Strange things that give you a kind of "ick" in everyday life

[CariahMary]

I don't mean getting the "ick" about a sexual or romantic partner. And I don't mean being put-off by things that are actually pretty grim. I mean random things that you inexplicably find a bit off-putting in everyday life.

For me, I get a kind of "ick" when I read other people talking about food on forums MN I honestly had no idea why. It's so odd, I really like reading food descriptions in books but in forums I find it really off-putting.

In the real-world, I also really hate opening other people's fridges. They always smell weird (different from my own). I have to hold my breath.

When I remortgaged my flat I had a surveyor come round to do a valuation on the place. When I opened the door there was a very overweight sweaty bloke with his shirt half untucked and after he introduced himself he asked to use the toilet. I thought he just wanted to pee but no, he was taking a massive noisy dump. It was a small one bed flat and I could hear every grunt, sigh of relief, fart and splash of water. He then emerged followed by a stench straight from Hades itself. After he had left I popped out and bought a new toilet seat.

Beards.

Oh I didn't mean that in a horrible way....more that this 'pathway' terrifies me!!

Oh, I’ve thought of another one: parents who bang on about their children being their ‘best friend’. Invariably, the kid is usually a right show-off bore and has no real friends of their own and gets shoehorned into every event and conversation the parent(s) go to/have 🙄

Sandals. They should be banned everywhere apart from the beach. Apart from on children.

Anyone near me folding a piece of paper then running their fingers down the fold...heaving just typing it
🤮

Yep - usually the seat is left up and there is piss on the floor. Then after washing ny hands, doing my best not to touch the door handle. Really gives me the ick.

I can’t accept egg and prawns together. I think Greggs do a prawn and egg mayo sandwich… 🤢🤢

I get this too. The sound of bare skin on paper gives me serious heebie jeebies
Also the feel of newspaper. I can't touch it with bare hands.

When people put their rubbish in their empty yogurt pots. That and licking the spoon clean. Very specific but 🤢

I don’t like seeing other people’s dirty greasy hair in a queue or whatever either, or putting ing my hands in wet rubber gloves. If I can avoid touching a wet dishcloth I do as I feel like I have to wash my hands every time I use a wet cloth - I can’t stand the thought of leaving the ‘cloth wet’ on my hands to dry 🤣
And another shout for going in a public loo after someone has just come out, and sitting somewhere someone else has just got up from (tho it wouldn’t stop me doing these things)
‘bits’ on the floor that stick to my socks / feet, especially it I’ve just hoovered!!
Any fat on any meat makes me gag if I accidentally chew it
Other peoples’ breath / smells but that is probably venturing into ‘grim’ territory…& there’s a lot of those with me… I feel like my list is endless 🤣

Radio phone ins. The general public can’t string a sentence together, if those are anything to go by.

In school there was a girl with long slightly frizzy blonde hair that she always wore in a plait.
She lent over me one day to get something off the desk and her long plaited hair plonked onto my shoulder like some sort of creature. I felt it thud.

The way she picked it off me like it was a living thing has stayed with me forever 😅

Fruit and meat together is a crime 🤢🤢 duck and orange/cherry, lamb and apricots/raisins 😫😫😫😫😫 et al

Warm peaches and ham..ala 70s pub menu
Not your thing I take it.

I agree with this, especially pineapple except Lemon Chicken which is amazing.

Thumb rings (especially on men)
Touching uncooked chicken without gloves
Getting a sleeve or sock wet (and not being able to change)

Men drinking from straws.

men seeing a coin on the floor and picking it up.

people (mostly men) waiting for small change of receipts.

when people wiggle their fingers when deciding on which chocolate to have from a box.

a plethora of phrases including “me thinks” and “fair do’s”

seeing men in kebab shops or any food place after a night out - double points if they’re ordering a meat feast.

urgh

Are the puffer coats those really silly long ones? Have they got ribbed leggings on in beige with white Nike long sports socks over them, and brown or beige fake platform Ugg slider slippers on? 😫

Sleeping in a bed that’s not my own, especially putting my head on the pillow.
Eating buffet food that someone else has made, like sandwiches. The thought that they may not have washed their hands before making them puts me off 🤢

Oh wow! That’s a new one to me but yeah… not a chance in hell that one!

I know it because I had to tray it up ,sliced oblong catering tinned ham folded slice by slice with tinned peaches between each slice.

I feel the same about phones held like that; heaven knows why.

Drag acts, any drag acts. Completely creeped me out in childhood and still cannot bare them.

Being served a drink in a pub/coffee shop and then holding the drink over the top so you have to drink where their fingers have been. It’s so unhygienic