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Using the brush and dustpan to clean the hob and worktop

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ProveMeRight · 22/12/2024 10:25

So last night the elves made a big mess in the kitchen, including flour on the hob and worktop. My husband cleaned away the flour by using the brush and dustpan we use on the floor, to sweep away the flour. I was horrified - for me floor things always stay on the floor and never touch food surfaces but he reckoned a bit of antibac after made it all okay. For context I have caught him in the past using the dishcloth to clean something on the floor and putting it back on the sink. So am I being unreasonable - dustpan brush never ever touches the kitchen work surfaces, even if you planned to antibac it after? And that goes for everything, floor things don't come in contact with food prep things. Anti-bac doesn't get rid of the grimness.

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Goodafternoonmillie · 22/12/2024 10:37

My husband is the same and it totally freaks me out too!!

Agix · 22/12/2024 10:36

I'm with you.

I have a dustpan and brush for floor, and another set for counter tops.

Would never use sink tag ok thr floor. Ew.

WomanIsTaken · 22/12/2024 10:35

This made me laugh. DP is exactly the same. He's got no sense of cross-contamination. He'll take a flannel out of the washing machine to wipe something down and huff about me disinfecting afterwards.
Yesterday he tried to clean sauce off his shirt with the washing up sponge as I was washing up after a fry-up ‐big greasy stain. This is an adult who is generally pretty sensible about most things.

ObelixtheGaul · 22/12/2024 10:31

I'm with you on that, though I understand the logic in using the dustpan and brush, it's for the floor.

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