wearing gloves, buying rags and hands

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By hereandthere

@hereandthere (45651)

Philippines

March 5, 2018 12:09am CST

do you wear gloves at work? do you wear gloves at home? a relative noticed those that wear gloves have pretty hands. another relative answered it's because, one, to avoid household products from seeping into the skin, and, two, so they don't have to wash their hands if they're interrupted or have to put the task on hold. i guess that would mean stocking up on clear plastic gloves and nylon gloves. but are these disposable gloves also biodegradable? also, why do we buy rags of all kinds now? what happened to old clothes, towels and bed sheets? are these disposable rags also biodegradable? this relative felt sorry for a younger relative. she said, "her hands don't look like that of a bank official." do your hands tell a story?

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@epiffanie (11326)

• Australia

9 Apr 18

Yes, we do wear gloves to protect our hands specially when gardening ..

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

9 Apr 18

do you wear them while cooking or cleaning in bathroom?

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

11 Apr 18

@epiffanie no hot water in the shower and taps either

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@epiffanie (11326)

• Australia

10 Apr 18

@hereandthere Not when cooking .. Yes, cleaning toilets and bathrooms we always wear gloves .. And I wear gloves washing dishes when I am in my retreat as we don't have dishwasher over there ..

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@LadyDuck (458022)

• Switzerland

5 Mar 18

I wear gloves for heavy works, I do not want to ruin my hands. I still have towels and bed sheets. Yesterday I have brought two big bags of table clothes, napkins, towels and bed sheets from the apartment of my mother. They are new, never used. Mom loved to buy those things.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

i'm sure you'll be finding all sorts of things there. sometimes the new, unused things only need dusting or washing because they were forgotten. but sometimes even the new things can't be used anymore if they were not protected or stored properly.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

@LadyDuck your brother and niece are not interested in taking anything from that house?

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@LadyDuck (458022)

• Switzerland

5 Mar 18

@hereandthere Everything was stored properly. I am going through all the drawers, shelves and cabinets. There is a lot more than I can bring home. I will donate to charities a lot.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

5 Mar 18

I do still use old clothes as rags - I have gloves but rarely wear them

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

we have them, too. i only discard them when they're too stained, shredded and not absorbent anymore.

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@ridingbet (66857)

• Philippines

7 Mar 18

we wear clean (not necessarily sterile) gloves in the ward. i don't wear gloves at home and yet my palms are soft. it is easily mistaken as not working hands, but i do work at home

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

7 Mar 18

do you put lotion on your hands? i guess my concern about all these disposable gloves is if they're biodegradable.

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@ridingbet (66857)

• Philippines

7 Mar 18

@hereandthere not all the time. i constantly wash my hands, but it is not rough, or thick. when i shake hands with any of my colleagues, or students, they tell me that my palms are soft. we always use clean gloves for every patient in the IMCU. there is this box of clean gloves and these are free size. usually too, the used gloves are disposed of in the 'infectious waste'.

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@acelawrites (19273)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

It is best to wear gloves to protect hands from chemicals, etc. I also wear gloves when gardening to protect my hands.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

yes because it's hard to clean the soil from your nails

@magallon (19280)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

I only wear gloves if it is really needed. Most of the time i do not use gloves.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

when do you wear them, and what kind of gloves do you wear?

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

6 Mar 18

@magallon that's exactly how she does it. it would feel hot and awkward to me, but i guess you eventually get used to it.

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@magallon (19280)

• Philippines

6 Mar 18

@hereandthere I have a rubber gloves which i sometimes use in cleaning the toilet. then, i also use plastic gloves in cooking especially in preparing the ingredients.

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@allen0187 (58444)

• Philippines

6 Mar 18

I wear gloves when i clean the bathroom. That's it.

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@much2say (53959)

• Los Angeles, California

5 Mar 18

I know I should wear gloves, but I never do

. I need to "feel" whenever I do anything - that's just me. I have ugly hands to begin with

- so I don't mind that they look worn

. They're not too bad yet, but I know it will get there.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

6 Mar 18

i didn't really like hearing it. for me, there's no connection.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

9 Mar 18

My hand shows that I always would wash my hand even if I have just been on my computer at the office. The veins are protruding. I wash the dishes without gloves too so that's why it's dry, although, I would always put a lotion on it every now and then at the office.

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@mydanods (6513)

• Nigeria

5 Mar 18

I wore gloves when I worked in a factory, otherwise, I see no need to wear one.I always wash my hands after household chores.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

when i go to the supermarket or watch people working with food and see all the stuff they're wearing - apron, gloves, hat, spit guard, etc - gosh!

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

5 Mar 18

I wear gloves when cleaning or gardening, most of the time. I think we should have our skin protected from toxins and chemicals

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

i guess we're not used to it here

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@jstory07 (134456)

• Roseburg, Oregon

5 Mar 18

I wear gloves when I am cleaning my house to save my hands.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

how does it save your hands? from scratches?

@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Mar 18

Only that I'm getting older. I have lots and lots of rags that I use for various tasks rather than buying commercial dusters, etc.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

6 Mar 18

i try to use rags until they're unusable

@Icydoll (36717)

• India

5 Mar 18

I use gloves whenever it is needed ,it protects our hands

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@yanzalong (18984)

• Indonesia

5 Mar 18

In a way, yes.

@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

are you saying you wear gloves at work and at home?

@toniganzon (72285)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

A lot of people have told me my hand shows that I don't do any household work.

@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

5 Mar 18

i remember sharon cuneta's mcdonald's billboard many years ago holding a burger. people were commenting on her hands.

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