Thinking About Eating Out?
@cindiowens (5120)
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
December 6, 2018 7:36pm CST
Yeah, I was too, until....I was carried back in my mind to my nursing clinical days. On this particular day, I was assigned to go to the Wound Center and spend four hours looking at people's disgusting wounds.
If you have a wound, I apologize, but this is my weakness as a nurse. Well, one of them.
A patient came in with her daughter, who was dressed for work as she was going to drop her mom off at home afterward and rush off to work. Her T-shirt bore the name of a famous pizza chain. I won't mention the name. (Al Pacino and Marlon Brando) The patient had a huge open, seeping wound on her leg. The nurse was changing the bandage, and teaching the daughter to do the same.
The daughter, without gloves, had her hands all over the patient's leg. I thought for sure she would at least wash her hands before leaving, BUT NO! Not so much as even hand sanitizer.
People don't think their own germ are dangerous. They live with them every day. People don't wash their hands because they are not afraid of their own germs. Well I am afraid of them!
Up to this day I have a very hard time eating out because I wonder where the worker's hands have been before handling the food.
You want to go eat out now?
You want to go eat out now?10 people like this
12 responses
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Dec 18
If the employees aren't wearing gloves I don't eat there.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
Smart move. How many times have you seen a waitress wear gloves?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
7 Dec 18
@cindiowens @LovingMyBabies
This comment actually made me think of something I noticed the other day. A lady at the thrift / book store I go to was wearing gloves. I was there twice this week and saw it both days, I think she may have been wearing them anothe rdy as well.
I was wondering if it was something to do with a medical condition or if she was touching something at the store (a delicate book for instance) that made her put on gloves? I think it had to be the former as they don't really sell anything that would require gloves. Even the comic books they have, I am not sure they use gloves for.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum Money is disgusting. Especially if you live in a town where there are strip clubs. Think about it. If you touch a dollar bill, what else are you touching?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
7 Dec 18
I will be an optimist and hope that she washed them before touching any food.
However, no, no I think for right now I'll abstain from eating anything at all.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
7 Dec 18
@cindiowens It's interesting how a job can make us look at things differently. I wash my hands in a completely different way then I once did because I used to be an in home aide. We were taught how to wash differently.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, unfortunately, we know too much, lol.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
I hope she did too, but I would have put on gloves AND washed my hands, so.....
@JESSY3236 (20039)
• United States
7 Dec 18
eww. I'm guilty of having hand sanitizer in my purse and not use it. But I would never tough a wound without some protection.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
Me either. I was really disgusted by that. It was 20 years ago, but I remember it like yesterday.
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@andriaperry (117157)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Dec 18
I should have skipped this one! I just got food at Captain D`s.
My hands are dry and sometimes hurt because I wash a lot, in the car I use sanitizer.
I am a caregiver to people who cannot get germs, cancer patients. I have did this for 20 years so I know the importance of hand washing, glove wearing and hand sanitizing. Not to boost but never, not once has a patient caught anything under my watch.
My hands are dry and sometimes hurt because I wash a lot, in the car I use sanitizer.
I am a caregiver to people who cannot get germs, cancer patients. I have did this for 20 years so I know the importance of hand washing, glove wearing and hand sanitizing. Not to boost but never, not once has a patient caught anything under my watch.1 person likes this
@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
That's great! How many things have you caught because of other people's carelessness though?
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
I guess ignorance is bliss.
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
7 Dec 18
@cindiowens Everyday I wonder how some people live through the dirt lol
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
I don't know what that link was for, it didn't work for me.
@Janet357 (75646)
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7 Dec 18
@cindiowens oh my, i didnt know, it became i link, sorry. I just said, ewww because rhe woman you mention didnt wash her hand.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
We rarely eat out at all, fast food or otherwise.
@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
I used to, but not any more.
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@RasmaSandra (80847)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Dec 18
I just never think about this. I do not eat out all the time and sometimes just pick up a burger or a sub.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
I wish I didn't think about it, lol.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Dec 18
Ewwww, I am really glad we are not eating out tonight! I do worry about that.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 Dec 18
It is really disgusting if you think about it. How many men have you watched going out of the restroom without washing their hands? Servers are no different.
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@JudyEv (342277)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec 18
Gosh, I can understand how this would put you right off.
