Germs, viruses and fuel pump handles and doors

[down_home]

Fuel pump handles, perhaps are the worse for spreading germs and viruses ,maybe with door handles of businesses being first.
Someone who has just finished shoveling out the barn or milking parlor, or has a cold or flu or a virus most usually does/may not wash their hands or use a sanitizer of disinfectant wipe before pumping fuel, or entering a store.
We carry the little packages of disinfectant wipes but don't always think to wipe our hands...and the pump handle with them. We are changing that if we can find more wipes. I always use disposable nitrile gloves to pump diesel as 99% of the tiem they are oily with leaking diesel and you can wash all day and not get the diesel out of your hands except by wiping on the upholstery it seems sometimes.
Maybe I need to sue them to pump gas too and even open doors of gas station.
But for certain wee will wipe the pump handles with disinfectant wipes.
Would be good if fuel stops haad them next to the pumps.

[riven1950]

Fj12ryder, those reusable bags are theoretically a good idea. In practice they can be a real source for some nasty bugs unless you wash them after every use, which kind of defeats the save the environment idea...use of more water and chemicals, soap etc. Just a thought.

[down_home]

deltabravo wrote:

down home wrote:
Maybe I need to sue them to pump gas too

Sue who?

I was writing backards, upside down with left hand.

[fj12ryder]

2oldman wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
It's not the cost, it's the waste. .

that's refreshing to hear.

Well, that's what I wrote the first time. 🙂

[deltabravo]

down home wrote:
Maybe I need to sue them to pump gas too

Sue who?

[2oldman]

fj12ryder wrote:
It's not the cost, it's the waste. .

that's refreshing to hear.

[fj12ryder]

2oldman wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
I can't imagine wasting disposable gloves every time I fueled up.

They vary from about 8¢ to 25¢ apiece. It's a real budget-buster.

It's not the cost, it's the waste. All those disposable gloves don't just evaporate after you throw them in the trash. And for no good reason.

Oh yeah I also take my own bags to the grocery store.

[free_radical]

Im not worried about dirt,
however if you didnt know
the Corovirus can live on cold metal surface for up to 12 hrs

Fortunately,Sunshine kills it.

[Edd505]

Cheap gloves in the door, used only to fuel. Get too dirty toss and replace, same as I did driving commercially.

[kellem]

Mine are the 8 cent variety from Amazon, but budgeted for years.

[2oldman]

fj12ryder wrote:
I can't imagine wasting disposable gloves every time I fueled up.

They vary from about 8¢ to 25¢ apiece. It's a real budget-buster.

[down_home]

campigloo wrote:
I grab the pump handle bare handed then pick my nose after I lick the melted ice cream off my hand from the cone that I bought at the gas station deli.

Who knew Chuck Norris live in La.
Can I have your autograph? 🙂

[campigloo]

I grab the pump handle bare handed then pick my nose after I lick the melted ice cream off my hand from the cone that I bought at the gas station deli.

[fj12ryder]

I keep the diesel gloves under the seat of the truck. I can't imagine wasting disposable gloves every time I fueled up. The gloves are pretty nasty from diesel fuel, but it's on the rubber gloves and not my hands.

I get a charge out of these people wearing disposable gloves out in public. There was a gal in the grocery store with a pair on while doing her shopping. In the few minutes I noticed her, she scratched her nose twice, and touched her lips once. People are just plain stoopid. Another gal at WalMart had a pair on while she worked the cash register, she handled everything with the same pair of gloves, and I just thought "They aren't an invisible force field, dummy".

It just makes you despair if anything really devastating ever occurred.

[Grit_dog]

Paranoia will destroy ya.....not just a song anymore!

[ford_truck_guy]

Been doing it the same way for years.....

I use MY gloves to dispense fuel, I then remove gloves and continue to drive... I MAY start to use sanitizer now until this blows over. But I may not, depends on the situation I guess.