# Paper towel tubes in the coronavirus world

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-towel-tubes-in-the-coronavirus-world/916548>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [July 27, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-towel-tubes-in-the-coronavirus-world/916548 "2020-07-27T22:49:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-towel-tubes-in-the-coronavirus-world/916548/1 "2020-07-27T22:49:26Z")

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I hope I don’t get instabanned for bringing up the taboo topic of paper towel tubes again.

I saw a novel application yesterday at the supermarket. One lady had a paper towel tube, slit open, that she put over the handle of the shopping cart. This was in addition to wearing rubber gloves.

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**Author:** ![RealityCheck71](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitycheck71/32/3493_2.png) [@RealityCheck71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityCheck71)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-towel-tubes-in-the-coronavirus-world/916548/2 "2020-07-27T22:55:24Z")

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Could you tell how many rubber gloves she was wearing?

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-towel-tubes-in-the-coronavirus-world/916548/3 "2020-07-27T22:58:19Z")

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Just one on each hand as far as I noticed. Mask too, of course.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-towel-tubes-in-the-coronavirus-world/916548/4 "2020-07-27T23:00:05Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> paper towel tubes

Oh no you didn’t!

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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-towel-tubes-in-the-coronavirus-world/916548/5 "2020-07-27T23:08:41Z")

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Hahahahahahahahahaha.

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-towel-tubes-in-the-coronavirus-world/916548/6 "2020-07-27T23:50:36Z")

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As long as she didn’t reuse it and she washed her hands after she took off her gloves **and** recycled the paper towel tube.