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Really weird stuff people do that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

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PrimitivePerson · 18/08/2024 17:12

Someone I know puts hotel TV remotes in plastic bags before using them, because she once heard a standup comedian talking about men wanking on them while watching porn.

WTAF?

What weird things do people you know do that make absolutely no sense at all? Anything as odd as that?

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soundsys · 18/08/2024 21:06

Happyher · 18/08/2024 19:44

My grand mother during a thunder storm would close all the curtains, put all cutlery away, cover the mirror with towels and sit in the middle of the room. Not at the same time but my mother always peeled mushrooms. I’ve no idea why

Oh god my mother also peels mushrooms and briefly convinced my daughter this was a normal thing to do.

She also irons pants 🤷🏻‍♀️

WomanOfSteel · 18/08/2024 21:06

parkrun500club · 18/08/2024 20:20

Also why do the fires only happen at night and not when the oven is unattended all day while you are out at work?

I used to turn my oven off at the wall. I now don't, largely because I do use the clock and don't want to reset it every day. However, I do keep the microwave unplugged as we don't use it very often.

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My electrical devices are all turned off unless I am using them (except Sky box and fridge). I’m not sure if power surges are more likely to happen at night than in the day, but you’re more likely to be asleep if a fire starts.

XChrome · 18/08/2024 21:03

GalileoHumpkins · 18/08/2024 17:19

There are videos on IG of people who take a whole load of cleaning supplies to hotels and deep clean the room/bathroom. Bonkers behaviour, and I say that as someone who lives in a very clean house.

If you knew the facts on how full of bacteria (some of it dangerous) hotel rooms are, you would think otherwise.

soundsys · 18/08/2024 21:03

OldSchoolCasualty · 18/08/2024 19:18

my ex's Nan would turn EVERYTHING off at the plug before she left the house or went to bed, everything except the fridge and freezer (because we trust them).
He lived with her for a while so he did it to, so when we house sat for my parents while they were away he unplugged the sky box so nothing recorded. They weren't best pleased!

Ha I did this the first holiday I went on with my husband when we first lived together. Turned everything off at the wall and unplugged it, so the flat didn't catch fire when we were on holiday. I think he was amused/bemused more than cross.

IMustDoMoreExercise · 18/08/2024 21:02

GalileoHumpkins · 18/08/2024 17:19

There are videos on IG of people who take a whole load of cleaning supplies to hotels and deep clean the room/bathroom. Bonkers behaviour, and I say that as someone who lives in a very clean house.

I don't do that, but I always take my own towel after I stayed in a Premier Inn for work. I checked out and then later on that evening realised that I had to stay another night. So I rang them and asked if I could have the same room.

When I had a shower the following morning, I realised that they had not changed my towel as it had the same mark on it as the previous day.

I wrote a complaint and they admitted that they hadn't changed it. They didn't even pretend that they had.

godmum56 · 18/08/2024 21:02

JaneJeffer · 18/08/2024 20:44

Who doesn't?

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me

XChrome · 18/08/2024 21:01

PrimitivePerson · 18/08/2024 17:17

Well, unless you're planning on licking them, I don't see what the problem is.

Sigh.
You get the germs on your hands. You then rub your eyes, nose or other mucus membranes, or you eat something, brush your teeth etcetera. That's how the bacteria get in.
One study I saw found that 60% or hotel rooms harbour dangerous bacteria, including the dreaded MRSA.

So no, it isn't weird. It's smart, though I would just wipe it down with an antibacterial instead. I always do that in hotels. I wipe the surfaces in the bathroom, the remote, the phone, the doorknobs and the light switches. Those are the high risk spots. I also ask for a freshly laundered blanket and underpad because, although the sheets are clean, the blankets and underpads have usually not been washed in a month or more.

JacquiDaytona · 18/08/2024 21:00

ilovepixie · 18/08/2024 18:31

What's wrong with that? I do it too!

