Can't believe folks connecting up sewer without gloves

[Monty-Rob]

Wow! I have noticed quite a few folks connecting and disconnecting their sewer hoses without gloves.
I'm not a germaphob but come on....this is just nasty especially when they wipe their nose or mouth while doing this. Guess I'm not shaking hands with people anymore!
Just saying.....

[rskeans]

Just a comment. In the past I used just rubber gloves. I nicked my hand at a connection. Just a minor thing. Well I got an bacterial infection that took a combination of Cipro and Bacterium to control. I now use leather gloves. Why take a chance for an accidental nick?

[Dog_Folks]

I don't wear gloves, and sometime eat while the dumping process occurs.........









Because I am in the truck while my wife does the dumping. She does not use gloves, because her immunity was built up changing thousands of diapers. She does wash her hands afterwards.

[nomad297]

I'm a plumber, so I am immuned to all of the heeby jeebis everyone else seems to have.

Bruce

[greende]

cmarq wrote:
How many store the sewer hose in the compartment with the freshwater hookup and the freshwater hose?

Not me. I store my fresh water hose in the front compartment and the slinky goes in the bed of the truck.

[cmarq]

How many store the sewer hose in the compartment with the freshwater hookup and the freshwater hose?

[mudmaker]

I didn't wear gloves when I put the stuff in the tank either. Why would it be necessary when I take it out?

[valhalla360]

How hard is it that people are getting stuff on them? Is the hose too short and they use their hands to bridge the last few inches?

Unless you have a hose give way or some other oddity (where gloves won't help anyway), you don't get anything on your hands. If you are worried about possible migration of germs to the outside of the hose, first most die off fairly quickly so the week or more the hose has sat, they've mostly died off. And they can transfer to the inside of the gloves very easily (even with careful removal).

Worst case, just wash your hands.

I'm glad I grew up on a farm and never got germaphobia.

[musicman54]

tragusa3 wrote:
I wear disposable gloves when convenient (when my wife hands them to me). Any other time, I'm okay doing it without. I'm more concerned with my shoes than my hands. I can wash my hands.

x2

[Bird_Freak]

I always dump at my site. Hook up everything when I arrive including hose for flush. Dump black then rinse tank until I see no more stuff coming thru clear pipe then dump gray. Wash hands and done.
Some people are so paranoid I don't see how they make it day to day.

[time2roll]

If you dump the grey after the black there is no real stuff to worry about.
Quick rinse and go.

[Ed_Gee]

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.

That is not the way I do it. After using my gloves I carefully peel them off pulling the back edge forward ... never touching where the glove contacted septic . They are then inside-out and safe to handle and dispose.

As far as washing hands ... yes, I do that after removing gloves even though my hands are probably clean. However those of you who don't use gloves.... I've seen you wash your hands ..... often a splash of water... no soap.... and you call that sanitation? Furthermore, after washing hands you then turn off the faucet that you originally turned on with your germy hands. Obviously ... many of you have no concept of sanitation according to the posts I see here.

[Germania]

I Love watching the guy use gloves to dump and then throw sewer hose in a compartment with other stuff

[amandasgramma]

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.

Ditto what my husband does. Course, I'd use gloves. An example....when we paint the house, he doesn't get ONE drop of paint on himself. Me, I have paint all over me within 1 minute after opening the can. I figure the same would happen if I dealt with the sewer. 🙂 🙂

[rvten]

That is what soap and water is for. Same as wiping your butt.

[Veebyes]

The clean freaks kill me. They let their dogs lick all over their faces. Do they know what a dog can & does lick???

All mothers wipe babys hands with antibacterial baby wipes.....then put the baby on the floor where it crawls over & east thwe dog's food, the cat's food or anything else dead or laying on the floor.

How did we ever grow up? Among other things I got into powdered rat poison once.