# On food service worker wearing gloves

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-food-service-worker-wearing-gloves/585522>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 15, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-food-service-worker-wearing-gloves/585522 "2011-06-15T03:17:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-food-service-worker-wearing-gloves/585522/61 "2011-06-22T03:18:41Z")

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> [@Crazyhorse](#):
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> The gloves are to protect you from the food servers germs. Bare skin contact with already-cooked or ready to eat food is usually against health laws. For whatever reason they don’t consider the germs on money to be a likely cause of food contamination. At least according to the [health dept. of NY.](http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/indoors/food_safety/washing.htm)
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> They do ‘recommend’ a hand-washing and change of gloves before handling food again after handling money, but don’t require it.

I guess this explains the Dunkin Donuts “pick up donut with napkin, put napkin in bag with donut” policy. Sort of.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-food-service-worker-wearing-gloves/585522/62 "2011-06-22T03:39:44Z")

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> [@Erdosain](#):
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> You could just leave the room, and avoid both the off chance of diverticulitis and being gross.

If I have to censor all of my actions on the off chance that somebody in the room might find it gross, I will get very little done. Or must I only be concerned about your particular hang-ups?

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**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-food-service-worker-wearing-gloves/585522/63 "2011-06-22T10:55:50Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> If I have to censor all of my actions on the off chance that somebody in the room might find it gross, I will get very little done. Or must I only be concerned about your particular hang-ups?

Rather than continue the hijack, I started a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613452) devoted to this important question. We will finally resolve whether I am uptight or you are gross!

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-food-service-worker-wearing-gloves/585522/64 "2011-06-22T20:58:46Z")

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> [@Pullet](#):
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> I got home from work yesterday and was just about to start making dinner when I realized I still had dried blood from a dog’s burst anal gland abscess under one of my finger nails.
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> I washed my hands and ate my damned sandwich like a grown-up.

Damn, I hate it when that happens. 😉

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