Page 5 | Felt sick over customers wearing disposable gloves when shopping

EverythingElseIsTaken · 10/11/2025 18:29

singthing · 09/11/2025 18:06

"Shoppers with disposable gloves touch hundreds of stuff, face, money, cards etc."

But how is that any different to someone not wearing gloves, who will touch exactly the same number of things?

Because hands get washed. The way OP describes these particular gloves means they are being worn over and over again so actually far more dirty than hands.

Gwenhwyfar · 10/11/2025 18:29

HungreeHipp0 · 09/11/2025 15:20

There's a woman on my bus every morning that wears a face mask and disposable gloves. As soon as she's off the bus she removes it all to light a fag. Clearly wants to choose lung cancer over daily germs. Who are we to stop her. Whatever gets people through their day.

Sorry, but this made me laugh!

I suppose we all have some inconsistencies though.

ITIgnoramus · 10/11/2025 18:25

Moii · 10/11/2025 18:21

Not as bad as kids in trolleys with shoes on, I don't mean in the chair where they should be.

Or shoes on train seats - not just kids but adults too.

ITIgnoramus · 10/11/2025 18:25

noggla · 09/11/2025 14:25

Do they not understand that this is worse for germ cross contamination than bare hands? Doctors, nurses, anaesthetists, dentists, vets etc change their gloves with every patient or more often if a messy job.

Shoppers with disposable gloves touch hundreds of stuff, face, money, cards etc.

This particular couple I saw wearing disposable gloves which had holes in the knuckles. This is caused by sweat breaking down the material in the DG. Then as they left the shop, they took off their gloves with their teeth and popped them into their coat pockets. That made me feel sick

I do wish someone would tell them that their protection is rubbish. I would love to see their faces on showing the results of Petri dishes with their gloves being swabbed v hands washed 15 mins earlier.

There is no logic to some people's behaviour.

I've seen people in the service industry using gloves and as you point out they don't change them between customers! It's crazy.
I don't mean medical people.

Maybe the gloves protect them but not their clients or customers.

It would be far better if they washed their hands!

Moii · 10/11/2025 18:21

Not as bad as kids in trolleys with shoes on, I don't mean in the chair where they should be.

houseofisms · 10/11/2025 18:20

EleanorReally · 10/11/2025 18:17

i had to check the date of the thread
wearing gloves is crazy
did they wear masks too?

I wear a mask when out. I have cancer and on chemo. I will do whatever is necessary to keep myself alive to see my kids grow up!

so I’m crazy am I?

houseofisms · 10/11/2025 18:19

I’m on chemo. If I catch something it’s straight to hospital. I wear a mask and it’s a scary place out there when you’re going through something tough.

these people are obviously scared and they may have compromised immunity or just extremely anxious.

personally I wouldnt wear gloves but I do carry sanitizer. Have some humanity?

EleanorReally · 10/11/2025 18:17

i had to check the date of the thread
wearing gloves is crazy
did they wear masks too?

hcee19 · 10/11/2025 18:16

Why are so so worked up about what others do? They aren't harming you so let them do what they like...

ChristmasCountdown2025 · 10/11/2025 18:10

I have never seen anyone wearing disposable gloves when out and about shopping, not even in the darkest days of Covid.

I do remember a girl at work (hospitality business) asking our boss if she could wear them during her shift. The boss said absolutely not, as the company had been told that the gloves harboured and passed on way more germs than our washed / sanitised hands!

Ladygodalmighty · 10/11/2025 18:09

singthing · 09/11/2025 18:06

"Shoppers with disposable gloves touch hundreds of stuff, face, money, cards etc."

But how is that any different to someone not wearing gloves, who will touch exactly the same number of things?

I want to know that too?

liveforsummer · 10/11/2025 18:08

there will be multiple non gloved shoppers who have not washed their hands 15 minutes ago, or at all that day, even after sneezing in to them or scratching their bum or preparing food. Gloves aren’t good in meal prep or surgery but in the supermarket it really makes no odds

OneDaringGreenBiscuit · 10/11/2025 18:01

For one second I envision they took their gloves off and took their teeth out and put them both in the bag! 😂

Draytoncb · 10/11/2025 17:59

They sound a bit mad

Boomer55 · 10/11/2025 17:55

noggla · 09/11/2025 17:49

My friend works for a supermarket and she has to tell customers that she won’t accept money, coupons, lottery tickets etc that have been in their mouths. Even in mandatory mask wearing days, she caught customers lowering their masks to hold money in their mouths. Yet these customers denied it. Managers backed my friend and colleagues

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What? Where is all saga going on? 🙄🤷‍♀️

WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady · 10/11/2025 13:02

So whereas you would be washing your hands repeatedly do you now wear a single pair of gloves to do it all? That feels way more unhygienic to me.

