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serenavanderwoodsenn · 2024-08-21T09:42:59+00:00

Technically I’m not a guest as I work in the home as a nanny but the family I work for only has bar soap in the bathroom for handwashing?? All of their guests (they have people every weekend) plus 2 kids and the parents use this soap. It makes me feel icky. I don’t feel clean at all as it feels like everyone else’s germs are festering on it. I always end up grabbing the Sanex off the side of the bath or trying not to touch anything and washing my hands with fairy liquid when I get downstairs. AIBU to think bar soap is ok for personal use but as a communal soap it’s a bit grim?

squidgybits · 22/08/2024 21:37

I am rolling eyes here. You can't be serious?

unhappywskid · 22/08/2024 19:51

TiroirSousLeMiroir · 22/08/2024 19:06

Yabu to want to use an unnecessary plastic bottle.

Different strokes for different folks, they say.

xyz111 · 22/08/2024 19:37

serenavanderwoodsenn · 21/08/2024 11:40

I know germs don’t actually live on it hence my choice in language of saying ‘I feel like’ and not saying it as fact.

but I have a lot of sensory issues and ASD so perhaps it’s just my autism showing here judging off the replies.

Mini hand san may be the way to go as some replies have suggested!

You know hand sanitizer doesn't kill things like norovirus and nasty things like that right?? That's why you need to wash your hands with soap!

TheCoolOliveBalonz · 22/08/2024 19:15

My soap costs 10 per bar but I'm certain it's cheaper per wash than my partners radox! It honestly lasts forever. I think liquid soap is a scam!

TiroirSousLeMiroir · 22/08/2024 19:06

Yabu to want to use an unnecessary plastic bottle.

unhappywskid · 22/08/2024 18:54

GeorgesMarvelousCalpol · 22/08/2024 18:46

Interesting that the soap is itself is actually clean, and it's most likely the pump dispenser is the bit that contains all the germs.

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Probably. But still...😉

GeorgesMarvelousCalpol · 22/08/2024 18:46

unhappywskid · 22/08/2024 18:40

Or perhaps I opened a can of worms with mine 😬

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Interesting that the soap is itself is actually clean, and it's most likely the pump dispenser is the bit that contains all the germs.

ginasevern · 22/08/2024 18:45

Liquid soap in plastic bottles is an environmental disaster. It's a gimmick that has spread exponentially and we have been convinced by those making millions selling the stuff that it is safer, more hygienic and possibly even more aesthetic. It's all bollocks of course. Bar soap, or soap as we used to call it until about 6 years ago, is far better all round.

unhappywskid · 22/08/2024 18:40

unhappywskid · 22/08/2024 18:36

I haven't given this too much thought before, I guess it's the fact that liquid soap has a dispenser, so nobody is touching the actual liquid, whilst the bar soap is touched by everyone. You have certainly opened a can of worms with that comment!!!😅

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Or perhaps I opened a can of worms with mine 😬

unhappywskid · 22/08/2024 18:36

llamajohn · 22/08/2024 18:32

But it's SOAP.
It's clean. It is used to clean hands, the last thing to touch it was clean hands... Because it's to clean with.
How can the bar soap clean Bob's hands, but not Frank's hands?

Or does the soap you use somehow not clean your hands or something? So you think soap is inherently not able to clean?

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I haven't given this too much thought before, I guess it's the fact that liquid soap has a dispenser, so nobody is touching the actual liquid, whilst the bar soap is touched by everyone. You have certainly opened a can of worms with that comment!!!😅

llamajohn · 22/08/2024 18:32

unhappywskid · 22/08/2024 18:22

Because everyone uses the same bar. Judge me all you want, but I find it icky too.😅

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But it's SOAP.
It's clean. It is used to clean hands, the last thing to touch it was clean hands... Because it's to clean with.
How can the bar soap clean Bob's hands, but not Frank's hands?

Or does the soap you use somehow not clean your hands or something? So you think soap is inherently not able to clean?

unhappywskid · 22/08/2024 18:26

PracticalLady · 22/08/2024 18:24

In years gone by we used to only have bar soap and it wasn't a problem.

