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Name something unhygienic/disgusting but people do it

334 replies

stoow · 02/07/2025 06:43

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

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IdaGlossop · 02/07/2025 17:30

randomchap · 02/07/2025 08:55

Rather tricky to put your own in

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D'Annunzio managed it, apparently.

dontignoreauti · 02/07/2025 17:30

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RaraRachael · 02/07/2025 17:28

My XH used to blow on every mouthful of food before he ate it. If it's too hot just wait for it to cool down a bit.

margegunderson · 02/07/2025 17:25

OldWomanInACardigan · 02/07/2025 08:52

............."It’s mainly an elderly person thing." How very patronising. I'm elderly (66) and have never done that. Nor have I ever had a tissue or hanky up my sleeve.

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I’ll bite. I have a meno runny nose. I use - shock, horror - a cloth hanky. Never killed myself nor anyone else yet. What’s the problem with a tissue/hanky used more than once and up a sleeve? If only women’s clothes had sensible pockets I’d use those more.
Mumsnet is bonkers sometimes. No wonder there’s more incidence of allergies in kids these days - poor little mites are bleached into oblivion.

landlordhell · 02/07/2025 17:24

Don’t work with chn . I get to watch at least 5 chn among 30 picking their noses, inspecting the contents and then eating it every hour of my day.

Kajagoogoo89 · 02/07/2025 17:23

Picking spots and eating the puss. Yes i have seen someone do this.

SapphireSeptember · 02/07/2025 17:22

ComtesseDeSpair · 02/07/2025 11:01

I don’t think I’ve ever eaten my own bogeys, but I don’t find the concept that disgusting. I don’t see it as manifestly different to swallowing your own saliva, nibbling the skin on your lips, or sucking a bleeding finger after you’ve cut it. It’s just mucous your own nose has produced, dried by the air you inhale all day long.

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People swallow snot without even realising, it gets pushed down to the the back of your nasal passage and down into your throat (which is why your throat feels blocked up when you've got a cold.)

landlordhell · 02/07/2025 17:21

Loveduppenguin · 02/07/2025 07:25

Not putting the toilet seat down before they flush…

Never do this. Have not got any nasty illnesses.

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 🙈🤣

Catladywithoutacat · 02/07/2025 17:18

Touching money then touching food

SapphireSeptember · 02/07/2025 17:18

caringcarer · 02/07/2025 10:29

Use cutlery the family eats from to take cat or dog food from a tin.

Why? Cat and dog food is safe for human consumption, tinned especially, because it's been boiled the same as anything else in a tin (hopefully not in raw sewage though. I remember being told about a botulism epidemic caused by that.)

Chazbots · 02/07/2025 17:16

Sat here, in the dog bed, with the dog licking me...my microbiome is in great condition, in part due to said dog (who are wormed regularly).

SummerFrog25 · 02/07/2025 17:14

Ihopeyouhavent · 02/07/2025 12:47

That was my fav reaction! Not much chance of getting an angry face one then!!

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Nah. I think MNHQ were inundated with reports that they'll be thinking very carefully before adding any new ones & they didn't want to add 'negative' ones before all that.

i just wish (now that we have them) they were public not private.

SummerFrog25 · 02/07/2025 17:11

sonoonetoldyoulifewasgonnabethisway · 02/07/2025 12:43

I think I got carried away and started listing annoying things my DH does 😂

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🤣🤣🤣🤣

understandable!!

ManchesterLu · 02/07/2025 17:07

It really annoys me, because proper hygiene could pretty much complete eradicate airborne viruses!

Not washing hands properly and covering mouth is so simple, but changing habits would be so effective!

ComtesseDeSpair · 02/07/2025 17:06

Bubblebubblepoppop · 02/07/2025 17:02

Using a washing up bowl. I don't get it.

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.

Topsy44 · 02/07/2025 17:06

Licking a finger to turn pages in a book or count money. This irritates me SO much!!

FleurDeFleur · 02/07/2025 17:06

AlertEagle · 02/07/2025 16:58

Not changing bed sheets on a weekly basis.

licking their finger when flipping newspapers pages.

not washing hands after using the loo.

smacking their lips

How is smacking your lips unhygienic?

Delilatoday · 02/07/2025 17:04

This thread is horrible but I can't stop reading it 😂

Many already mentioned bad habits give me the ick but now I fear my eyes will be scanning passengers on my daily bus or train journeys like never before. I'll add one which I saw yesterday. A smartly dressed human male reading his book while picking at a spot or scab on his face.

Urgh 😕

SquishedMallow · 02/07/2025 17:02

Picking nose and eating it.
Scratching fanjo or bum and then sniffing fingers.

Bubblebubblepoppop · 02/07/2025 17:02

Using a washing up bowl. I don't get it.

Pinkrabitt · 02/07/2025 17:01

Oh and wearing outdoor shoes in the house.

Pinkrabitt · 02/07/2025 17:01

Licking fingers at the table - yuck!
Also licking fingers to turn a page.
Eating snot.
Washing meat.
Letting dogs lick faces.
Not washing hands when getting home, especially if having been on public transport.
People who never change their washing up sponge.
Crusted up dirty taps.

I've trained my cat not to sit on kitchen counters. Water pistols are very useful for this!

Mademetoxic · 02/07/2025 16:59

ImNotReallySpartacus · 02/07/2025 16:34

Having dirty animals living in their homes with them.

Having dirty humans and children in homes living with them.

AlertEagle · 02/07/2025 16:58

Not changing bed sheets on a weekly basis.

licking their finger when flipping newspapers pages.

not washing hands after using the loo.

smacking their lips