kill any germs) was the answer to all our woes.

I don't and never have used gloves. In fact, I don't ever recall seeing anyone using gloves. Did not know I was supposed to. HMMMM.

Just Eat a Hamburger while dumping, then lick the fingers clean.:W

Recycling works!:B

Houston Remodeler wrote:
I also touch;

cash, shopping cart handles, airline fold down trays (think baby diapers), public bathroom door handles, urinal flush levers, cell phones, keyboards....

Have you ever looked in the bottom of the holder for cocktail straws at the bar ?

Makes some folks want to bathe in bleach. But we've all survived the pre-germophobe marketing days when soap (which doesn't kill any germs) was the answer to all our woes.

Make sure to take a mint and toothpick when leaving the restaurant. All kinds of fecal debris on those. Yummy!:h

DutchmenSport wrote:
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.

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While I do have gloves I use them over and over again, black, then Galley, then, grey (shower and vanity sink) stinky slinky is not so stinky when disconnected!!
:B

A number of you gave me a big laugh....thanks I needed that.
I have exam type gloves that I use once and throw out....turn inside out as someone noted.
Again thanks for your humor!

The entire dump area is an ongoing science experiment as far as I'm concerned. I wear latex gloves and disposable booties. Laugh if you want, rinsing down the area doesn't kill the germs and bacteria. I'm not going to track it thru my MH. You can do as you like. Just remember, you touch your keys, door knob, faucet knobs and maybe the steering wheel with those hands.
EX-EMT