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And me! I thought that was normal.

HowardTJMoon · 18/08/2024 20:58

nosleepforme · 18/08/2024 20:50

I thought that’s dangerous unless you stop the microwave.

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As soon as you start to open the door the microwave generator is turned off. It's fine.

CharlotteStreetW1 · 18/08/2024 20:57

AutumnBride · 18/08/2024 20:54

@JaneJeffer I've never seen anyone put milk in scrambled eggs, bit of salt and pepper and a good whisk is all you need.

You forgot the butter 😋

stronglatte · 18/08/2024 20:56

Love MN ! There will a diluted squash duel this eve !!

Allthehorsesintheworld · 18/08/2024 20:54

I always take my own travel kettle with me but hadn’t considered the TV remote. Uuuuggghhhh. I’ll pack anti bac cleaner as well next time.

AutumnBride · 18/08/2024 20:54

@JaneJeffer I've never seen anyone put milk in scrambled eggs, bit of salt and pepper and a good whisk is all you need.

MagnusCanis · 18/08/2024 20:53

Hennypen321 · 18/08/2024 20:52

I thought that’s dangerous unless you stop the microwave.

Can someone say if it's dangerous?!
I just don't like the microwave shouting at me to open it 🤣

Of course it's not dangerous. The people who design microwaves aren't stupid.

Hennypen321 · 18/08/2024 20:52

I thought that’s dangerous unless you stop the microwave.

Can someone say if it's dangerous?!
I just don't like the microwave shouting at me to open it 🤣

nosleepforme · 18/08/2024 20:50

Hennypen321 · 18/08/2024 20:48

I don't like the microwave to ping so I always stand near it when it's near to finished and open the door before it pings.

I thought that’s dangerous unless you stop the microwave.

FedUpMumof10YO · 18/08/2024 20:49

I worked with someone who use to eat their sandwich with a knife & fork.

Absolutely diamond of a person but completely batshit when it came to lunch.

nosleepforme · 18/08/2024 20:49

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 18/08/2024 18:25

I have a washing up bowl. My sink doesn't hold water otherwise. No dishwasher so I wash all my dishes by hand, but the sink plug lets water trickle out and there's nothing left by the time I get to the last bowl.

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Huh? No dishwasher but why the need to hold water? Only seen it done once and thought it was disgusting. Someone filled her sink bowl with soap and water, and put her dishes in, took them out and dried it. Made me wanna throw up. Please don’t tell me you do this?

Hennypen321 · 18/08/2024 20:48

I don't like the microwave to ping so I always stand near it when it's near to finished and open the door before it pings.

Cantrushart · 18/08/2024 20:48

blueshoes · 18/08/2024 18:53

I've always thought the UK practice of handwashing dishes in a basin in a sink to be a bit odd, when we have running water coming out of taps. I appreciate most people use dishwashers these days but I still get the basin in UK Air BnBs.

In addition to the reasons already given:
-better for pouring liquids down the sink while you are washing up (more relevant in the days when people didn't have separate half or second sinks).
-can reuse the water on the garden more easily.
-water stays hotter in a plastic bowl than in metal or enamel sink.

katepilar · 18/08/2024 20:47

PrimitivePerson · 18/08/2024 17:25

Well, we all know how many hours it takes to make a glass of squash! 😂

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People have various ways of doing things and its ok if its not what you would do.

Lovetotravel123 · 18/08/2024 20:47

The whole Mumsnet no loo brush thing.

lovemycbf · 18/08/2024 20:47

Durdledore · 18/08/2024 18:14

My mum switches the oven off at the wall - the big red switch that switches the electric supply to the oven.

In her defence, it relates to something from decades ago and she knows it’s superfluous, but she still does it.

I do this as my new oven has a cooling fan and I think it's a waste of electric 🤣

Clafoutie · 18/08/2024 20:46

JaneJeffer · 18/08/2024 20:44

Wrong side of the Atlantic

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