r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fratzenfresse • 22h ago

Waffle house isnt made of waffles my hands do this every winter

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It doesn’t hurt but it’s annoying as hell

YES I MOISTURIZE

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u/9447044 22h ago edited 22h ago

I work in water all day for 6 years no issues. This year my left hand went nuts.

Edit: no fingerprints from April-September. Only OG skin with prints is on the tip of the thumb.

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u/JeshkaTheLoon 21h ago

Dude, do you have no PPE? No aftercare for your hands (even with PPE)? Handcreme? I know lotion can only do so much, but it can do something.

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u/New_Vegetable_3173 21h ago

6 years ago I didn't know what PPE meant. Now it's an every day word.
We live in a very strange timeline

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u/Distinct_Sir_4473 20h ago

Crazy I’ve never had a job where there was no PPE and it was always called that

Pre Covid I was a lifeguard and delivered pizza and worked at a gas station

Lifeguard had emergency medical equipment designed for my protection, the others had cleaning duties including bathrooms where I was provided with gloves and water proof aprons

During Covid I started a candle company where we worked with toxic fragrance oils, then a house cleaning company with industrial oven cleaner and degreasers

Now retail where there’s a chance I’ll have to clean vomit feces or blood, or caustic chemical spills

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u/New_Vegetable_3173 20h ago

I've worked a lot as a bar maid. The main PPE you need is the ability to give more mouth at the customers than they give at you.

In terms of H&S my manager just told me that if there is broken glass IN the toilet or there is cocaine on the bathroom surfaces, or someone has been sick, leave that to them. Everything else you just got on with it. Even blood - as a teen /young adult I didn't know /think about the risk. If someone was bleeding I knew to apply pressure. I didn't think about PPE for myself.

Even dealing with heavy barrels and stuff I genuinely don't remember any safety training.

On reflection, I am lucky I got through all that without any injuries.

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u/Distinct_Sir_4473 19h ago

Yeah when you’re trained formally in first aid, they stress it constantly

After aids became an epidemic, the Red Cross started really pushing the “don’t get bodily fluids on/in you”

Starting in like, the 80’s