Page 3 | Name something unhygienic/disgusting but people do it

stoow · 2025-07-02T05:43:11+00:00

I start off: . Holding money their mouths. It’s mainly an elderly person thing. Friends working in retail see this often. Even in mask wearing days, customers lowered masks to do this, yet denied it. . Going to the toilet and not flushing . Washing chicken out. People don’t realise that this can spray bacteria around. Cooking it properly will kill bacteria. . Coughing without covering mouth. Even with Covid, people are still doing this. . Not washing hands after using loo. In public toilets, I use hand sanitiser as seen people from certain cultures spit and mums letting their toddler DS to wee in the basins. . On planes, people walking barefooted especially in toilets. With the quick turnaround of planes, the staff can’t clean everywhere

OntheBorder1 · 02/07/2025 23:10

IdaGlossop · 02/07/2025 21:54

The British are reviled in some other countries (which I choose not to name) for not rinsing their plates etc once they've been washed. All you have to do is rinse them under the tap. Not hard. Who wants soapy food? My mum was fastidious about the order in which things were washed up: cutlery, cups and saucers, side plates, desert plates, dinner plates, serving dishes, saucepans, roasting tins. Many years after her insisting on this and supervising me, I can't bring myself to do it any other way.

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Sorry, but I think rinsing dishes because of soap is nonsense, and I've tasted far more residue on things out of a dishwasher.

However, I keep reading about the filthy water in the washing up bowl - I don't know anyone here (not UK) who doesn't rinse the food off plates before washing them.

PomegranateVase · 02/07/2025 23:02

Disturbia81 · 02/07/2025 19:02

Every men under 50 I’ve known has done it, it’s like they’re worried it’s fallen off and constantly need to check.

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That really is grim. Your thoughts about it falling off are exactly what I always think too!

OntheBorder1 · 02/07/2025 22:57

Denimrules · 02/07/2025 11:17

Interesting, I can't imagine not using one regularly. We had a holiday let that didn't have a draining rack or mat and no washing up bowl. So inefficient as a process. There was a dishwasher but not enough spare crockery to make use of it on days we ate out.

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Using a washing up bowl is a UK thing, the rest of the world seems to manage without one. I don't think it is unhygienic or disgusting, but it is weird - what is wrong with the sink?

OntheBorder1 · 02/07/2025 22:55

Lincslady53 · 02/07/2025 11:13

Kissing dogs and cats. Dogs eat faeces, sniff other dogs bums, eat any old stuff they see, cats clean their bums and genitalia with their tongues, eat vermin, then along comes soppy person giving the animal a kiss!

I suspect people who have pets are more healthy, and have better immune systems, than people who don't. This really is an OTT response - what do you think is going to happen?

LakieLady · 02/07/2025 22:53

OntheBorder1 · 02/07/2025 22:47

I'm the same. I have a yearly cold and can't even remember the last time I had a tummy bug. In real life I have never encountered such germ phobia as there is on MN. What on earth do people think it going to happen?

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I rarely get stomach upsets. I had two in early 2003: campylobacter after a meal in a pub, which was subsequently inspected by environmental health who came close to shutting it down (there had been over a dozen cases of campylobacter in 7 days among people who'd eaten there), followed by norovirus a couple of months later.

Not had one since, despite sharing my home (and bed) with dogs and generally being a bit casual about kitchen hygiene.

OntheBorder1 · 02/07/2025 22:47

Sahara123 · 02/07/2025 09:07

I do quite a lot of these …. I don’t remember the last time I had a cold or a tummy bug

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I'm the same. I have a yearly cold and can't even remember the last time I had a tummy bug. In real life I have never encountered such germ phobia as there is on MN. What on earth do people think it going to happen?

PizzaForBreakfast · 02/07/2025 22:43

tumblingdowntherabbithole · 02/07/2025 07:10

stick other people’s genitals in their mouths.

Not sure if it was meant as a joke, but YES. Yuck. No.

LakieLady · 02/07/2025 22:40

Idontjetwashthefucker · 02/07/2025 21:54

Am I the only person who doesn't wash their arse every time they have a poo?

And what about if you have to have a poo when you're out, or at work, or in the pub?

Do the obsessive arse-washers trot out of the cubicle with their pants down to wash their bums?

BarBellBarbie · 02/07/2025 22:36

sandgrown · 02/07/2025 06:54

Letting dogs sleep on/in the bed

My cats sleep in the bed, love it!

Crikeyalmighty · 02/07/2025 22:24

Personally I find buffet food at big impersonal hotels a bit rank - I’ve seen people pick stuff up with hands and then just put it back -dip fingers into stuff to taste it first, cough all over it, sweat dripping onto stuff - hence why I rarely eat in big hotels where it’s not individual orders - I even sometimes go out for breakfast when it’s included if it feels like a giant messy free for all .

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stoow · 02/07/2025 22:05

takealettermsjones · 02/07/2025 17:19

Sorry if it's already been covered but can someone explain to me like I'm 5 what the issue is with being barefoot on a plane? My feet only ever touch the floor, the insides of my socks, or the insides of my shoes (if I'm going rogue and no socks). I don't think I ever even touch my feet unless to wash them? I don't get it 🙈🤣

Don’t know how often the floors are cleaned properly.

The flights such as EasyJet have a 50 min turnaround before the return flight goes.

