Years ago, my awful MiL did this to me, granted without the gloves, but with a deep inspection of her finger. TG for my prissy standards; I think she was quite disappointed!
Glad you found the shower spray. We have horribly hard water but it still works without much elbow grease involved. I just have to remember not to use it before I’ve sprayed and rinsed the shower head with Viakal. Like just now…