Wash your hands people!

[EmersonHerrmann]

I was not sure whether to put this here or in official competitions...anyway:

At competition, before I go to do my first round of solves for any puzzle, I wipe off the puzzle, give it to the scramblers, wash my hands, and come back to solve. I prefer to do this because I can't handle a sticky-ish cube that well (especially in OH). So at San Francisco yesterday I did this at the OH competition and I went to the table for inspection. I pick up the cube and it feels fine, but when I try to manuever it, (whole cube turns) The cube either sticks to my hands or I almost drop it. (This made my solves terribly inconsistent).

My point is that that scramblers should wash their gosh darn hands before scrambling -.- They had food on the other table which they ate, then wiped their hands off on a napkin, (which I think doesn't get rid of the oils on their hands form the food) then scrambled my cube.

I am sorry that this is a somewhat picky thread, but it just annoys the heck outta me Any of you had the something like this happen?

 

[F1Z2L3]

thats a big petpeev of mine. Its like that with everything not just cubes xbox controllers, my mp3 player, cameras etc..

 

[h5n1]

Scramblers and judges should wear disposable gloves and face masks like they do in the chinese competitions.

 

[Vulosity]

This 11 year-old at school had pizza for lunch. After he finished eating, he licked the sauce off his fingers!

Guess what? He happened to see me play with my Type D and he walked over and scrambled it. Eww...

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

This 11 year-old at school had pizza for lunch. After he finished eating, he licked the sauce off his fingers!

Guess what? He happened to see me play with my Type D and he walked over and scrambled it. Eww...

Agh I hate that kinda thing too...I bring a few cubes to school and people who are eating or something grab for one of 'em and I stop them and tell them to wash their hands *glare*

@pcharles (post below, I didn't want to post again): Muahahahhaa

 

[pcharles93]

This 11 year-old at school had pizza for lunch. After he finished eating, he licked the sauce off his fingers!

Guess what? He happened to see me play with my Type D and he walked over and scrambled it. Eww...

Agh I hate that kinda thing too...I bring a few cubes to school and people who are eating or something grab for one of 'em and I stop them and tell them to wash their hands *glare*

Get your hands all greasy then mess with their iPods and cell phones.

 

[Kieran]

I totally agree. Pet hate of mine also. Or when people have sticky hands and then shake your hand.

To keep this thread on cubing: They should all be made to either wash their hands (there is that great anti-bacterial liquid that is easy to use) or gloves. I hate a cube when it is sticky and I can't finger-trick.

 

[IamWEB]

I totally agree. Pet hate of mine also. Or when people have sticky hands and then shake your hand.

To keep this thread on cubing: They should all be made to either wash their hands (there is that great anti-bacterial liquid that is easy to use) or gloves. I hate a cube when it is sticky and I can't finger-trick.

Or both.

And Pet Hate? lol

 

[JBCM627]

Yeah, there was a bit of discussion about this a little while ago.

Sometimes the scrambler is handed a greasy cube, too, and the grease can spread.

 

[daniel0731ex]

well, you can't blame them

they're just trying to help by lubercating your cube

 

[shelley]

My point is that that scramblers should wash their gosh darn hands before scrambling -.- They had food on the other table which they ate, then wiped their hands off on a napkin, (which I think doesn't get rid of the oils on their hands form the food) then scrambled my cube.

Even without the food, try keeping your hands clean after scrambling 100 cubes.

Scrambler gloves are a good idea. Though they wouldn't help much with preventing transfer of grime from one cube to another. Keep your cubes clean people! Stop lubing them the day of the competition!

 

[Paul Wagner]

get your hands all greasy and slap them in the face

 

[Paul Wagner]

that is a smart idea shelley maybe hand sanitizer... im sure it breaks some health codes that the cube is touching so many peoples hands we should make a commercial of how fast disease spreads in competition lol

 

[Hadley4000]

There should at least be some Purell.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

Scramblers and judges should wear disposable gloves and face masks like they do in the chinese competitions.

Wait, we do?

 

[Benny]

if the farmer can't swim, than its because of his bading suite

 

[qqwref]

that is a smart idea shelley maybe hand sanitizer... im sure it breaks some health codes that the cube is touching so many peoples hands we should make a commercial of how fast disease spreads in competition lol

It's more of "so many hands touching a cube". Letting people at school or a competition play with your cube would probably end up with more people touching it than having it scrambled would. As far as disease... I don't think I've ever gotten sick from a competition - have you?

if the farmer can't swim, than its because of his bading suite

what

 

[shoot1510]

This 11 year-old at school had pizza for lunch. After he finished eating, he licked the sauce off his fingers!

Guess what? He happened to see me play with my Type D and he walked over and scrambled it. Eww...

Agh I hate that kinda thing too...I bring a few cubes to school and people who are eating or something grab for one of 'em and I stop them and tell them to wash their hands *glare*

@pcharles (post below, I didn't want to post again): Muahahahhaa

a nasty way a kid do to your cube,(yucky stuffs)

 

[shelley]

I don't think I've ever gotten sick from a competition - have you?

I have, but I think that was more a consequence of being stuck in a car for 6 hours next to a sniffly Leyan.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

I don't think I've ever gotten sick from a competition - have you?

I have, but I think that was more a consequence of being stuck in a car for 6 hours next to a sniffly Leyan.

That sucks , what competition was it? Leyan should have worn one of those masks that some Japanese cubers wear when they're sick