How to avoid germs - Gas Station
I hate getting sick. Most of you feel the same way. I especially hate getting sick when I’m responsible for teaching classes that have paying customers and have also been scheduled
far in advance.
Besides not wanting to let anyone down, it’s simply no fun to put on a high-energy class without the energy. :dunno:
So I’ve learned to be a
germaphobic. Especially when traveling due to the volume of people you will come into contact with. Besides the
people you will come into contact with there all the people you will not come into contact with
BUT you will come into contact with the things these people will have
touched.
Here’s where I start when I'm traveling.
Getting gas for my car
Instead of throwing caution to the wind, here’s a simple way to avoid all the germs at the Gas Pump. Keep disposable nitrile gloves in your car.
Then do this, put one glove on the hand you will use. Only use this hand to
touch everything.
The numbers on the keypad
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The selector button
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The gas nozzle handle and squeeze trigger
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Fill your gas tank - PROTECTED
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And think about this, if you fill all the way to full, you'll make less visits to the gas station and thus reduce the number of times you touch anything at the gas station.
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Use your clean hand to pull the glove off by the
tip of the cuff where there was no surface contact with anything and dispose of at the gas station.
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Think about it...
If you don’t wear disposable gloves - you touch all the components at the gas pump to fuel up your car.
Next you get back into your car and grab and hold the steering wheel. The steering wheel becomes a
Petri dish where the warmth and moisture from your skin will now create a perfect environment for germs to grow. Maybe your driving for a few minutes, maybe hours. Maybe after you are done driving - now your getting on a Jet. An enclosed environment.
How many people “touch” the surfaces on a gas pump?
I normally wouldn’t share this type of how-to info but in light of the Coronavirus in the news - it’s timely.
The thin disposable black nitrile gloves are inexpensive in context of your health and the health of all those around you. I don’t care where you buy your gloves but if your already placing an order for some car wax - add a box of these to your order and be pro-active about prevention.
Disposable Black Nitrile Gloves - Sizes:
Medium - Large - X Large - XX Large
Stay safe my friends...
:)
p.s.
If this Coronavirus is not contained and gets out of control in the United States, you're going to want a lot of gloves for everything and anything you have to do in public. Let's hope and pray it doesn't become a problem.
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