Is this grim?

[NeverGotMyPuppy]

Going to stay as neutral as I can...

An old dustpan and brush used to brush up food off the floor. Food deposited in bin. Dustpan and brush put in washing up bowl with water and utensils, cutlery and saucepans.

Thoughts?

I can’t decide! I see an old fella regularly round our way, only notice because he has the same breed of dog as me. He carries a dustpan and brush instead of poo bags. Good grief!

I think the dustpan and brush in the washing up bowl should be put in a utility sink instead, not near dishes, but he has a point re baby crawling round the same floor.

And yes, if my dustpan and brush need a wash, it's in hot soapy water in the utility sink (amma posh? 😊)

Beyond grim and I have low standards. Also don’t allow the vacuum to be used to clean up crumbs 🤢

I just spray my dust pan with cleaning spray and wipe it with a anti bacterial wipe then it goes back in its box under sink .

Who in their right mind "washes up" a dustpan and brush? It's not like you're gonna eat off it. If it becomes too gross, sling it in the bin and buy new ones.

Absolutely vile, sorry.

Grim!

@ComtesseDeSpair I agree, it is psychological. The bin is the same, ours is full of scraps I can’t recycle and packaging I can’t recycle, but some people get freaked by bins... as long as it’s clean, what’s the issue?

But then I clean my dustpan and brush regularly and sit it in bleach & water every so often.

He shouldn't have put the dustpan and brush in a bowl of washing up, he should have washed or rinsed it separately. Eeeewwww.

I sometimes wash my dustpan in the sink in some hot soapy water, but never with any plates and dishes in the bowl.

Last week I spilt some garden compost on the kitchen floor,, and also a slug in my kitchen,so scooped the slug and compost onto the dustpan to chuck outside, so slug slime has to have a wash off. !

1forAll74, I do the same (occasionally) and agree it is not the same putting it in the washing up - though when everything is washed up or put in dishwasher, it will be OK.

(I have also had an indoor slug. Milk is delivered three times a week and there have been occasions when I've brought in the milk carton or bottle and a small slug has been attached. One time I put the carton in the fridge straight away and didn't notice little sluggy,; when I did I put he or she outside. After that I checked the carton or bottle before putting in fridge, liberating a few small slugs in the process.)

Well obviously my first thought is “who washes up a dustpan and brush? This isn’t something I’ve ever done in my entire life and do people really do it?”
My second thought is “I don’t really see it as being gross but then I sweep/hoover my kitchen floor about 3 times a day, often more as it’s one of those cordless dysons and easier to just whizz it round than going to get the broom and then dustpan and brush it and empty that into the bin. I steam the floor 2 or 3 times a week so my floor is far from filthy. If a dustpan has been used to sweep food from the floor, how dirty can it really be?”
My final thought is “your kitchen floor must be really minging for this to be an issue!”.

Grim but the sort of thing my DH would do.

I've had to stop mine using a relatively manky dustpan and brush to sweep crumbs off the actual worktop. It's fine apparently because he then uses a bleach spray afterwards. We've all survived but honestly. I think it still might happen when I'm out.

It is really worth being furious over?

Doesn't he know about the correct order of washing up?

You don't dump it all in together and you leave anything in the grim category to the end, but I'd never wash up a dustpan and brush anyway.

www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/house-and-home/household-advice/a672616/6-ways-to-speed-up-the-washing-up/

I agree this is psychological. So long as the water you’re finding with is very hot all the bugs should be dead, no?

For finding reading rinsing...

Ours gets washed last, then all cloths into the wash, and sink cleaned. I once decided to give it a boiling water rinse to be extra clean, and the water melted the bristles, they all frizzled up and it had to be chucked away

I'd be fine as it would all be washed in stages not all together. I'd give it a rinse in hot water, empty and wash the sink and then wash everything else first. Then I'd wash it separately. I'd be a bit annoyed about the extra work but that's it.

I am an old gimmer who wouldn't do what your DH did but wouldn't think it was the end of the world if it happened. I think that many intolerances, allergies etc are because we're not exposed to enough dirt and then when we do get exposed to something our body goes into free fall.

More dirt.

How is it grim to set a dirty item on top of other dirty items before they are all going to be thoroughly washed??

The thing is, it doesn't matter if you are a bit squeamish about it or not, either way being "so angry" and pissed off that you're the bad guy etc seems like you are really overreacting to a minor event.

Round here it would get, at best, "eugh gross" and a new bowl of water. Certainly not anger or bad guy behaviour.

I think it still might happen when I'm out.

I had known DP for about two years (and therefore eating his cooking, using his surfaces etc) before I saw him vacuum the dining table one day with the main floor attachment, as if this was completely normal. For him, of course, it was, I had just never seen him do it. It was another of those psychologically grim things which I eventually had to reason away on the basis that I had eaten off that table many times none the wiser and always been fine.

That's grim.