Consider this: you've just ordered your 6" veggie patty sub on honey oat bread at Subway (yes, I realize I shouldn't be eating at Subway in the first place) and the friendly guy behind the counter asks you if you want him to switch to a new, clean pair of plastic gloves. Veggie gloves, as he calls them. Now, if you've eaten at Subway a few times over the course of your modern, Western life you've probably noticed that the people working there go through plastic gloves like they're going out of style. I understand a certain level of cleanliness in an eating establishment, but is the trade-off really worth it? Until today I was more or less under the impression that they used a new pair of gloves for every sandwich. So, lets create mounds of plastic waste in exchange for a slightly reduced chance of catching a cold from the teenager behind the counter? Maybe the guy behind the counter could just refrain from picking his nose or scratching at his butt crack while he makes me a sandwich. So, after a momentary pause I decided to let him keep his meaty gloves on to make my sandwich. Perhaps if I was a lifelong vegetarian I would've chose differently, but after eight months I'm still not too worried about getting sick off of a few chance specs of meat. Plus, to me the waste far outweighs the taking a chance on an upset stomach.
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