Bit of Ewww!

[Sandiercy]

Its summer time now and we are in the middle of a mini heat wave (for the city I live in, most places get a lot hotter on a regular basis). I am getting people coming in every day emptying their money onto the counter. The money is 99% of the time, sticky and wet. I dont want to handle the money but I have to. Thankfully I have an industrial sized bottle of hand sanitizer next to me or I would be having a hard time. Still, my hands get really sticky, its Gross.

[EricKei]

Well, considering how filthy money generally is even when it's NOT wet, that hand sanitizer is a really good idea any time of year >_>

[downforit2008]

Be sure to not use the hand sanitizer in front of the customer! Then they'll turn into an SC and start screaming, "What, you think I'm FILTHY or something? It's not like you'll catch AIDS from me, it's just MONEY, for crying out loud!"

This is why I'm glad to pay with a debit card, and if I DO pay cash, it's money that was dry in the first place because it was in some leather pouch thing that's called a WALLET, which is something some customers still don't know about yet.

[Mystic]

I hate touching cash. Who knows what g-string those dollar bills were in last?

[cashierbex]

I rather not think about where money has been. When I see someone take it out of their bra from wearing a dress, I get grossed out.

[BowserKoopa1]

Y'all think that's bad? Try having a customer sneeze or cough RIGHT ONTO THE MONEY just as they are handing it to you. That's the kind of stuff that can catch you a cold. 1 time a customer did that to me and I backed away as they were handing it to me. Then I grabbed the bills by the edges and gently set them at the bottom of all the other bills and closed my drawer. First chance I got, I went and very thoroughly washed my hands. They got offended of course, but I don't give a goddam. Maybe this will teach them to turn their head or something next time they have to sneeze or cough. Give your dam germs to someone else.

[RealUnimportant]

I've had way too much time off from such stupidity & downright rudeness, I have no shame in grabbing the sanitiser and /or using my pen to push their money around rather than touch it, and I'm not embarrassed to tell them why either - I was out 6 weeks straight with 'flu & pneumonia once, I'm STILL suffering the repercussions (both health & employment) from that 18 months later.

[Big Red]

I used to work with an elderly woman ( the boss' MIL ) who would actually spit on her fingers while counting out bills.
She didn't like finger wax and didn't want to lick her fingers because of germs but had no problem handing out her germs to others because she was always taking antibiotics and HER germs were safe.

[BlaqueKatt]

I rather not think about where money has been. When I see someone take it out of their bra from wearing a dress, I get grossed out.

I will do this on occasion....however the cash is stored in a ziplock baggie* in my bra

anytime I don't have pockets, or it's hot, cash goes in baggie, I don't like handling damp money.

[Cyberguy]

I will do this on occasion....however the cash is stored in a ziplock baggie* in my bra

anytime I don't have pockets, or it's hot, cash goes in baggie, I don't like handling damp money.

That's... Actually pretty clever.

Still, might be better if you got your money ready before getting to the cashier. Wouldn't want to be confused for a SC.

[telecom_goddess]

It's rare that I handle any cash at all, I'm a debit card person. However I do handle a lot of cash once a month when I'm running a flea market. Cash as payment for the table space and cash right back out as I spend . But yeah money is gross and I feel kinda dirty that one day out of the month.

[BrenDAnn]

I point blank looked at a man that handed me wet money once and said "I do hope that's water and not sweat." He told me that it was, indeed, water--river water. Seems he'd been tubing and his wallet had slipped from his pocket into the bottom of the tube...apparently his tube had a closed bottom. I HAVE had others come in with what is obviously sweat drenched money though. Makes me want to vomit every time!

[2gigch1]

I will do this on occasion....however the cash is stored in a ziplock baggie* in my bra

Pics or it didn't happen...

[Gizmo]

I will do this on occasion....however the cash is stored in a ziplock baggie* in my bra

anytime I don't have pockets, or it's hot, cash goes in baggie, I don't like handling damp money.

I have been known to put my train ticket inbetween my shoulder and my bra strap if I don't have safe pockets that day. People do stare a little..

[Seshat]

Maybe this will teach them to turn their head or something next time they have to sneeze or cough. Give your dam germs to someone else.

The World Health Organisation recommends training yourself to cough or sneeze into your elbow. It keeps you from contaminating your hands, while still minimising the spread of particles.

When I'm sick (okay, virus-sick or bacteria-sick) and need to go out, I wear a mask. I have them anyway as pollen-barriers for spring; but they prevent particle transfer in either direction.

If I get surprised by a cough or a sneeze when I'm cooking, I turn and cough or sneeze onto the floor; keeping my hands and cooking utensils well clear. Anything that touches the floor has to be washed or tossed out anyway; so I figure that while it may not pass strict food hygiene regulations for a business, it's safe enough for my family. They're already exposed to whatever I have, after all.

I have been known to put my train ticket inbetween my shoulder and my bra strap if I don't have safe pockets that day. People do stare a little..

Me too - on the shoulder/bra strap thing.

Sometimes I think about getting some suitable fabric and sewing little pockets into my bras for money or keys or other small necessities. But then I realise I'll want sweat-wicking fabric on the skin-touching side and waterproof fabric on the side for the money/keys/etc, and it just seems like too big a project to do every time I need new bras.