I still can't risk it.  
 
The employee puts on clean gloves.  Cleans the knife. I'm  fine there.
 
Then they reach into whatever is next in your order, then the next, then  
the next, etc.  What touched all of that stuff before the 'clean'  glove?
 
I'll stay with the place that washes their hands, and gets clean  
ingredients from the walk in.  I love my Mr. Pita.  My local Mr.  Pita  has gone to 
synthetic gloves vs Natural Rubber Latex gloves for food  prep for me..
 
People mistake clean hands with clean gloves all the time.  They will  
touch anything with gloves on and get that 'deer in the headlights' look, and  
say, but my hands are clean.....(but your gloves are dirty, contaminated.)
 
Off topic.  I am allergic to natural rubber latex, my son is highly  milk 
allergic.  I refused a blood draw last week because the tech didn't  
understand that the cotton balls, alcohol wipes, tourniquet, etc. she  had 
previously touched with latex gloves could transfer proteins to me if she  used them, 
especially once she pulled out a latex glove over a  'clean  area'  where 
she placed those so called safe items were placed.   I watched in fascination 
at her ignorance,  Actually that was the last  straw for me, there were 
many other cross contaminations during that visit,  .  Yes, when I turned in my 
paperwork I told them I was anaphylactic to  NRL.  I left there taking 
Benedryl, washing my hands and arms, driving  fast, showering, and not letting 
my husband leave my side if I need an  ambulance.  NRL allergy and 
accommodations  is inexcusable among  health care professionals.  It can devastate 
them, but that is really off  topic.
 
Food workers are kids ready to learn.  NRL can devastate them  too.  We 
need to reach all of them about all allergyies.
 
On topic is that in the past I let this set of circumstances go and found  
myself in the hosp.  That is not what I want for my milk allergic  son.
 
The premise is the same for me and my milk allergic son.  Don't  touch 
ingredients or products  that have been touched by hands (gloved  or not) that 
either of us are allergic to.
 
Not everyone's allergy is as extreme as what we experience.  All  I have to 
say is if the allergy is moderate, don't risk it.  Be super  vigilant.  My 
son did outgrow the dreaded peanut allergy because I was  subervigient.
 
 
In a message dated 4/26/2009 10:55:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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When my  spouse and I eat at Subway or any other "sub" place,
we also request that  the person change their plastic gloves.

We've never had a bad  experience with a Subway employee
but once a customer complained because he  felt the server
spent far too long on our subs ~~ it was false  perception
on that customer's part ~~ that was this past New Year's  Day
and the customer had miles to go and was likely panicky  ~~
fortunately for us, there's sub places almost everywhere.

regards  ~~ gerry


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