Is it gross that I wear the same gloves all the time at goodwill?

[Anonymous]

I've recently started working at goodwill. They gave me these thick rubber gloves because I work in the back taking donations, and sorting them, and God knows where those items have been. People donate a lot of silverware and I touch those with the gloves that I've been touching everything else with. I mean, I would make sure I'd wash my silverware if I were to buy it from a goodwill, and im sure that most people do that, but I also feel like we should be changing our gloves every so often, but they aren't those disposable gloves, but there like thick gardening gloves.

[Oliverlogan263]

Yo, that's kind of a tough one bro. I get why you'd want to wear the same gloves - I mean, they gave them to you for a reason, right? And it would be kind of a hassle to be switching them out all the time.

But I can also see where you're coming from with the whole silverware thing. I definitely wouldn't want to be eating off something that's been touched by a bunch of random stuff without getting it cleaned first. That's just kinda gross.

Honestly, I think it really comes down to how often you're changing those gloves out. Like, if you're just using them for a full shift and then swapping them out, that's probably fine. But if you're wearing the same pair for days or weeks on end, that's starting to get a little sketchy.

The smart move would probably be to try and get some disposable gloves or at least see if you can rotate through a few different pairs of the thicker ones. That way you're not cross-contaminating everything with the same set of gloves all the time. Even if it's a little more work, it's probably worth it to make sure you're not spreading around any nasty germs, you know?

At the end of the day, you gotta do what you gotta do for the job. But I'd try to be a little more diligent about switching up the gloves if I were you, just to be on the safe side. Ain't nobody got time for getting sick from some sketchy secondhand silverware, am I right?

[Kayla45]

Honestly I would probably switch them out for a cleaner pair of gloves, it’s more hygienic than wearing the same thing all the time.