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Re: What's the point of wearing rubber gloves...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:29:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
> Holey moley, did you just hit a hot-button for me! I'm not fluid-o-phobic, but
> in most circumstances don't care to have other people's DNA deposited on me or
> my food or my purchases without my express permission (I even mention this as an
> "I hate" item on my LUGNET profile). Especially bothersome to me is when a food
> service worker has trouble opening his mylar glove, so he puts the wrist-end to
> his mouth and blows in it to inflate it. I mean, why not just urinate on my
> sandwich, while you're at it?
It's also funny (maybe not) when sandwich-makers used their gloved hand to
take your money and return change, then return to sandwich production.
I hate to think what lurks on paper money passed from hand to hand, though in
Australia we have plasticised notes, which may lessen the risk (slightly ?).
There has been some items in the media recently about doctors' neckties......
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/27/1088274627585.html
> Don't get me wrong--I have great respect for people stuck in the food service
> industry (having spent too many years there, myself), but this particular
> behavior drives me to fury.
I have respect for food industry workers as well, but from anecdotes I have
heard from workers in the canned fruit, bread-making and fast food industries,
we would probably die if we knew what ends up in our mouths. Accidental
contamination is different to wilful contamination.
pete.w (....not eating anything are you ?)
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| (...) Holey moley, did you just hit a hot-button for me! I'm not fluid-o-phobic, but in most circumstances don't care to have other people's DNA deposited on me or my food or my purchases without my express permission (I even mention this as an "I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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