There’s also the environmental cost of the use of single wear gloves unnecessarily.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 10/11/2025 12:54

noggla · 10/11/2025 06:39

My friend has asthma had Covid twice in March 2020 - that was revealed in an antibody test as no test centre for 50 miles then and summer 2022. Asthma has got worse since then as on stronger and more medication.

Another friend’s DH is having radiotherapy for cancer and he could get the booster. But my friend couldn’t. In the past people living with people who got Covid boosters due to health or illness could get boosters. My friend got a private Covid booster for £85 (I think)

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That is just non-sensical to me. I'm in Vancouver, Canada. We get text messages advising when we are eligible for covid and flu shots. Fully covered.
It's basic. 🤷‍♀️

AngryBird6122 · 10/11/2025 08:23

@noggla why didn’t you tell them?

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 10/11/2025 07:57

noggla · 09/11/2025 17:49

My friend works for a supermarket and she has to tell customers that she won’t accept money, coupons, lottery tickets etc that have been in their mouths. Even in mandatory mask wearing days, she caught customers lowering their masks to hold money in their mouths. Yet these customers denied it. Managers backed my friend and colleagues

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I still take things that people have had in their mouths. I've done ten years on the till with only the occasional illness and I put it down to NEVER touching my face or eating or anything until I've washed my hands. First thing I do when I come off the till is to wash my hands with soap and water. Because, as someone pointed out upthread, people are minging.

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noggla · 10/11/2025 06:39

AutumnLeavesFallingFast · 10/11/2025 00:14

Hospital admittance due to Covid is already rising rapidly, hardly anyone is eligible for a covid jab. Getting it done privately is expensive & unnecessarily so.

the cost analysis of the NHS jabs v cost of illness wasn't terrible realistic , I think the information I read was in the BMJ. It's going to be a worrying winter.

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My friend has asthma had Covid twice in March 2020 - that was revealed in an antibody test as no test centre for 50 miles then and summer 2022. Asthma has got worse since then as on stronger and more medication.

Another friend’s DH is having radiotherapy for cancer and he could get the booster. But my friend couldn’t. In the past people living with people who got Covid boosters due to health or illness could get boosters. My friend got a private Covid booster for £85 (I think)

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noggla · 10/11/2025 06:31

Tryingatleast · 09/11/2025 18:38

I work on a checkout and have only seen about five people wear gloves in the last year! Also I don’t think sweat causes gloves to break (worked in labs for years and never heard of it). I’d say try to stop thinking about it

Or could be the repeated putting gloves on then taking off could weaken the gloves.

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SouthernNights59 · 10/11/2025 00:38

Why do you care? It really doesn't affect you so just let it go, although I have to say it's something I don't recall ever seeing.

AutumnLeavesFallingFast · 10/11/2025 00:14

Livelovebehappy · 09/11/2025 20:09

I was just remarking on this last weekend! Never seen it before but noticed two separate couples in a local gift shop wearing disposable gloves. Has there been something in the media about some new germ/virus or something? Can’t be just a coincidence that we’re suddenly seeing this.

Hospital admittance due to Covid is already rising rapidly, hardly anyone is eligible for a covid jab. Getting it done privately is expensive & unnecessarily so.

the cost analysis of the NHS jabs v cost of illness wasn't terrible realistic , I think the information I read was in the BMJ. It's going to be a worrying winter.

Ponderingwindow · 09/11/2025 23:53

I also sometimes wear gloves while cooking. Not always, just for big jobs where I will be washing my hands over and over again. I don’t skimp on the glove changes and I still wash, just not as aggressively.

I have to order accelerant free powder free nitrile gloves and they tend to only be available in extremely large batches so they end up costing very little per glove.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 09/11/2025 23:52

InterestedDad37 · 09/11/2025 23:44

If you can get a rubber glove to fit around your head, you can do a passable impression of a chicken 🐔

Like this? 😁

Felt sick over customers wearing disposable gloves when shopping