Indeed. But now, especially after Covid, everything just seems ickier. But I admire ppl who couldn't care less about it.

PracticalLady · 22/08/2024 18:24

In years gone by we used to only have bar soap and it wasn't a problem.

unhappywskid · 22/08/2024 18:22

llamajohn · 22/08/2024 18:19

Why doesn't it make sense to use bar soap???

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Because everyone uses the same bar. Judge me all you want, but I find it icky too.😅

BIossomtoes · 22/08/2024 18:21

llamajohn · 22/08/2024 18:19

Why doesn't it make sense to use bar soap???

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I was just wondering the same thing. It makes complete sense to me.

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Why doesn't it make sense to use bar soap???

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AndyandTerrysMum · 22/08/2024 18:02

@serenavanderwoodsenn why haven’t you bought your own liquid soap?

1974devon · 22/08/2024 18:01

llamajohn · 22/08/2024 17:55

TikTok is a bizarre other world, where women get down on their hands and knees, scrub already clean floors, then steam them, and then give a good mop for good measure.

Probably the same women that pour blueberries from the see through box they come in, into another see through box ... Both the blueberries and the second box have been cleaned within an inch of their lives. They'll soak the berries in vinegar and baking soda/"fruit wash", then rinse with water, and then hand scrub the second container, to transfer the sterile blueberries into (after putting them on a piece of non-sterile kitchen paper 🤣)

They must have nothing better to do 🤷‍♀️

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Yes!! Everyone seems obsessed with cleaning!! I am not..I do what needs doing but good god, I don't have time to do.as they do.
The woman today used this soap brand as loved it but then the comments start re how 'ick' soap.is...and she had to say used a something or other cloth to apply soap and that then had to be washed and the soap.was then packed.away into a bag as people don't like stuff left out in the bathroom?!

llamajohn · 22/08/2024 17:55

1974devon · 22/08/2024 17:50

This seems to be a new worry..I saw a tiktok video about soap today and how 'ick' it was..and did people leave soap uncovered in the bathroom. What?! We always have a bar of soap by the sink..and liquid soap. I would never think about or worry about a soap being left out or about germs on it.

TikTok is a bizarre other world, where women get down on their hands and knees, scrub already clean floors, then steam them, and then give a good mop for good measure.

Probably the same women that pour blueberries from the see through box they come in, into another see through box ... Both the blueberries and the second box have been cleaned within an inch of their lives. They'll soak the berries in vinegar and baking soda/"fruit wash", then rinse with water, and then hand scrub the second container, to transfer the sterile blueberries into (after putting them on a piece of non-sterile kitchen paper 🤣)

They must have nothing better to do 🤷‍♀️

1974devon · 22/08/2024 17:50

This seems to be a new worry..I saw a tiktok video about soap today and how 'ick' it was..and did people leave soap uncovered in the bathroom. What?! We always have a bar of soap by the sink..and liquid soap. I would never think about or worry about a soap being left out or about germs on it.

maverickfox · 21/08/2024 18:26

Flossflower · 21/08/2024 11:52

OP, don’t use hand sanitiser in place of washing with soap. The two things are very different. When washing with soap and water you remove any particles of dirt. If you sanitise you just sanitise over the particles. Hand sanitiser should not be used when cooking as probably your hands will have food or greasy germs that will stay on your hands.

In addition, hand sanitiser can dry out your hands and isn’t going to remove anything dirty, like faeces, just move it around. It’s fine in an emergency but I wouldn’t use it on a regular basis again. Just buy a pump dispenser and tell your employers you prefer using that. I can’t imagine they would object.

llamajohn · 21/08/2024 18:16

Skyrainlight · 21/08/2024 14:49

Agreed, the pump of a liquid soap is far more unhygienic! I wonder if anyone ever cleans the pump.

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It doesn't really matter if the pump is germy, because you're literally touching it a moment before WASHING YOUR HANDS.

llamajohn · 21/08/2024 18:15

🤣🤣🤣

It's soap!

nosleepforme · 21/08/2024 15:42

Don’t like it either. Not sure how true it is that there’s zero bacteria on it, but I haven’t done the research.
personally I’d also use the fairy liquid!