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Solongtoshort · 02/07/2025 22:03

Biting/chewing on pens then leaving them for others to use……..eugh!!!

RaraRachael · 02/07/2025 22:00

Idontjetwashthefucker · 02/07/2025 21:54

Am I the only person who doesn't wash their arse every time they have a poo?

Em no. I never have. Goodness knows how you'd do it in a public toilet.

Never rinsed dishes after they're washed - just dry them.

IdaGlossop · 02/07/2025 21:54

Bubblebubblepoppop · 02/07/2025 20:41

No I mean specifically using a washing up bowl to wash up. All the plates etc are scrubbed together in the soapy water that increasingly becomes filthy with all the food remnants then taken out to drain without being rinsed in fresh water, at least that's how I've seen it be done. Makes no sense.

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The British are reviled in some other countries (which I choose not to name) for not rinsing their plates etc once they've been washed. All you have to do is rinse them under the tap. Not hard. Who wants soapy food? My mum was fastidious about the order in which things were washed up: cutlery, cups and saucers, side plates, desert plates, dinner plates, serving dishes, saucepans, roasting tins. Many years after her insisting on this and supervising me, I can't bring myself to do it any other way.

Idontjetwashthefucker · 02/07/2025 21:54

Am I the only person who doesn't wash their arse every time they have a poo?

LakieLady · 02/07/2025 21:00

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 02/07/2025 10:28

Our dog used to do an excellent pre-dishwasher scouring of various pans and dishes. A roasting tin - with a little gravy added - was probably her favourite, or a fish pie dish. Now we no longer have her, I have to resort to a Brillo pad or good old steel wool. 🐶❤️

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When I had dogs, I always regarded the plate-licking as a pre-wash cycle before the plates went in the dishwasher.

They're amazingly efficient at getting plates clean, and I reckon the dishwasher water is hot enough to kill almost any germs.

Imisssleep2 · 02/07/2025 20:53

landlordhell · 02/07/2025 20:45

I’ve heard of that. Which culture / nationality?

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I think they were Hindu from memory

landlordhell · 02/07/2025 20:48

Arran2024 · 02/07/2025 19:37

It gets wet. I dont like a wet tea towel hanging about.

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I hang it up. It dries. I change it every other day. It’s only dried water!

LakieLady · 02/07/2025 20:48

SparklyGlitterballs · 02/07/2025 07:22

That's me off to hell then. My little dog won't sleep anywhere else and as I'm otherwise alone in bed, I'm happy to have him there.

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I'm looking after a friend's whippet at the moment. She's the most delightful bedmate, doesn't snore, doesn't smell, doesn't steal the covers and doesn't fidget.

landlordhell · 02/07/2025 20:47

LifeandLemons40 · 02/07/2025 20:25

Not sure if it has been mentioned but number 1 is wiping your bottom after doing a number 2 with just tissue.

Incase you ask what the alternative is. Washing your bottom!! Washing your bottom is the alternative!! Literally most other cultures do this!!!
You wouldn't just have poo on any other part of your body and wipe with tissue, you would wash it, why is the bottom any exception?!?
Phew, been meaning to get that off my chest for a while....

I agree. I just wish our toilets were set up for this.

landlordhell · 02/07/2025 20:45

Imisssleep2 · 02/07/2025 20:37

I used to go to school with a girl, who when it was her birthday we used to go to her house for a party and after singing happy birthday, all her family started grabbing handfuls of cake and feeding each other. Even at my young age of like 6/7 I was repulsed by this and never ate the slice of cake I was sent home with in my party bag. I get that it was probably a cultural thing, but no thanks.

I’ve heard of that. Which culture / nationality?

Bubblebubblepoppop · 02/07/2025 20:41

ComtesseDeSpair · 02/07/2025 17:06

I presume so you can put your things waiting to be washed in the washing up bowl, so that if you need to use the sink to drain pasta, rinse vegetables, or wash your hands you just lift the bowl and its contents out of the sink first. Can also leave things to soak without having the entire sink out of action. Probably not an issue if you have a dishwasher, but not everyone does.

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No I mean specifically using a washing up bowl to wash up. All the plates etc are scrubbed together in the soapy water that increasingly becomes filthy with all the food remnants then taken out to drain without being rinsed in fresh water, at least that's how I've seen it be done. Makes no sense.

Imisssleep2 · 02/07/2025 20:37

I used to go to school with a girl, who when it was her birthday we used to go to her house for a party and after singing happy birthday, all her family started grabbing handfuls of cake and feeding each other. Even at my young age of like 6/7 I was repulsed by this and never ate the slice of cake I was sent home with in my party bag. I get that it was probably a cultural thing, but no thanks.

Notashamed13 · 02/07/2025 20:30

Notashamed13 · 02/07/2025 20:28

Not rtft but the first thing that springs to my mind is go swimming. I can't wear goggles because seeing all the fluff and debris on the bottom literally makes me gag. Praise the lord for chlorine!

As in hundreds, literally hundreds over the course of a day sharing that pool water..... wet bogies, smeg, pubes ugh

Notashamed13 · 02/07/2025 20:28

Not rtft but the first thing that springs to my mind is go swimming. I can't wear goggles because seeing all the fluff and debris on the bottom literally makes me gag. Praise the lord for chlorine!